My first impressions of NixOS are pretty positive so far.

A-1 Pictures certainly didn't have to go all out in animating "Too Many Losing Heroines", but I'm glad they did. Apart from giving the show a bit of a movie-like feel, they're doing a great job at bringing the characters to life.

I had the best audio experience (of the personal Hi-Fi type) last night.

A Teracube 2e smartphone with Tidal, my Flare Audio e-Prototype earphones, and the Hidizs SD2 DAC, all working together to take me on an astounding audio journey at around midnight, with the lights all off.

I've sang praises about the e-Prototype before, but man, this just blew everything right out of the water. There were just so many tiny details hidden away in the tracks I was listening to.

It's pretty hard to imagine that just 52 weeks ago, I was cleaning out my apartment in Japan on the day I was due to officially move out.

I'm pretty sure it took me over twelve hours - I didn't even eat lunch at all.

It's only a matter of time until "Shika Iro Days" is covered by either Electric Callboy or Feuerschwanz.

Deer antler headbands are not optional.

Finished binge-reading "Quality Assurance in Another World" (well, the entire official English release as of now).

It's reminiscent of early SAO (not that I've read/watched it, but I am familiar with the premise and major points) and Free Guy, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they'll adapt the first three or four volumes for the now-airing anime adaptation.

Me, one year ago: 暑いですね。

Me, today: 寒いですね。

Ryzen 9 7950X. Check.
RX 7900GRE. Check.
96 GB DDR5 RAM. Check.

Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440P, ultra settings with FSR: over 90fps.

"I wish we could get a little more frames out of this."

Yeah, sorry, ETA Prime, but this makes you sound completely out of touch.

@alebaffa Y'know what? That's totally fair. GIMP is more than fine for my own needs as I'm not a professional, and I already have other apps on my iPad Pro if I need something more powerful.

I do use WINE for commercial music production software on Arch Linux, and things work quite well on that end, but yeah, YMMV depending on what you install.

Why buy a Windows license when you can install Linux and learn how to get figuratively intimate with your operating system? You save money AND you get to learn new skills.

I've got LM Studio up and running on my main desktop, and it works pretty well for the most part even though my machine doesn't have a dedicated GPU (unlike my gaming test rig).

The model I'm using is not perfect whatsoever (it got things completely wrong when I asked it to explain how to conjugate Japanese verbs into the past tense), but for an offline AI tool, it's not too shabby.

"A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics" was a fun anime to watch, and I really wish that the source material will get official English translations in the near future.

Having said that, just what on earth did the titular character (Sara) do during her short time at her elementary school to build up a cult following not just among the students, but their parents as well?

(For those who don't know Japanese, the Japanese word for "salad" is transcribed as "sarada", which can also mean "It's Sara!".)

I'm not into first-person shooters, but even so...

300GB of storage space required for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6"? That's just ridiculous.

I won't be surprised if the drummer formerly known as Stevo32 shows up as a guest performer in Sum 41's final show next year.

Good morning! It looks like today will be a silghtly brighter day (weather-wise) compared to the past few days or so.

Brand new fountain pen. I'm feeling a little bit giddy.

A bit of a low-effort post, but yes, the creative juices have started flowing again. I'm hoping to get the drums (tentatively) sorted by the weekend before I start work on the basic chord progressions.

In case you're wondering, I am running EZdrummer 3 on Arch Linux, thanks to WINE.

#MusiciansOnMastodon #ArchLinux

Good morning. A bit of a bright start to the day here in Naarm/Melbourne, so I'm going to get a bit of songwriting done now.