the16bitgamer

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Steam now tells gamers up front that they're buying a license, not a game in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

So if I download a pirate copy, I'm in the clear because I purchased a license.

Nope since the copy of the software was obtained with someone else's license. That said this would be hypothetically impossible to prove in court so 🤷

Circumventing DRM is questionable since I think it's illegal to distribute but not own. So let's say you have a CD installer for the Sims and download a crack exe to launch it without the CD. You are in the clear but the host for the download is not.

GOG or backing the game up yourself is the only way around this.

Where do you buy (or get) e-books from besides Amazon? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Depends on region… depends on what you want to read… depends on you e-reader.

For example a kobo or a kindle will only read from kobo and amazon respectively.

Kobo and Google Play Books is my first stop to shop, since it supports Adobe Digital Editions, along with their own apps.

Amazon is my second stop. Not because I like them, I’m I. The same boat as you. But believe it or not their encryption is based off of your devices serial number. And you can DeDRM your Kindle books very easily.

Then it’s from publishers directly if they let you, like J-Novel Club is pricy but they offer drm free books.

My last option is obscure, but cool if you are looking for a deal. Humble Bundle is where I go for textbooks and older series. Only issue is they sell only in Bundles, and you’d get a lot of stuff you may not necessarily want. But the deals are crazy if you don’t want to pirate.

Finally depending on value and how much I feel the book is worth, I may sail the high seas.

Added LED's to a clear bag in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The remote is IR, so it’s facing up so the receiver can see it. That said I don’t think it’ll work when the bag is full. It’s in the front pocket for easy access.

Added LED's to a clear bag in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Though dim, it can fill a room with light

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Added LED's to a clear bag (programming.dev)
 

So I'm going to an evening event which requires clear concert bags if you wanted to bring one. The max size is 12"x12"x6".

If I was going clear I at least wanted RGB, so I looked it up and it was $75CAD... Ouch, bags are like $20CAD.

So I thought about it and I wondered if I could make one.

So I got this bag and a 16.5ft string of fairy lights. I busted out the misses sewing needles and stitched in the wires to the fabric seme and this was the result.

I am extremely pleased with it. Next time I think I'd move the battery pack to the edge where the zipper starts or ends. Otherwise would recommend.

Bag was $19CAD and the LED's were $13CAD

I am 40 and a nurse. Would it be more beneficial to get a cyber security degree? Instead of bouncing around the countries as a traveling nurse? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Honestly if you are looking to move to Canada, they are desperately looking for Nurses especially out in Eastern Canada like Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Immigration is being tightened right now, but if you already have a degree and looking to get recertified here its a good starting point.

Source: lived in Halifax for 5 years and know a connection or two in that industry

Printing on Linux in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Because printing in Linux both works and is supported and not supported and hope that there are drivers and they work.

For example, I have a brother printer and in both arch and Ubuntu/mint the printer worked out of the box. But I was missing features like double sided printing. So I had to download drivers for it.

In arch the drivers were on the AUR, so I was printing is seconds.

In Ubuntu/mint they weren’t in my package manager, so I had to go to brother’s website and hope they had drivers. Brother did and while it took a bit it did work too. No worse than windows.

What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Twaddle: something insignificant or worthless or another word Nonsense.

Discovered this word while reading the dictionary during silent reading in English and they wouldn’t let me play games.

Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Welp I guess this also includes NSO games.

Made a wallpaper based off of some icons I made in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm not worried, after all I didn't use any emulators

Recommendations other than Bambu and Prusa? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

For me I was looking for reliability, so I ended up with Prusa. But I ended up with them thanks to a few simple rules I followed.

  1. Can the machine and it's parts be replaced with off shelf components?

  2. Does it use, or is the platform compatible with open source slicers (Prusaslicer/Cura)?

  3. Does the community support the device with mods on 3D model repositories (Thingiverse/Printables)?

  4. Does the manufacturer have a track record for support (or the lack thereof)?

Before I got my Prusa, the Creality Ender 3 was the goto, and it was a really reliable machine. For my printing needs I need a direct drive print head, and a better auto bed leveling routine. But the Ender 3 s1 looks pretty good as an alternative.

