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Begging for all the Lemmy Audiophiles recommendations on computer speakers!
  • Your budget will play a role. I 100% agree with people saying don't get computer speakers if you're looking for quality, but the catch is they need to be powered.

    I did a bunch of research and got the below on sale after a few reccos and agonizing over specs. For reference, previously I have used spreadsheets to tune a room to a flat frequency response with my own custom crossover designs, so... I'm picky.

    I've been happy with my choice. And since they are fairly portable, they are versatile. Also used them with a Midi keyboard and a portable projector.

    Edifier R1280DB Powered Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers - Optical Input - Wireless Studio Monitors - 4 Inch Near Field Speaker - 42W RMS - Wood Grain (Black) https://a.co/d/0cpcTsI0

  • Mozilla roll out first AI features in Firefox Nightly
  • The implementation doesn't sound terrible.

    • It's opt-in
    • It's basically a sidebar chat window

    So if you already use GPT for day-to-day, it may be a welcome experience. If you don't, don't opt in.

    I'm skeptical of GPT add-ons, bit at least this was done in a low-bloat opt-in way (which allows Mozilla to bring in revenue (probably)).

  • What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't?
  • By your reasoning I could use some 24 gauge wire that came with a pair of Walmart computer speakers with a receiver paired with 3-ways each with 10" woofers. Or even better yet, between a plate amp and sub as a fire starter.

    I don't disagree with your overall premise, but it's too reductive, even for home theater. Throw in a "16ga in most non-sub applications" and only then does it become true.

  • GNU-Linux
  • This is a rabbit hole. Most software packages out there use hundreds of modules with other names. Heck, I bet the client you are using would require 27 different slashes for this to make sense.

    Sometimes you put a lot of work into a foundation. Sometimes you use a foundation. Pride in one's work does not always require recognition.

  • Ah Bernie, what could have been...
  • Yup, understood and agree with all that the first time.

    But since the "royal we" spread these memes like wildfire, then "we still remember all the good that came from him, of which there was arguably (to all the people you describe) more."

  • Latest Firefox and Obtainium?
  • Not really. Safest place to get an app is from the Dev if you're not using the play store. FDroid has been known to host out of date packages forever, causing security concerns.

    Obtainium is pretty easy to use.

  • Latest Firefox and Obtainium?

    The Firefox for Android GitHub releases aren't being updated anymore, and is versions behind the Play Store now.

    FDroid Fennec isn't fully the same app, and FDroid has it's own set of delays.

    Is there a location where the latest version can be pulled/tracked with Obtainium?

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    New dishwasher video drop

    Almost 30 more minutes of dishwasher.

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    XScreenSaver: Google Store Privacy Policy
    www.jwz.org XScreenSaver: Google Store Privacy Policy

    XScreenSaver is a collection of free screen savers for X11, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android.

    This may violate the "low-effort" rule, but I thought readers might enjoy (remove if not, of course). This particular Android app Privacy Policy shows how the "one size fits all" of the Play Store doesn't always make sense.

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    A new AMD vs Nvidia decision?

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nowsci.com/post/7576006

    > Hey all, > > In the market for a GPU, would like to use Bazzite, mostly a Steam user with some SteamVR (rare), and have run into nvidia issues with Bazzite and a 3070 previously. > > With the recent news on nVidia's beta drivers and Plasma's sync support in beta, I'm newly on the fence about switching to AMD given nvidia having a better performance to cost ratio, the power usage (big one for a compact living room system), and the fact that they have the potential for HDMI2.1 support which AMD doesn't have a solution to yet. > > What are community thoughts? I'll probably hold out for some reports on the new drivers regardless, but wanted to check in with the hive mind. > > Thanks!

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    A new AMD vs Nvidia decision?

    Hey all,

    In the market for a GPU, would like to use Bazzite, mostly a Steam user with some SteamVR (rare), and have run into nvidia issues with Bazzite and a 3070 previously.

    With the recent news on nVidia's beta drivers and Plasma's sync support in beta, I'm newly on the fence about switching to AMD given nvidia having a better performance to cost ratio, the power usage (big one for a compact living room system), and the fact that they have the potential for HDMI2.1 support which AMD doesn't have a solution to yet.

    What are community thoughts? I'll probably hold out for some reports on the new drivers regardless, but wanted to check in with the hive mind.

    Thanks!

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    This is real rule.

