greybeard

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I've been using and reasonably satisfied with A.R.M. https://github.com/automatic-ripping-machine/automatic-ripping-machine

It uses MakeMKV and Handbrake, but streamlines the whole process.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of StumbleUpon. An old way of sharing and finding content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I also think people discount the power of advertising when they think Facebook or Amazon is listening to them. They don't think that maybe why they were talking about xyz was because they saw an ad for it. Then they saw another ad for it after they talked about it and got confused on cause and effect.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know, but I'm a big fan of cowboy and mafia planets.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Well, in the case of Ender's Game, that was the point. Trick kids into thinking they were playing a game and they wouldn't think twice about being as brutal as necessary to win. So if your goal is to have cars murder people, having people control them with their dreams is a pretty good idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm not diagreeing with that. Although it could be useful, I often forget where I saved things, and something that let's my search my worn history would be rad, but there's zero chance this won't be abused by a large list of people, including but not limited to Microsoft, spouses, bosses, malware, governments, every random application, Facebook, and Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Shadow copy is a completely different thing. Shadow copy creates snapshots(used for version history, among other uses) of files. Recall is a screen recording software, that includes OCR and maybe some AI stuff. At this time, at least, it too is all local. It just isn't secure in the least.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Generate images with self hosted models, or integrate it with art programs? Because yes to both.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hopefully this time NC's gridscale battery factory wont go bankrupt when the Russian oligarchs founders take the money and run. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article167970747.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In this case the person you were responding to was right. It is where they put their news and weather widget. Which only exists to push people onto Bing. It is annoying, and by default pops up on rollover, not click, so it is trivially easy to accidentally pull up, pumping those Bing engagement numbers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got an ad like the a month ago, made me start looking at alternatives. I haven't found one besides Apple TV that supports all the streaming services, is made for a TV, and doesn't have worse ads. I could handle content ads for streaming services I didn't have, but just straight TV commercials on my hopepage? Get fucked Google.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Meshtastic is a great one. People are making all kinds of software for it. I saw someone developing a BBS for it. For those who want a summary: Meshtastic is a very low bandwidth radio system for creating mesh networks. The speed of data transfer is similar to the modems of the 80s, so you aren't transferring anything but text. But the range is good and the hardware is cheap, and it is completely stand alone. It can normally pair with something like a phone for ease of access, but has its own dedicated device for a radio.

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