Showroom7561
@Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Entry-Level NAS recommendations? 3 weeks ago:
Synology. Whatever is in your budget.
Yes, they’ve done things to piss off the community, and sure, a DIY build is going to give you more control and powerful hardware.
But you can get support (though Synology or the Internet communities of users), and if any family member ever needs to take it over, it’ll be easy for them to pick up and manage.
- Comment on Immich mobile app sync V2 4 weeks ago:
Yes, when you mount the external library (when setting up docker), you can set it as read-only. 👌
- Comment on Immich mobile app sync V2 4 weeks ago:
My use case:
I use a Synology NAS to backup my photos/videos. On mobile, I use the Synology Photos app for 100% of the backups, because it’s been 100% reliable for me over the years.
I basically run Immich in read-only mode, and specifically for searches. The contextual search is incredible, and after putting it side-by-side with a very expensive Windows software that uses local AI search, it came out on top… no contest.
So in that sense, I’m very happy!
- Comment on AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers 4 weeks ago:
I’m guessing RFK Jr. uses chatGPT quite a bit to come up with his nonsense, eh?
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Also no native Linux app so I could only use it on the app on my phone.
You can use their web interface to view/control certain models on your local network: …reolink.com/…/360003981973-How-to-Remotely-Acces…
I have the Reolink Home Hub (doesn’t support all my Reolink cameras, but enough), and I’m able to use the browser interface on Linux no problem. Of course, the app is more feature rich, but that depends on your needs, too.
I’m sure you can even access this interface through the net via remote proxy or something similar.
but in a recent firmware update they disabled the http and https capabilities
Yeah, they suck with their firmware. One of my cameras was locked out… literally unable to view, playback, or control it until I got in touch with Reolink tech support so they could force an update through. It took several days and a lot of effort to clear that up. Not cool!
- Comment on Xbox consoles are getting a price bump. Again. 5 weeks ago:
When should I sell my unused Series X? Because I feel like I’d make a profit if retail prices keep increasing 😂
- Comment on Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October 5 weeks ago:
Life has been so good with Linux.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 1 month ago:
LTT is probably the reason why I started using Sponsorblock 😂
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 1 month ago:
Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?
I have a channel with over 20k subs, nearly all evergreen content. Haven’t uploaded a video in many years, so it’s slowly getting fewer views. Fun fact, the pandemic saw the highest view counts, and I also didn’t add content back then.
Every enhancement YouTube brings is specifically to improve monetization, and since I disable ads on my channel and don’t have any sponsored content, I’m not getting any benefits. I also refuse to do shorts, so I’m losing a ton of exposure there, too.
If an active channel isn’t doing well, they should call it quits, TBH. They’ll either have to compromise the quality of their content “for the algorithm”, or their content isn’t actually useful outside of a single view.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 1 month ago:
I stopped watching LTT videos when they just became long-form ads. Or when everyone five minutes was a sponsored segment.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 month ago:
Because stores use a high quality feed
Yes, obviously, and consumers who are buying such high-end displays should do their best to provide the highest quality source to play back on those displays.
Distance from the display is important, too. On a small TV, you’ll be close to it, but resolution won’t matter as much.
But from across the room, you want a higher resolution display up to a certain point, or else you’ll see large pixels, and that looks terrible.
Personally, going with a 4k TV was a big leap, but the addition of HDR and an OLED display (for black blacks) had the most impact.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 month ago:
I find that it really depends on the content on the size of the display.
The larger the display, the more you’d benefit from having a higher resolution.
For instance, a good quality 1080p stream vs a highly compressed 4k stream probably won’t look much different. But a “raw” 4k stream looks incredible… think of the demos you see in stores showing off 4k TVs… that quality is noticeable.
Put the same content on a 50"+ screen, and you’ll see the difference.
When I had Netflix, watching in 4k was great, but to me, having HDR is “better”.
On a computer monitor, there’s a case for high-resolution displays because they allow you to fit more on the screen without making the content look blurry. But on a TV, 4k + HDR is pretty much peak viewing for most people.
That’s not to say that if you create content, 8k is useless. It can be really handy when cropping or re-framing if needed, assuming the desired output is less than 8k.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 month ago:
The difference between 1080 and 4K is pretty visible, but the difference between 4K and 8K, especially from across a room, is so negligible that it might as well be placebo.
