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New comment by arvinsim in "Drop, formerly Massdrop, ends most collaborations and rebrands under Corsair"

arvinsim — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:15:14 +0000

My 6xx still worked when I left it at home when moving countries for my siblings to use. I really loved that headphone!

New comment by arvinsim in "New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays"

arvinsim — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:51:33 +0000

Didn't know that. This probably explained why MacOS felt sluggish compared to my Windows PC even though I was using them on the same 144hz monitor.

New comment by arvinsim in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"

arvinsim — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:48:04 +0000

The Mac Pro would have been much more popular if MacOS was still compatible with Nvidia GPUs.

New comment by arvinsim in "I quit editing photos"

arvinsim — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:29:05 +0000

I find it much easier to cull photos quickly now by thinking that a bad photo will unlikely become a great photo just because you edited it.

If it doesn't catch my attention on my first culling pass, I just delete without regrets.

New comment by arvinsim in "I quit editing photos"

arvinsim — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:09:57 +0000

My process is to take a lot of photos, then ruthlessly cull them before I do any editing.

I usually keep around 10% of the total photos for editing. After that, I do another round of culling and keep only the best.

I also follow a philosophy of "good enough". If left to my own devices, I would probably endlessly edit photos.

I edit a single photo for around 3 minutes. That way, I will not feel stuck.

New comment by arvinsim in "Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer"

arvinsim — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:23 +0000

I am getting a virus detected error when downloading from Chrome.

New comment by arvinsim in "MacBook Neo"

arvinsim — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:17:32 +0000

Genuinely asking: if you are touch typing, do you really need keyboard backlighting?

New comment by arvinsim in "Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage"

arvinsim — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:36:43 +0000

I feel its because of iOS aggressive RAM saving feature rather than the lack of RAM.

I know this because I still get some of my web pages refreshed even if the browser is literally the only app that is running.

New comment by arvinsim in "Every book recommended on the Odd Lots Discord"

arvinsim — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:17:54 +0000

I agree. In my youth, I will just read anything that catches my fancy.

Nowadays, I have to be picky about what books I read, even one amongst a pool of books that I like.

That or I have to reduce my time for my other hobbies.

New comment by arvinsim in "Stop Using Face ID"

arvinsim — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:56:01 +0000

It has always been a trade off of security and convenience.

The fact is most people will favor the latter.

New comment by arvinsim in "Text Is King"

arvinsim — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:29:09 +0000

For me, it's just deteriorating attention span.

It's hard for me to get into books nowadays. But if I manage to get through a few pages, the momentum carries me through.

I don't hate reading. I just have trouble starting.

New comment by arvinsim in "Apple Creator Studio"

arvinsim — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:24:19 +0000

Logic Pro in iPad is subscription only.

New comment by arvinsim in "Apple Creator Studio"

arvinsim — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:22:17 +0000

Is the one-time purchase versions guaranteed for life?

If not, then this would likely go the way of others before where it will eventually be removed.

New comment by arvinsim in "The year of the 3D printed miniature and other lies we tell ourselves"

arvinsim — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:41:49 +0000

I thought EDH would satisfy my casual interest in MTG. But it ended up being worse than competitive play because of politics, vague deck building restrictions for balance(brackets) and difficult to organize people to play.

I settled into boardgames(especially solo boardgames) last year to satisfy that itch.

New comment by arvinsim in "The year of the 3D printed miniature and other lies we tell ourselves"

arvinsim — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:38:20 +0000

I see at least 2 reasons why we don't see proxy play in MTG.

One is the strong dependence on your peers for approval. If your group is against proxies, then you are screwed.

Second is that there are now more ways to play against each other online for free. This approach is much more convenient compared to creating proxies IRL and allows you to play with other people outside your peer group.

New comment by arvinsim in "The RAM shortage comes for us all"

arvinsim — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:22:24 +0000

The question for moving to new languages is always if there are enough jobs for it.

New comment by arvinsim in "The RAM shortage comes for us all"

arvinsim — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:19:49 +0000

That's true. But then if you are building a PC, prices are going up anyway so maybe in that comparision the Steam Machine is still worth getting.

New comment by arvinsim in "Learning music with Strudel"

arvinsim — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:26:06 +0000

I have just discovered Strudel last month. Even as an owner of Ableton, there is just something compelling about coding music in.

New comment by arvinsim in "Steam Machine"

arvinsim — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:35:10 +0000

Then it will compete more with those entry-level SFF PC builds.

I still hope that they will compete with console pricing though.

New comment by arvinsim in "Steam Machine"

arvinsim — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:33:31 +0000

Wasn't that the desktop mode of SteamOS?