sheridan

@sheridan@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is a DRM-Free Ebook always better than a physical book?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really easy now to scan an entire book with your phone. There are apps (eg Scanner Pro) that can take pictures of two pages at once and split them into individual pdf pages.

  I done this with several books over the years. I place my phone on a tripod, point it down on a well lit book, and start scanning. A 300 page book might take about an hour to scan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is a DRM-Free Ebook always better than a physical book?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on your needs. The typography and image quality is much superior for print than ebooks usually. That being said, I still get ebooks for large reference books so I can search them and copy/paste, eg programming related books. I also read foreign language ebooks so I can lookup the meaning of any word I don’t know with my phone’s dictionaries, or translate a phrase or sentence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As Wi-Fi is a form of radio technology, we still basically do this today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Max Streaming ‘Enshittifies’ Further, Removes Classic Looney Tunes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this edition of Looney Tunes available on blu-ray? The Max version was a 4k restoration based off new scans of the film iirc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon.online invitation if anyone wants it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What country are its servers located?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favourite Metroid game?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really hard for me to name a single favorite Metroid; I love most of them. In terms of non-linear open exploration, Super Metroid is probably my favorite, followed by AM2R. But I also really enjoyed the boss fights in Metroid Dread; they were really challenging…for me at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple's controversial iPhone accessory may have been discontinued⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, the switch to wireless earbuds has been mixed. Not having the cord get tangled and caught on things is nice, but I’ve come to dislike how precarious AirPods can feel (to me at least).

  I’m always worried about them falling out of my ear and landing in a gutter or a toilet; I have to be careful pulling them out of their case and putting them back because they’re easy to slip out fingers; I always have to remember to keep the case charged; if I want to take them off temporarily, I can’t just drape them around my neck (at least not with 3rd party accessories but then you have to take those off to charge so more hassle). I feel like I just can’t be as spontaneous with them as with wired ear buds.