Like many others, I'm waiting for the Galaxy Fit 4 and have been expecting it to release pretty much between September - November.
Just noticed that there was a Galaxy Wearable update ... might be a long shot, but these kind of interface softwares & apps tend to get updates right before a hardware launch.
Or maybe its just another Galaxy Wearable update.
I must be missing something obvious here ...
But I am have two issues with brightness and volume.
Brightness: when I am playing the game, I use the right Steam menu to increase the Steam Deck (OLED) screen brightness to max brightness. Then I pause the game and put the deck to sleep. And then when I resume it has reverted the brightness back to about 50% .... I guess I am missing some auto level setting here.
Volume: the volume is too low on the game I am playing, Kingdom Come Deliverance. I am not talking about in game settings.
So I followed some instructions for increasing the deck's max volume. According to the guide, you adjust it in desktop mode, then return to game mode and play your game.
Fine, this works ... But immediately reverts back to the 'normal' max volume as soon as I adjust the volume in any way. So, say the volume is at 150% ... I go to adjust it to 140% while playing, but the deck just immediately skips to 100%, and then lowers the volume from there.
Any guidance here ?
Thank you.
I wear a mask in crowded public spaces, like grocery stores. The difference it has had is huge - the year before I started wearing one (a good ffp3 one), I was sick about 7 times in one year - each time lasting weeks of mucus and phlegm and fever and chills misery. I was sick more than I was not sick. I was like enough is enough, and got a supply of proper masks.
So the masks absolutely work in my case.
Anyways, occasionally I get some weirdo, always when doing groceries - who for some reason finds the mask on my face, while I'm minding my own business - really agitating to them. So agitating that they need to confront me about it. Always on some aggro Covid shit.
I calmly respond to them that I have an autoimmune disease, and I am immunocompromised. And then they say "oh" ... and stfu, having no follow up statements or questions - certainly no 'sorry for bothering you' comments. I think they suddenly stfu because they're both surprised that I don't give them the same agitated energy in return, and also surprised that I have an answer for them that isn't Covid-centric.
Though obviously, all bugs and viruses are a concern when you are immunocrompromised - so that *does* include Covid. But these mouth breathers aren't thinking critically ... they just hear a response that doesn't contain the word Covid and that just stops them in their tracks. They possibly don't even understand autoimmunity.
Anyways, just venting.
I thought this new IKEA store in Galway meant you could order whatever they've listed (that's in stock) on the Irish site, and have it delivered to the Galway store if not your own gaff. Am I mad, or is that not what they were promising ?
Yet when you use their website, half the items are home delivery only (which isn't free), the other half seems like you need to order them in the Galway store to have it delivered there (not convenient), and then the final half (yes, three halves) simply aren't available to order for Galway regardless of delivery destination.
I get it's still better than nothing but I was under the impression there'd be full access to the Irish IKEA catalogue, and I'd be able to order online from home whilst having a poo, and everything (in stock) would either be deliverable to my gaff or to the Galway store.
Had my first infusion of Wezlana (Stelara biosimilar) nearly 2 weeks ago. I will be moving on to Uzpruvo / Selarsdi when I start the subcutaneous injections.
Just wondering how long people typically wait to see results as far as PsA, specifically synovitis, is concerned ?
My knee has been swollen like a balloon for 6 months now and it's depressing me because it has totally hobbled my cardio exercise routine.
Other autoimmune conditions: Crohn's + Psoriasis. Haven't really noticed any movement in any area of my autoimmunity. But no progression of disease either, so that's a positive I suppose.
This welcome message refuses to go away. 90% of the time that I open the Samsung Health app, I get this annoying welcome message. Particularly annoying because of how much screen real estate it takes up and I'm just sick of interacting with it to remove it.
Am I missing something here ? Is there a way to permanently stop this welcome message from spamming me nearly every time I open the app ?
Edit: seems I found the solution, thanks to someone who responded to this thread with what worked for them.
