[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 24 points 1 week ago

might need to respawn

Haha, dammit I snorted. Fine, enjoy the upvote

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 43 points 1 week ago

I vaguely recall a recent-ish article that an average web page is 30mb. That's right, thirty megabytes.

It's amazing how much faster web browsing becomes when I run PiHole and block most of it.

Suddenly the TV is pretty snappy, and all browsers feel so much smoother.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 41 points 3 weeks ago

Yea, this isn't as simple as it appears.

A building like that would have all sorts of remediation challenges, just from sitting vacant for 10 years. I'm surprised it could be remediated without major costs - that's often a big challenge in reusing/repurposing old buildings.

It's not like 3 random dudes bought a building and refurbed it, these guys have the background (and financing), to the tune of 3.3 mil to rehab the place. Just getting it to meet code for a multi-tenant dwelling (instead of a school which is how it was originally zoned), is quite an accomplishment, and could've been enough to stall such a project. I'm impressed - I can only imagine all the potential showstoppers that could've popped up anytime along the way.

To your point about the rental costs, surely their financer(s) had to look at their plans and determine whether it could generate the income necessary to repay the loan.

It would be interesting to see their project plans and get a sense of everything this kind of project encompasses.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah, yes, good old gatekeeping.

What, exactly, are we permitted to post, master?

The irony being this post is nothing more than a complaint. Oh, the hypocrisy.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 27 points 1 month ago

Time to file the divorce papers.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 25 points 1 month ago

I really like the VCR artifacts. Gives it something special.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 23 points 1 month ago

Flirting is part of the process, the dance. It's also a pretty broad term.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 22 points 1 month ago

That was a very cool read, thanks!

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 24 points 2 months ago

Verify your sleep habits and that you're actually sleeping through the night. Disturbed sleep really messes with the cycles, so you don't get proper sleep. If you snore, that may be an indication of apnea, which can really mess with sleep.

Take a look at your diet, and eating schedule. If either are inconsistent, it can affect quality of sleep.

If you drink soda, (or any bottled drinks), work on changing that. Between the sugar and caffeine they can really mess with you in so many ways when consumed regularly.

This is a hard one - pay attention to (and respect) your sleep gate. I've struggled with this my whole life. When you body tells you it's sleepy, listen, and go to bed. I know, it can be tough. But overriding your sleep gate can really mess with your sleep schedule.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 22 points 2 months ago

Wow, this is awesome!

I don't want much in a smart watch, really just notifications and some nominal ability to interact with them (snooze/dismiss reminders, pause/skip what's playing, etc).

An ePaper screen fits my use-case just fine. Easily readable in most situations, and crazy low power draw.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A "must", only for a subset of users.

If it were truly a "must", more people would be complaining.

I get it, you find Bluetooth unappealing for reasons, just like I find larger phones unappealing. Unfortunately, we're a minority, neither of these are a "must" for most people.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thank the asshole directors for choosing to make sound so crappy any more (my opinion, I think all movies have crap mixing, with too much focus on sound effects so even when voice is brought forward it's still hard to hear clearly).

Part of it is the movie audio is mixed for a theater that has multiple channels and speakers, so the output is the better separated and voice can be delivered better. It would need to be remixed to sound better at home, and since all homes are very different, what would you target? (Plus they simply don't want to pay extra for mixing which doesn't contribute to seats in a theater). Yea, they could probably use a generic mix, but again, it costs to do so, and some home users would still (justifiably) complain.

The other is some directors intentionally crapify the mix because they want a certain experience while watching the movie in the theater. One director recently even stated he wanted dialog to be difficult to understand in certain scenes (I forget what movie). I get the director's intent, even if I disagree.

The only solution for home that I know is to have a sound system that can manage the separate channels. Many systems now have a sound bar just for voice, so this is already happening to some degree, but I rarely see discrete volume controls for the channels.

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