

Cybertruck is illegal in the EU, so I can’t.
Cybertruck is illegal in the EU, so I can’t.
Workarounds in a specific player don’t negate the fact that the format has limitations.
People invested in the Xbox ecosystem probably already have one, though.
they might catch a breath thanks to how good this year’s lineup is
The lineup Microsoft’s higher ups and/or shareholders make them release on PlayStation and Switch 2 as well because the takeover of ABK sunk too much money and Xbox alone cannot recuperate it. The games that don’t get released on Sony and Nintendo consoles usually work better on PC, even though they add artificial and ridiculous raytracing demands in Indiana Jones and Doom Dark Ages (the PS5 are less demanding versions, so that alternative exists).
There is less reason than ever to get an Xbox console.
Aren’t there unofficial extensions to mp3 for gappless playback?
Yes and no.
IIRC an MP3 track is divided in fixed-length frames and unless the actual audio matches perfectly with the end of a frame, it’s not possible and that’s why cross-fading plugins for audio players were invented. The padding data is there either way but can be documented in the metadata section of a file.
Last I checked (and that was years ago, so I may be wrong) this approach was never perfect and prone to breaking. It’s an inherent flaw with the format where some form of workaround exists.
That said, for most use cases this is irrelevant.
A lot of people cant tell the difference between MP3 @320Kbps and a fully lossless FLAC.
MP3 has some disadvantages over more modern formats, regardless the used bitrate. It’s been a long while since I was very interested in audio formats, so I may not be up to date on some newer developments but unless anything major changed, MP3 can’t do truly gapless playback between tracks (used in live albums), for example.
Apple broke metadata compatibility with a recent update. The podcast producer I know with an explicit AAC feed decided to just redirect to the MP3 feed. Unrelated to that, they also increased the MP3 bitrate for better audio quality. The increased file size doesn’t really matter that much compared to 15 years ago and people without unlimited data can just set their automated syncs to WiFi only.
Yeah, especially for new AMD hardware a rolling release distribution is must have. My personal recommendation is openSUSE but the specific pick is secondary.
I have to wonder why this is happening?
Same reason all the other ports are happening: Microsoft massively overstretched itself with the ABK takeover and Xbox isn’t making enough money. It’s make more money or get axed, in case you somehow completely missed 2024 entirely.
What I’d like to see is for the “real” gamepad icon to broadly match the current one in color scheme and orientation.
Edit:
My attempt. It’s a simple color swap of https://github.com/KDE/breeze-icons/blob/559782c5f5b455646d6c012fe5717057d5eb7764/icons/devices/64/input-gaming.svg
The license requires the SVG source to be shared but for whatever reason Lemmy lets me select the SVG file in the upload picker but doesn’t then upload anything, so here it is:
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I feel like Windows tries with every change to push it’s users to Linux.
Even their core applications move to being web based.
do have any info on instances blocking Truth Social? Are the instances that don’t block Truth Social?
Almost nobody blocks Truth Social. Everyone seems more preoccupied with blocking Threads over actual far right content.
More fully features but only available as an extension (no user script): https://github.com/cptpiepmatz/great-on-deck-search
Pulls from various sources, not just ProtonDB.
Lol that would be an absolute mess.
Mister “I’m gonna be a dictator for a day” and getting elected on that platform making a mess? No way!
Loops is even less federated that Blue Sky, meaning not at all. (It’s on the roadmap, though.)
Trump may even welcome that, considering that Truth Social is just Mastodon.
Don’t need to. The government can seize the brand and US infrastructure.
BTW, everyone making diesel cars cheated. It was just that VW’s cheating was exposed first.
There’s always the option of just not buying a game when it releases.
I’ve got a couple of reports that this is not about the Fediverse. It took me a while to be able to look at the reports and since some almost entirely Lemmy-focused discussions have taken place, so I’m leaving this post up because of the discussions.
This is not a precedent to post random off topic stuff, though.