Ptsf

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[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

If you have an old desktop to repurpose, jellyfin is best ran on one of those with an Intel a380 gpu as long as the motherboard supports resizable bar. Cpu-wise jellyfin doesn't really do anything intensive, and intel's gpus all come with the same 2x video pipelines so upgrading to a 770 wouldn't add any performance. If you're buying new, my recommendation would be to get one of those intel white label laptops xpg made for a while. They can be had around $300-500 and come with a intel arc gpu you can use for encoding, resizable bar, decent ram, and a decent cpu. Great little jellyfin boxes.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Awwww ๐Ÿ’œ

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I see what you mean and understand you. It's very idealistic and I appreciate the thought of it, but it just won't apply to a modern world full of varied people in the way you wish. The reality of it is that most people simply are not interested in participating and it's not in the best interests of any project to expect to change that. Contributions from someone who shares no passion or interest will be less qualitative at best. That's not even to mention that you're likely missing the forest for the trees, as most open source software is built upon hundreds of other projects. You cannot reasonably expect participation on that scale. You can encourage, desire, or structure an income stream to support it; but you cannot expect it as it's just not rational.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Not sure what part of the open source community you've been diving into, but the expectation of contribution to the project is not realistic nor logical as there's not "always" something a person can contribute and you'd absolutely run afoul of "too many chefs in the kitchen" (even Wikipedia acknowledges this and has structured editing in a way to help alleviate the issues). Though open source for me, and a lot of others, has always embodied passion, a desire to aid the community, and a drive to prevent closed alternatives. None of that is based around "co-op" style expected contribution development. Hell, even Stallman famously addressed my "free as in beer" statement, saying that open source is more akin to "free as in speech" overall, but since this particular project is not monitizing and are GPL 2 licensed, they are absolutely free as in beer.

(https://www.wired.com/2006/09/free-as-in-beer/)

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I understand this, but we need to be reasonable and avoid extremes. This software is extensively free (as in beer) and requires development support. As long as the prompt doesn't cross any lines into exploitive territory I think it's fine. It would be nice for them to have explored other fundraising avenues first though and have saved this as an exhaustive "final" option.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

๐Ÿ‘Œ not sure why you're subscribing me to certain things or trying to argue. I like public transport, I'm just being realistic. One worker bee doesn't control the hive.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I did not compare it to India. I was using reliable power (which far and significantly more Americans care about than reliable public transport) as an analog for an example of our priorities. Since we clearly care about reliable power and cannot get it right, the likelihood in my mind that we'll fix public transport in our lifetimes is next to zero without serious cultural and governmental change. Also, India is not comparable to America without looking at a brevity of complex factors like population size, density, and wealth. It'd be wise not to genuinely compare the two on any singular issue as you'll set yourself up for multiple substantive arguments regardless your position. IE: if you're looking through a 2 billion person sized lens, you'll be able to find examples to support most viewpoints. Additionally your anecdotal evidence for the US being a bastion of reliability disregards the impoverished areas of the US that do not meet your preconceived notions.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Don't worry. His entire set is the joke.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

We don't even have reliable power in large parts of the US. Not sure we'll be getting eletricified train infrastructure anytime in our lifetimes.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Smartphones are less likely to require water resistance than a watch

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Cloudflare is amazing , until it's not. Chances are you'll fall within the 95% that have a great time, but if for some reason you draw the ire of sales, engineering, or a system bug you're gonna have a bad time.

[โ€“] Ptsf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

There's not a smartwatch battery in existence that'll last 10 years, and most smart watches will struggle with water resistance after a battery replacement (kind of important for a watch). Not saying that excuses the lack of software support, just pointing out there are bigger considerations one may want to make when purchasing a watch if they want it to last that long.

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