David Chung d6chung@identi.ca

Honolulu, United States

  • GNOME 46 Unmasked

    2024-03-27T02:48:33Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    For the past two months, I held back GNOME 46 packages since I was experiencing login hangs -- I've been meaning to look into it but got lazy about it.


    However, seeing libgdm-46 in my latest batch of updates gave me hope: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2159642#p2159642


    And yay! I'm able to login with GNOME 46 now! So my IgnorePkg list is now empty once again!

  • Upgraded to PinePhonePro

    2024-03-26T03:17:23Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    It finally happened.


    I dropped my PinePhone and the corner glass shattered.


    So not wanting to risk cutting myself, I switched over to my PinePhonePro, which was standing by already as a backup and the performance difference is night-and-day! Wow!


    I plan on trying to replace the PinePhone screen myself. Let's see how that goes... I foresee many grumblings in the future with tiny screws bouncing around me.

    @d6chung@identi.ca good luck mate.

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  • Aurite!

    2024-03-22T17:44:16Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    Okay, this won me over: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=vYRo8wI2Q18


    I was playing this with Japanese audio but when I saw "aurite" in the text, I just had to switch the audio and replay that sequence to hear it proper.


    I'm glad someone recorded and posted it!

    Doing my part and sharing the dialogue with the voices isolated: https://peervideo.club/w/bac8iLjm2HXjGvt5Ng7Gj2

    David Chung at 2024-03-27T02:22:28Z

  • pmOS Testing

    2024-03-20T01:28:59Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    I normally wait for a device to be promoted from testing but I just want to start tinkering with the PineTab2 now that the WiFi driver is available.


    pmOS is my OS of choice because of pmbootstrap.


    Unfortunately, the documentation is not at all clear on how one installs the OS on testing devices: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/PINE64_PineTab_2_(pine64-pinetab2)


    I tried tinkering with pmbootstrap trying to figure out how to write the deviceinfo and APKBUILD files and failing miserably as the pmbootstrap build command kept failing.


    But silly me, at the bottom of this Wiki page is a link to an MR: https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/4208


    All the work is done for me! So just for future reference, the steps are as follows:


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  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Started

    2024-03-18T01:45:47Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    https://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/eight/


    I started this and of course I immediately blast through until I get to the Honolulu portion.


    I am disappointed that my building was not modelled. They modelled the surrounding landscape but left out iconic residential buildings! The game is literally unplayable now! The player picks up a (non-rideshare) cab at the departure-level of the airport! Game ruined!


    I suppose it's for the best. I'm a little weirded-out seeing my bedroom window in visitor photos as they post their reviews of their hotel stay...


    Now that I have a manual save where I can free-roam Waikiki, I suppose I should play the game proper now from the start. To me, it is the mini-games where the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series shine. I never liked the combat systems (both old and new) -- it always felt clunky/unpolished to me.

  • Problem-solving Guidelines

    2024-03-12T22:01:32Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    Okay, this one got me:

    https://lemmy.world/post/13032046

  • Rift Apart Fully Complete

    2024-02-29T23:24:28Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers

    I revisited this since in my first playthrough, I skipped the mini-game because I hated it -- it felt like playing a more disorienting version of classic Doom.

    Anyway, my NG+ playthrough allowed me to enable cheats so I just plowed my way through to acquire this single trophy I missed out nearly a year later!
  • GOW: Ragnarok Fully Complete

    2024-02-26T01:32:52Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers

    It is done!
  • GOW: Ragnarok Complete

    2024-02-17T07:47:43Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    After nearly a year, I finally finished the main campaign of God of War: Ragnarok! I spent a lot of time doing the side quests because I love the gameplay and really wanted to avoid the story. In fact, I really don't know what happened in the main story as I normally just watch something else as an unskippable cinematic plays out. I only completed the main game because I exhausted all the side quests and more is unlocked after the game is completed.


    Now I'm happily working on those!


    The final bosses were really easy! I think the optional bosses honed my skills. The optional battle arena was really fun and I look forward to the optional boss that's now unlocked there!


    As I mentioned before, even on the hardest difficulty, player deaths never felt unfair. All my deaths are due to my mistakes.


    The only time I was annoyed was when the game glitched out when I thought I finished an encounter -- I was either soft or hard locked! There was one mini-boss that always hard-locked for me so I worked around it by leaving the battlefield and killing the boss from outside, which worked! Soft locks for me occurred when all enemies were defeated but the game was still in battle mode and refused to progress further -- couldn't figure out how to workaround that and had to redo the encounter and pray. Other soft locks occur when a mini-boss doesn't spawn and the game can't progress further -- boss music is playing but nothing is happening! Ahh, this game is glitchy...


    Despite all that, the gameplay is where this game really shines and I highly recommend it for that reason. Not to mention all the additional content and gameplay are provided as FREE DLC! I truly believe this is the best game of the current generation!


    Now onward to complete all the side quests!

  • HSO: Music of Studio Ghibli

    2024-01-16T18:59:38Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    Following up from: https://identi.ca/d6chung/note/Zm0UHqKiRj-TyKLvD0CNsw


    They just had their concert over the weekend and I enjoyed it overall.


    Unfortunately, they played only a single cue from Kiki! That was quite the disappointment.


    At least it was my favourite cue from the soundtrack: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=pR4iCWB-VVQ


    However, I prefer either the original movie version or the one just linked (2023 Symphonic Celebration arrangement) where the melody jumps around the orchestra. The one I heard live had the melody mainly with the piano and strings -- it is such a tame version of that cue!


    I was pleased to hear the catbus cue (with original instrumentation!) from Totoro live so that was the highlight for me!

  • Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood

    2024-01-12T20:50:15Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    https://yewtu.be/watch?v=stN_XmMIPZA


    I was just introduced to this on the classical station. I thought it was neat and it got a laugh from me with what they substituted the hunters with.

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  • Evernote

    2024-01-11T19:34:00Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    I've been using Evernote forever since it had BlackBerry support!


    Now they updated their pricing model that place limits on the actual number of notes (!) and I'm essentially locked out the service.


    So I guess it's time to export my data and say goodbye.

  • Overflow Concert

    2024-01-10T19:30:57Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    So they scheduled https://www.myhso.org/concerts/ghibli-march-16 since https://www.myhso.org/concerts/2024-music-of-studio-ghibli-jan-13 is sold out.


    However, the conductor for the overflow concert is marked TBA.


    I wonder if they're trying to get Hisaishi himself to conduct! I wouldn't mind going to a duplicate concert if so!

  • Final 2023 Ranking

    2024-01-09T21:51:38Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    With the holidays and a bunch of flights for me now past us, it's time to publish my final movie rankings for 2023. So here is a quick run-down of the many I saw on planes...


    Fast X: As expected, you'll have to turn your brain off for this one. 4 Mai Tais.


    The Adults: A very slow build. You'll probably need to sip on 1 Mai Tai as the characters become more established toward the final act.


    The Equalizer 3: I thought this was well-paced enough to require 0 Mai Tais!


    A Haunting in Venice: Pretty engaging! It's mostly dialogue so you'll need to keep a sharp mind on this and partake 0 Mai Tais.


    Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story: This felt very shallow -- it's hard to describe but it feels nothing really happens in it. 2 Mai Tais.


    Barbie: Surprisingly well-done! The overall cinematography elevates this and knowing that the a lot of the effects are practical set designs makes me appreciate this all the more! So this is technically the best movie I've seen in 2023! 0 Mai Tais! However, screenplay-wise, I prefer Oppenheimer and it used IMAX film so for those reasons, it slightly nudges up ahead to take the top ranking.


    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One: Mostly engaging but I feel myself muddling this with Indiana Jones -- maybe they have very similar scenes? 0 Mai Tais.


    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: I get this muddled with Mission Impossible. Perhaps it was not a memorable movie for me? Maybe it's the train scenes, which reminded me of Uncharted2 and I think Mission Impossible did it better complete with escaping from falling cars! Wait, weren't we talking about Indiana Jones? Nah, just take 2 Mai Tais.


    Final 2023 ranking:


    Oppenheimer: 0 Mai Tais

    Barbie: 0 Mai Tais

    BlackBerry: 0 Mai Tais

    A Haunting in Venice: 0 Mai Tais

    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One: 0 Mai Tais

    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret: 0 Mai Tais

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: 0 Mai Tais

    The Equalizer 3: 0 Mai Tais

    The Blackening: 1 Mai Tai

    Cocaine Bear: 1 Mai Tai

    The Adults: 1 Mai Tai

    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: 2 Mai Tais

    Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story: 2 Mai Tais

    Fast X: 4 Mai Tais

  • Happy New Year!

    2024-01-01T14:35:05Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    A follow-up of my post regarding winning the New Years concert lottery!


    The Vienna Philharmonic was really tight and I haven't personally experienced an organisation that can top them. So the New Years concert was truly a treat!


    I didn't realise that there are many cameras installed in the concert venue. During the performance of the Blue Danube, the cameras smoothly coming in and out of their hiding spots reminded me of 2001. I shall try to watch the TV broadcast to see if I'm included in the editing.


    As for Vienna itself, my key takeaway from it is that North American culture can learn from Vienna (and possibly other similar European cities) on how to run things more efficiently. I really wish American drivers are as competent, that transit fare is managed as efficiently, that plastic bottles are also non-existent, and that service avoids small-talk.

  • Concert Preparation

    2023-11-20T19:20:20Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    To prepare for concerts as an attendee, I normally "study" the concert by absorbing the program ahead of time.


    I'm so glad these exist:

    - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=pR4iCWB-VVQ

    - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gYBsmbJrXQ4

    - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=2pQKqQ9sG50


    Wished they had a wider shot of the entire orchestra but I guess I'll have to wait to see a live performance of these pieces. Wonder if Hisaishi will drop by Honolulu.

  • HSO Sold Out

    2023-11-18T00:56:02Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    https://www.myhso.org/concerts/2024-music-of-studio-ghibli-jan-13


    I think this is the first time ever I've seen HSO sell out a concert!


    Fortunately, I got my usual seat with the pre-sale so looking forward to this concert in January!

  • X-Google-Original-From

    2023-11-14T19:00:42Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    Dear scammers,


    Don't use Google to try to hide the compromised account you're using. Google's mail servers reveal what you're trying to do in the message headers.

  • Cement Pour

    2023-11-07T18:49:00Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    Thanks to construction across the street from the office, I witnessed for the first time the start of a cement truck pouring its payload!


    It was as if that truck was having a bowel movement! Fascinating!

  • Disobeying Lane Markings

    2023-11-06T00:37:40Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers

    There seems to be a recent trend in disobeying lane markings.


    Just this past week, I witnessed 3 drivers making a turn from the incorrect lane (eg. right turn from the left lane). Of that three, one resulted in a collision but I was just a pedestrian at the time. Another incident involved myself and in a rare moment, I sounded my horn as my ABS kicked in.


    I think I said in the past that I believe traffic violations should result in immediate revocation (not just suspension) of the drivers licence. I stand by that viewpoint.