Tibert @ Tibert @compuverse.uk

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It works mostly for the technical side.

For the sound, preferences and personal comfort, it's a bit hard to get precise. The graphs can help a bit, but it's also hard to understand them, even more when they don't look the same between reviewers.

Wtf are you talking about. Linux isn't a distro.

And the example isn't a "only noobs use it".

It's an example of an exploit existing since many years. And which could have appeared in a random package, while staying invisible.

On Linux -> https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/password-stealing-linux-malware-served-for-3-years-and-no-one-noticed/

(not a virus directly from a package manager or distro tho).

However nothing prevents someone from hosting malware on github, or fake "safe" distros.

There can also be a slip and people not seeing a project turned into malware.

Bitwarden is very good. And it is not getting hacked every year as Lastpass... (another free password manager).

I also saw that proton has launched proton pass as a password manager. Seems to also be free, but only the app, I think is open source, and not the server. It also works less well than bitwarden, being new it can be expected.

Equalizer APO + Peace equalizer (as the interface) + AutoEq (for the automatic equalization).

It allows to change do advanced and automatic equalization on audio devices, being audio outputs or inputs as mics.

AutoEq is the automatic part. It is more focused on Headphones/earbuds/iems presets. It's an automatic tool trying to equalize measured (by a compatible reviewer source, which is already in the database) headset to match the target the user wants, Then export a file for the software someone uses (peace for example).

As a common preset, the harman over-ear 2018/in-ear (depending on the device) is pretty good, but other presets are available too.

MPC-HC https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc (the still maintained one).

For me VLC struggled on very high bitrate videos. While MPC-HC was smooth and used less resources.

However it is not available for Linux. So if it's a software for Linux, I guess VLC is the best choice.

MPC-HC instead of VLC https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc (the still maintained one) (windows only)

For me VLC had issues to stream very high bitrate content on my pc. MPC-HC used less resources while being smooth too.

It can be more than a fine.

They could be forced to sell parts of Google, to stop paying browsers, or whatever the court decides. However if the court decides in favor of the antitrust, then it will also put in place a precedent which will impact the other companies too.

This reviews https://youtu.be/j-xLIQLMWV4?si=bbG1AeMEMCNq61GD says it's pretty easy to drive them with anything.

Not sure about amps, and they are expensive headphones, so not that interested in more reviews.

That is not true at all.

Epos "still" has great mics on the h6 pro.

Corsair has very good mics on the premium headset (virtuoso), and the wired hs80.

Razer also has a very good mic on the blackshark v2 pro 2023 (not the old one).

Hyperx has a very good mic on their wired cloud 3.

Drop x Sennheiser has a good mic on the pc38x.

Beyerdynamic has a very good mic on their mx300 gen2

Audio Technica has be best ever mic on a headset currently on the m50xsts (or other with the same mic, not sure if they have other similar ones).

And all of these mic sound better than what modmic has currently not discontinued.

Sure with the budget, space, and maybe even enough noise isolation or when you can get open headphones...

But how much would a good enough studio headphone cost? Because from what I understand from studio headphones it's perfectly calibrated headphones?

Now image your someone without the proper budget to get 1k$ headphones, and no space for open sound. what would you buy?

Maybe beyerdynamic? But for me the clamp force is too high.

Akg? They are cheap, but damn it was impossible for me to wear the akg371 as they were too shallow and had no protection for the driver plastic, and the way they were build made sure I had holes for the sound to get out...

Sadly audio is very subjective, on comfort, space, and sound.

I've also seen meze get nice reviews, with it's new 109 pro, or more expensive ones.

The 99 seem great too from reviews, but very bassy/bass forward.

Because "gaming" headphones often aren't "just" headphones. They are headsets with a built-in boom mic

And a boom-mic is often way better than a crap wire mic or bluetooth headphone non boom mic.

There are still the trash ones, but there are also very good ones.

And a built-in mic is extremely useful on multiple situations : console gaming, tight space gaming (no place for a mic), or when there is only a single port on a device (tho a splitter, or hub could be used for a jack port or usb). There is also the convenience of just having a mic.

