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Spotify instantly gives you what the record companies paid for the algorithm to give you.

"Digging" isn't hard. Give it a go.

But it sounds like you're listed to "tracks" not albums. Frankly that's your biggest mistake.

If you like lots of tracks other people don't, you'll always be struggling against an algorithm trying to feed you 3 minute songs nobody hates.

Listen to albums and every time you follow a rabbit hole you'll have 40-80 minutes of music to listen to at least once, multiple times if it's good.

You'll find albums that are worth listening to as a whole and some you'll keep tracks in playlists.

Personally I moved from CDs to Spotify to YouTube music, to buying CDs again, soon to have them on Jellyfin.

Once you get into actually listening to albums, 3 or 4 albums from eBay or charity shops are what I'd have paid for a subscription and if I need to take a break I've still got my old music and don't have any more to pay.

You can of course sail the high seas if you're strapped for cash or want things instantly. I consider the big 3 labels harmful and have only bought second hand copies. I try to buy from independents and smaller labels when I can directly.

The harm of the major labels is pretty big and frankly streaming has become their most harmful tool. I want to avoid supporting that model or supporting the big 3.

1. Talk to other human beings about music.

Music is not meant to be a solitary hobby. Share what you like, they'll share what they like.

2. Like a piece of music? Look up that producer, or record label if it's small. Look up the session musicians. Don't just look up the artist.

Generally it's not just the artist that makes the music top tier. There are other great professionals involved in the background and good people hire other good people to work in the background.

This is easy. Once you start doing this you end up with a queue of albums you want to get round to listening to. It's easy enough to find too much music yourself without an algorithm. You start finding the artist radio a waste of your time.

The rabbit holes I've been down following a producer, guitarist, or bassist, etc. are usually very rewarding and often you pop up in another place you knew already after finding out about some lesser known great music on the way.

Since they got rid of the headphone jack and started selling disposable Bluetooth earphones I don't pay any attention to fairphone.

It's not just the headphone jack quality has plummeted since the 3, yes you can get security updates but the warranty returns mean you're probably putting more into landfill than buying a Motorola every 2 years.

Fuck you

With Dijon mustard!

Because Biden paid them with grants to build in the US. It's that simple.

Beyond that there's stability and the likelihood of not being invaded or facing natural disasters.

There's meant to be government, legal, and financial institution stability too.

As well as intellectual property defense, trade secrets and NDAs.

Material supplies are meant to be stable too.

When you're investing in something as specialised as chip manufacturing, labour is a fraction of your concern. Both short and long term.

Real complaint.

Still an idiot.

"For the amount of space it takes to include a second speaker or second camera it doesn't really make sense when you can just plug in an external one"

You sound like an idiot.

I can buy a phone from HMD that's more repairable, more modular, and has sustainable features.

Fairphone has been a busted flush since they ditched the headphone jack. It's just the most obvious sign amongst many they started making landfill phones.

You got to benefit from the 80s and selling off of all our national assets to prop up our economy for 2 decade's

You lived in the good times and called it "the cold war".

From a millennial give us our stuff back (to the state who gave it to you).

This is a good run through

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-7-8700g-cpu-review/3

It's targeting performance benchmarks for the 8700G at 1080p and getting decent FPS

RAM speed really matters as it's also your GPU memory. So low clock RAM will kill GFX performance.

If you're really budget conscious TDP at 65W for the CPU and GFX is a major win over any other setup.

I know someone who went the 5700G route a few years ago and was pretty happy.

But my budget setup:

USB-C dock for my steam deck. One device for desktop, TV, and handheld.

As the amount of time I've got to spend on games has gone down, I've got too many great games to get through on the steam deck already and I lean towards indie titles.

During the summer running a heater as a GPU either makes the room unpleasant or has additional air con load.

Honestly each Playstation generation has ended up sub 250W power consumption at launch with sub 400W rated PSUs. They kick out enough heat.

A build with a 1000W PSU or 1200W PSU is a red flag for me.

I get the desire to get the best possible performance but at some point it's really not worth it. It's a space heater, and one too powerful to leave on even in the winter.

This happened with appliances. They ended up with the silly A++++ ratings added in 2010 as otherwise everything would be an A.

In 2021 they decided to redefine grades instead. A fridge at A+++ became a C. A became the top grade again.

It's also worth noting that as they push the whole scale and G into being more efficient that essentially bans products that can't achieve a rating.

if everything becomes an A the system has worked and increased the efficiency across the market. They'll adjust the goals every 5 to 10 years.

The EU battery life measure is going to be the most interesting battle ground in my opinion. "All day battery life" will have a measured metric in hours.

If the EU have managed to make that metric representative of an amount of screen time in a busy day it could become the first thing consumers look at. Or at least a deal breaker when that number is too low.