Metallibus

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[–] Metallibus 6 points 1 year ago

They captured this off the TV using a cell phone camera and uploaded to Lemmy and the difference is noticeable. It's not a dynamic range problem.

[–] Metallibus 1 points 1 year ago

Even if apps store stuff internally, and other things can't find it, the owning app can give temp access to another app. Ie, if you click on it in the torrent software, it should be able to find the relevant media player etc and open that media player playing the file.

Not defending this though, it's fucking stupid for them to do it that way, but just pointing out it's not totally useless as long as they allow you to tap/open it from within their app.

[–] Metallibus 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I agree, but I just wish it was easier to find interesting communities. Sorting by "hot" definitely dredges up more content, but they're all like 0-5 comment posts. Sorting by active shows the same few posts for a few days. I've been trying to sub to communities that seem interesting in "hot" content, but there just doesn't seem to be a lot of content yet? I may just be spoiled by the scale of reddit, but this seems fairly low and feels a little empty.

Am I just missing good communities? Is there somewhere to find them? Or are we still just really "too early" where most content is only getting 5-10 comments?

[–] Metallibus 101 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I'm genuinely surprised there hasn't been any significant effort made to make it more readable.

Quite the opposite. They've tried to make it better, and in turn, they've made it worse.

They used to have a pretty straightforward Linux file structure, and you were expected to put things in the external Pictures folder. And downloads went to the external Downloads folder. Back then, internal storage was small and SDs were large, so apps couldn't really afford to store these things locally and the SD structure was well enough defined that it was pretty clear where pictures would go.

Now, Google has pushed against SD cards. They also started requiring more permissions for external storage. They've added some "documents" APIs that were supposed to make it easier to tag/find files, but it's a tangled mess and most apps don't touch it. And they've rewritten their storage model multiple times at this point. If you're writing a new app, it's unclear which model to even follow anymore because Google has created a giant cluster fuck of options and paradigms.

Google is actively making this problem worse and worse. I wish they had never tried to "fix" this in the first place.

[–] Metallibus 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

They also increased the saturation/contrast too.

[–] Metallibus 2 points 1 year ago

The "Amount of Lore" measures across the board are entirely bullshit. Warcraft, LOTR, Star Wars, and Warhammer are all in an entirely different league from the rest of the things here, yet somehow Warcraft is like in the middle? Lol.

[–] Metallibus 11 points 1 year ago

RIP Play Music.

But yeah, Drive and YT bundles are basically the one thing I'll still pay for, and it ends up including YT Music which isn't bad.

[–] Metallibus 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is the one I don't see happening.

Look at Twitch. Microsoft, Facebook, and (somewhat) Google have attempted to dethrone them and they've all failed. Things like Rumble and Kick are still going, and Kick may have a slight chance.

But that's a much smaller platform, that everyone agrees is absolute garbage and trying to kill itself at every turn. YouTube would be a much bigger challenge.

[–] Metallibus 7 points 1 year ago

However, many of the nutrients found in meat are essential for our health. Protein, iron, and B vitamins are just some of the nutrients found in meats.

These nutrients are found in non meat sources as well. Meat doesn't carry anything unique besides B12 because we wash the fuck out of our vegetables. Plant based diets make it pretty difficult to miss nutrients unless you're just sitting around eating oreos all day.

[–] Metallibus 14 points 1 year ago

Hewlett Packard

[–] Metallibus 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just wrote a comment but Lemmy choked and I don't see it showing up so I'm going to rewrite.... Sorry if this becomes a dupe.

I haven't bought this particular chair, but have bought a few in this style for myself and friends, and I have the link handy because I posted it as an example elsewhere in thread:

https://www.amazon.com/PatioMage-Ergonomic-Adjustable-Armrest-Computer/dp/B0BLJLP7FM

These style of chair are very ergonomic, extremely breathable, and very comfortable for long periods of time. I can't vouch for this specific brand and it's quality, and the foot rest thing looks a bit gimmicky, but this mesh style chair is generally pretty high up in terms of function and comfort, while still being relatively cheap.

It's pretty comparable to the sihoo doro mentioned in another comment, but figured I'd point out there are a few similar options on Amazon and I've bought multiple in that style directly off Amazon and never had a problem - just check reviews etc.

I highly recommend these over anything with foam/flat bases and backs - your spine and body are curved, and you don't want to press yourself against flat boards for long periods of time. You get "one point of contact" and that gets uncomfortable. And foam wears out over time. Mesh conforms to your body and supports you evenly across the surface, and is way more comfortable. I've had mesh chairs for over 5 years that are still just as comfortable as the day I bought it. The foam armrests tend to be what gives out first.

[–] Metallibus 3 points 1 year ago

You can get really good office chairs for 350$.

People just compare everything to Herman Miller because they know the name, but they're overpriced as fuck.

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