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So, downvoted, huh? By fellow open source users who don’t want to hear the truth?

The truth is that you might have experienced this, but this might not reflect the average user’s experience. My older ThinkPad feels no difference in better life based on the web browser.

This is bullshit.

Until I see an OSI approved license, it’s not open source.

There was this idea that instead of having the web powered by large data companies like Google and Meta you could keep all your information in the blockchain. It was an attempt to “take back control”.

However, most of the proponents kinda forgot that the web is already decentralized and only portions are controlled by Meta and Google.

Then, of course, we had the grifters come in.

The whole thing was built on a misunderstanding of how the web actually works.

Once again, the Simpsons predicted it.

I still use that. 😅

I’ve never let go of bookmarks and RSS. Still the best systems around.

A lot of companies claim to plan on open sourcing their products but never do. They get the positive headlines but none of the obligation. It’s a very modern form of greenwashing.

Also, https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you

I went the seed box route and I’ll never go back. It’s faster and I don’t even need a stable connection. Start the download from my phone and it’s waiting for me when I get home.

I don’t know… Majonging?

Spotifyd should be able to be compiled in BSD. Requires a premium account. You can pair it with the TUI.

GIMP = Image Editing
Krita = Drawing and Painting

The people who are stealing our movies and our television shows and operating piracy sites are not mom and pop operations,” says Charlie Rivkin, chief executive officer of the MPA, who adds that some of the operators also engage in drug trafficking, child pornography, prostitution and money laundering. “This is organized crime.”

I like how they always have to fabricate a connection to organized crime. Trying to convince the reader that is not just copyright infringement.

Just keep in mind you’re going to lose quality. Any time you compress something in a lossy format is going to get worse.

Another note, if you’re not worried about quality loss, you might look into AV1 over h265. Much better compression. Though, that might not work with your setup.

It’s been over 10 years since I worked in a movie theater but this is the gist:

Hard Drives with the film are derived via FedEx and the films are encrypted with symmetric AES keys which are emailed to our theater. These keys allow us to play back the film for a window of time. Sometimes we’re sent keys to unlock different times if a film gets an extended release.

Some studios (Disney being the worst) would send you keys late into the evening, requiring staff to stay late to test for the following day. Sometimes they’d send us the wrong keys and it would take a long time to get the correct keys emailed to us.

I’m lazy. I just open fmovies on my phone and cast to my TV.

I’ve built DCPs (Digital Cinema Package, the format that protectors use) and the DRM part is always so finicky. I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often.

Theres a decent web frontend for YT Music called beatbump that should work in the browser. That might hold you over until you can figure something out.

You can use the character without infringing the trademark. Part of the reason they scatter the hidden Mickey shape everywhere is because that’s part of the branding.

A good example of using the character without infringing trademark is the “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” movie.

That’s why it’s trademarked. Unlike a copyright, trademarks can last forever.

Just gotta buy some carbon credit and then you can burn as much oil as you want.