JoeCoT

JoeCoT , 3 months ago to Technology in Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running

The best explanation I've seen is that music is mixed differently for CD/streaming and vinyl.

For mass market, the move has been to mix for louder bass and similar things. The idea being that it makes the music more popular. But it also makes it difficult to appreciate anything but the bass.

On vinyl, you can't max out bass like that, it won't work on the format. So they have to give it a normal mix instead, making it sound better. In theory CDs should sound better than vinyl, but because of the music production trends, it doesn't currently.

JoeCoT , 3 months ago to Technology in US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones

They don't have to force them to make an app. Instead they could make them provide an interface that an app can use. Instead of their current strategy of thwarting any attempt to make their ecosystem interoperable with competitor's devices. I imagine them instantly killing Beeper's connection to iMessage was a part of this move.

JoeCoT , 3 months ago to Technology in Reddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nears

The fact that reddit cares is mostly used for harassment told me all I needed to know about how they're handling their community.

JoeCoT , 3 months ago to Selfhosted in Docker - what use is it?

I don't know of a good way to route other application's traffic through the VPN container with them being in docker containers, unless you use some intermediary setup. That's why I have socks proxies routed through the VPN, so I can selectively put traffic through it. If the app supports a socks proxy you could do it that way. At the least you could use Proxychains to do so if the program does TCP networking.

JoeCoT , 3 months ago to Selfhosted in Docker - what use is it?

So it's always going to be used for technical things, but not necessarily development things. I use it for both.

For my home server setup I have docker setup like this:

1. A VPN docker container
2. A transmission (bittorrent client) container, using the VPN's network
3. An nginx (web server) container, which provides access to the transmission container
4. A 3proxy socks proxy container, using the VPN's network
5. A tor client container
6. A 3proxy socks proxy container, using the tor container's network

Usually it's pretty hard to say "these specific programs and only these should run over my VPN". Docker makes that easy. I can just attach containers to the same network as my VPN container, and their traffic will all go over the VPN. And then with my socks proxies I can selectively put my browser traffic over either the VPN or Tor, using extensions like FoxyProxy. I watch wrestling through my vpn because it's cheaper overseas and has better streaming options, so I have those specific sites set to route through my VPN socks proxy. And I have all onion links set to go through my Tor proxy.

JoeCoT , 3 months ago to Technology in Can you un-smart a smart tv?

A lot of Google/Android TV devices support "Basic TV" mode. You get the option during device setup, you can switch to it later by resetting the device. I would probably also not connect it to the internet, but that should cover making it a dumb device. I bought a Hisense one, tried it with Android TV for a bit, experienced it slow down and freeze up a bunch, and just switched it to Basic TV and plugged in a chromecast. Has worked fine since then.