briongloid

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Donald Trump tells Canada to become a state to avoid his tariffs in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The amount of Americans visiting Australia who assume people here would want to live in America instead given the option was astounding to me.

Steam Deal: Save 85% on Battlefield™ V on Steam in c/gamedeals@lemmy.zip
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately I don't think this runs on Linux anymore.

August Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lately I've just been playing FTL & Stardew Valley on an old Linux machine.

I intend on playing New Vegas soon, with the intention of finishing it before Fallout Season 2.

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August Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? (aussie.zone)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
36 comments fedilink
ISOs Explained + four programs to make Linux boot media in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I generally use the Raspberry Pi Imager, It works just as well with USB's as TF cards.

GitHub repo

GoToSocial is a new ActivityPub social network server for the Fediverse in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 21 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Any platform that believes it should be their choice whether the user can opt-in to any part of the fediverse, is a big no from me.

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Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? (aussie.zone)
Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I've just been playing Valorant, might get back into Age of Empires 2.

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Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? (aussie.zone)
 

Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.

If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be a plus.

Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 45 points 1 year ago

I'm sure they got better, but they never won me back, that original feeling of disappointment is still associated with the games for me.

Star Wars: The Old Republic getting Australian servers in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From what I understand, the game was recently moved to AWS, which makes regional servers significantly easier and cheaper.

Now if only ESO could do the same..

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Star Wars: The Old Republic getting Australian servers (www.swtor.com)
SBC's with better mainline Linux support than Raspberry Pi? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you tried DietPi

Cosmos 0.12 major update in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[🆕 Cosmos 0.12 - HUGE update! All in one secure Reverse-proxy, container manager with app store, integrated VPN, and authentication provider, now has a Full Monitoring suite with alerts and notifications (including presets for anti crypto miner hacks!) 📈📊 ~reddit

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Cosmos 0.12 major update (github.com)
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Does anyone have experience with Asrock monitors? (aussie.zone)
 

I'm looking at the ASRock PG27FF1A 27” FHD IPS 165Hz FreeSync Premium monitor, the price is in AUD so it's closer to $125 before tax.

I am content with 1080p at 27', it's what I am currently using and my 3050 laptop isn't appropriate to increase the resolution. My laptop has HDMI 2.1 output.

Is there anyway to watch Joe Rogen Podcast without having to create a spotify account? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Usenet is paid, usually 2+ subscriptions, a Usenet/backbone provider + an indexer.

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Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? (aussie.zone)
 

Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.

If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be fantastic.

Max users grandfathered into $15.99 ad-free plan lose 4K, HDR next month in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's how it should work, but many services have been increasing pricing with email warnings for the last decade.

My friend has PS+ and it has multiplied in price for 3-month intervals without him ever confirming the new price. He's had it for a decade without touching it and genuinely wouldn't know he's being charged so much more than he agreed to if I didn't tell him.

This is in Australia which normally has better protections for consumers, but it's possible we don't in this case as it's happened to me with every subscription I've ever had they send a n email and then start charging an amount I never agreed to.

The only exception was AEW+ via Fite.tv which was in USD, that was the only time I ever lost my sub when the price changed, which given it went up +40% I was glad they handled it respectfully.

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Looking for advice on monitor upgrade (aussie.zone)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
4 comments fedilink
 

Not a big budget in mind, this is what I am looking at.

Acer Nitro KG272 S3 27" FHD VA 180Hz

The price in AUD, which is $127 USD before tax.

I am currently using a 3050 laptop / 5600H connected to my 1080p/60hz Acer from 2014. What I like about this monitor is it looks exactly the same and is the same size, it will be swapped with the existing VESA mount.

I cannot find any official documentation, some websites don't list it as HDR10 at all, I also find that regional variants can be very different. Some information shows this to be IPS, but I also can't find that out for sure, I also don't understand if that would be better/worse for high refresh rate. I am also on the assumption that 180Hz is really 165Hz with a possible OC I won't be using.

I will be playing at 1080p and can handle my games at 120+, the HDR10 will be a boost. I had thought that HDR400 was the dodgy spec, but now I am reading negative remarks about anything below HDR600, I thought HDR10 was genuine 10bit.

This is the best price in my regional stores and can be picked up locally.

In the listing, it specifies 250 cd/m² which I assume is important.

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Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? (aussie.zone)
 

Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.

Bonus points if its on sale, with a link.

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Plex will be blocking access from at least one VPS provider (imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
157 comments fedilink
 

Appears to be Hetzner for now, wouldn't be surprised if all VPS get affected eventually.

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I Completed my First Final Fantasy game! (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
34 comments fedilink
 

I played it on my phone which nowadays is the port of the pixel remaster. I loved it and I thought it was great! I definitely felt a little overpowered due to not fleeing at all. I would recommend checking it out, I got just under 28 hours of playtime on my first run.

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Just finished Red Dead Redemption 1 and Undead Nightmare on PC using the Xenia emulator (aussie.zone)
 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/2310989

It’s a great game and I’m so glad I finally got to play it.

I’m running a RTX 2070 Super and a Ryzen 5 3600 with 32 gigs of RAM. Using Xenia-Canary I could run the game at 1080p with decent framerate, but that caused some really unpleasant brightness issues at night, so I stuck with 720p and honestly stopped noticing the low resolution after a while. The game ran at a stable 60 all the way to the end and I encountered absolutely no issues besides some flickering shadows once or twice.

If you have a decent gaming PC and have never played the original RDR I strongly recommend you try this. It can be a bit of a faff to find what emulator settings work for you, but once you get it working properly, it’s an absolute blast. RDR still holds up really well in my opinion.

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