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- Comment on YSK about SomaFM, an independant non-commercial internet radio with really nice and diverse curated channels 3 weeks ago:
You can get the streams in the form of a playlist file.
Attach it to any subsonic player. Or probably VLC
- Comment on Who needs retirement when you can buy an asset that loses value over time? 1 month ago:
No.
- Comment on What host names do you use? 1 month ago:
Shit. Here I thought I was creative.
I use my alias butter. With either the device or the OS if I’m dual booting or distrohopping.
- Comment on Not real... *for now* 1 month ago:
No ads, no masters.
There’s never been a worthwhile server with unskippable or unblockable ads.
- Comment on GitHub - LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Truly independent web browser 1 month ago:
How does one have a donation = no influence policy?
Huge companies donate to make open apps like this reliant on them. Then they threaten to pull the donation if that doesn’t happen…
Strong Copyleft licenses protect from this by allowing others to fork and keep an app going without being taken advantage of.
If Google donates 1 billion dollars tomorrow, and over several months, Ladybird will expand to use that money. Then Google can threaten to stop the donations unless LB does something like “make ad blockers worse”
It’s a web browser. The only money they will make is from donations. Unless they do something wonky with their business model, like charge. Then no one will use it anyway.
- Comment on I would do this for just 1.99 2 months ago:
Not me!
- Comment on Sonos Plans to Launch Apple TV-Like Streaming Box 2 months ago:
No. Apple TV is 2 different products with this name. Apple TV+ is a subscription based TV streaming service. Like Netflix and Disney+.
The other one, Apple TV, the one Sonos is copying, is a piece of hardware that plugs to your TV and downloads apps to connect to the other streaming services. This hardware piece is comparable to an Amazon Firestick, a Google Chromecast, Nvidia Sheild, Roku, and a slew of cheap Android TV boxes.
- Comment on They're coming 2 months ago:
Why is this woman in a Rosetta Stone commercial talking about Duolingo
- Comment on Sonos Plans to Launch Apple TV-Like Streaming Box 2 months ago:
Hardware is more capable… To do what?
I know some people play games and stuff, but as a streaming device, why? The newest Chromecast handles x264 and can support an Ethernet port just fine for like half the price.
Also supports miracast for the odd screen casting need
- Comment on Sonos Plans to Launch Apple TV-Like Streaming Box 2 months ago:
Roku comes preinstalled on a lot of the Chinese brands. I assumed the rest of the world bought those as well.
- Comment on Sonos Plans to Launch Apple TV-Like Streaming Box 2 months ago:
Why is this ‘Apple TV’ like, and not Roku-like. Since it’s by-far the most popular.
- Comment on Sonos Plans to Launch Apple TV-Like Streaming Box 2 months ago:
Not another streaming service. Another streaming OS.
Apple TV, the roku/firestick/android TV competitor.
Not Apple TV, the Netflix/Hulu competitor.
- Comment on You have 8 seconds. 5 months ago:
Hey. Some of my best conversations have taken place in an elevator.
But yeah, I’m not worth talking to
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 5 months ago:
That’s genius
- Comment on New mobile features are sh*t these days 5 months ago:
*Say “gay”, not “Katana314”