Land of the free, my ass!

Strong words from a man whose app still requires a cell phone number. View quoted note →

Fack. Ghost browser used to have this option. "Currently, no mainstream Android browser officially supports a permanently visible address bar during scrolling. The auto-hiding behavior is standard across the platform for usability and screen optimization."

What would you do if you had a bottomless pot of money? "Spy on everybody!" - Uncle Sam, apparently... View article →

I don't know who at @Alby made the executive decision to change the mascot from a lovable bee to a silhouette resembling the gang of violent squatters who attempted to murder me last week for trying to mow my lawn. Not cool, bro. 🤣

Steve's commentary on #v4v music at the end of this rewind episode got me thinking more about the 'no genres' challenge. Not sure such a thing is even feasible in v4v since there's no central authority to set and enforce the categorizations. Who would decide, the artist, the playback app? Seems like v4v music shows are the only viable solution to find music of a specific genre since the show host's split of the boosts gives them a financial incentive to stay faithful to the specific genres they promote. Problem with that is there don't seem to be all that many v4v music shows, and even fewer dedicated to a specific genre. Another need is v4v music apps with the playback features of legacy apps. Artist, Album, Genre (even if it's just listener-designated), Year, EQ settings, etc. Most of the apps I've tried so far - both for music and podcasts - feel kind of like the listener experience has to take a back seat to the v4v stuff.

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Clip: V4V Music commentary

S2E362-Song of Solomon 7-8: God’s Inexplicable Love - Lifespring! Media All Shows

Bought one of those $45 SDR dongles that's supposed to turn a computer into a police scanner. Four hours with ChatGPT and I managed to turn my laptop into a $5 FM radio. Long enough USB cable and the dongle could probably serve as a coffee mug warmer. 🤣

I swear some days it's easier than not to believe we're all just 1s and 0s on a circuit board.

Probably should have tried installing this SDR dongle on the laptop before trying it on the RPi. VNC Viewer just adds to the aggravation and apparently there isn't a single micro-HDMI adapter for sale within a 100 miles of me.

If this nose hair clipper ate hair like it eats AA batteries, I'd look like Voldemort right now 🤬

> 20K sats today

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This may be good advice for V4V musicians and podcasters with fairly tame content but for those whose content is likely to get them suspended or shadow banned by big tech platforms, I'm not so sure. Watching what happened to Gab from 2016 to 2020 (especially after one of their "users" shot up a synagogue in PA) made me question just how resilient and censorship-resistant it is to run your own website. Particularly troubling was the fact that it all happened during the administration of a supposedly free speech-friendly President. My takeaway from being on Gab in those early years is that everybody's a 1A-supporter until they get a knock on the door from some bureaucrat or regulator, or their big tech account becomes the target of a coordinated shaming campaign by a deep-pocketed NGO. This is why I'm hopeful for nostr. Sure there's still a reliance on domain names but it seems like the attack surface is a little more spread out. View quoted note →

Front or rear mount

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Brain is fried and I'm out 15 sats but ppqai helped pop my raspberry pi cherry. Not even sure I understand half of the steps or why they had to be done but it seems to be working. Guess it's not possible to access the Pi's desktop from my laptop's browser like I can with Start9? Note to self: order one of those micro HDMI adapters because this headless stuff is a whole extra level of confusion.

This guy might have come in handy the other day when I had to try to retrieve my abandoned mower from a hateful swarm of trespassing yellow jackets 🤣 View quoted note →

Are you telling me I can dodge squeaker balls? No, Neo...

That's pretty cool What's inside MeinCoffee