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4. LINUX! The reason I INSTANTLY signed up and reserved and then bought a Frame. It's exactly the same base as the steam deck: A custom Arch distro with a locked root filesystem. You can unlock it with `steamos-readonly disable` to install packages, same as the Deck, but you shouldn't (they'll […]

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3. The Meta Quest has broken the VR industry using the Wallmart model: Undercut everyone else and drive them all out of the market. Valve refused to play this game. For better and worse: PCVR COSTS $1000.

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2. If I could REMOVE the battery and directly power it from a power bank in my pocket, or a cable hooked over something high, that'd make it even lighter! The USB port on the battery is fully-featured, I've plugged in keyboards and USBC dongles, everything works great.

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1. I believe the GPU benchmarks, that it's less good than the Deck, but I think reviewers have missed the multicore bump, which makes multitasking LOVELY. And compile times, of course!

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Tris @tris.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

So, I've had the #SteamFrame for a week now, and I have thoughts. 1. It's got a 2x faster CPU than the Deck, at least when compiling #Rust. 2. The battery life is not "an hour". it's "As long as you can keep swapping out the 2-3 USB C batteries you already have […] [Original post on namtao.com]

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RE: meow.social/@chirpbirb/117320837073… WHOEVER DIES WITH THE BIGGEST HOARD OF CABLES WINS!

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

If you're a crate maintainer, be on the look out: :quote_red: We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting rust-lang members and owners of popular crates that is attempting to compromise devices and accounts in order to use them to publish malware […]

:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

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after much thought I have figured out my #ai policy: humans are interesting and if you dont agree you can fuck off

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

If AI models are just a kind of compression, Disney's lawyers have the potential to do the funniest thing of all time...

comically bad AI slop micky mouse with a gun

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing. ✨️

a json excerpt that says: "body_state": "hydrated"

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🌕 Modem Prometheus Podcast @modemprometheus.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

🌕 The Falcon Moon rises! 3.11 - Roots (part II) 🔉 Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.spreaker.com/episode/3-11-roots… 📄 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/modemprometheus/pos… #AudioFiction #Folklore #UKAudioFiction […]

Tris @tris.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

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@sussus.guhcat.com Thank you! Yes indeed, I channeled this energy into @phosphenecatalogue ! If you've not listened, I'm so proud of this particular story, which I put into a standalone teaser: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGmgHNjf1WE

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Tris @tris.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Well! There it is, my first published fanfic. Dolly made me do it ❤️ 0atman.tumblr.com/post/826010696159…

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

New video! 🎉 :rust: My 2026 Rust Toolkit A demo of my 2026 toolkit for writing #rust, containing a dozen or so tools & packages that I use in every project, along with smart default config. Hope you like! :youtube_logo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlWnoRsGJNQ

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Maestral.app (open source dropbox client) and the official Languagetool browser extension are now BOTH non-functioning. These two dying on the same DAY feels like they've targeted SPECIFICALLY ME! 🫠

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:seth_logo: Lost Terminal Pod @handle.invalid · 05/08/2026

📣 New Episode! "22.9 - The past follows closely" 🔊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.spreaker.com/episode/22-9-the-p… 📓 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/lostterminalpod/pos… 🎵 Today's SIGNAL is […]

Tris @tris.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

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@jana @noboilerplate That DOES sound cool!! I will ask around at EuroRust about this 😄

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

:rust: in #rust, it's easy to write code that never crashes ...so why dn't rust devs do this!? :youtube: youtu.be/usRlRCNIOG0

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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Reminder: This is what the internet is supposed to be for. llm2human.pages.dev

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:seth_logo: Lost Terminal Pod @handle.invalid · 22/07/2026

📣 New Episode! "22.7 - It is possible to be too successful" 🔊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.spreaker.com/episode/22-7-it-is… 📓 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/lostterminalpod/pos… 🎵 Today's […]

:seth_logo: Lost Terminal Pod @handle.invalid · 15/07/2026

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📣 New Episode! "22.6 - It didn't work" 🔊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.spreaker.com/episode/22-6-it-di… 📓 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/lostterminalpod/pos… 🎵 Today's SIGNAL is […]

:seth_logo: Lost Terminal Pod @handle.invalid · 02/07/2026

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📣 New Episode! "22.4 - I was incautious" 🔊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: speaker.com 📓 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/lostterminalpod/pos… 🎵 Today's SIGNAL is: namtao.bandcamp.com/track/heaton #Hopepunk, #Transhumanism, #Scifi […]

:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

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If you're writing for a living, as I do, I think you should be writing in #Obsidian. youtu.be/BTuGvfQGOrY

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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

Something I just saw on here put this in my mind

Mr Burns and Barney Gumble on the bus

Hey, aren't you that guy everybody hates?

Oh, my, no. I'm an AI CEO

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:seth_logo: Lost Terminal Pod @handle.invalid · 24/06/2026

📣 New Episode! "22.3 - I think Meg needs help" 🔊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.spreaker.com/episode/22-3-i-thi… 📓 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/lostterminalpod/pos… 🎵 Today's SIGNAL is […]

:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

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:rust: This is why you should always enable `pedantic` lints in clippy - it'll even neg your markdown documentation! My lint recs here: www.namtao.com/rust/#strict-lints

A screenshot of the output of `cargo clippy` showing:
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error: item in documentation is missing backticks
help: try
33 - /// NOTE: initial() must exist in the context of an
33 + /// NOTE: `initial()` must exist in the context of an
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:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

Claude Code #burnout seems to be caused by running too many concurrent sessions during the work day. The solution seems to be *dialling back the parallelism a bit*, find your comfortable maximum concurrency and have a break. When I told my brother this, he wondered aloud what he should do with […]

:seth_logo: Lost Terminal Pod @handle.invalid · 17/06/2026

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📣 New Episode! "22.2 - My girl should be OK" 🔊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: speaker.com 📓 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/lostterminalpod/pos… 🎵 Today's SIGNAL is: namtao.bandcamp.com/track/dewey-dec… #Hopepunk […]

:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

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ME: Can I use the `rand` crate in my project? It's only 6k lines! MUM: We have `rand` at home! `rand` at home: ``` fn rand() -> usize { rand as usize } ```

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:seth_logo: Lost Terminal Pod @handle.invalid · 10/06/2026

📣 New SEASON! "22.1 - I can't find Maddie" 🔊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.spreaker.com/episode/22-1-i-can… 📓 Free transcript: www.patreon.com/posts/160501449 🎵 Today's SIGNAL is: soundcloud.com #Hopepunk, #Transhumanism […]

:youtube_logo: No Boilerplate @noboilerplate.namtao.com.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

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Delighted to wake up to Vimjoyer's intro video to devenv, which you should watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj9AxyiaVvU I've been using devenv for a year, combining the best of: - docker, - package management, - per-project toolling, - task running all without the overhead of containers […]