    Ref: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7CG_O1hzaS/?img_index=2

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    Lemmy Support @lemmy.ml fmstrat @lemmy.nowsci.com
    Pict-rs fails to start after .5 upgrade

    Hi all,

    Hoping someone can help me out here. I just did the upgrade, I've updated my ENV variables, and started, and I get:

    2024-05-18T19:13:07.047224829Z 2024-05-18T19:13:07.046998Z INFO migrate_04: pict_rs::repo::migrate: Running checks 2024-05-18T19:13:08.177484313Z 2024-05-18T19:13:08.177294Z INFO migrate_04: pict_rs::repo::migrate: Checks complete, migrating repo 2024-05-18T19:13:08.177524752Z 2024-05-18T19:13:08.177323Z INFO migrate_04: pict_rs::repo::migrate: 362224 hashes will be migrated

    I then proceed to get the following item for 110,670 files:

    2024-05-18T19:13:08.196186995Z 2024-05-18T19:13:08.196036Z ERROR pict_rs::repo::migrate: Failed to migrate hash 0000181884f6a92c7f6ee411dc8049474b2872204fafebbc6b0170e7499d902b, skipping 2024-05-18T19:13:08.207066220Z 2024-05-18T19:13:08.207078792Z 0: Error in store 2024-05-18T19:13:08.207089618Z 1: Requested file is not found 2024-05-18T19:13:08.207099605Z 2: No such file or directory (os error 2) 2024-05-18T19:13:08.207109313Z 2024-05-18T19:13:08.207119231Z Location: 2024-05-18T19:13:08.207129638Z /drone/src/src/repo/migrate.rs:32

    And then pict-rs just exits.

    Turning on debug gives me more info, but nothing helpful after each of the above errors: |lemmy-pictrs | 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631508936Z 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631417Z DEBUG sled::pagecache::iobuf: advancing offset within the current segment from 102576771 to 102576797 |lemmy-pictrs | 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631606646Z 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631504Z DEBUG sled::pagecache::iobuf: advancing offset within the current segment from 102576797 to 102576823 |lemmy-pictrs | 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631643803Z 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631531Z DEBUG sled::pagecache::iobuf: wrote lsns 3029152387-3029152412 to disk at offsets 102576771-102576796, maxed false complete_len 26 |lemmy-pictrs | 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631661473Z 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631541Z DEBUG sled::pagecache::iobuf: advancing offset within the current segment from 102576823 to 102576849 |lemmy-pictrs | 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631676419Z 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631549Z DEBUG sled::pagecache::iobuf: mark_interval(3029152387, 26) |lemmy-pictrs | 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631689340Z 2024-05-18T19:21:15.631561Z DEBUG sled::pagecache::iobuf: new highest interval: 3029152387 - 3029152412

    My env (left old values in, too): - PICTRS_OPENTELEMETRY_URL=http://otel:4137 - PICTRS__API_KEY=... - PICTRS__SERVER__API_KEY=... - RUST_LOG=debug #- RUST_BACKTRACE=full - PICTRS__MEDIA__VIDEO_CODEC=vp9 - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_WIDTH=256 - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_HEIGHT=256 - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_AREA=65536 - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_FRAME_COUNT=400 - PICTRS__MEDIA__ANIMATION__MAX_WIDTH=256 - PICTRS__MEDIA__ANIMATION__MAX_HEIGHT=256 - PICTRS__MEDIA__ANIMATION__MAX_AREA=65536 - PICTRS__MEDIA__ANIMATION__MAX_FRAME_COUNT=400 - PICTRS__MEDIA__VIDEO__ENABLE=True - PICTRS__MEDIA__VIDEO__MAX_FILE_SIZE=20

    Any idea how to get pict-rs started? Or what I should look to for figuring this out.

    Edit: Scanning the logs more closely I see that I never get the Migration complete message from here https://git.asonix.dog/asonix/pict-rs/src/commit/d45e3fa386e62e0538b3d7ba399ceaec80fdd7ca/src/repo/migrate.rs#L175, but I do get percentage completes up to Migration 59% complete - 213698/362224. Nothing else indicates, though.

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    How do you adjust this helmet?

    Dumb question, but new to cycling, and the person at the store adjusted the height of the back via the tab. The Trek manual and video are absolute garbage, so we can't figure out how. Can anyone help?

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    Truth

    Edit

    To provide some context given the messages below. I was a professional photographer, and understand that getting a good photo is a skill. Exposure time, timing, location, and many other factors come into play when capturing a great image.

    Seeing the aurora was a fantastic experience. The purpose of this post is to help reduce FOMO of those who could not see it. Many people who don't know these things will imagine dancing lights in the sky of brilliance, and will be saddened by what they missed. While they did miss something, it's important for them to know exactly what they missed.

    Edit2 I should also note this is why I enjoy when photographers post gear, conditions, and settings alongside results. It tells viewers what was real.

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    Switch from Ubuntu to Debian, devices changed?

    So I'm guessing this has as much to do with a newer version of OpenRGB as the distro change, but I moved from Ubuntu 20.04 to Debian 12.

