TLDR (I’m very long-winded): this YT video took measurements of three different audio cables, including a 200€ one, and found differences where there should be none. My physics knowledge (and general consensus among the scientific community) says the measurements of the different cables should be identical or near-identical ...
I'm not reading all that, but skimming through, I see RCA cables.
RCA is still sending analog signal, so things like cable quality are what used to matter, and don't much anymore in the digital age... But gold-plated connectors, actual core copper being OFC not CCA, what gauge (true 16ga or a lot of cheap sheath)?, are they twisted pairs to reduce interference/cross-talk, is it shielded, what sheath material, the list goes on...
Monster brand cable made a name for itself back in the day for having actual quality cables for the most part, so the noticeable difference in quality paid off... Anymore, again, generalizing, a digital cable is a digital cable (like HDMI) and therefore you either have signal or you don't. No static, no interference, etc. A cheap $8 HDMI 2.1 cable on eBay will land you NEAR identical to "top" brands like audioquest shit and so on... They bank on the ideas of old where a supposed top end cable matters. So they charge a stupid premium for stupid people.
I've been doing Pro AV on and off for close to 30 years, but don't take my word for it lol. I don't have immediate documentation or sources, just experience. And I know what works and that 99.999% of people will never know most digital cable brand differences like the analog days.
let me save you the hassles of self-hosting nextcloud 😂 however it's a pretty small company so don't be surprised that hosting on their stuff is overpriced. nextcloud has free open servers, this doesn't. then again nextcloud's encryption is more fake than matrix
How is this FOSS if its more expensive than Nextcloud?
Edit nvm I found it
Self hostable - A user should be able to easily run Peergos on a machine in their home and get their own Peergos storage space, and social communication platform from it
Actually, I had utilized the link, thank you. I just mostly found their promotional hosting services, and nothing of self host. A lot of times people post links to projects pages on GH and that's it, so after a minute I wanted to chime in.
THEN buried on their page I found it and wanted to clarify my comment for anyone else who might be looking for the info themselves...
Now we got your douchey self in the comments being, well, a douche, and instead of maybe fixing your link to go straight for the self-host section or anything useful, you decide to just be a dick as if that's any benefit...
A more clear and concise post would say something like: While this company offers paid (and slightly more expensive) hosted solutions like Nextcloud, you also have the option to self -host and view the files here https://github.com/peergos/peergos
It offers E2EE over a P2P network, which is better than NC too.
I've got most my neighbors to replace expensive doorbells with cheap ones with sd cards and better imaging. They're happy to have spent $50-100 where it pays for itself in a year vs this shit.
Not really. I bought a Fiet Electric one from Menards (like Home Depot). All my smart devices are on their own VLAN on my home net. Yes it's still online connected for remote viewing, but gives me a little separation and immediate storage/historical access.
I think this is it. I cantt remember, I don't use the doorbell
I say this is worse than the Discord shit bc now all kids gotta scan their faces just to chat... I don't like it (Roblox) alteady but fuck no am I letting my kids do it!
Edit: what's to stop a pedo from using any online image, or even their own kid to then chat up other kids once verified?!
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Pretty much what it says on the tin, but for more context. My friends and I use Discord to play D&D and other TTRPGs. We also use it to send memes and just have conversations. We mostly do the chat, text, images, gifs, etc. But we also use the voice and video chat pretty regularly too. Screen share sometimes as well. So I'd ...
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Someone opened my eyes recently to Yunohost which is a container manager essentially (my understanding) though is based on Debian for the newer versions not actual Docker.
Anyway, I can install Prometheus as well as node explorer, but I think I would only need Prometheus. Node explorer sounds like if I hosted Prometheus on another box and wanted this host to talk to it.
Dang, that's a lot of seperate parts for 1 "simple" task smh. It's one of the reasons I've stayed away from all this Docker nonsense. I get it's FOSS and is a great alternative to a lot of paid garbage, but just seems like there could be an easier way... Nice to learn, tinker, etc, but if it breaks, then it seems more complicated to fix as each component is separate.
I've just supported Window for so long and there's a second-nature to troubleshooting; but took years to get there, ya know? I'll check it out for sure, but I'm still going to look around myself
WORO, Nigeria (AP) — Weeks after residents of two Nigerian villages ignored a letter from militants announcing they would come to spread their extreme form of Islam, gunmen arrived on motorbikes and embarked on a 10-hour frenzy of killing.(..) ...
I think people are allowed to believe what they want to, but religion has been exploited by the greedy so often that it has destroyed a lot of modern views on the subject.
Any tele-evangelist is a piece of shit-Joel Osteen for example (and others) preech happy positive messages with scriptures thrown in... The difference is: he's a motivational speaker, not a true pastor/ or man of faith even. He gets people to feel good about themselves so they like going "to church" instead of teaching what the all Bible is about.
