wren

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[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I still can’t believe how on point the variant puzzles are. Each one removes the exact way the last one was solved, even when I thought I was being so clever with how I solved it. It’s like ‘congrats on solving it, I knew you’d solve it that way, so here’s a more difficult way’ like three times in a row

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 14 points 5 months ago

I’m choosing to imagine he’s running a very very very slightly larger circle each time, getting closer and closer to his neighbours as he goes - instead of it being the precision of the sat nav (and the larger circles only being noticed over a matter of weeks)

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 39 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There’s nothing more offensive to people like that than a woman who, y’know, is a person

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 9 points 7 months ago

The clouds parted just in time for us for totality as well! Talk about lucky, eh?

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

I’ve actually found it to be quite good for building dexterity - but duly noted!

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 22 points 7 months ago

Absolutely heartbreaking...

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Streetpass was one of the coolest features a portable device could have and they did it so well. It was always so exciting to see that little green light

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So cool that it includes those stats! Were the other ones comparable in terms of brick count / weight / hours and whatnot?

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I’m right there with you

Hate hate hate subtitles. I 100% agree sound mixing is absolute shite now, and I definitely understand why some people need them (as someone who has audio processing issues myself I really do get it)

But I refuse to watch things with subtitles. They’re way too distracting. Either I’m reading them of I’m trying to ignore them but all my brain is saying is ‘don’t look at them don’t look at them don’t look at them’. Like if I wanted to read something, I’d have a book in front of me

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thank you - that's absolutely it, which is why I'm not engaging with the other comments on this anymore, because it just feels like feeding the trolls at this point. I thought I was being quite polite and respectful in my response above. I have a lot of patience for people that don't get it - but not a lot for intentional closed-mindedness. I'm trying to help make this place a more positive and welcoming community, that's all. The EDC community here on Lemmy is too small to already start with the gatekeeping, it won't do anyone any favours to be all 'post what you carry and consider essentials... but not like that'

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Aha yeah I know AO2 can be a little pricy, though they do have some great ones in the cheaper range: the Mini Hydras in SS/Delrin being one of them, which are $20. Great starter set, but it's also impossible to outgrow them, pros. use them still. The weight (18g) is basically the goldilocks weight for most people, the bead shape is excellent

You probably could get a pair from amazon or ebay for like $15 that would serve you well, but I've found those to be either way too light or way too heavy and the beads just kinda feel... shitty, and they might even be unbalanced because quality control is nonexistent.

I don't mean to sound like an aroundsquare shill, I just do genuinely love their products and the owner, Matt, is one of the coolest guys ever

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

That's so sweet. The time we have with our loved ones really is a gift

 

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Context:

For the last month I’ve been on an absolute tech binge on reading up and tinkering with hacking ps vitas and other general computer faffing about.

This has lead me to not only purchasing not one, but two ps vitas in the last month, and spending basically every waking hour reading documentation, looking up new homebrews and plugins, and actually working on getting these things implemented.

Additionally, carrying around a tiny baby console has reignited but also a impulse purchasing a new handheld gaming pc. Now I already have a fairly decent one, an aya neo 2021, so 16gb ram, a 4800u processor, 1tb storage, etc. This baby’s literally been able to handle everything I’ve thrown at it, with the exception of Baldur’s Gate.

But now I’m really getting bothered by how heavy and big it is. So what do I do? I buy a GPD Win 4 on an impulse because it’s only a little bit larger than the vita, but has many many many pluses compared to my current pc (32gb ram, a 34% faster processor, 2tb storage, an on unit keyboard, a mini mouse trackpad, rear buttons (honestly one of the main things I miss about the xbox pro controller), etc). I’m still going to use the aya, I’ll set it up as a pseudo desktop of sorts probably, or use it when I do want that bigger screen.

But man I feel absolutely worn out from this. It’s been a ninth of just solid obsession and being unable to think about anything else. Not to mention the money I’ve spent that I really ought to be saving. And the worst part is I know there’s very little I can do to break out of it.

At least the comp I know im going to be using, the vita I think the fixation will die out once it’s all set up and configured... I think I enjoy the tinkering more than I will actually using it.

Does anyone else feel the same after a hyperfixation binge? It’s gotta be similar to stims making us tired right? Finally found something that releases the dopamine, and now it’s a tidal wave. Not to mention just the go go go go obsessive thinking 24/7. And it certainly doesn’t help that being so focused on this instead of literally everything else means I’ve missed my meds more times in the last few weeks than I have actually remembering them. Gotta love a self fulfilling prophesy eh?

Anyway, anyone else have a similar hyperfixation story they feel like sharing?

And I fully accept this is far too much to read lmao

 

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