keverets @keverets@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
@moparisthebest from a third party seller on Amazon
@dlakelan @cross @mhoye exactly. A little imagination and many uses become viable. From big tech fighting for "live" distribution, to the stated common updates, to the existing IPTV "every 15 minutes start another stream of the most popular things", and beyond. Many people need the same data within a reasonable window in many instances. Not always the case, but common enough that the infrastructure could provide much more efficiency at low cost
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This tool that searches your Spotify playlists for the music on Bandcamp works great. Makes a nice list of what to get on today's #BandcampFriday where the revenue share is waived and it all goes to the artist.
@dlakelan @mhoye @cross 20 years ago the core network infrastructure supported IP level multicast. Super efficient for broadcast. But the stumbling block was that there was no incentive to use it especially at the edges since the primary charge method was for egress not ingress. That model collapses under multicast. Tech was there, lack of profit motive was the problem.
Needed a laptop replenishment since the old ones were dead & dying. Purchased a refurbished Lenovo #x230 (which has #coreboot & #libreboot options) and a #PineBookPro . Though the base price was similar, by the time the PBP was delivered it was 50% more expensive.
Though the PBP has a nicer feel and bigger screen, for my purposes (mainly a couch computer for web browsing, video playing, some light development work, and occasionally kid school needs) it isn't worth the premium.
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French authorities declare the use of Microsoft Office and Google Docs illegal in schools and education markets, as they don’t follow GDPR and might disturb later competition by making students used to these proprietary solutions.
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Apparently we have new #metric prefixes, hooray!
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-earth-ronnagrams-metric-prefixes-voted.html
Can I have a 2 quettabyte drive for my laptop now?
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Whenever I'm tempted to think that a new thing seems too complicated, I read newspaper articles about pizza from the early 1950s.
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Learned that public libraries are launching their own local music streaming services and have been low-key obsessed ever since. My report is now up on Vice's Motherboard! https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d34px/libraries-are-launching-their-own-local-music-streaming-platforms
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I have encountered more image descriptions on Mastodon in 24 hours than I have in Twitter in a couple of years. Seriously. I'm not exaggerating.
As a blind person, this means a lot to me. If you read this and you describe your images, thank you so, so, so much on behalf of all of us. If you don't, now you know you'll be helping random Internet strangers make sense of your posts by typing in a few more words than usual.
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Sneak preview of something new and exciting for #sxmo: voice control using #numen! Control your linux smartphone with short efficient voice commands, fully local, and runs on a #pinephone!
Received the #PineBookPro and so far feels good with the exception of the touchpad.
The firmware update utility for that was sadly not included in the #Manjaro repos by default so had to build, and use an external keyboard while going through the steps. Definitely not for the novice user.
Once done, it works so much better.
FOSS for the win, cell phones
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I hate what computers are now, and especially hate what Apple computers are now. Here are comics that were "purchased" but can't be read, and a screen to read them on which works but can't be used,
because Amazon decided to buy the comic vendor and break their app,
and Apple insists we buy a new screen every few years or they will make apps (like unbroken Comixology) break via aggressive SDK depreciation. The new screen isn't better. They just make you pay for it because they can.
@mattcropp that works. Thanks!
@mattcropp searching the site for your name does bring up the article, with a tracking identifier tacked on it seems
@mattcropp link redirects to main page
Joined Jun 2019
