Ebby

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[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 6 points 8 months ago (7 children)

That PC should be able to play a stream just fine. I'd check if there background apps hogging resources and make sure hardware acceleration is active. Scale the resolution down (no point of upscaling 1080p content) and record to a lower resource intensive format, perhaps h.264 vs h 265/HEVC.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 45 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (15 children)

While I like to agree with that vision of decentralized social media, even here on lemmy we have our own pitfalls. Echo chambers are unchecked and defederation (even justified) happens.

I don't assume everyone here is a real person. There was a article recently that AI was training "persuasiveness" using reddit subreddits. I have to believe a similar trial exists on the fediverse least I be caught off guard.

Plus, there are a lot of folks here (it seems like a majority sometimes in my personal experience) that are quick to advocate violence/sabotage in lieu of negotiation and debate. That reaks of puppeteering; there can't be that many arseholes here, right?

I know I have some strong biases that lean towards peace, and I'm confused sometimes why a comment of mine in the fediverse gathers double digit upvotes steadily only to plummet to the negatives overnight. I get old reddit botnet vibes on some topics.

I suppose I want to like lemmy, the freedom, these communities, but it is still polarizing and influenceable by [insert tech/political/financial interests]. I don't trust this enough to recommend to friends and family, but my presence here makes it a fraction more what I want to be.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 13 points 8 months ago

Whoa whoa now. A comb over is just hair immigration and he doesn't stand for that!

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 2 points 8 months ago

I use smokeping just for fun. It doesn't measure throughput, just latency, but they are loosely linked.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 2 points 8 months ago

I have a cheap ZigBee thermostat and some automations to control temp. Works ok, but I'm trying to smarten it up a bit in the next few weeks.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You use more data on one iPhone via cell service than my entire family across 38 devices? Impressive! Though I'm not entirely sure which number you're suggesting is wrong.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 122 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Those emails have warned me something was pooched in advance many times. I do find them useful.

Sad to see them go, but nice they mention an alternative.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 59 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It's like a computer virus but spread by a human. Everything is becoming a Trump media megaphone. Hate and arguments are now good engagement analytics.

Prepare for a wave of unmoderated enshittification the likes of which has no rival.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 23 points 9 months ago

Ahhh reminds me of my youth.

Tried to build these in our garage with PVC pipe, a blowtorch (to heat and bend tubes), and a shop vac.

Went about as well as you can imagine, but still had a blast.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 11 points 9 months ago

1999

I got a cable modem for my birthday that year. Ha!

No speed caps, and I hit a whopping 4Mbps download. It was faster than the local highschool. Sweeeeet.

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 1 points 9 months ago

There are some really efficient systems out there, but power requirements depend a lot on what is run.

A simple website is very different that a photo gallery running content ID for example.

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