Most non-Catholic church will speak/teach on the Bible all contextual meanings and messages, and, to me, a lot of it isn't meant to be happy, but how to live a better life so that others can see the good you do. I'm not saying you're better than others for going to church, I'm just saying giving time or money (charity to groups or someone in need), choosing not to react or say bad things when so easily you can speak out of anger, etc.
Yes, all could be done outside of religion too, no doubt, but, when you're trying to live a (actual) life of humility, selflessness, and compassion, it's easier to do so when you're around others who look to do the same. Idk, view as a book club or support group almost.
Believe whatever you'd like, no prob. No issues. I'm not even religious anymore myself. But, until you live and breathe it, you can't knock it or bash others for wanting "more", or can't blame for trying to be hopeful there's more to life.
I wanted an Xbox one so i could play the newer Forza Motorsport series( seems like most people say Forza 6 is the best all around), but it also seems as if the xbox one was on life support by Microsoft since they had to make the Xbox One X with 4k and HDR just to keep up with Playstation and i hear the newer Xbox's aren't much ...
OP didn't ask about the Series S, but One X vs Series X.
One X, while better GPU and more RAM, doesn't support next gen titles (of which there are a ton of that OP specifically asked about latest Forza) it also still runs the One/One S CPU which might be why it doesn't do next gen.
Series X will impress, and more so if your display can match all the features (DV, HDR10, ALLM, VRR, 120Hz, etc)
Good, maybe they'll realize nobody wants cars being as complete as AAA video game titles... Aka overpriced shit that's half assed with loads of issues.
Right?! Yeah don't enforce safer driving practices or anything. Just make it easier to not pay attention.
I've always said phones should lock you out of almost every feature when motion/gps data shows movement. Then you have to put in a PIN to use your phone as a passenger. Like the Navi screen warnings of before "do not use while driving". This way people can be held accountable for the dangerous shit they do.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a plan to bolster Canada's car industry and support its electric vehicle transition, as the sector buckles under the weight of US tariffs. ...
I'll take the version Wayne Szalinski makes that can be controlled by a large remote, then hire some random kid to do it while also searching for my own kids!
European countries are taking their broadest swipe yet at social media, with a growing number weighing bans of the services for minors and setting the stage for a new showdown with some of the biggest US companies.
Um, I mean 18+19 legally aren't minors, but yes, 13-17 are, by definition, kids.
Social media for the last decade has proven to cause addiction, depression, anxiety, and more in underdeveloped brains like those of kids-specifically teens.
Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC.
To add... It would only matter in large format displays anyway. Pixel density is only going to matter so much.
I remember when Sharp put out their Aquos 70" FHD TV and I thought, "eww, so grainy"! But now I've got a 85" UHD with the same density as a ~42" FHD which helps with clarity since my viewing distance hadn't really changed (~10ft).
FPS is great and all, but not when most content is 24fps-60fps. 120 is an awesome sweet spot for 24fps content since its 5hz per frame.
IMO UHD still has room for growth and adoption before another tech hits. Not to mention the financial strains everyone's in due to the fucking billionaire squeeze... And they wonder why people are tight on money?! Fucking idiots!
That's kind of what I'm getting at. Once you hit a certain size, it only makes sense to have a certain resolution. I know jumping from 65" to 85" made all my Plex content "blurry" bc it wasn't good enough quality/bitrate. Reripping BD and 4K BD used h.265 and 12-15GB/hr per UHD file was way better!
Idk what 8K looks like, but for those new 98"+ displays, I wouldn't go any bigger unless 8K. 42-50" Max FHD, I would say 85" Max UHD. You can't really sit any further in a LR, so being that close I'd want it that way. Plus, it'd require the faster refresh rate to not look so bad moving over that much surface area.
I'm just excited for PeLED or PeNC (Perovskite LED / Nano Crystal). 😎🤯 sorry, off topic...
Well, yes and no. h.265 (HEVC) made it far better for UHD streaming to an extent. Around half the bandwidth of h.264 but 4x more pixels, so you only go up 2x bandwidth.
Now we have .AV1 and h.266 (VCC) formats which need adoption first before we can really push 8K/UHD content. Again, not 100% accurate, but around 3-5x bandwidth of h.264 but is ~15x pixels.
Software engineers at Microsoft are now expected to use both Claude Code and GitHub Copilot and give feedback comparing the two, I’m told. Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot as its AI coding tool of choice to its customers, but if these broad internal pilot programs are successful, then it’s possible the company could even ...
I chuckle and die a little when the CGPT bois trash Copilot, but lie, when it was nonprofit MS was funding a lot of the research so that's their backend.
As if AI weren't enough of a security concern, now researchers have discovered that open-source AI deployments may be an even bigger problem than those from commercial providers. ...
