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This was when I stopped using it for a while. I sent multiple feedback messages as it really irritated me.

That I agree with. Microsoft drafted the recommendation to use it for local networks, and Apple ignored it or co-opted it for mDNS.

Macs aren't the only thing that use mDNS, either. I have a host monitoring solution that I wrote that uses it.

Yeah, that's why I started using .lan.

I was using .local, but it ran into too many conflicts with an mDNS service I host and vice versa. I switched to .lan, but I'm certainly not going to switch to .internal unless another conflict surfaces.

I've also developed a host-monitoring solution that uses mDNS, so I'm not about to break my own software. 😅

Coincidentally, I just found this other thread that mentions EasyEffects: https://programming.dev/post/17612973

You might be able to use a virtual device to get it working for your use case.

I consider it a big deal. I'm clicking "Not Now" buttons all day when I just want to use a piece of software for its main purpose. And then because it says "Not Now" I get asked again and again and again.

I just wanted to update this to mention that there are a lot of custom low level performance improvements for CPU based inferencing in Llamafile: https://justine.lol/matmul/

It's just a different use case to create a single-file large language model engine that automatically chooses the "best" parameters to run under. It uses llama.cpp under the hood.

The intent is to make it as easy as double clicking a binary to get up and running.

Thank you! I was struggling to remember the proposal name.

Google was working on a feature that would do just that, but I can't recall the name of it.

They backed down for now due to public outcry, but I expect they're just biding their time.

Not with this announcement, but it was.

It depends on the model you run. Mistral, Gemma, or Phi are great for a majority of devices, even with CPU or integrated graphics inference.

Show me a music store I can purchase music from on my phone through an app, and I'll purchase it.

I'm also going to push forward Tilda, which has been my preferred one for a while due to how minimal the UI is.

Pixel Experience is unfortunately dead now. 🙁

Yeah - the operating system (or perhaps the display hardware itself, not sure) has to stretch each software pixel to a fractional amount of larger hardware pixels. In the case of upscaling 720p to 1080p, each 720p software pixel has to stretch to 1.33 hardware pixels. This forces blending to occur, which makes the image less sharp.

The worst part of this in my opinion is reading text.

You also lose integer scaling if you need to run a game at common resolutions below 1080p. (720p/800p, etc.)

They added a video player with version 3, I think.

Now the question is - are they open sourcing the original Winamp, or the awful replacement?