MONSTA

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Joined 26 days ago
Cake day: September 20th, 2024
  • GHiLA@sh.itjust.workstoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Self-hosted music streaming (and me giving up on it)English
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    24 hours ago

    I use Jellyfin and Finamp and they work fine. All the old navidrome and airsonic solutions seem to be dead, and I never liked Funkwhale. Who wants all of their music in encrypted block storage?

    I also like the quality bump. When I’m not streaming, my music is in FLAC on a DAP with some high quality cans. I can’t get that with Spotify on a phone, and I camp and hike a lot in areas without cell service, so having it with me is a plus.

    Music sits in between storing movies and books. I have less than 2TB in total but the amount of albums is more than the amount of films that I have, and that’s 7TB+. Music, even FLAC, isn’t terrible on space, unless you’re a 24-bit fiend.

  • GHiLA@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•The official support of Windows 7 has finally ended today!English
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    7 days ago

    The most Windows-like desktop(and more) on Linux is KDE, second maybe to Cinnamon, and XFCE if we’re talking XP-ish and classic.

    On Linux, your underlying system is not reliant on your GUI. They are not bonded in any sense, and the GUI can be any number of different programs, known as Desktops.

    You can run a Ubuntu system with the KDE desktop, or the Gnome desktop, Unity, or XFCE, or Cinnamon… or maybe two or three at once and choose at login! he’s a madman!

  • GHiLA@sh.itjust.workstoFediverse@lemmy.world•Loops by Pixelfed • Public beta launching in a weekEnglish
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    13 days ago

    It’s just… Part of TikTok is attention-seeking.

    It’s kinda the entire point for a lot of the users and uploaders, that and getting paid to continue the cycle of creating more content.

    If you’re expecting us, as-in, the federated populace on Lemmy and Mastodon to use it, I dunno, man. Sharing personal content is a very rare use case here. We usually stick to news and memes.

    Then again, communities that are rather reliant on a performance like fishing, sports, guitar, drums, and skill toys like yoyos might get a use out of having a safe public place to upload themselves without outside influence.

  • GHiLA@sh.itjust.workstoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existedEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Preservation is an invasive and destructive process. Recreating the experience of watching ‘The Daily Show’ in the 90s or early '00s is already impossible. Language and culture mildew and rot just like leather and wood.

    EDIT: People don’t seem to understand what I’m talking about. Even the people who are responding in good faith seem confused. That’s on me. So I thought I’d try to clarify with an example.

    Take the Mona Lisa. Perhaps one of the most preserved objects in history. It’s so well preserved that it’s impossible to see. Sure, you can look at it, but you won’t see it. Taking a picture of the painting is encouraged, but you can’t get a look at it in your camera roll either.

    If you saw the actual painting hanging on a friend’s wall, your first thought would probably not be “what a masterpiece”, but “why didn’t they remove the default print that came with the frame”? If you go to Paris, you can wait in line to have the “Mona Lisa experience” but the painting you saw wasn’t hanging on the wall, what you’ll see is the Mona Lisa you brought with you.

    (yes, I stole this example from ‘were in hell’ youtube channel)

    Figured I’d make a copy. Who knows, the OP might change it in the future. Gotta preserve the past and all.