I don't follow this stuff much, but I'll tell you one thing:
There's a huge void following his arrest and untimely death, so who's there picking up where he left off? Like the Sinaloa cartel situation. Now that tech has gotten better with encryption and the scapegoat is gone, how much worse do you think it is now than before?
Personally, IMO there are waaay more tech magnates with vastly disposable income. You can put the puzzle pieces together.
Anyone else just sick of trying to follow guides that cover 95% of the process, or maybe slightly miss a step and then spend hours troubleshooting setups just to get it to work? ...
Audio cable measurements are driving me crazy — why can’t I get them to null?!?
TLDR (I’m very long-winded): this YT video took measurements of three different audio cables, including a 200€ one, and found differences where there should be none. My physics knowledge (and general consensus among the scientific community) says the measurements of the different cables should be identical or near-identical ...
Peergos, the foss p2p e2ee cloud storage thing with an app ecosystem. check it out ( peergos.org )
let me save you the hassles of self-hosting nextcloud 😂 however it's a pretty small company so don't be surprised that hosting on their stuff is overpriced. nextcloud has free open servers, this doesn't. then again nextcloud's encryption is more fake than matrix
Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety ( www.engadget.com )
A New Era of Safety: Facial Age Checks Now Required to Chat on Roblox | Roblox ( about.roblox.com )
A New Era of Safety: Facial Age Checks Now Required to Chat on Roblox | Roblox ( about.roblox.com )
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China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink ( www.livescience.com )
cross-posted from : ...
GitHub - spacebarchat/spacebarchat: 📬 Spacebar is a free open source selfhostable discord compatible communication platform ( github.com )
Has anyone tried this? It's discord reverse engineered.
Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app?
Pretty much what it says on the tin, but for more context. My friends and I use Discord to play D&D and other TTRPGs. We also use it to send memes and just have conversations. We mostly do the chat, text, images, gifs, etc. But we also use the voice and video chat pretty regularly too. Screen share sometimes as well. So I'd ...
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All of X-Files, summed up.
Don't Forget To Daydream
Looking for FOSS server monitoring UI
Hey everyone, ...
In a Nigerian village, extremists issued a call to prayer and then slaughtered those who turned up ( apnews.com )
WORO, Nigeria (AP) — Weeks after residents of two Nigerian villages ignored a letter from militants announcing they would come to spread their extreme form of Islam, gunmen arrived on motorbikes and embarked on a 10-hour frenzy of killing.(..) ...
Is the Xbox One X a good console/4k player in 2026?
I wanted an Xbox one so i could play the newer Forza Motorsport series( seems like most people say Forza 6 is the best all around), but it also seems as if the xbox one was on life support by Microsoft since they had to make the Xbox One X with 4k and HDR just to keep up with Playstation and i hear the newer Xbox's aren't much ...
U.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Cars ( www.thedrive.com )
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Canada's auto industry plan signals latest pivot away from US ( www.bbc.com )
Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a plan to bolster Canada's car industry and support its electric vehicle transition, as the sector buckles under the weight of US tariffs. ...
Best setup for Jellyfin + Dolby Vision TV?
This might not be entirely on topic, but I think someone here will know the answer. ...
This Autonomous Snow Blower Shovels on its Own, Recharges Itself, and Keeps Going ( www.carsandhorsepower.com )
Yunohost, the *arr stack and VPN
Hey there! ...
Move to Ban Social Media for Kids Catches Fire Across Europe ( www.bloomberg.com )
European countries are taking their broadest swipe yet at social media, with a growing number weighing bans of the services for minors and setting the stage for a new showdown with some of the biggest US companies.
Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds ( www.computerweekly.com )
Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC.
Kiss goodbye to 8K as support from the TV industry 'dwindles' ( www.pcgamer.com )
But is it game over for 8K on the PC, too?
Blatantly stolen from Reddit.
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Inside Xbox, Obsidian Entertainment Is Trying to Reinvent Itself ( www.bloomberg.com )
tldr outer worlds 2 and avowed missed expectations, the studio is aiming to release smaller games quicker.
Self-hosting paradox: Windows for specifically MS word
Hey Home-labbers/ self hosters. ...
Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft ( www.theverge.com )
Software engineers at Microsoft are now expected to use both Claude Code and GitHub Copilot and give feedback comparing the two, I’m told. Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot as its AI coding tool of choice to its customers, but if these broad internal pilot programs are successful, then it’s possible the company could even ...
Too much open-source AI is exposing itself to the web ( www.theregister.com )
As if AI weren't enough of a security concern, now researchers have discovered that open-source AI deployments may be an even bigger problem than those from commercial providers. ...
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Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted apps
Anyone else just sick of trying to follow guides that cover 95% of the process, or maybe slightly miss a step and then spend hours troubleshooting setups just to get it to work? ...