    I've installed OpenRGB via the deb on the site. Running sudo openrgb -l -vv I get this at the end:

    2: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING Type: Motherboard Description: ASUS Aura USB Device Version: AULA3-AR42-0207 Location: HID: /dev/hidraw0 Serial: 9876543210 Modes: [Direct] Off Static Breathing Flashing 'Spectrum Cycle' Rainbow 'Chase Fade' Chase Zones: 'Aura Mainboard' 'Aura Addressable 1' LEDs: 'Aura Mainboard, LED 1' 'Aura Mainboard, LED 2' 'Aura Mainboard, LED 3' 'Aura Mainboard, RGB Header 1' 'Aura Mainboard, RGB Header 2'

    But it no longer finds my fans via the standard ARGB controller. The RGB controller and on-board LEDS for the mobo work fine. I've tried every combination of switching "Zone", "LED", and "Mode" with no luck.

    I do have an orp file that used to work if that helps? The strings output for anything ASUS are the same between the old one and a new one I made. So the devices exist in both, right? Here is an example:

    ASUS Aura Motherboard ASUS Aura USB Device AULA3-AR42-0207 9876543210 HID: /dev/hidraw0 Aura Mainboard Aura Addressable 1 Aura Mainboard, LED 1 Aura Mainboard, LED 2 Aura Mainboard, LED 3 Aura Mainboard, LED 4 Aura Mainboard, LED 5 Aura Addressable 1, LED 1 Aura Addressable 1, LED 2 Aura Addressable 1, LED 3 Aura Addressable 1, LED 4 Aura Addressable 1, LED 5 Aura Addressable 1, LED 6 Aura Addressable 1, LED 7 Aura Addressable 1, LED 8 Aura Addressable 1, LED 9 Aura Addressable 1, LED 10 Aura Addressable 1, LED 11 Aura Addressable 1, LED 12 Aura Addressable 1, LED 13 Aura Addressable 1, LED 14 Aura Addressable 1, LED 15 Aura Addressable 1, LED 16 Aura Addressable 1, LED 17 Aura Addressable 1, LED 18 Aura Addressable 1, LED 19 Aura Addressable 1, LED 20 Aura Addressable 1, LED 21 Aura Addressable 1, LED 22 Aura Addressable 1, LED 23 Aura Addressable 1, LED 24 Aura Addressable 1, LED 25 Aura Addressable 1, LED 26 Aura Addressable 1, LED 27 Aura Addressable 1, LED 28 Aura Addressable 1, LED 29 Aura Addressable 1, LED 30 Aura Addressable 1, LED 31 Aura Addressable 1, LED 32 Aura Addressable 1, LED 33 Aura Addressable 1, LED 34 Aura Addressable 1, LED 35 Aura Addressable 1, LED 36 Aura Addressable 1, LED 37 Aura Addressable 1, LED 38 Aura Addressable 1, LED 39 Aura Addressable 1, LED 40 Aura Addressable 1, LED 41 Aura Addressable 1, LED 42

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    ‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains
    www.theguardian.com ‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains

    Scientists are just starting to discover how extreme heat and weather is linked to neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease – and can even affect babies in the womb. What can we do about it?

    ‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains

    A long read for normal Lemmy posts, but well cited including a study on stress during pregnancy. The links to the studies do have statistics if you are interested in further reading.

    It's not just what you'd expect, it includes things like algae blooms growing that release neurotoxins, etc.

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    Rant: Cura did the one thing a slicer shouldn't do

    Apart from blow up printers, the one scariest thing for me about a slicer is losing settings. You spend hours getting your printer dialed in, specific profiles per material and then..

    You update your slicer software and it all goes away. I have now learned Cura does this. And does this a lot. Forum posts abound about it. Friends recommend I switch to Prusa because it happened to them. Unfortunately too late for me to write down my old settings, and they're apparently not in the ~/.config/cura folder anymore. Nice.

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    Headlight height should be regulated

    The more I think on this, the more I wonder if it's truly unpopular "here," but it certainly is in public.

    Headlights should be no more than 2 feet off the ground. Yes, your SUV will look dumb. No, you won't be able to see as far. But you also won't be blinding everyone.

    And no, adjusting angles does not solve this for monster trucks in the US.

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    Installing BakkesMod for Rocket League in Linux

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nowsci.com/post/3852588

    > I'll be creating one for GifYourGame, too.

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    Lemmy user names should only allow standard characters

    To be clear, some really great community members have these names, but they're everywhere now. And with the right characters you can create some really annoying overlaps: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3790

    Enough of them floating around now that I'll probably do a PR for my favorite client to filter them out.

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    Lead prosecutor in Georgia election subversion case under scrutiny over alleged affair with DA
    www.cnn.com Lead prosecutor in Georgia election subversion case under scrutiny over alleged affair with DA | CNN Politics

    When Nathan Wade was appointed lead prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case in 2021 to prosecute former President Donald Trump, some of his closest allies, lawyers in Cobb County where Wade practiced law, universally wondered, “Why him?”

    Lead prosecutor in Georgia election subversion case under scrutiny over alleged affair with DA | CNN Politics
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