darcmage @ darcmage @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Let's say Signal goes full maga. The chats are encrypted and there are no subscriptions or ads. What are the downsides?

Most people go with either FreshRSS or Miniflux but there's lots of options to choose from.

https://selfh.st/apps/?tag=RSS

Any low power device is going to struggle with video playback unless you're doing direct streaming. The exception being the new Intel N line of processors that have capable enough GPUs to do the transcoding. If all you're after is decent transcoding performance for H264/H265 video, anything newer than Intel's 7-8th gen CPUs will do the job. $100-$200 used optiplexes and thinkcentres can easily handle this type of workload.

For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video#Hardware_decoding_and_encoding

Can you be more specific about your performance objectives? The Pi5 can handle jellyfin and nextcloud relatively well, so if you're having issues with them, identifying the bottlenecks can help narrow down the hardware recommendations.

I think all polls are bs but even if they're not, Carney has to feel like the luckiest guy alive right now. Liberals were dead in the water a few weeks ago.

Not emby related but for audiobooks, it doesn't get better than audiobookshelf.

I don't think they're saying it's good economics and yes, for the most part, we understand how these tariffs will affect us.

But there's a lot of anger at Trump here. Booing the American national anthem is not something we do lightly. I haven't seen people this united for a common cause for a long time. I regularly see people checking labels at grocery stores to avoid buying American even if we have to pay more.

We know a recession is likely for both countries and we'll be hit harder by it. It's a small price to pay for our sovereignty.

I think kickassduke42 and I have been using the same source of info. It's all thanks to mrrobvs at the other site and started with this post. Prior to that, I had always used various resellers at 2x-5x of what I'm paying now.

I'm surprised that group hasn't been taken down yet. Maybe we could find a way to post reviews of the various services, something that doesn't clutter up the community and makes it easy to search for relevant info.

So what exactly are the rules here about discussing various providers and sources. I'm not a reseller (have no intention of becoming one) but I do have useful info to share. Would be nice to have a dedicated lemmy community that is safe from the usual takedowns & spam.

Yes. The first number didn't work so I refunded it but it worked on the 2nd try.

I've used smspool.net a few times without issue.

That listing is for a Sandy/Ivy bridge processor from 2011. I would really recommend something newer than Skylake at the minimum. For reference:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video#Hardware_decoding_and_encoding
2. https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming/

Something to also keep in mind is the codec support of the GPU for hardware decoding and transcoding if that's important to you. The Optiplexes will mostly be fine in this regard but if you see yourself needing AV1 support anytime soon, Intel's N line is an efficient and relatively cheap option. Getting HDR tone mapping working at the hardware level might also be something to look out for.

Agreed but that's just life in Linux in general. If epic and gog don't want to do the work to have a legitimate option in Linux (makes sense given market share), we'll keep doing the best we can with the hacky options while supporting the platform that is putting in the work.

Galaxy A54 or A55. Comparison with Mi 10T lite

Mainly to avoid using YouTube and the mess of that interface. All i need is a chronoligical feed of the channels I like. I'm not overly concerned that they can associate my IP with some viewing activity. As long as there are multiple people in the household using YouTube, it's not a given they know who's watching what. Also it's much easier to have multiple invidious profiles and use them with Firefox containers than it is to have multiple YouTube accounts and switch between them.

https://docs.invidious.io/youtube-errors-explained

Running a remote instance without some sort of IP rotation became infeasible. I've been running it locally since google started actively trying to kill invidious. The only reason that still works is because they want to avoid collateral damage that could affect other people in the household.

Only if they're good games that people are still interested in playing. Crappy games slash prices all the time. Exhibit A: Suicide Squad

The article is from 2022. I'm guessing if it was written today, it would be about bluesky.

https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-bcachefs/

For those of us that are out of the loop.

It's high school level drama. Competent adults will work it out.