Skip Navigation
doxxx doxxx @lemmy.ca
Posts 0
Comments 14
What are you using AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity AI) for in your daily routine?
  • I’m a professional software dev and I use GitHub Copilot.

    It’s most useful for repetitive or boilerplate code where it has an existing pattern it can copy. It basically saves me some typing and little typo errors that can creep in when writing that type of code by hand.

    It’s less useful for generating novel code. Occasionally it can help with known algorithms or obvious code constructs that can be inferred from the context. Prompting it with code comments can help although it still has a tendency to hallucinate about APIs that don’t exist.

    I think it will improve with time. Both the models themselves and the tools integrating the models with IDEs etc.

  • Modding games on Steam Deck
  • I modded Fallout 4 on SteamDeck by running Vortex in Desktop mode using Steam Tinker Launch. I recall it being a little finicky to find all the right paths etc. Some googling should lead you to a guide for running Vortex on SteamDeck.

  • Help Lemmy, Air Pods Pro 2 won't connect to my Steam Deck and I'm at an Airport about to hop on a 4 hour flight!
  • But they’re usually shit and lack noise cancellation which is really nice to have on a flight.

  • What are you doing this weekend?
  • That’s awfully… specific..

  • Build Submitted to Apple - 0.1 - That swipe tho 🤌
  • I do like the new swipe animations but I find it’s much harder now to swipe from the left edge to go back to the community view, without accidentally activating the voting swipe on whatever comment happens to be where I’m swiping.

  • Compact view is gone from options
  • The settings got majorly reorganized so I suspect they got reset in the process. Perils of TestFlight!

  • Lists of useful tools, software, mods, websites and other resources
  • That was actually pretty easy to setup.

    I installed SyncThing on my Windows PC using https://github.com/Bill-Stewart/SyncthingWindowsSetup and set it up to monitor a folder which contains the non-Steam games I want to sync to my SteamDeck.

    On the SteamDeck, in Desktop mode, I installed the SyncThingy app via the package manager and followed the instructions to set it up as a service that starts at boot time, so it will even work in Gaming mode.

    Once that was running, I went through the process in SyncThing to synchronize my PC and the Steam Deck, which does take a few clicks and confirmations on both the PC and the Steam Deck, but after that it just started copying the game folders automatically.

    After a game had sync'd to the Steam Deck, I added it to Steam, switched back to Gaming mode and played it for a bit. After saving my game, I checked on the PC to see that the save files that added to the game folder on my Steam Deck also now showed up on my PC.

  • Lists of useful tools, software, mods, websites and other resources
  • Fantastic list! I’m gonna try out SyncThing this weekend 👍🏻

  • The new Arduino UNO R4 boards are out!
  • Any word on when they’ll be available in Canada?

  • Ontario tracks spread of tick borne illnesses; top doctor links it to climate change
  • Thanks for the tip. Any particular brand you would recommend? I’ve bought DEET before but otherwise not really familiar with this stuff.

  • Ontario tracks spread of tick borne illnesses; top doctor links it to climate change
  • This is a bit selfish but I’m bummed about this upsurge in ticks because it’s put such a damper on plans to go hiking etc.

  • Protip for Apollo users: Wefwef is a lemmy client with Apollo's UI
  • Memmy is great and the developer is working on it at a breakneck pace.