Crispy Connector Rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I've use metal watch bands for years instead of silicone. Current one was for my Pebble time I got from Fossil and it's still going strong.

Crispy Connector Rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I personally use a metal watch band for myself. I react poorly to p/leather and silicone and I've used a watch band I first got as a substitute for my Pebble Time. Might be from Fossil, but any old stainless steel metal band works for me.

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Crispy Connector Rule (programming.dev)
 

I was asked to fix a new Garmin not charging. I asked what cable they were using and was told it was their old cable. This is what the old cable looked like.

Fun fact, what killed their last Garmin was corrosion on the pads in the same position.

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Made a wallpaper based off of some icons I made (programming.dev)
 

TL:DR, made some Icons for 3D Models, turned them into a banner for social media, liked it so I made it into this wallpaper.

So over the years I've made various icons for controllers and systems for my 3D Printable Display Stands. These Icon and cut into the model to know which part belongs together.

Anyways I needed a new Banner on YouTube so I took them, threw them into Inkscape and turn it into this.

I am very pleased with the results, and kind of wished I had more icons to make it more detailed.

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Free wallpaper rule (programming.dev)
 

All your for $49.99/year.

LOL JK.

Nah, made this for a banner image, and just loved how well it turned out that I just kept that wall paper. The icons are designs I made in FreeCAD that I've turned into SVG and made into this wallpaper.

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Made a wallpaper based off of my FreeCAD Designs (programming.dev)
 

Thank you FreeCAD for not pay walling the ability to create technical drawings.

So what I did to make this was to create a technical drawing of all the designs I wanted and I made this photo in Inkscape.

Was designed to be a banner for my social media, but loved it so much that I'm just using it as my desktop wallpaper.

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I got an (almost) internal Floppy Drive working on my Mint Desktop (programming.dev)
 

So why did I even want to do this? Because the front panel of my PC has a 3 1/2" drive hole and I wanted to populate it.

Fine, real reason is because I have a few legacy machine lying around and having a floppy drive accessible is nice to have.

How does it work? Well I have a Floppy to USB adapter inside my rig, and since my motherboard has an unused set of USB 2 headers, I just plugged it into that.

Otherwise, it was just plug and play... almost.

Why the drive works as Plug and Play, linux mint pokes the USB to see if it's still there, so I have a small script at boot that disables it for that internal header.

I am just socked that it works, and while it sucks that I need to be root to read the disks, I am just happy that the whole setup works at all.

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Aaah, there’s nothing quite so pristinely beautiful as a complete set of books. How splendid. Shall we pray to the gods in honor and appreciation of my Gutenbergs? (programming.dev)
 

Finally downloaded and processed the last Volume of Bookworm from J-Novel. What a way to end the series.

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Parking in front of Alleyway parking rule (programming.dev)
 
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FIXED: I've been getting this "Unable to mount" error ever since I've upgrade from Mint 21 to Mint 22. Anyone else getting this/know how to fix this? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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H1_SD is the name of a MicroSD card I'm connecting, it does connect a second later, but it's annoying to keep dismissing this error every time. I am also getting it with regular SD cards and USB Drives regardless on which USB Port I've connected it to, and which format it's been partitioned too. NTFS, exfat, fat all respond similarly.

EDIT Welp, I was able to brute force a "fix". There appeared to be an issue with the Nemo configuration between 21 and 22. Not sure what the issue was specifically, but deleting the users ~/.config/nemo and a reboot fixed it for me.

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How to Install DaVinci Resolve in Linux Mint (www.virtualcuriosities.com)
 

I run Davinci Resolve on my machines and I've had a heck of a time trying to install/run it on Linux Mint 22.

So I put off upgrading my main rig until a good enough resolution came around. Which turned out to be this. I followed it and it worked for me.

Apparently this is an issue caused by Ubuntu 24.04 so this guide will help if you have issues on Ubuntu too.

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Dad carrying his child rule (programming.dev)
 
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Love replaying PixelJunk Monsters (programming.dev)
 

This is the Ultimate HD version on Vita, and man it has been my goto for just relaxing strategy games. I just wished it explained the controller better, like pressing Square to drop bombs if you have 5 gems.

It's available on Steam and I can only image how good it'll be on a Steam Deck, as the game was fantastic on the Vita and PSP.

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