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sersi commented on From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent ssp.sh/blog/macbook-to-ar... · Posted by u/articsputnik

gigatexal · 2 days ago

you just made my day I am so happy with this I could kiss you!* just saved me a bunch of coin cuz I was considering trading up for a m4 or otherwise to get better brightness

amazing!

* more a turn of phrase, a hug, a handshake, a thank you thank you thank you all suffice ;-)

I insta bought the suggested app

sersi · 2 days ago

Check out https://github.com/alin23/Lunar it's the most advanced app on mac when it comes to controlling screens

sersi commented on From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent ssp.sh/blog/macbook-to-ar... · Posted by u/articsputnik

asimovfan · 2 days ago

I read why you left linux as your main platform.. You say you are "practical now and tired" implying GNU(+linux) is unpractical and tiring, which is perfectly wrong in my opinion. Not only my opinion but also in your own opinion, as you also write how package managers are better in linux, macOS is not as hackable, how much it is locked down etc. So it comes down to this paragraph:

"I learned to like nice things. I became a bit bougie, hah. I like the build quality of the Apple laptops. The amazing trackpads. The vibrant screens. And how, for the most part, the hardware and software just work together so well. Seamlessly connecting Apple Keyboards to my Apple Laptop, or my Apple Headphones to my Apple Laptop, etc., etc."

so boils down to this intangible "bougieness" they tricked you with. I dont know about Apple build quality. I have the experience that they absolutely slow down, break down faster, more expensive to get fixed, and the trackpad is annoying as hell. I haven't had any problems with headphones or connecting keyboards (wireless or wired) in non macOS laptops either. It is 2025 and all my computers work fine with such peripherals.

The screens look vibrant i'll give you that, but you pay for it anyway, like you could've paid with another laptop.

sersi · 2 days ago

Well I have a desktop running arch linux as my main computer at home. For my laptop though I use a mbp purely for the build quality because I have never found a laptop that is as good at the current generations of mbps for thermals, trackpad quality, sound quality, screen, battery life.

Now personally I'd be happier running linux and I'm looking forward to arch linux on asahi working on my laptop. But I will use macos (which I used to like but has become steadily worse over the years) just because of the hardware

sersi commented on The ROI of Exercise herman.bearblog.dev/exerc... · Posted by u/ingve

kelnos · 2 days ago

That's a perfectly valid comparison. A year's worth of hours is still a year's worth of hours, regardless of what time span I spread it over.

We use this sort of formulation everywhere. If I say I work 40 hours a week, no one is going to assume that I start work at 9am on Monday, work non-stop until 1am Wednesday, and then take the rest of the week off. If I say that people spend approximately a third of their lives sleeping, no one thinks I mean that they sleep continuously from birth until they're 30 years old, and then spend the next 60 years awake.

sersi · 2 days ago

The point is that it's 8500 hours of free time used for exercise. It's time when you're not eating sleeping or working.

So it's not exactly the same. For people who have very little free time due to commute, work, children, etc. It's harder to spend half an hour of free time a day on exerciaing.

I mean I do agree with the premise that exercising is a good return (especially since the better sleep quality should be factored in) but I think the person you're replying to has a point when he says that saying it's one year of life is not really comparable

sersi commented on Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room nytimes.com/2025/08/18/ar... · Posted by u/asnyder

fho · 6 days ago

> I just got back from a goth music weekend this weekend

> the mean age would be 40-something

At least in Germany the "black" scene has a serious "recruitment" problem. It's basically the same set of people for decades now with very little additions to the pool.

It strange to me that I am amongst the youngest attendeds at concerts and "disco" events at 40.

sersi · 6 days ago

I remember going to a goth concert in Germany back when I was 19 (20 yearsish ago) amd yeah not welcoming described them well. So I do think it's very much a problem of that specific segment of the community

sersi commented on Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team annas-archive.org/blog/an... · Posted by u/jerheinze

Aurornis · 7 days ago

> Am I an exception?

