Welcome to Incremental Social! Learn more about this project here!
Check out lemmyverse to find more communities to join from here!

@ianovic69@feddit.uk cover
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

ianovic69

@ianovic69@feddit.uk

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Code spotted within the Spotify app last year also suggests that the tier could come with 24-bit lossless audio

At 44.1k, 16bit is CD quality which is perfectly good enough. But no, dupe people into paying more for something they can't use. Typical.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I'm no expert, but this doesn't sound like a good idea.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I wouldn't call carbon monoxide a good side product. If the amount created is negligible then great, but are there realistic figures?

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Yes, the article says that but I'm not sure how much I believe it. If there's a decent body of work that draws consensus I would be less sceptical.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Yes, yes, yes!

In fact, I think you could extend this to all art and possibly even to the online identity of all humans.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

We are eventually going to be spending(sic) humans to other planets

Ha, no.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Checking in, it's up for me right now. Seems like an ongoing battle though.

Good luck, fellas!

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Seems to be working now.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

If this is what it looks like, then it's about fucking time. Hopefully others will follow and it won't be too late.

Google Search is getting even worse for independent sites (www.theverge.com)

In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first...

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

SearX

Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?

I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I don't know, I've used Gboard for so long I don't notice if it's good or bad. I swipe and it almost always works first time, if not it's got the word suggested.

If it gets stuck, I start typing the keys and it usually suggests what I want. Same if I get stuck.

Sometimes I use speech to text, which works about the same and often better. If I could master punctuation with it, I would use it all the time.

When I type on a full size keyboard, it's shit and takes forever. The speed on mobile is one of the main reasons I try not to use anything else. I can type at about the same rate as I can think of what I want to say. Tapping my fingers, I would have forgotten what I wanted to say before I could finish typing it.

I'm really just typing now for fun and to see how many words I can get into a comment before it becomes dull.

But then again, I never was very good at typing. Maybe that's why it's so much faster for me with a virtual keyboard.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Retrain your fingers! Seriously though, muscle memory is a big factor. Get out the habit of typing the next letter, if the word is there just use it. Iirc, this is how they beat speed typing records.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

At the time when I was using computers and keyboards at work, and even played Typing of the Dead occasionally, I would probably have struggled to get anywhere near 40wpm.

So not fast at all, but also not slow on mobile. I wonder if there's a test?

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Screenshot from Google Play.

https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/c0e7df21-502f-40f8-977e-fcb1e331aa43.jpeg

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I've been using foss.family for a little while with good results.

You have to spend a bit of time selecting and using different instances before you find one that suits you. I tried about three before this one and I don't think I'll need to change again.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Excellent point!

As Ben Jordan says, it really is well past the time when we should be making records from stuff that's regulated.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

We should be so lucky.

Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)

For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112126250737482807

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Go feddit.uk
(⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

G+ refugee here. It was amazing for photography. Went there because Flikr didn't do it for me, particularly the Android app. Ended up at Reddit. Still not really sharing my photos but the photo communities here are pretty good.

Evangelical app 'Bless Every Home' is mapping personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals targeting them. (newrepublic.com)

It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

And a baby! Yummmm...

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Cool icon? iOS users? Surely not!

Ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick looks to buy TikTok amid shutdown fears - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

TikTok has been at the center of controversy for the United States government in the last few years. Particularly, members of the Senate believe China-based parent company ByteDance could spy on its users and share information with the Chinese Government....

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Only case would be if you work in government, but even then, it'd only be a problem if you're using an unsecured device that also has Tiktok on it to do secret government stuff on, which would probably get you super-fired and possibly prosecuted in itself..

Ah the good old days, where here in Blitey that would have been the case.

These days that kind of thing gets you promoted to Minister for Digital Communications or even just Prime Minister.

I kid you not.

"It also emerged that all messages on Boris Johnson's phone were wiped in April 2021, after it emerged his number had been freely available on the internet for 15 years."

