[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

put the phone to my ear

Clearly you would look more normal if you blast it on the speaker while holding the phone in front of you, like everyone else. /s

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

501 is the style

0126 is the color

32x34 is the size in inches waist x inseam

Levi's still sell non-stretch 501, and they should fit pretty much the same (although there is a lot more variation from one batch to the next than there used to be). If you can order from Levi's online you should be able to get similar ones. Or check any shops for 501 32x34 in 100% cotton.

Another option would be to get the original 501 shrink-to-fit (color 000). It's a process to break them in (not as much as heavier denim), but they should last longer since they're not stonewashed or otherwise treated to make them soft. Just read up on sizing first.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 32 points 4 weeks ago

That and the shrinking ability to grant access to device storage. If that becomes an option only on rooted phones (which seems like the directly Google is heading) it will make the audience for such an app much smaller.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 14 points 4 weeks ago

They already publish on F-Droid. It sounds like it was just a lot of built-up frustration from the last several years of Google blocking apps that require storage permissions and making it difficult to get restored to the Play store.

This was the bug from the last removal. They were going back and forth with Google unproductively for months. Hopefully the existing fork (which was also taken down from the Play store) can keep going on F-Droid.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

LULd for sure.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, I get what you're saying. Definitely. It's not complicated for one pair of speakers in one room. For one music source. For one person controlling it.

There just haven't been any better cost-effective solutions with multi-room, control from your any phone convenience. And that's a big plus for how we listen to music. Today there are a few contenders, but many of them are also cloud dependent. Really the small number of good options in this space is proof of how good Sonos was for a long time. Well and also of Spotify causing people ditch the idea of a offline digital music library.

Edit: And to be clear, aside from the "any computer networks" part, this is what the original Sonos device did. It could work without a home network, but worked best with a shared music library on a PC. Didn't need cloud anything, internet connection, account, etc. You just hooked your normal speakers to it and it played music.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by tychosmoose@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

What a bunch of ~~clowns~~ idiots (edited to remove the implication that clowns are genuinely as clueless and incompetent as Sonos execs). When Sonos launched in 2004 they were far ahead of any other company in the connected speaker landscape. And they stayed best-of-the-best for a dozen years. Since the S1/S2 split they have been on a steady down trajectory with no signs of improvement.

Now another bunch of employees are getting the axe while the decision makers who have steadily ruined their service remain at the helm. Good job, Sonos.

If I was shopping for speakers right now I know exactly what not to buy.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago

Likewise for Portugal. Its highest point is Pico, in the Azores archipelago.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 78 points 9 months ago

Mildly what now?

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 68 points 10 months ago

No. 1970 is 0 in Unix time. The NTP RFC specifies 1900. I had to look it up!

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 92 points 10 months ago

Better to represent it as a 64-bit unsigned fixed-point number, in seconds relative to 0000 UT on 1 January 1900. It's how he would have wanted it.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Obligatory: Debian.

But I'd be tempted to put Proxmox on it and then run containers for each function. Then you get purpose-crafted solutions for each use case, but can easily plug new functions in or shut them down based on what you decide later.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

Keep the tv dumb. Don't connect it to the internet.

I like to check rtings.com for model specs and comparisons. Like, some panel types work well in a bright room, some work better than others when you are watching with a bright light source behind you. The warehouse clubs (Costco, BJ's, Sam's) tend to have good deals on midrange tvs.

Then pair it with a streaming stick of your choice. A generic Android TV stick/box would work.

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