swizzlestick

joined 1 year ago
[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

We're using Emby set up on a container with GPU passthrough. Used to be on a Synology, but that absolutely sucked for transcoding and now just hosts the library.

Does the job and does it well with a little extra setup for subtitles (extensions, API keys etc). Subs are a must as I can barely hear shit.

Apps work well, as does the web interface. Sometimes struggles with the highest quality files (hardware limitations rather than software), but 1080p is fine for our use.

Haven't needed to look into anything else, no dealbreakers yet.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

About average for a flag shagger I suppose.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

Rclone is great for data wrangling. Takes only a little learning for a lot of future convenience/automation down the line.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

evs.ee at least offers ISO standards at a not extortionate price:

https://evs.ee/

The pdfs do have some DRM on them and they will come watermarked with the buyer details though. The former is easy to get around - I used foxit reader and a pdf 'printer' to make a copy that opens nicely in anything.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Why pick shit out of your cereal, when you can just get the other brand that doesn't have shit in it?

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At least they've zapped the acceptable ads out of it :)

Ironfox is my current pref for mobile, backed by uBO & a VPN to a box running pfsense.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 months ago (5 children)

ABP hasn't been relevant for years, because they started on "acceptable ads" back in 2011.

Anyone with sense has long since moved on.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Odd one. Accessible using an app, not on browser though.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Will need an alternative if you need to port forward, but for general use you can't fault them

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 69 points 3 months ago (17 children)

UK is implementing law for age verification on nsfw content, that's the jist of it.

Some services are choosing to simply not serve the UK rather than deal with the faff and/or the privacy concerns. lemmy.zip where I am from is one of them.

Blame lies squarely with the UK gov & Online Safety Act. It's a shit law made to pander to the 'think of the children' types that are incapable of parenting, also coming with the bonus of grift and doxxing concerns by companies that move in to provide the service.

I don't blame any site operator that chooses to simply not play. VPN goes on, normal service resumes.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Both the mice I use are Logitech.

Marathon M705 in work. Bought in 2017 and still trucks away in my 9-5. Fantastic scroll and enough buttons for convenience. Batteries last seemingly forever.

M510 at home. Bought in 2022 and no troubles. Has done me well in the same non-competitive gaming role, but you might appreciate a few more buttons.

Both use the unifying protocol. Both are pretty cheap too.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a world of difference between day 1 and the current build as well. Definitely take another look if you haven't recently. Devs finally waking up haha.

Favourite part so far has been the lighting system & ragdolls. If you whip a car fast enough in reverse and hit a sweet spot on the swing around, you can send Z flying like baseballs.

 

So that's why a 2 systems were getting crappy speeds. Yes, 2. It had been used only to split a single drop from another switch between two systems.

New drop, happy clients.

Some stuff here is museum material.

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