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Audiophilip··on 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises
What do you think, when will the ram prices come back down again? Years, months?
Audiophilip··on Why xor eax, eax?
It's a chiptune-style xm module, "Funky Stars" by Quazar: https://soundcloud.com/scene_music/funky-stars
Audiophilip··on How Star Trek: Picard Ruins Star Trek [video]
Buckle up for an epic 3-hour 47-minute analysis of Star Trek TNG.
Audiophilip··on Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloader unlock tools
Does the Galaxy S series have headphone jacks as well?
Audiophilip··on Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice
>Is there a way to use bing chat from Firefox yet?

Bing Chat has been working with Firefox for a while now.

Audiophilip··on I forked SteamOS for my living room PC
May I ask what "SoL" stands for? (Not a native English speaker.)
Audiophilip··on macOS Sonoma Boot Failures
Interesting, that could be a limitation to the internal screen of the MBP.

On Sonoma I can select 24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 120 Hz, in addition to "Variable (40-120 Hz) refresh rates for my LG C2 display. When selecting 50 or 100 Hz, scrolling in (PAL) C64 emulation in VICE becomes much smoother, but not perfect. However, when I enable variable refresh rate and switch to fullscreen mode, VICE can perfectly synchronize the refresh rate and scrolling/animations become butter smooth.

Audiophilip··on Fairphone 5 review: The most uncompromising repairable phone yet
Lack of headphone jack is a deal breaker for me, unfortunately.
Audiophilip··on DeepSID: Online Commodore 64 SID Player
In the 90s, early 2000's, there was a resurgence of the SID music scene that may not be widely acknowledged. During this time, new SID editors/players and techniques were developed, introducing a fresh sonic landscape with previously unheard sounds coming from the SID chip. Here's a few of my favorites from this era:

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/C/Carlos_Breez...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/F/Fanta/Bombs_...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/Svend_D...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/M/Mitch_and_Da...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/M/Mitch_and_Da...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/P/Peet/Harvy.s...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/T/Taki/Reynbow...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/F/Fanta/Challe...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/D/Dr_Voice/Sit...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/Rectumo...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/M/Mitch_and_Da...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Sp...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/KickAss...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/T/Tjelta_Geir/...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/G/Greg/Magyar_...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/D/Dr_Voice/Yea...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/B/Behdad_Arman...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/D/DaFunk/Art_o...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/T/The_Syndrom/...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/B/Bakewell_Dwa...

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/M/Merken_Vince...

I had to restrain myself from posting more, but I believe these examples will give you an idea. The C64 demoscene is still very much alive, by the way, with great SID tunes being released even today.

Audiophilip··on Chiptune.app
The whole HVSC is available on DeepSID, an online SID player: https://deepsid.chordian.net/
Audiophilip··on Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad
Now I just wish iPads would have an audio jack so that I could plug in my headphone while using Logic.
Audiophilip··on Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing
Why would I care what a cashier _thinks_ of me when I pay for products with common legal tender? It's a completely normal means of transaction in exchange for products and services.
Audiophilip··on Have iPhone cameras become too smart?
Tony & Chelsea Northrup's Youtube channel and their book(s) is something I could recommend. (Not affiliated with them in any way.)
Audiophilip··on AirPods don't “just work”
For me personally, one of the most infuriating product design decisions that Apple made was the removal of the headphone jack from the iPhones and iPads. This is literally the only reason why I switched to Android, despite being a long-time Apple user.
Audiophilip··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
Wow, thanks for sharing! It looks like a strong candidate to be the successor of my Pixel 4a. Small size and the presence of a headphone jack is a must for me, the 120Hz OLED screen is a very nice cherry on top.
Audiophilip··on Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro
Personally, the lack of a headphone jack is a deal-breaker for me.
Audiophilip··on The Ultimate Commodore 1541 Disk Drive Talk [video]
I'm not sure there is one. There are some mirrors[0] that have a copy of the original recording[1], but apparently still very low-res.

[0]: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/wiki/Conference_Recordin...

[1]: http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/Mirrors/CCC/25C3/video_h264_...

Audiophilip··on Coal replaces wind as most important energy source in Germany in H1
Here's an animation visualizing the reach of the air pollution caused by coal plants across Europe: https://twitter.com/EurBeyondCoal/status/1064771743783497729
Audiophilip··on Colorado county's voting machines banned after security breach
I think Tom Scott's video about e-voting couldn't be more relevant today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI
Audiophilip··on How Dwarf Fortress is built
I'd go with Unity, targeting desktop for simplicity. There's an abundance of high quality tutorials (a respectable amount made by Unity) and the learning curve is gentle, imho.
Audiophilip··on YouTube Epidemiology Interface (2009)
This was such a cool feature. Unfortunately it got removed when they redesigned the interface: https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_features_removed_from_Y...
Audiophilip··on Difftastic: Syntax-aware structured diff tool
My favorite diff tool is the one shipped with Plastic SCM, Xdiff. Since it's visual, it makes it very easy to see what changes have been done to the file.

https://www.plasticscm.com/features/xmerge

Audiophilip··on Pico-8 API Cheatsheet
For a free and open source alternative I recommend checking out TIC-80: https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80
Audiophilip··on Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to speak to media
The article seems to be gone from the top page(s). Any ideas why?

Edit: apparently the article got flagged. Still wondering why.

Audiophilip··on Intel NUC as a back end for development
Well, not replacement fans, but a replacement case: I bought the Akasa Turing fanless case [0] for my NUC and couldn't be happier. I like the new looks, too.

[0] https://www.anandtech.com/show/16191/akasa-turing-fanless-ca...

Audiophilip··on European Citizens' Initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance
I had the same issue, but after a few more tries it went through.
Audiophilip··on CS193p: Developing Apps for iOS
The title is misleading, the lecture videos and materials for that course have always been publicly available.
Audiophilip··on Samuel G. Szábo’s Rogues, a Study of Characters (1857)
The article gets the name wrong, it's "Szabó".
Audiophilip··on Against Netflix
>You are making sweeping generalizations in your article, and are trying to say "this is what everyone should do". Your article was flagged (by multiple people including myself) because it's massively, incredibly pretentious; not because one commenter is making ad hominems.

Imho, I don't think flagging should be used as a tool for silencing content that you disagree with.

Audiophilip··on Against Netflix
>His opinion on how adults spend their time is meaningless. Flagged.

I'm sorry, but in my humble opinion, just because you don't agree with the content of a linked post, it doesn't mean it's not worth of a constructive discussion here on HN and should be flagged. This is ad hominem.

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