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  • Being less worried about appearance in regards to war in Ukraine stems from aspiring to be the voice of global south, at least in my perception. They tend to underscore humanitarian cost and threat of escalation because they don’t have as much historical context as Eastern Europe does, but that doesn’t mean they don’t recognise that the blame is solely on Russia. To them invasion of Ukraine is about as distant as civil war in Myanmar is for someone in Ukraine.

    El Pais reminds me of weekly news/political magazines from the time when those were still printed on paper. Their reporting covers majors news, politics but also popular science and culture. What’s nice about them is that they’re don’t publish a story unless it’s reasonably fleshed out. Even though it’s obviously left leaning it doesn’t go overtly partisan like The Guardian.


  • Technically Mac OS should remember external display layout but can bug out on display ID changing or not being available quickly enough.

    I haven’t tried displayplacer but it looks like something that might be worth checking out, especially notes on buggy displays in readme file. If command line is no go then I wouldn’t be surprised if BetterDisplay Pro didn’t have this kind of functionality since I don’t think there is anything display related this thing can’t do.


  • Yeah, sci-fi stuff was definitely boundary-pushing for a movie. Unfortunately our modern attention deficient brains are not compatible with lots of older movies. It makes me really appreciate classics that stood the test of time. Movies like 12 Angry Men or anything by Hitchcock or Kurosawa keep you at the edge of a seat even today.










  • I was in the same boat, frustrated with Sony stranding entire generations of games on aging hardware. Sold all of my boxed stuff sans exclusives that run on my PS4 Pro. Bought XSX and digital copies of everything I sold for a fraction of price in a third world store. This might be my last console if gaming industry continues on current path so no regrets even if Microsoft quits gaming tomorrow. It’s a nice life boat to carry those titles due to various improvements applied when played in backwards compatibility. XSX is the best platform to play Final Fantasy XIII these days which is quite bonkers when you think about it.

    I might consider PC in the future if someone sells a reasonably priced prebuilt with an OS dedicated to gaming, be it from Microsoft or Valve & co. I actually have an old Steam Machine from ASU’s because I thought it would happen much earlier (it lives to this day as my home server). Right now Steam Deck ain’t it and any portable device will be too compromised performance-wise, not to mention entirely unpocketable compared to old handhelds.