[–] 1 point 2 months ago

I'm just using foss software and being grateful for the people who work tirelessly on maintaining a piece of software, most often in their own free time, that does just what it says on the box. I wouldn't even for a second consider demanding more from them.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I am not sure I understand the negative criticism?

    The joke is that this is the one place where an AI voice makes perfect sense because the character is an artificial intelligence.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I used to use synthing in a similar configuration, but my experience is that it can mess up from time to time especially if you try to access the keyvault on two devices at the same time. Still a good way to get a feel for it.

    Today I have wireguard set up in my home router which I connect my phone to and keep the password vault on a smb share at home. So anytime I need to access the vault I just activate wireguard on my phone.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    I recently purchased an old plasma TV I will be tinkering with. No internet connectivity of any kind. It is hard to get excited about new TVs that are basically google and Bezos boxes and I do not wish to send them a single dime just to be spied on when I just want to watch my movies on bluray.

    I am aware I can just disconnect my TV from the internet, but I don't want to support the stupid platforms that are built into the TV. Why is it any of Googles, amazon or any other platforms business what I use my TV for?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    All things being equal sure, but vinyl is a severely outdated audio format that is both a lot more environmentally taxing as well as being a poor medium for music. Both in production and for shipping around the world.

    I'll take CDs over vinyl any day.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago

    CDs for sure but then again I never stopped collecting them. They can be played as is with no loss of audio quality. They are easy to store, and serves as a backup after you have ripped them to a harddrive. So should your hardware fail you can always start over.

    There is also a lot of music I might have forgotten about if I only had streamed it, but finding it on my shelf years later gives the music new life again.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    They do, but the routes are rarely optimal for cyclists. Or sometimes technically legal to ride on, but if you know the place in real life you know some of the roads are less than ideal for cyclists.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I just want a map app that understands the dedicated bicycle lanes in my country and does not recommend insane unsafe routes because it assumes I'm in a car. I have tried comaps and organic maps but I always need to like try out the routes myself first to find a good route.

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