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

"I can't let you do that, Dave."

andrew , to Technology
@andrew@andrew.masto.host avatar

Solar and battery storage to make up 81% of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2024

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61424

@technology

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

"new"

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

You know you can still buy CDs?

If you must have digital files there are plenty of ways to get them from a streaming service. But buying digital files of music is imo where the line should be drawn.

I will even buy or rent new film releases from a main platform if I missed it at the cinema, etc.

But owning music is a very personal thing. I have CDs going back to the first days of the format, many of which are very sentimental. Being able to stream them is like magic to me. But there is no reason I can think of to pay for a digital file of them or any music that can be found on CD or streamed.

Each to their own, of course. I just find the concept of digital file purchase for music utterly abhorrent. Once it became apparent that the music industry was going to do this, I vowed never to do it and I think it was a good decision.

The streaming services are a convenience that we have to decide on the value to us as users, despite their many obvious faults. But paying to own a, usually compressed, audio file? I can't agree that's good for consumers.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I also listen to music a lot outside so I have to own the digital version too.

Why, are you not able to stream it?

CD is become more rare anyway.

I'm not sure that's true. Are there numbers you can point to to back that up?

flexibility of digital music locally

I can make Spotify store locally. It's really weird how fast that is come to think of it. Very useful for patchy data. Easy to skip tracks you don't want as well.

bring my music everywhere

I use Spotify but I think ITunes does similar. I feel strongly about Apple products though so I've no experience.

I'm also not an audiophile

Although this has no impact on streaming or use of temporary downloads, or any relevance to your need for purchasing audio files, I am what many would refer to as an audiophile.

I have worked as an audio engineer in music recording and post production, I own professional audio reproduction equipment and I make my own music as a hobby.

Even so, being able to throw on a favourite album, old or new, while driving or at the beach or a friend's house, is to me akin to magic.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

And which we (UK) have opted to not be part of.

Instead, we are making a budget available to our own research facilities.

It will be the utterly enormous, mind-blowingly vast sum of......

.....wait for it......

600....

million pounds!

(⁠༎ຶ⁠ ⁠෴⁠ ⁠༎ຶ⁠)

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Even my 14yo daughter got rid last year. Made me proud.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I think she started to find it banal and annoying. Just like a real adult!

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I think a good deal of her internet awareness comes from school. I'm amazed at what they cover and how it's combined with social safety and inclusiveness.

ianovic69 OP ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Oh no, you can do it!

Remember, remember, remember, remember.....

No pressure 🗿

ianovic69 OP ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Let's all ask. If they can't they may know who can?

Btw, love your banner image. Looks like the Swiss Alps, did you take it?

ianovic69 OP ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Oh, how are you able to see that?

ianovic69 OP ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Each post is about a cracked version of a usually popular piece of commercial software. There's been loads of them.

ianovic69 OP ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

(the sound of many shocked intakes of breath)

Sir, this is a Wendy's!

ianovic69 OP ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Thanks for replying, much appreciated.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Realistically, could I help seed it from my phone?

I've not used torrent since playing with it a bit a couple of decades ago, so I've no idea where to start. But if it's practical and works well the concept is very appealing.

I have a no log VPN and I'm running Firefox with ublock origin and privacy Badger. I'm also thinking of running Mullvad DNS on my router but currently use Open DNS.

I would do this from home where I have fttp, not asynchronous but it's about 70 up. That could change though.

I do have a laptop but I try not to use Windows, Android is much better for me. Having my phone start torrent activity when I get home would be a fantastic resource for me while also giving back via seeding.

Any links or advice you can give would be very kind of you, and I'd like to repost if there's better places for this kind of enquiry.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

This is fantastic, thank you so much!

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

What's a magnet link?

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

That worked, thanks!

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Bill Hicks would have approved.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

Next update - "Google to shut down Chrome in the EU"

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

I just did this and it seems to work perfectly! Thanks mate.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • incremental_games
  • meta
  • All magazines
    •