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Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October | Initial Recall preview was lambasted for obvious privacy and security failures in c/[email protected]
What do you guys do about usernames / passwords for your local services? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

I put on my robe and wizard hat

Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

When our last TV which was 'smart' died, we just bought a big lcd monitor at the pawn shop. We already were only using Kodi on an Android box, so a monitor with external speaker is fine. (Seemed spyware free last time I checked, but beware no-name android media boxes on=from eBay etc., use a tiny or old spare PC instead if you wish).

One must 'sail the high seas' tovget content, of course...

Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (5 children)

What? Oh no, I had not written down the recipe for using gasoline to cook my spaghetti! Whatever shall I do?

What song should I play for my bathroom neighbors? in c/[email protected]
Welcome to the Golden Age of User Hostility in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

You can, but now it's called "a big monitor and your own server with a personal media library".

Whats your favorite nostalgic cartoon? in c/[email protected]
PDF editor on Linux? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I have used Krita to edit 1-2 page PDFs, but it's clunky as each page is its own layer. If you're looking for something that lets you add notes to an entire book or something... probably not useful.

If Architects had to work like Programmers in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I've spent the last 4 months living this. Thank you I hate it.

EDIT: Actually my entire career, but most painfully the last 4 months. I hate it. And, yet, I must eat, so I endure.

If Architects had to work like Programmers in c/[email protected]
Someone keeps trying to access my MS account in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It's good to be paranoid, but for years I have had periodic sign-ups for lists I never wanted, services I never asked for, medical appointments and plane ticket reservations(!) I didn't make ... you name it.

All because I was an early gmail invitee, so my account is just '[email protected]' (with no '123', or other decorations) -- I was the FIRST. And I'll be damned if I give it up!

So, so many people with my first initial and surname forget to add whatever crap they added to their signup after they must have gotten the error message at sign-up that told them 'sorry, but [email protected] is already taken' and they then forget whatever they added, and keep using my email address when they register for whatever crap they do. So bloody annoying.

I've taken to just logging into the numerous sites they helpfully send me registration links for, and if there's a profile section I may (if I'm feeling cranky) set their profile photo and bio to unsavoury things, before locking the account. If I'm not feeling cranky I just unsubscribe/delete the account.

Zendaya's original dress in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (4 children)

To be fair, it could be the Metropolis gal too.

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Help back up the Great 78 Collections before the Record Companies force The Internet Archive to take them down! (yiffit.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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See linked posting. I've commented there with a link to a CLI tool in Python that allows downloading of IA collections. I've submitted a patch to enable specifying start and end points so that it's easier to resume downloading a huge collection, or to allow multiple people to split up the work.

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood

https://archive.org/details/78rpm_bowling_green

F*ck the RIAA and absurdly long copyright.

EDIT: There is more than one collection of 78s on IA, so I updated the title.

The issue with these collections are that they're absolutely HUGE. And yes, IA offers torrents for them, but as a separate torrent for every. single. album. And the torrents have all data in them -- FLAC, fixed-rate MP3, VBR MP3, PDF liner notes, etc. etc... there may be some extremely hardcore data-hoarders out there who want everything, but IMHO as these are scratchy old 78 records, FLAC is overkill to just save the audio in a listenable format. The George Blood collection, just the VBR MP3s, is looking to be about 6TB. With ALL data it might be over 40TB! I can't afford that many hard drives :)

So, my approach at the moment is to save just the VBR MP3s (they seem to be done at up to 320kbps VBR) and the JPEG album cover. If I have a chance and any storage left afterwards, I can make a separate pass to get the album liner PDFs...

Tool used: https://github.com/jjjake/internetarchive

Patch to allow setting start and end item indices for downloads: https://github.com/jjjake/internetarchive/pull/605

Example usage to grab just the VBR MP3 and record label JPG for each (note the --start-idx and --end-idx arguments):

#ia download --start-idx=4001 --end-idx=8000 -a -i --format="VBR MP3" --format="JPEG" --search collection:georgeblood

I'm going to concentrate on the George Blood collection for now.. I'm starting at item 1. It would be great if others started at index 50,000, 100,000, 150,000, ... and others started at the end and worked backwards in similarly-sized chunks, so that it's assured someone gets each of them.

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Louis Rossmann: Right to Repair isn't just about your Macbook (www.youtube.com)
 

Marked NSFW just in case :)

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