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GreatAlbatross

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  • VLC got to the moon before bitcoin or gamestop

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  • Heard from where, exactly? ffmpeg is an open project, accepts donations, and is heavily used by big tech. This is an example of them applying for the Sovereign Tech Fund, and what they planned to do with the relatively modest budget. To my knowledge, it's not linked to the Motion Pictures Experts Group. Or MPEG LA. And ffmpeg does warn that using ffmepg for commercial products may put you in the firing line of MPEG LA.

  • Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

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  • I'm feeling a lot less crazy having my strict rule on AV equipment: It should work out the box without connecting to the internet, and it shouldn't be connected without a damned good reason. To the point that I insisted on setting up the PS5 and playing a game on it before connecting, just to be sure.

  • I like trains

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  • I'm reminded of this classic: Velocipedia/

    People were asked to draw a bicycle, and a lot of them were not functional. Often in a fun way.

  • Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you

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  • Yep, through misunderstanding I left rtl_433 auto addition switched on for over a year. I think I ended up with over 9000 unique tpms entries. Clearing them out from MQTT was a pain in the backside, too!

  • xkcd #3196: Aurora Coolness

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  • Very accurate. When we had the northern lights here, we pulled over on the way to the dark-sky location, and the aurora filled the sky. After it died back a bit, we drove on to the dark-sky, where we spent 3 hours sitting in the dark working out if the green bits were going to spike up again.

  • Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica

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  • The trick is to buy reasonably open devices, then provide the smarts yourself. If it can talk to / be configured by HomeAssistant, and doesn't require internet to work, it'll probably be fine.

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    Wet underfloor heating controllers

  • Social media platforms including X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp have been restricted in Turkey

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  • Turkey's main source of renewable power is Atatürk spinning in his grave.

  • Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs

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  • I just run mine without ever connecting it to the internet. I run an Apple TV (shock, walled garden!), as it is the only device I've seen that consistently matches frame rates properly on the output.

  • Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs

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  • This is why I often refer to 4K as UHD: The WCG and HDR being available to consumers is far more impactful than end users having a few more pixels.

    (Also because I'm a snarky pedant, and consumer 4K UHD is only 3840 wide, while DCI4K is actually 4096)

  • Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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  • I found it was well worth ripping to flac securely using EAC (no idea what the modern setup is). As then I knew I had a perfect copy to make whatever MP3 I wanted in the future from.

    Nowadays, I convert everything to V0 for portable use, but who knows what the future may hold.

  • Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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  • I'm returning to car boot sales to buy cubic meters of CDs. That, and BandCamp.

  • What is the best Power Outlet, and why?

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  • And the thin pins means that with any weight (wall-wart, etc.), it starts to come out. Doubly so if it's set into thin plasterboard that already wobbles.

  • Worried about the Trekverse future

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  • PP is basically the Strange New Worlds app for me now. Sub for a month, whenever the new SNW series is almost finsihed.

  • Is the Fediverse stalling?

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  • Part of me also thinks that fediverse doesn't need growth for the sake of growth. That it's primary function is to be an alternative if people want to use it.

  • Virgin Physicists

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  • Second lesson: Pi is around 3.

  • xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier

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  • Exactly this. The device either needs to be open enough that it can easily integrate to HA without internet access. Or dumb enough that I can mod it with an ESP.

    Anything that has to go through the manufacturer's servers goes in the bin, the risks of data theft/rent seeking are too damned high.

  • Me on vacations

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  • I swear it's the blackout curtains. I'll draw them tight on the first night, then have a surprise in the morning if I didn't set my alarm.

  • Nice one

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  • Meeting summary:

    • Synergy promoted by Gerald
    • Fourth quarter prediction estimate forecasts brainstormed by Jeremy.
    • Coffee situation update from Mark.
    • Level 4 agility in KCD reached by GreatAlbatross

  • Nice one

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  • Some meetings, I wish I'd bought a steamdeck.