Riven

Riven , 10 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Hot take: Users without a profile pick are mildlyinfuriating

you can use a gif

This is the comment I needed. You’ve convinced me.

Riven , 10 months ago to technology in The End of AppleTalk - August 28th, 2009

I think you’re confusing AppleTalk with AppleShare. AFP runs fine over TCP/IP and has since way back in the System 6 days.

Riven , 10 months ago to memes in When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF

Been pronouncing it that way since Idea Channel :)

ʒaɪf ftw

Riven , 10 months ago to games in Noooooo you can't make a microtransactions free game and finished too 😭😭😭

New? They’ve been around since the 90s. Original Sin was like the 5th or 6th Divinity game.

Riven , 11 months ago to nostupidquestions in what are .webp files and why has my online experience been plagued by them?

This plugin will fix the thumbnails in Finder

Riven , 11 months ago to piracy in Does torrenting slow down your computer?

Bittorrent opens a ton of simultaneous connections that can overwhelm the pos router supplied by some ISPs. If that’s your issue, lowering the max # of connections could not only clear it up but also increase your download speed

Riven , 11 months ago to technology in What is your internet service plan?

150 Mb FTTH for $90 in Newfoundland

Riven , 11 months ago to linux in thank you Linux for giving a damn about Bluetooth headphones

I’m still on 10 myself so I can’t say for sure. I remember I needed to go into device manager and disable but not uninstall the Microsoft stack, and stop it from automatically updating.

It’ll break the Bluetooth settings/control panel and you’ll need to re-pair all devices via the new icon in the system tray. It looks basically the same as the old one and both might be present, so I advise hiding the old one.

I also seem to recall having to change a setting relating to the pairing password. Maybe? Sorry it’s been a while since I got it set up and it’s worked flawlessly ever since so the details are a bit fuzzy.

Riven , 11 months ago to linux in thank you Linux for giving a damn about Bluetooth headphones

Windows’ built-in bluetooth stack is famously bad. Try installing the Toshiba one instead. It’s a bit clunky UI-wise, but tends to have less issues.

Riven , 11 months ago to retrogaming in Using retro inspired controllers when playing emulated games

I have a pair of Nintendo’s NES controllers for the switch, a 1st gen 8bitDo SNES, the M30 Genesis, and USB adapters for the N64 and GameCube controllers.

And just use the switch pro controller for everything :(

Don’t get me wrong. Those other controllers are awesome. I just don’t have the patience to be constantly switching, and the pro controller is just so good as long as you don’t need analog shoulder buttons.

Riven , 11 months ago to nostupidquestions in How safe is open source software? What are the general benefits?

Open source is generally considered to be more secure because the large number of eyes on it are expected to catch the vulnerabilities. That’s the idea anyway.

I get where you’re coming from though. If anyone can see how it works it must be easier to break into right? But if something is only secure because you don’t know how it works, then it isn’t really secure at all.

Riven , 11 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Blocked on one side of my nose

I’ve heard it’s because your brain thinks (somewhat correctly) that you can’t breathe and releases “clear that clog right now” chemicals.

Holding your breath until you almost pass out works for the same reason, but I don’t recommend it.