vividspecter

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[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

A major improvement already happened in 5.2+ but few devices support it yet (LE Audio with LC3 codec).

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

LDAC is a very inefficient codec, and isn't lossless even at its highest bitrate. But they are all close to perceptually lossless even at relatively low bitrates so it's a much of muchness.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Beyond moderation, Phoronix is a case study in why downvotes are a good thing. Those idiots going on dumb tangents would continue, while the rest of us can read the actual worthwhile comments (which does happen, given AMD employees and the like comment there sometimes).

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

nixos-anywhere also works well for this use case.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

four- or five-episode series.

It was six episodes. That's how much was needed to cover how much of a piece of shit Vince is.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Not at exactly the same time since the app and watch communicate over Bluetooth. You should be able to pair and repair between the apps, but I haven't tested it myself.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Basically, gadgetbridge is a third party open-source application that replaces the manufacturer app for a bunch of fitness watches (and other devices of that kind).

So you can use it to replace the phone connectivity functions (like receiving notifications etc) as well as getting visualisations of the data etc. And since it all happens locally, none of your data is stored on the manufacturer's servers. If you understand how to work with SQL and statistics, you can also run your own statistical analyses, since it's just a sqlite DB.

The downside is that you can expect it to be limited in functionality compared to e.g. Garmin's cloud functionality. Personally I find there's enough data to be useful, but other's might have different needs.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Garmin watches are now increasingly supported by GadgetBridge too, so you can have a fully offline setup.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I'd just leave for a different bank at that point, although I get that it's not always practical.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

ngl a unlocked bootloader would be a security nightmare

So, like a desktop or laptop? Sounds fine to me.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He was always weird, it just wasn't public knowledge. The guy liked to spend his free time surrounded by dead animal carcasses as a child, carried a hawk with him constantly, sexually harrased a significant amount of women, and has been a prominent anti-vaxxer for like 20 years.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

You could try headscale instead, which doesn't actually pass much traffic between the VPS and clients (client to client is where the actual data transfer happens).

Or just test out regular hosted Tailscale to see if it will fit your needs.

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