Also the fact that 8K content takes up a fuckload more storage space. So, there’s that, too.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 month ago:
I think you’ve missed the point. At a certain pixel per inch, your eye cannot see more detail or discern any difference, so it’s completely useless to have more if you’re not able to pick up on it.
- Comment on Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s 1 month ago:
Only a matter of time befor megacorps put ads and a subscription service on bird calls, now. 😫
- Comment on OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police 1 month ago:
Funny, now you’ll have the cops arresting you for prompts like “how to survive being homeless?”, rather than social services when you prompt “how to avoid being homeless?”.
And will authorities be called when someone prompts “how to shoot wild animals?” when asking about wildlife photography? 😆
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 1 month ago:
Read the contracts you sign when you buy your phone
Contracts? Unless I’m buying a subsidized phone where a mobile phone plan is required, I’m not sure what other contract I’d be signing. I never got one from Samsung, OnePlus, Google, any used marketplace, or Amazon.
They get paid, and I get hardware to do what I like with it. If I can’t do what I want with it, then I’m renting, and I should be paying a rental fee, not a “full price”.
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 1 month ago:
The minimalist in me would love that. But while I am paying for this shit, it’s mine to do what the hell I damn well please with it!
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 1 month ago:
Google says it’s no different than checking IDs at the airport.
Fucker, if I own the airport, own the planes in the airport, am the only person using my own planes in my own airport, then nobody is asking for my ID.
Our phone, our software choice.
- Comment on Where is Immich going to be in 1 year? What's your prediction? 1 month ago:
I seriously only want to have options for sorting when I do a search. That’s the only thing that I need for it to be “perfect”.
- Comment on My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse 2 months ago:
This specific brand is Reolink, but I have no doubt that other brands do the same thing.
- Comment on My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse 2 months ago:
I have a security camera by a very popular brand, and much to my surprise, I was suddenly unable to use it unless I updated to the latest firmware.
The thing is, the update software said that I was on the latest version.
It took days, physical intervention with a ladder to gain access to the camera, and the company tech support, to force an update to the camera, allowing me to use it once again.
That made me realize that the expensive security cameras I’m using aren’t mine, and might as well be rentals. Because the company could, at any time, render my entire system useless unless I meet their demands, which could be a forced subscription or worse.
The enshittification of paid hardware has no bounds!
- Comment on Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal 2 months ago:
This is grounded in the assertion that a website’s HTML/CSS is a protected computer program that an ad blocker intervenes in the in-memory execution structures (DOM, CSSOM, rendering tree), this constituting unlawful reproduction and modification.
Dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard of.
Will they make Reader More in browsers illegal, too?
What about “dark mode” or “resize font” when the website doesn’t offer those accessibility features?
Will they make the “mute” function on browser tabs illegal, since it modifies the website author’s intention to olay audio upon page load?
I will continue to block ads, spyware, trackers, unwanted elements, popups, and social media links, “illegal” or not.
- Comment on YSK: Almost every single new logo you see is ai slop 2 months ago:
Long press, ‘disable’. You’re welcome. 👍
- Comment on Can I self-host on old iPhones? 2 months ago:
I used to run software on an old phone that basically worked as a camera NVR.
At some point the battery swelled up and I’m glad my house didn’t burn to the ground. I only noticed it because the glass screen protector on that phone had popped off from the screen flexing under pressure 😮
As long as you have a way of monitoring your phones, or at least physically isolating them from important things, then you could probably do it without many risks.
- Comment on Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species” 2 months ago:
I once asked Gemini for steps to do something pretty basic in Linux (as a novice, I could have figured it out). The steps it gave me were not only nonsensical, but they seemed to be random steps for more than one problem all rolled into one. It was beyond useless and a waste of time.
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 months ago:
Brass
Brash
No, I mean brass: “figurative. Taken as a type of insensibility to shame: hence, Effrontery, impudence, unblushingness.” (DEFINED)
Brash would not have been appropriate (defined as “self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way”). Tim was not rude, noisy or overbearing, but he was absolutely shameless!
- Comment on The 2025 version of "Please consider this environment before printing this email" should be "Please consider this environment before using A.I. to respond to this email" 2 months ago:
Proof:
In many megacities of the world, the concentration of PM and NO2 declined by > 60% during the lockdown period. The air quality index (AQI) also improved substantially throughout the world during the lockdown. SOURCE
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 months ago:
All in plain sight. Brass and shameful. Why has this been normalize? 😡
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 2 months ago:
Such a disgusting display. Most normal people don’t want anything to do with rapists and child molesters, yet here’s Tim.