wingsfortheirsmiles

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[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 2 points 2 days ago

Kinda off topic but does anyone know a reliable thing that does the opposite, i.e. a good speech to text tool? There's a few audiobook series that I'd love to read but are only available in audio format

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Pop Shop is definitely one of the worst things about the distro, Cosmic Shop runs smooth as butter by comparison. Looking forward to the Cosmic Beta currently due in a few months

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Popped straight up on AntennaPod for me

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 1 points 1 week ago

Nice, saw them play in a pub in 2010. The one artist I can claim to have seen before they "blew up." Never got into Poison the Well though

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 1 points 1 week ago

Fair, I was being conservative just in case they were interested in any RT games. 2077 would get up there at 1440p

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you have a specific budget in mind, what sort of games do you play?

I'm not sure what the used market is like in your area but I'd see if you could pick up a 6800XT, 1440p would benefit significantly from the additional RAM. Here I think you could probably negotiate to £350-£370 or so?

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 2 points 2 weeks ago

To me there's a comfort in some aspects of seasonal holidays, like reuniting with family and friends, particularly with those who I don't see that often these days. It's a good chance to catchup and socialise in comfortable settings (to me at least, I understand others could have family obligations they'd rather avoid). That it's Christmas season, or New Year, or whatever is almost irrelevant.

I don't have any plans this NYE, though I'm going to a NYD party my favourite club is putting on tomorrow. So instead, I'll relax tonight by messing about with my decks and some new tunes I've bought recently whilst watching some college football in the background

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 3 points 2 weeks ago

I liked it but only as it was quite close to the comic, definitely understand why most others would dislike it

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 1 points 2 weeks ago

I avoid superhero comics (with a few exceptions like Watchmen) so sure as hell I was going to avoid the films

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 1 points 2 weeks ago

I did study it at school but had to take Classical Civilisation for one of my GCSE options. Our default in English Literature was a Shakespeare work as previously mentioned (Merchant of Venice for me). I also recall studying An Inspector Calls?

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm a Charli and MagBay fan but sadly I only liked but didn't love the new records... Glad to see both get more recognition though, 2024 was certainly Year of the Brat imo! Other that just missed out were the new albums from Perc, Dax J and Knocked Loose. Sandwell District is a compilation but I had to get Silent Servant on there in some guise, on the biggest musical losses this year along with Luiz Vasquez/The Soft Moon ;_;

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Really dig that they have a Poppy feature on the new record hah

 

With thanks to @itsAsin, think I prefer the original but it's certainly very interesting with the keys on top, almost a noir vibe at times

 

I feel a bit sheepish having to ask this, but has anyone successfully gotten their deck to display on a LG TV (C2 to be precise)? I have the official dock and that works for other devices like my laptop or surface pro but no dice with the deck itself.

I've tried various things like resetting the device, resetting the dock, changing the order of connection them all up but not managed to get anything to show it. I also checked that the HDMI cable I'm using works for up to 8k. A bit frustrating as one of the reasons I got the device was to be the living room PC/link to my gaming PC!

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NFL (self.piracy)
 

Any tips the best way(s) to watch the upcoming season? I'm also contemplating paying for DAZN (based in the UK)... with a temporary card that I can cancel given all the negative Trustpilot reviews

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by wingsfortheirsmiles to c/techno
 

Just a small attempt to get more, or indeed any activity going here. I'm also genuinely curious, what have folks been listening to lately? If there's enough interest I could make this a monthly post.

For myself, a few below:

Irini - s/t: has probably become my fave Traumprinz/DJ Metatron album which says something, not just techno/trance/ambient but other styles like breaks/dnb scattered about

Air Liquide - Abuse Your Illusions: kicking myself that it took so long to get into them, still discovering a lot!

Sandwell District - Feed Forward: stone cold classic that fits most moods personally, RIP Juan

 

I recently installed Pop on another device, everything is fine except for Pop Shop which seems to be missing apps that I already have installed through there on my main desktop.

I checked that I hadn't accidentally deleted/messed with the sources and they all look fine. These are common apps like Librewolf, Joplin and Standard Notes.

I know they can be installed through other methods like apt or appimage but am curious as to the possible reasons behind the discrepancy. What's more confusing is that I had a few attempts installing Pop (as recently as 10hrs ago) on this newer device and they appeared then!

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Jeff Mills - The Bells (www.youtube.com)
 

Given (I believe) there's no mechanism for locals to get cheaper tickets, does anyone have any tips for grabbing cheaper day tickets? Wouldn't mind catching a fair few acts on Friday and Sunday, just not for £200+!

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