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As long as the record is in good condition, I find the sound comperable. I’ve played the same song on a high bitrate digital audio file and on vinyl and I found both equally pleasing to listen to.

I have a Fluance RT80 turntable, and am using the built in preamp. It’s connected to a home audio receiver (Sony STRDH590) with a 2.1 speaker setup (Polk Audio Monitor 60 Series II Floorstanding Speakers and a Polk Audio PSW10 10" Powered Subwoofer). A pretty midrange setup in others words. And I’m no audiophile, so weigh accordingly.

Edit: I realized you asked specifically about streaming. This link https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/audio-file-formats/ indicates that Spotify does up to OGG 320kbps/AC3 256kbps which is comparable to my personal audio library. So, statement holds.

I got caught up in the vinyl revival, so I enjoy collecting that media. But even then, I consider it more of a novelty.

Generally speaking though, I prefer locally stored digital media without DRM over physical media. It’s just more practical.

That being said, I’m glad that physical media exists and hope it continues to be made. Choice is good.

This sums it up. I’m too lazy and there’s too little incentive.

I can easily believe these types of continued enshittification will help drive more users to Linux desktop usage. But that will still be a small percent.

People have to know and care about the problem and then be willing to put in the effort to understand what to do. That combination is pretty limiting.

I’d love to be proven wrong, though.

Ublock origin has cookie banner filters. I didn’t have this problem, I assume that’s why.

Edit: autocorrect

I wonder what the use case is going to be for these? Article doesn’t seem to say. Seems to me like it’d be a good solution for short haul driving. Not so much for long haul given a 150 mile range.

Edit to add: It’d be cool to see a stronger push for a better DC fast charging nationwide come on the heels of something like this. But that’s probably overly hopeful.

I had to deal with food insecurity when I was a young adult. This was around the turn of century. More than once I wrote checks I could not cover, hoping to get cash in the bank before it cleared. And I had to eat overdraft fees I obviously couldn’t afford as a result.

This isn’t so different in that not having enough money ends up costing more. And with wage disparity and food costs being what they are now, it’s easy to believe that percentage, unfortunately.

Not literally a tamagachi, but if you want to go down the super niche rabbit hole that’ll include interfacing a TV and keyboard to a 6502 processor, there’s a guy named Ben Eater who does a great job covering that stuff. eater.net or search his name on YouTube.

I use rsync for this purpose and the only notable bottleneck is my download speed, fwiw.

I was thinking more as a gateway to finding new people in person. Once established, you can choose a different means of staying in contact.

But if any amount of usage may lead to self harm then don’t, of course.

Hopefully some better advice comes along that doesn’t involve compromising your ideals, which is what I’m about to suggest.

It seems to me the most likely way to meet likeminded people is to find groups and events in your area. And you’re going to have the most luck with those big privacy invading social media services. It sucks, yes. But it also increases your chances of creating local friendships.

Up to you if it’s worth it or not, of course.

My first thought when seeing but before reading is “OP should replace the screen”. But I can respect you wanting to keep it original.

Great work, looks nice!

I wonder how repairable and maintainable these will be as compared to EV’s from other markets and if replacement batteries will be available as the original ones reach the end of their useful life.

If these concerns end up being valid, and the tariffs are large enough that these cars aren’t priced particularly competitively, that’d be enough for this EV consumer to pass it up for his next vehicle. Will be interested to see how it plays out.

Edit: Wanted to say I’m not against Chinese EV’s. If it ends up making sense to get one, I will.

Strange New Worlds feels a lot like older Trek. But if your feelings about the other recent series have soured you to the point of being unwilling to try another series, that’s your perogative. But I think you’re missing out.

Speaking as an atheist, can confirm.

+1 for checking out Strange New Worlds. Haven’t seen Lower Decks yet (besides the crossover episode)

Can confirm.

“Peak Windows” is a fun one to ponder. I’d probably pick XP for fairly high reliability and fairly low bloat. Or 2000 if taking business oriented versions in to consideration.

You should check protondb and see if your games of choice are supported, if you’ve not done so already.

I completely jumped ship from Windows the better part of a year ago now and haven’t encountered a single game that didn’t run, at the least, reasonably well. And usually just fine OOB. Though ymmv of course.