It isn't enough to interact / read the welcome message .... You also have to mark it as helpful. It isn't obvious how you do this, but you need to long press the welcome message and a dialog appears asking you to select thumbs up helpful or thumbs down unhelpful.
Mark it as helpful.
The welcome message came back the next time I opened the app, but the third time I opened the app the message did not appear and has not appeared since. Fingers crossed, but it now seems to be gone for good.
Thinking about buying this interface, but research surfaces some disgruntled users here & there - generally Windows users. Seems Windows drivers are patchy. Mileage seems to vary depending on the windows setup.
So I come to you, asking this question, seeking the current driver situation ... specifically for Windows 11 on a X870e motherboard. Bonus points if it's the Asus ProArt X870e Creator Wifi.
It's Galway Races time again. RAG week for monied gomies.
The last few days I have noticed this ropey looking bollox cycling around town ... He does these wild swerves towards people and cars and then swerves away again just inches before collision.
Very aggressive cycling and seems to be looking for a reaction.
Just wondering if this is a Crohn's thing, or a co-occurring gluten sensitivity thing ...
I don't eat ultra processed breads, so I'm not sure if it applies with that stuff.
But whenever I eat bread, which is organic freshly baked stuff - no additives or preservatives or emulsifiers etc - I get intensely bloated a couple hours later, which then lasts for a couple hours. And I mean intensely bloated, like considering going to the hospital levels of bloat because it goes beyond GI discomfort and feels like a medical emergency.
That feeling lasts about 2 hours .... and then eases off, and becomes much much milder bloat. Some lingering bloat, but very mild by comparison, until I have a BM and eject this material from my system. So about 24 hours until I'm back to baseline.
I spent months on exclusive enteral nutrition, and then months on CDED ... so I spent most of a year without eating any bread whatsoever ... And before that I wasn't eating much if any bread since I was diagnosed, I immediately adopted a restrictive diet based on stool quality. So I had a lot of time without bread, and so when I've tried eating it lately I know for certain it's the bread causing this reaction.
So I'm wondering is this a common Crohn's thing or should I be investigating other potential causes ?
I've tried it a few times now over the laat couple weeks and I've ruled out any other possibilities ... I was hoping to eat bread again ... but I guess it was probably adding to my GI problems all along. Or maybe I'm just sensitive to it whilst flairing ...
Particularly for people who own or have used both.
I have already decided to get the smaller versions of the 17/25/45 lenses for a 'every day carry' / street photography use case, as I want to be discrete in crowds, and have a more manageable load in my hand for quickly taking shots, shooting from the hip, etc. I had the 45mm 1.8 in the past and loved it, but gifted it to an ex along with my first m43 camera body. Amazing shots from such a small lens. Anyway.
I am also choosing the body to go with it.
I was thinking of getting an OM-3. Seemed like a no brainer, flagship internals in a smaller than flagship body. But then I started to wonder, especially once I realised there's no black version of the OM-3, is it really more discrete & 'every day carry' than an OM-1 ? In a meaningful sense ? They are practically the same price btw (during promotional sales in my part of the world anyway).
When researching the size differences online, I see mention of the protruding grip on the OM-1 ... but I don't see why that's an issue since, with the exception of maybe a pancake, the lens is going to protrude further anyway. The grip is also contributing a lot to the extra volume of the OM-1, obviously, but like I say - I don't really consider the grip to be extra volume since the lens is going to be protruding further than the grip. Disregarding the grip, they are essentially the same size. Though the OM-3 weighs approximately 500g vs the 600g of the OM-1.
I think the all black colour of the OM-1 is more discrete and less eye catching than the silver OM-3, especially paired with small (black) lenses ... and is not meaningfully bigger, and I don't think the extra 100g weight (if my googling was accurate) is going to register in my hand, or hanging off my neck/shoulder.
But am I wrong ? Is the OM-3 the better body (vs the OM-1) for every day, street photography uses ? Will the 100g and grip be enough extra weight & size that the OM-3 is a nicer camera to manage in an every day, street photography use case ?