The issue now with all these headsets being "gaming", is because of the marketing.

Some headphones brands have put mics on theirs, to make them headsets :

Beyerdynamic with the mx300 : the tight clamp makes it a bit of a no go for me. The mic is as just between ok and great. The voice is full, but there is a lot of noise in there from the reviews I saw.

Audio technica : they have multiple of them. Latest one the ath-m50xsts. It looks like a circum aural headset, but is not. It's a on ear headset with ear isolation like a circum aural. Which is pretty bad for me. Tho the mic is the best I've ever heard on a headset.

They are both wired only.

And other brands not marketing as "gaming" headsets are either extremely expensive with strange mics, or have most of their production budget into audio and they pair the headphone with a trash mic to make it a headset.

In gaming headset brands, there are multiple ones providing software, mic, and wireless features enhancing the experience of the user. For example low latency high bandwidth wireless (proprietary, wifi-like 2.4ghz) connexions only exist in gaming branded headphones/sets. (high bandwidth = higher than bluetooth for the same latency).

Not really hating on it. It seems to be pretty good for the quality and price.

However it is presented by reviewers as having a very tight clamp, which is a huge pain me, wearing glasses...

It's also open back wich obviously (I hope), isn't adapted to everyone.

One way would be to use small mics, like a lavalier mic.

Tho they are omnidirectional, and without noise cancellation. They also aren't as good quality as a big mic.

Another way would be to use something like the modmic from Antlion. They have different models, but all seem worse quality for the sound than the modmic 5 they discontinued.

At one point I was searching for a way to compress pictures in bulk while still conserving their readability, and I found this app, photo compressor and Resizer. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.photocompress.photoeditor

It has many downloads, but just in case (because it doesn't need it) I disabled Internet access to the app.

The size reduction is huge while still keeping a lot of the quality (it is also possible to chose a target size).

By default, the picture looks like it was taken with an older device with lower quality. However it still looks good enough. Not sure how to describe it.

On a picture of my car, it went from 4.8mB to 428kB. I can see most of the useful detail and identify most of elements in the picture. However some individual leafs or reliefs on some berries in the background or side are harder to see, or lost.

For the rest you can also put the pictures on a specific hosting website, and then just paste a link.

Because no one traches them well what to do and believe.

Social media education and a critica view of the Web is still much behind the current state of social media.

TikTok is the last place I'll go check for any serious advice. Just opening the app is spamming me with horrible cringe content.

And the rest are very much unreliable. There are some serious creators, but they are coming from other platforms with reputation.

The other TikTok only creators may as well be false content until verified.

It's a solution, but very inconvenient. There is also no backup, in case of destruction.

It is also not encrypted. So anyone stealing it can read it.

A password manager is great for storing sensitive information like password in a secure way, at least if the master password is good enough. And the password manager isn't a shitty one (Lastpass). The online password managers allow syncing, and also often can export a file.

Local password manager can also produce an encrypted backup file which can be stored on a server. While also offering some convenience to log in and storing many random passwords.

And what is your point?

That everyone should change to some Linux distro? First of all Linux is not immune, it only lacks interest from hackers. The second it's not adapted to everyone. Even I who likes open source and learning new stuff is too annoyed by Linux because of compatibility reasons (mostly gaming).

Just don't execute random stuff? Wake up, or I'll use only chrome and nothing else on my pc. You want open source you must execute random stuff.

And people cannot be at their 100% at all time. There is a possible chance that some, even trained user, slips and executes some malware. In that case, antimalware come into play, but it's not always the case. Companies still get hacked with ransomwares and data extractors.

And your solution to the issue is just replacing the browser, like it would make a difference? At that point just use another password manager online...

Well chrome = bad. Just look at all the anti-competition things they are implementing just because they are the leaders on the market.

Now they are blocking cookies, it's great isn't it? NO! now they are targeting you through your browser history while blocking competition.

Manifest V3 introduced by Google, that's amazing, now ad blockers won't be able to update their list individually. It's amazing isn't it? Being able to hinder the adblockers when your revenues comes from ads.