Flatfire

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[–] Flatfire 0 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I don't think this one is a priority for the IDF boss.

[–] Flatfire 3 points 10 months ago

Reader Rabbit

[–] Flatfire 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Soulseek is a P2P file sharing system centered around music in particular. It's pretty direct. Unlike a torrent where you'll have multiple seeds for a single source, you're connecting directly to other individuals for the content. It generally operates under the expectation that you're also sharing something, and some users may opt not to allow downloads to people who do not also allow downloads from themselves. The downside to this system is you may need to wait for that person to come online before you can start a download, while with a torrent, other seeders can fill that gap.

It's survived as a pretty big platform for music hoarders to source hard to find material, but it's so dead simple to use and it has a quick and reliable search. Nothing secretive about it, it's basically just another P2P network that has more in common with Napster than the Pirate Bay

[–] Flatfire 31 points 10 months ago (19 children)

Can I introduce you to soulseek? I promise it's going to serve way better than torrents for that kind of stuff.

[–] Flatfire 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GOG, basically. Which feels a bit ironic given Heroic covers GOG

[–] Flatfire 1 points 10 months ago

BIOS updates are the only way to receive critical stability and security patches. They can take a bit of time, but these days its generally pretty straight forward. Some manufacturers even allow you to check online right from the UEFI so you don't need to rely on an ancient USB drive.

[–] Flatfire 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

AGESA update applied via BIOS update. Effectively just a microcode patch. Pretty common, and since we're seeing Epyc CPUs from the same generation as Ryzen 3000/Zen 2 being patched, I feel like it's pretty lousy not to patch them as well.

[–] Flatfire 7 points 10 months ago (9 children)

No fix planned for Ryzen 3000 is a disappointment

[–] Flatfire 2 points 10 months ago

Almost definitely. Between hunting rats in cow carcass pits, eating strange bushmeat on safaris and a lifelong habit of collecting more roadkill than he has room for, it's almost certain he's consumed something parasitic as a result

[–] Flatfire 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Probably because he helped get it off the road after she hit it. I don't think he's being sexist here, I think he quite likely did encounter a woman who had hit a bear. He apparently has a whole thing for roadkill meat, and is more than happy to make it his problem.

The guy is stranger than fiction.

[–] Flatfire 6 points 10 months ago

I like CDs, but I guess I can't really call myself a kid anynore though, being in my mid twenties. I typically use Spotify for discovery/casual listening but but an album on CD or digitally through Bandcamp when the option is presented to me. I went out of my way to buy a 25 disc CD changer.

Vinyl have definitely become way more popular for physical music purchases, but I like the smaller footprint of a CD.

I do think the vast majority of people use Youtube Music, Spotify or a similar service though. It's inexpensive, has family plans and optical media players just aren't common anymore.

[–] Flatfire 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Wat. This has nothing to do with Windows 11 system requirements.

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