Amazon Prime, like many services, is a DRM hell. It won’t go to over 480p on Firefox on Linux at my end. However, instead of a rant, I am interested in why this is happening. Say, I rented the same film from YouTube Movies(Yes, such a service exists) and the quality can toggle all the upto 1080p but the same title on Prime...
I use an Android e-reader (the Likebook P6) and I’m so frustrated by the lack of a good read-it-later app. This chart lays out the shortcomings of current apps....
I had an old can of poly in the basement, and decided to give it a try. Thin crust on top, poured kind of like egg whites. But after mixing with mineral spirits it seemed smooth, and the result on my new plywood workbench top is smooth and fully cured as far as I can tell. workbenchsurface
I have the Despecialized Editions (very similar project to Team Negative One, creating a digital version of the theatrical versions.) Whenever a friend has a kid, I throw the Despecialized trilogy on a drive and give it to them for the future. No child should grow up watching the Special Editions.
I’ve just started using Brave on Linux (distro info at bottom) and I have a question about keyboard shortcuts & how the browser manages active windows, because it seems to be doing something different from my last browser....
“The test build shows the horizontal tab bar and the sidebar at the same time by default. A click on the new “hide tab strip” button hides the horizontal tab bar so that only the vertical sidebar remains.”
Folks are asking “Why post this here?” I get the question but I think I also get the OP, as a New Yorker who was surprised to see this ad IRL.
Most of our subway ads are for VC-funded Internet darlings (think: mattresses-by-mail, kitschy underwear, online therapy) or for some aspiring blockbuster movie from an Internet giant.
Until I saw this ad, I had never in my life seen a subway ad for a company I actually used, let alone respected.
Seeing this ad in the wild broke my brain. I have advocated for online privacy for over a decade. I have spent so much energy pushing people to use Signal. But I had never before imagined that “online privacy” was a concept that could find an audience in mass marketing.
I don’t know if Mullvad will take off. But I know that seeing these ads moved me. I felt like maybe, MAYBE, our movement is breaking through.
Agreed. There’s a slight relief here, though: I believe this is the Times Square shuttle train, which only runs back and forth over a few stations and never goes outside. So at least you’re not on this train for long and never missing a view
I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can’t believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C’mon guys
Hey all, I've been using Singlelink for a while now as an open source alternative to Linktree. Issue with it has been that development has been incredibly slow, and now it's completely unreliable for me as my page now gives a 403 and my account no longer works for unknown reasons....
DRM Hell
Amazon Prime, like many services, is a DRM hell. It won’t go to over 480p on Firefox on Linux at my end. However, instead of a rant, I am interested in why this is happening. Say, I rented the same film from YouTube Movies(Yes, such a service exists) and the quality can toggle all the upto 1080p but the same title on Prime...
Somone PLEASE make a good read-it-later app for e-ink tablets!
I use an Android e-reader (the Likebook P6) and I’m so frustrated by the lack of a good read-it-later app. This chart lays out the shortcomings of current apps....
Success using old lumpy polyurethane (lemmy.world)
I had an old can of poly in the basement, and decided to give it a try. Thin crust on top, poured kind of like egg whites. But after mixing with mineral spirits it seemed smooth, and the result on my new plywood workbench top is smooth and fully cured as far as I can tell. workbenchsurface
"Grow up. These are my movies, not yours": George Lucas Won't be Happy How Star Wars Fan Group is Illegally Saving the Original Trilogy (fandomwire.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/11492759...
Can somebody make nonsense.nyc into a Google calendar?
There’s a great newsletter called nonsense nyc that lists great, off beat events for the coming week....
How to assign keyboard shortcuts in Linux?
I’ve just started using Brave on Linux (distro info at bottom) and I have a question about keyboard shortcuts & how the browser manages active windows, because it seems to be doing something different from my last browser....
I had to take my kid carrier for a tune-up. I can't walk back from the bike shop like a simple peasant. (r2.easyimg.io)
Mozilla released a Firefox Nightly test build with vertical tabs - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)
Mullvad ads on local subway (lemm.ee)
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One (www.wired.com)
Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta? (www.stalbertgazette.com)
196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.
I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can’t believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C’mon guys
Open source Linktree Alternatives? (supermeter.social)
Hey all, I've been using Singlelink for a while now as an open source alternative to Linktree. Issue with it has been that development has been incredibly slow, and now it's completely unreliable for me as my page now gives a 403 and my account no longer works for unknown reasons....
a true duel of the fates (www.instagram.com)