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Cake day: August 29th, 2023

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  • Nix is a big rabbit hole. You can use it as a normal package manager, but there’s a lot more.

    You can also use nix-shell to temporarily install packages, it drops you into a shell with your package and that package is gone when you exit the shell. You can also declare a shell using a shell.nix file with environment variables and packages you want (including specific versions) and enter that shell by running nix-shell.

    You can also declare your full user environment using nix home manager. Using a home.nix file you can list packages you need and configure everything. That also makes it easy to backup your user environment by just copying the home.nix file.








  • This is what I’ve been wanting to do, however, I still don’t think there’s any easy way to stream high quality content from streaming services due to DRM. I’ve already been experiencing this with my fancy new monitor, it is a very good monitor, but no streaming services allow higher than 1080p (or even 720p) video or HDR on PC, except for Netflix using the Windows app. Pirated content looks great with a 21:9 QD-OLED monitor though. For now I’ve just been using a Google TV Chromecast, which allows sideloading Android TV apps like the Fire stick.