Without making big compromises in visuals/performance ... up to what generation can I expect to emulate using the Steam Deck (OLED) while docked to a 1080 screen ?
Other than not doing this at all, what precautions should I take to protect myself from viruses and malware etc, specifically as it relates to downloading and installing software (visuals / graphics related).
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Using the private tracker with the initials TL.
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Are there reliable security apps for scanning downloaded files ?
Should I use a separate PC with no internet connection - airgapped so in the event there is a virus, it can't phone home ?
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Are there methods of sandboxing I should employ ?
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Basically looking for any kind of security measures I should employ when going down this route.
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Up until this date, I have legit licenses for all my software (audio mostly and some cheap visual stuff like Affinity).
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In an ideal world I would like to have everything audio + visual accessible on the same machine, but I'm concerned about mixing licensing on the same machine. Though I could potentially devote one PC purely to audio / video work, and use a different PC for email, purchases, financial transactions etc.
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Though if I did have an audio / visual PC with mixed licencing, some of those legit licences require online access for license activation and updates etc. So a compromised software would probably have some opportunity to phone home at some point or another.
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Anyway, I'm technically proficient, I'm just looking for a crash course in security in a domain that I've never really had to be concerned about.
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Any help appreciated. I checked the sub wiki but didn't really find much to address this specific query (maybe I missed it, or maybe it's not allowed to be discussed ?) ... a lot of it seems to be focused on movies & music, and how to deal with ISPs in that regard.
I started my first biologic lately, Entyvio.
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I've had Synovitis in one knee since starting. It is very disabling and very painful. Knee swells up like a balloon with synovial fluid.
First time I met rheumatologist they drained it. Offered steroid injection but I refused at the time because it just so happened the knee was the least swollen it had been since starting, that very day, and I wrongly assumed it was on the way to self resolving. Dr said if I changed my mind I could book another appointment, but no guarantee how quickly I could be seen. I said I'd take my chances. I nearly instantly regretted this, as within 36 hours it was back to full swell - and worse. Extreme pain especially at night, had to prop the knee extremely gently with pillows etc, and couldn't move while attempting to sleep.
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Fast forward to yesterday where I meet the rheumatologist again and finally got the steroid injection into the knee. Noticing some improvements today, though it can take a couple weeks until you could consider it 'back to normal' - if it works. Hopefully it does, and hopefully it doesn't return.
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So has anyone here experience with Synovitis ? Either as a consequence of a biologic, or a progression of their Crohn's / Auto immunity ?
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Some more detailed back story:
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Very very gradually after starting Entyvio, synovitis started to develop in one knee. Within a day or so of the 2nd infusion, it ranked up to the degree that it was a serious problem and I had to go to A&E (ER) to rule out injury (just to satisfy the IBD nurse, she wouldn't believe me when I said I didn't injure myself) and to rule out septic infection.
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Did that, was then scheduled for a GI appointment, who then sent me to a rheumatologist.
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Both of whom were like ... It *could* be a reaction to the biologic (only when I presented it as a possibility) - but they believe it's just a progression of my Crohn's / auto immunity, either a 'IBD arthritis' or a co-occuring auto immunity arthritis like SpA or PsA. Annoyingly, they wouldn't commit to a definitive form of arthritis since the treatment would be effectively the same: biologics other than Entyvio.
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At any rate, the net result is the same - come off Entyvio.
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I just find the timing a little hard to swallow as coincidence. I start my first biologic and *immediately* this happens ? And it is known to happen ? It has been observed in GI & rheumatology literature, though so far studies have been inconclusive one way or the other - they all end with the same conclusion that further study / research/ observation is required.
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I will admit my cognitive bias though - I do *want* it to be caused by the Entyvio. Because if that's the case, flushing that shit out of my system should eventually resolve the issue - albeit slowly.
