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ares35

@ ares35 @kbin.social

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  • Your first distribution

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  • messed around some with slack 0.99.

    but first one to actually see some regular usage was buzz, which progressed over time through to potato.

    and the first to get its own dedicated box long-term was woody.

  • best streaming device to pair with a pc monitor and speakers?

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  • i think they're limited to removed, fire or roku devices for the siriusxm support (which is still a relatively new feature of that service).

    i hadn't considered a splitter or extractor yet because they're very much hit-or-miss on quality and whether they actually work as described.

    does anyone have any suggestions for an audio extractor they know will work with netflix, prime, and siriusxm without any glitches or 'protection' (hdcp) issues and one of those streaming devices? total budget would probably be around $100 max for both items.

  • best streaming device to pair with a pc monitor and speakers?

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  • the monitor does not have audio pass-through. that is what sent me here to ask for other ideas.

  • VLC - App stores were a mistake

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  • removed does 'support' their hw better, it's just that it's a pretty low bar to start with these days. they and their competitors could do better--much better, but zomg! someone has to think of the shareholders. they're far more important than users or the planet.

  • VLC - App stores were a mistake

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  • i do edit photos and video on a 15 year old desktop. yea, it's not as fast. it even still only has mechanical hdd. it works. i really don't give a shit how long it takes to encode. it can sw encode hd h264 in 'real time' (sw giving better quality output and at a smaller file size than the faster gpu encoding), that's good enough for me. it does everything the much newer system i've been able to use recently at the office can do--it's just slower at some things.

  • Which video service has the fewest or shortest ad breaks?

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  • when i last used tubi (probably 5-6 months ago), i got zero ads. via a tv app and pihole.

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    Have you moved from a cold northern state to the South and then regretted no more snow and cold weather

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  • i spent a number of years in south texas. yea, i missed it.. but i missed the northern summers more.

    aside from the (singular) week's worth of cold and snow we've gotten, this past winter 'up north' has been more like the south texas winters i remember.

  • I see your Outlook (new) and I raise you Microsoft Teams classic (work or school)

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  • erecting a firewall.

    someone spycheck already, dammit!

    MEDIC!!!!

  • Outlook (new)

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  • they're just trying to con people into using the new data harvesting mail app by calling it 'outlook'

  • VLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streaming

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  • you don't even need a player script; browsers today can play media on their own.

    and scripts with added features is a very crowded market.

  • VLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streaming

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  • new ui is literal trash.

    media formats it already does, and it is expected to support nearly everything. but as far as a front-end for whatever tf they're planning--there are plugins and extensions already, it should be there. not in the base code.

  • Not providing all features without JS is understandable, but this is just not fine.

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  • tracking, ads, cookies, probably bot detection, too. they want it all running and enabled.

    fuck 'em. on desktop, i just drag over the headline and search via right click menu for an alternate site that re-publishes nyt articles or has one that covers the same thing.

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    If, say, you were the President with congressional support, how would you handle the “Gun Control” question?

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  • it's two-thirds of congress and three-quarters of the states.

    but yea, that's the answer.

  • SimCity 4 modders are cracking its deepest recesses in ever greater numbers, enabling extensive new changes

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  • The new wave of DLL mods would not work well if at all on older Windows disc versions

    well, that sucks. mine's a release day retail box.

  • Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’

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  • we still play that game. at least once every week or two, i'm calling a 'lost' phone from another or using the handset locator on a cordless system.

  • Is HTTPS a scam?

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  • there's still the very real possibility they're hoovering all the encrypted data, too. and storing the stuff to/from 'interesting' end points for later 'analysis'--that is, if they don't already have the current tech broken.

  • nvme usb c enclosure vs fast usb stick write speed

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  • flash vs ssd is night and day difference for write speeds. if you write that frequently to your ventoy and write speed matters to you, you want ssd.

    either make it (assemble) yourself or buy one. i have a number of clients using samsung t7 external usb ssd. they seem pretty fast to me.

    i don't use ventoy or ventoy-like devices that often, i just use flash.. even some usb 2.0 ones. yea, they take longer to boot up and longer (much longer) to write to, but i don't add or replace iso on them very often.

  • How do you think you will die?

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  • fate be a cruel mistress. won't let me go, gonna make me suffer for decades more.

  • The probability of losing your life to a cosmic ray bit-flip is increasing daily

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  • in a perfect world, perhaps. but we don't live in one.