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RL_Dane

@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org

Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

Profile pic courtesy NeoFetch.

Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8

My #interests:

#StarWars
#StarTrek
#Linux
#UNIX
#BSD
#OpenBSD
#Bible
#Christianity
#Jesus
#AmateurRadio
#Bash
#Dallas
#Writing
#Poetry
#Space
#KSP
#Tea
#FountainPens
#Journaling
#TabletopRPG
#RetroComputing
#ClassicMac
#uxn

#fedi22

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joel, (edited ) to ps1graphics
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Today's is quite a one. Do you remember your first experience with ? I do, and here's the story!

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/first-contact-with-emulation

Day 42 of and day 10 of

cc: @amin @RL_Dane @sotolf @jp @thedoctor @ivan @orbitalmartian @btp

RL_Dane,
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@joel @amin @sotolf @jp @thedoctor @ivan @orbitalmartian @btp

Fun read!

I can't remember my first experience with emulation, but I remember hearing about software for early macs that would let you run DOS without any extra hardware, and that sounded like total magic to me.

My first emulator was probably something like NESticle, but I can't remember.

joel, to random
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Too much emulation and gaming related stuff. Today I'll read a bit on my

RL_Dane,
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@joel

I still need to read your Kobo review. It looked really interesting.

I got my grandma's first-gen Kindle DX. The 3G network doesn't work anymore, and it doesn't have Wifi, so I have no way of clearing her account or adding mine, but I can still sideload.

The battery doesn't last but a few minutes, though, so I might see about replacing that.

It would be neat to have a large-screen ereader, even if it's kinda bulky.

joel, to Miyoo
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Started to work on the #superNintendo game covers for my #MiyooMiniPlus, using a SuperFamicon template, cuz its vertical I guess :P

#gaming #emulation

chrono trigger
terranigma
miyoo mini plus displaying art

RL_Dane,
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@joel

NICE! :)

RL_Dane, to random
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, @joel's toots are crashing @tut again. lol

RL_Dane,
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@joel @tut

Muchly. XD

SolusSpider, to baking
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Missy's Pies Mayday from Ramsey's Diners with my .
They are not allowed to name it Derby Pie.

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider

No pie for me (diet), but I'm enjoying a croissant with my iced tea.

Salud!

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider

I'm too warm for hot tea right now ;)

Basically, I asked them for a refresher (their non-carbonated soft drink, or what some countries would call a "sherbet" (e.g., kool-aid)) without sugar. Since their mixes all have sugar, they brewed a passion tea, added for me, and gave it to me iced.

Otherwise, I'm all for hot tea. But not if I'm already feeling warm ;)

So... don't tell @amin that I stooped to drinking iced tea, lol

...

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider @amin

...

(j/k, I love iced tea, but I don't really consider it TEA. It's a soft drink ;)

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider @amin

What if you just stepped in from walking in 100 degree heat? Do you still reach for hot coffee? ;)

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider @amin

lol, fair.

RL_Dane,
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@SolusSpider @stadjodes

Man, two of my absolute favorite kind of pies!

BrideOfLinux, to random
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For audio editing, would this have any advantages over Audacity, which is what I use?: LosslessCut - swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing - LinuxLinks https://www.linuxlinks.com/losslesscut-swiss-army-knife-of-lossless-video-audio-editing/

RL_Dane,
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@BrideOfLinux

If you're re-arranging audio/video without doing anything to the audio itself (like amplification, dynamic range compression, noise reduction), it has the advantage of not having to decompress/recompress the audio/video which can introduce more artifacts.

Seems like a very neat project. Unfortunately, 90% of what I do in Audacity is dynamic range compression, so it's a moot point for me.

RL_Dane,
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@BrideOfLinux

Sure thing! Being able to rearrange A/V without having to decode/reencode it is really neat, though. They deserve major props for what they've been able to accomplish so far.

I'd love to see audio editing that happens purely in the frequency domain. It would be almost like lossless editing, as (AFAIK) you'd be tweaking the already-lossy-compreased values, rather than decode -> edit -> encode.

I'd love to see an editor smart enough to edit a compresses audio stream directly…

RL_Dane,
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@BrideOfLinux

...but I know that's a BIG ask, and would require extensive research and re-writing to support more than one codec.

RL_Dane,
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@BrideOfLinux

Yeah, it's just usually a matter of one of the following happening:

  1. A company decides to develop it and for some reason releases it as open source
  2. An open source nerd with lots of experience in audio and codecs gets REALLY bored one day and/or miffed that there isn't more lossless editing tools... ;)
ncdominie, to random
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xkcd 2347: cathedral edition.

RL_Dane,
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@ncdominie

@amin would appreciate this

RL_Dane, to random
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Every time I get a headache, this song starts running through my head:

https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=jJPMnTXl63E

WARNING: extremely sad lyrics

RL_Dane, to random
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I don't know what to feel about this.

https://qoobo.info/index-en/

RL_Dane,
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@btp

I guess if some folks have allergies.

RL_Dane, to random
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Dear God... trying to type into the chat field on major financial website on a 12th Gen i7 and it's like watching the text appear in slow motion.

LET'S JUST BURN THE WEB DOWN AND START A NEW ONE.

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games @phf

The closest thing to this right now (other than informally non-commercial spaces like Gemini) is Amateur Radio, where it's illegal to transact commerce or to advertise.

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games @phf

A whitelisted network! Hmm! :D

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games @phf

WOW. That's two years before my first experiments on the fediverse.

What was it like back then? Was Mastodon even a thing, or was it just GNU Social?

I know most of the crew at @tuxjam were on the fedi for a very long time, going all the way back to the identi.ca days.

Longplay_Games, to random
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This right here is why I consider Ubuntu the "microsoft of Linux"
Ubuntu is a terrible excuse for a server OS, and ads have no place in tools like apt. Literally taking an upstream tool from Debian and adding ads to it.

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games

Regardless of any amount of insistence to the contrary, #Canonical is becoming enshittified. They just have a little bit of self-awareness -- that's the only reason why it isn't more extreme.

Longplay_Games, to random
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In light of the Creative Commons deciding that AI scraping/training is "fair use" I think I'm going to just repost @Jess_Alter's post on this:
https://ko-fi.com/post/LLMs-and-the-Theft-of-Intellectual-Property-C0C0UOKT8

I think it covers it.
Especially when you look at the fields of writing and art being clearcut right now by AI-wielding corps.

Rather than having our back, Creative Commons is siding with the likes of Disney, Meta, and Google.

RL_Dane,
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@Longplay_Games @Jess_Alter

Is someone going to fork CC?

Like, CC-BY-SA-Except-AI-Go-Take-A-Hike? ;)

ruari, to random
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I quite like the shiny metal and black combo on watches it seems. I just switched over from the one on the right to the one on the left and while they are very different watches there are also some similarities. 😉

Silver tone analog style watch with a black, backwards running face and a black leather strap with white stitching.

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@ruari

Are these more aliexpress finds?

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