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Do you have trouble explaining your job to people?
  • Game Dev here. More specifically, audio director. Used to be tech sound designer and composer. I find it hard to explain even over here, among the geeks like me.

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    Plex; Introducing Plex Photos Beta
  • It’s terrible with direct streaming lossless Dolby Atmos (TrueHD) streams, not only where it’s not possible but there are workarounds (AppleTV / Infuse), but also on each and every platform it’s being done by other apps (Android, Xbox, PC / Kodi).

    I only use it because I paid peanuts for lifetime premium and alternatives have egregious UX that I can withstand but my extended family cannot.

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    Apple's A18 delivers solid performance gains, challenges Ryzen 9 9950X in single-core Geekbench
  • I have to demonstrate to my friends every time how my MBP M2 blows my Ryzen 5950x desktop out of the water for my professional line of work.

    I can’t catch quite the drift what x86/x64 chips are good for anymore, other than gaming, nostalgia and spec boasting.

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    Spotify wins case over 'billions' of Eminem streams
  • I was there when Microsoft COFEE released on WhatCD. And it appears I’ll be there when the certain villains’s coke party released on RED.

    That being said, I left Spotify after 18 years recently because my money wasn’t going to artists I listen anyway. Bandcamp + SoulSeek + Lidarr is the way.

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    Any non-tech-background self-hosters?
  • Sound designer here. I always liked to tinker with digital stuff, and while I think %90 of the self hosted apps must’ve been simple .EXEs, I’m having fun setting them up around.

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    Dawn of a new era in Search: Balancing innovation, competition, and public good | Kagi Blog
  • You don’t even have to be using the strong contender. I’ve switched to Ecosia and my reach to interesting stuff increased tenfold. SearXNG also spewing what I’m exactly asking for.

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    What's your favourite smartphone manufacturer and/or favourite smartphone?
  • Android people here often have a Spec Champion phone… and a Daily Driver one.

    I only have a daily driver iPhone I bought 6 years ago and it can still daily drive me.

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    What games popularized certain mechanics?
  • Minecraft singlehandedly created a genre called “Survival”.

    I think most of the games around 2005’s Indie Game Boom created lots of brilliant mechanics that’s been copied still.

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    Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.
  • Point is, it’s near impossible to find a dumb tv with good specs. Like LG is producing no-smart version of LG C3 (best display ever so far), but it’s only sold to businesses.

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    YouTube is now testing a built-in sleep timer, but only with Premium subscribers
  • You don’t need an external app on iOS, it’s built into the Countdown.

    (Just go down to ‘When countdown ends’ list and pick ‘Stop playing’. It will stop whatever playing, YT, Spotify, Netflix etc.)

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    www.cbsnews.com U.S. F-16 fighter jet shoots down an armed Turkish drone over Syria

    U.S. officials confirm an F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone operating near American troops in northeastern Syria Thursday.

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    Hey SteamDeck’ers, As we're all aware that Valve broke Remote Play on SteamDeck and hasn't fixed it yet. I'm seeing lots of people having their sound cut off few minutes into streaming, or having lots of ghost input with bluetooth controllers.

    However, there are two other options that work well, and sometimes even better than Remote Play.

    First, if you're using SteamDeck with a TV and have an Android or Apple TV, consider using the Steam Link app instead. It's still great!

    Second, you can use Moonlight to stream directly to SteamDeck. Find Moonlight in Discover (SteamOS desktop appstore) in Desktop mode. Installing it is just that easy.

    You will also need to install Sunshine, the Server counterpart as well on your PC.

    Moonlight is a great replacement to NVIDIA's now retired GameStream and works with any GPU with the help of Sunshine. In fact, it offers smoother visuals compared to Steam Remote Play, also offers HDR support on supported TVs.

    Happy streaming!

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