Robert

Robert

@clo4.net

The common part between being a keyboard enthusiast and an Apple enthusiast is that I have strong opinions weakly held

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Robert
@clo4.net

Just updated my Mac to public beta 2 for Tahoe. This thing makes GNOME and KDE look like a utopia of visual consistency.

Robert
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Favorite moment using Claude (the overly eager model) so far: "WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T DO???"

Robert
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Now that I have an S90D and a C4 here’s my comparison of the upper-mid-range OLED TVs from the two major TV manufacturers. 1. QD-OLED is fine. WOLED is also fine. Infinitely better than LCD TVs. 2. WebOS sucks, but has good settings. Tizen is a little better overall, but I dislike the settings.

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Robert
@clo4.net

General conclusion: if the Samsung is cheaper or only marginally more expensive, get it. Otherwise, LG’s OLEDs are fantastic value.

Robert
@clo4.net

Trying to get my computers to display correctly to the S90D has also been a giant pain in the ass that I just didn't experience with the C4. Like, I *know* what macOS and GNOME are supposed to look like, but with the "correct" settings, they just don't look like that. Hopefully missing something...

Robert
@clo4.net

Now that I have an S90D and a C4 here’s my comparison of the upper-mid-range OLED TVs from the two major TV manufacturers. 1. QD-OLED is fine. WOLED is also fine. Infinitely better than LCD TVs. 2. WebOS sucks, but has good settings. Tizen is a little better overall, but I dislike the settings.

Robert
@clo4.net

The C5 is noticeably, very obviously at a glance, brighter than the C4… but I got a seriously killer deal on the C4. Otherwise, the C5 is worth the extra money (or worth holding on until a sale). The brightness difference between the S90D & S90F doesn’t feel as big.

Robert
@clo4.net

Now that I have an S90D and a C4 here’s my comparison of the upper-mid-range OLED TVs from the two major TV manufacturers. 1. QD-OLED is fine. WOLED is also fine. Infinitely better than LCD TVs. 2. WebOS sucks, but has good settings. Tizen is a little better overall, but I dislike the settings.

Robert
@clo4.net

3. The slightly blue hue of the QD panel is actually quite noticeable when ambient light hits it. The WOLED just looks black. 4. The S90D is significantly less reflective (to me at least), which was unexpected! Maybe due to ambient black-level raise from ambient light hitting the QD?

Robert
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5. The C4 simply looks nicer as a unit. LG went hard on the design, even down to the textured stone pattern on the **back** of the unit. Samsung slapped matte plastic on it and called it a day. 6. The Samsung remote is light-years better. Feels so much cheaper, but I cannot STAND the LG remote.

Robert
@clo4.net

currently searching for a TV unit. None of the goddamn units are shown with an actual TV on them. At this point, one can only assume this is malice

Robert
@clo4.net

Literally everyone that sees my setup says something along the lines of "Why do you use a silent keyboard, but have an application to play key sounds when you type?" Low profile keyboards sound like shit. So, remove the sound, and use my own (better) sounds instead 🤷

Robert
@clo4.net

The only thing that really irks me about using an OLED TV as a computer monitor is that white content will change brightness depending on the amount of white on the screen. Scrolling down on apple[dot]com is certainly interesting... SDR would help, but then I'm missing out on free brightness!

Robert
@clo4.net

Soon I'll be switching my display from a 65" LG C4 to a 55" Samsung S90D (good discount on clearance stock) so we'll see if the slightly brighter, slightly smaller QD panel helps with this. My setup will also (finally) be moving back to my office-thing :D Only concern long term is burn-in.

Robert
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NixOS on my home server has truly paid off. Being able to declaratively set up a game server, configure auto start, add a timer and custom service for daily restarts, configure all the nitpicky container options, and deploy it (in under 5 minutes) without ever SSH-ing to it is a fucking superpower.

Robert
@clo4.net

I've transitioned my workspace from a 27" monitor to a 65" TV. If you have the space for it, I can highly recommend this, even though it's a little unconventional. Focusing on something further away is way more comfortable, and because it's so big, it feels like I can actually do more on it too.

Robert
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Currently I'm using a couch and a lap-desk, but eventually I want to get a single-seat couch seat with enough room to cross my legs in it comfortably and two arms that I can directly mount my split keyboard to.

Robert
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Accidentally nuked my entire .config directory. Home Manager is a godsend. Took 20 seconds and I was back up and running.

Robert
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So it turns out Lazygit is really good. I slept on this for way too long - if you haven't tried it out, *try it right now*. I think it's more fitting to call it a visualization with some really good shortcuts than it is to call it a "git UI"

Robert
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Ironically, 1Password is the only app that I *want* to enable telemetry in, because I really don't want my password manager to have annoying bugs. There was a bug where the web extension would just refuse to connect to the app, and it took *literally months* for this critical-path bug to get fixed.

Robert
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Now that I've put in the time to properly learn how to use Nix, it makes me sad to see the number of technologies that are just solving the same problems but worse but getting more attention. Nix really needs Rusty error messages. Genuinely think its errors are its biggest issue for adoption.

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