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Tangent: I know one individual in a local Crohn's group waited two years for her Entyvio induced body pains (sounded like fibromyalgia) to resolve. She seemed adamant it can take that long to *fully* leave your system, but as far as I can tell it 'only' takes about 4 - 5 months (Entyvio has a half life of 25 days, and general wisdom indicates you want about 4 - 5 half lives for a biologic to flush out of your system). Maybe her understanding was muddled slightly, and the actual fact is it can take that long for negative reactions to resolve - despite the Entyvio leaving your system sooner than that. Eventually some new doctor joined her medical team, agreed or confirmed what she was going through was down to Entyvio and eventually after 2 years of coming off Entyvio, when it started, it resolved. A professional is backing that summary and so that's her story. Make of that what you will. My main take away is she started Entyvio, immediately suffered pain all over, and two years after quitting Entyvio it completely resolved. Doesn't seen unreasonable to point the finger at Entyvio, but the length of time it took to resolve is concerning. Maybe all her muscle & nerve cells had to completely replace themselves with new cells to be fully rid of the Entyvio 'injury' ? Just spitballing.
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Anyway, I want this to be Entyvio related so I can go back to exercising. The only thing keeping me positive about my situation with Crohn's was my ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle, doing my best to contribute to a better long term outcome.
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If I can't do *any* real cardio, and to a lesser degree if I can't do *any* strength training involving the legs (so far, god forbid this spreads) - that really, seriously worries me ... and may well be what contributes to making the mortality stats what they are, if big numbers of Crohn's / IBD / Auto immunity sufferers can't do any real cardio exercise to maintain their cardio vascular health at optimal levels as they age.
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In the case that I have to accept this is a Crohn's related arthritis, or co-ocurring auto immune arthritis, I can only hope the new biologic manages it sufficiently enough that I can return to at least maintaining basic standards of being fit & healthy re: cardio & strength.
The vast majority of the time, I use my deck at home - plugged in. Either in the lounge, or in my bedroom. It is effectively always plugged in to power, while I'm playing it, or in sleep mode on my bedside table. The only time I unplug it and use battery power to play is when I leave the house with it, which is very rare.
Is this OK from a long term battery health perspective ? Are there settings I should be adjusting ? Max charge limit or something ?
I just want to be sure I'm not harming the health of the battery by having it plugged in all the time, in play and standby / sleep.
I'm on the market for a couple of 1440 IPS monitors, to run a dual monitor setup for creativity & productivity tasks (Photo editing, digital painting, graphic design, 3D modelling, coding).
However, I like to game. So it would be beneficial if one of the monitors could excel in this domain.
In terms of priorities, one monitor needs to prioritise colour accuracy (I will be printing my work) - so DCI-P3 needs to be very high, even Adobe RGB though those tend to get very expensive indeed the more accurate they are with Adobe RGB ... and the other gaming capable monitor should prioritise refresh rate (144hz) and gsync/freesync.
When I'm working on Art / Design, I only need one of the monitors to be colour accurate since the other monitor will be used for panels and UI elements etc. Though the Art / Design monitor would benefit from a good refresh rate when digital painting especially.
Who knows, maybe there's one monitor that covers everything, but I expect that I'll probably need different monitors if I want excellent results in each domain.
As far as gaming goes, I'm not talking about esports or anything, so I wouldn't want shitty colours or graphical artifacts just for the sake of getting huge refresh rates ... I'm hoping I could get a 144hz monitor, with gsync/freesync AND visual output looks gorgeous.
Total maximum budget for both monitors combined is about €1,200, where I am willing to spend more on the Art / Design priority monitor than the gaming oriented one.
Undecided between 27" and 32" ... I wouldn't rule out one of each, unless that's really jarring when working on both at the same time ? If a monitor is available in both sizes, and the panel is the same quality in each, I guess budget will be the deciding factor. At any rate, I'm open to suggestions here in terms of what's more or less practical, and what works in terms of budget. Maybe an excellent art / design monitor only fits in the budget at 27", and mayne at the same time there is an affordable 32" gaming monitor. Or vice versa. Etc.
I am googling monitors BTW, for both purposes, but I am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of monitors out there and I'm just throwing this out to the community here in the hopes of benefiting from your ideas, experience and insights.
GPU 5070 ti
CPU 9800x3d