Years ago I was following development of an indie game. The developers wanted to provide a DRM-free experience.

The game had some online functionality (leaderboard or something). They were surprised when the number of accounts accessing the online functionality exceeded their sales by a dramatic number. The developer updates grew more and more sad as they switched from discussing new features to pleading with people to actually buy the game instead of copying it. Eventually they called it quits and gave up because the game, while very popular, was so widely pirated that few people actually paid.

Whenever the piracy topic comes up I hear people do mental gymnastics to justify it, like claiming they spend more than average and therefore their piracy is a net win. Yet when we get small peeks into numbers and statistics like with video game piracy, it’s not hard to see that the majority of people who pirate things are just doing it because they get what they want and don’t have to pay for it.

sersi · 6 days ago

Which indie game was that?

sersi commented on Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity nature.com/articles/s4158... · Posted by u/Anon84

alaithea · 7 days ago

Your concerns are extremely valid, but it is not _that_ bad in many places in America. I relocated my family specifically so that my kids could have a walkable community to live in, and since then (about five years), we've had no issues with them getting to schools, parks, the library, friends' houses, and downtown shops on their own.

That said, we live in the inner district of a small city that was settled in the mid 19th century, so it has a street grid, alleys, uninterrupted sidewalks, etc.... everything that makes a place as safe as possible in this day and age for kids to get around without getting hit by a car. (One exception being dedicated biking infrastructure, which would be awesome.)

sersi · 7 days ago

At what age did you start letting your kids run errands or walk to school by themselves?

sersi commented on Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team annas-archive.org/blog/an... · Posted by u/jerheinze

lolive · 7 days ago

I choose the books I buy, from Anna's Archive. I choose the comics I buy from readComicsOnline. I choose the [european] graphic novels I buy from #WONTTELL.

And I am one of the best customers of these 3 physical shops, in my town.

So sure, I don't buy the latest trends based on ads. I investigate a lot to buy GREAT stuff. Sometimes the shopkeeper has headaches to find the obscure stuff I discovered online that NOBODY knows it exists.

Am I an exception?

I don't know but those services are great to maintain a freedom of choice.

sersi · 7 days ago

I'm exactly the same. I tend to get the first book of any series that interests me and read a third before I decide whether to buy it or not. I do buy about 3-4 books a month (mostly epub drm free preferred) plus about 10 european graphic novels (paper books only) a month so I'm a heavy consumer I think.

sersi commented on Steam can't escape the fallout from its censorship controversy polygon.com/steam-paypal-... · Posted by u/SilverElfin

trenchpilgrim · 10 days ago

It's more than love - I have friends who will actively refuse to buy games on other stores, even for significantly better prices.

(To be fair - I think some stores like the Epic Games store actively make playing games on them worse, e.g. I played Alan Wake 2 through Epic and the achievements notifications were massively distracting, ruining many scary and dramatic moments, and they turn themselves back on every time you launch the game...)

sersi · 10 days ago

The only other game store I'll use is Gog (ok, and exceptionally itch.io)... Epic is unfortunately nowhere near good enough. The others are even worse

sersi commented on Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers fortune.com/2025/08/11/st... · Posted by u/zdw

stby · 13 days ago

Newer Coworking places generally seem to have some Starbucks-vibes, but AFAIK they are not doing to well.

Maybe the price of a coffee is exactly what people are willing to pay for a seat, a small table, and wifi for some hours.

sersi · 13 days ago

I tried wework. The seats were unbelievably uncomfortable. For the low-low price of $500 usd to get a hot seat, it's just much worse than coffeeshops.

sersi commented on Raised by Wolves Is Original Sci-Fi at Its Most Polarizing (2020) rogerebert.com/streaming/... · Posted by u/walterbell

walterbell · 14 days ago

Have you compared the 26-episode (Director's Cut / Anniversary Edition) and 30-episode versions of the Tencent series?

There's also a 6h fan edit, https://disembiggened.com.

sersi · 14 days ago

Which one would you recommend? I loved the first book but hated the Netflix series.