Meanwhile Verizon has already been unlocking after 6 months

I thought people in this thread were talking about not scrubbing the inside of the machine walls and I could relate.

This comment made me realize people meant they just don’t clean the basket… What the fuck

Like, if I make something that doesn’t leave any significant residue I might dump the crumbs and use it again but even a little oil and it’s getting cleaned.

If it’s a personal machine in which you have a choice on browser why not just use one of the native Jellyfin apps?

major browser supports HVEC now, other than Firefox.

Every other major browser is an overcommercialized pile of crap (or built atop the same) that can afford to pay for the licenses to use HEVC or has no qualms shipping proprietary code with their software that they don’t control.

Also apparently on Windows you can enable experimental HEVC hardware decoding support. You’ll need to install “HEVC Video Extensions” (from Microsoft themselves) ($0.99) in the Windows App Store and toggle “media.wmf.hevc.enabled” in about:config.

Absolutely and without question yes

Jellyfin can handle the transcoding to AV1 where needed. Albeit that’s a bit less ideal than direct play as you need the hardware to transcode.

plex/jellyfin etc high quality video support

H265 isn’t the only option there. AV1 is great and fully supported by Jellyfin (and I imagine Plex?)

heartily laughing together

*glances back at comic*

oh no

The coastal communities south of Tampa are fucked.

I’m in the cone on the opposite coast so I should be alright just worried about extended power outage and flooded roads trapping me.

It’s absolutely insane that this thing is on track to cross the state and STILL BE A CAT 1/2 HURRICANE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

Ian in 2022 went directly over my head in a similar manner but was a tropical storm by then. Jesus.

Apple TV has been reliable for many years. Don’t even have an iPhone or iPad anymore but the OS gets the fuck outta the way and it probably has the least spyware of all the commercial options.

Building your own with like, a Pi or a PC is the best option if you mainly have pirated content… If you stream anything that option isn’t great because your device won’t pass all the DRM checks to play higher definition/4k stuff. (Someone correct me but last I looked into it this was still true)

Right but if there is a FlatPak, that’s usually the easier option

I’ve updated an Arch install after not being used for 2 years. I don’t think there were any issues.

I’ve experienced far more issues upgrading to a new major release of an apt based distro though…

The system files aren’t writable, instead you download a new system image when you want to update. No dependency hell or weird issues because these system images are all tested. Your system also keeps one or two old ones around and if by some chance something does go wrong you just select the old one at boot.

Downside is you’re more limited on installing software. You can force install things the traditional way but that kinda defeats the point. Instead you have to use things like FlatPak or AppImages which covers most GUI apps you could want. For command line apps you will have to use something like DistroBox.

It’s a trade off but for casual desktop users it is super stable and pretty simple. Updates come out daily (depending on distro) and they just get all their software from the software center app with a nice GUI.

It’s a thing in macOS, however it doesn’t infinitely grow lmao

I would just do a minimal reinstall if you had used this as a personal computer OS before

And also take the battery out

Oh shit I didn’t realize they were trans

Must be a good friend GameCube shit is expensive

The screens are pretty fragile, however they’re protected when folded. Just don’t drop them onto anything while open…

Other than that they’re surprisingly robust. I’ve had 2 Moto Razr models and a Samsung Z Fold. First Razr did break the screen by leaving it open in a stupidly precarious position and it hit a piece of metal below directly on the folding screen when it fell. But day to day use I never worried about it.

In the US there’s basically no legal requirements for paid leave so there’s also little to no protection for it

Lol because most of them own a few of these