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joney_baloneyon Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device

I had to look to remember, I'm on a $10/year subscription for "Pro". From looking at their page I'd say some codec support is under the Pro license. I know I haven't thrown anything at it that needed transcoding, but I'm not playing anything exotic either.

Being annual and pretty cheap I really don't mind throwing them some money to continue development, it's worth it to me for the experience. I can't tell from the website but I feel like there's a monthly option if ya just want to test the waters.

joney_baloneyon Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device

High end model is $150 (US). Very fast and yes Apple gets some of your info but it's not getting resold to advertisers and 3rd parties. Generally speaking doesn't require adware to keep the price low.

joney_baloneyon Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device

FWIW, I have no trouble playing any of my alternatively sourced media, 4K Dolby Vision included, using an app called Infuse. Pass-through audio may indeed be an issue for some lossless surround formats, or at least that's what it sounded like the last I looked into it some years ago. I don't have the right room to set up surrounds so it's stereo only over here anyway. But that said I love the app, lovely interface, etc.

joney_baloneyon We all took the DVD boom era for granted

I liked it more than I thought I would, but the "AI fake" effect was a bit noticeable here and there. After watching the 4k UHD, I put in my Blu-ray from 10 years ago or whatever, sort of thinking I was going to prefer it's "less digital" graininess, but nope. Definitely found it more distracting than I'd remembered.

So of the two, I'd take the new AI version, though it's not perfect. But the happy medium might be the new AI release on regular Bluray. The lower 1080p image toned down the fakeness a bit I thought.

joney_baloneyon Apple Adopts 6 of OWA's Browser Choice Architecture Recommendations

Unprompted shout out for a Mac equivalent that I like:

https://loshadki.app/openin4/

joney_baloneyon Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer

Yeah and it'd help my sinuses too but at my age I'm used to taking the enzymes when I eat and they work well enough. Long term damage is basically my personality at this point, lol.

joney_baloneyon Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer

Once it gets bad, yeah. I was very end stage before my lung transplant and it's an accurate description.

joney_baloneyon Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer

My younger brother has CF and takes Trikafta and it's absolutely made all the difference in the world, it's wonderful to see. Watching all the years of research and CFF funding finally pay off is really something.

My personal situation is probably pretty unique, in that I have CF as well, but had a double lung tx many years ago. A couple years ago my transplant team (actually it may have been the CF people.. fuzzy memory) asked me if I was interested in getting on Trikafta and after thinking it over for about 30 seconds I told them I'd probably pass. It seemed like it wouldn't have any beneficial effect on my lungs, as they no longer "have CF", and that I assumed it would just make extra weight for my decently healthy but still under par lungs to have to drag around. They didn't disagree.

joney_baloneyon Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer

This is exactly right.

Source: have CF.

joney_baloneyon macOS Sonoma Forced Installs

Got me a week or two ago. 2018 Intel Mac mini on Monterey. Also did me the lovely convenience of changing my iCloud settings, my desktop background, and turned on screensavers.

joney_baloneyon Jellyfin: Free software media system

Haven't had this issue here either. Metadata currently 731 MB on a 32GB ATV 4k.

joney_baloneyon From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

Yep.

joney_baloneyon From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

99¢/mo or $10/yr iirc. Can't remember how much the lifetime is but I don't mind the annual sub as long as it keeps it maintained.

joney_baloneyon Amazon shares plummet after dismal sales forecast

https://archive.ph/076XD

joney_baloneyon Why Big Tech shreds millions of storage devices it could reuse

Ars syndicated: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/why-b...

joney_baloneyon Credit Suisse CEO Seeks to Calm as Default Swaps Near 2009 Level

https://archive.ph/VDs7U

joney_baloneyon Argentina on Two Steaks a Day

A classic. For those who don't know, this is the Pinboard guy.

joney_baloneyon A 105-mile-long city will snake through the Saudi desert. Is that a good idea?

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-mbs-neom-saudi-arabi...

Maybe so, but they might just be willing to take MBS's money to nod and make cool designs that will probably never get built. Which, can't really blame them.

joney_baloneyon ‘The US Is Not Prepared’: Hot Temperatures Stress Transit Systems

https://archive.ph/oHX41

joney_baloneyon CD sales grow for first time since 2004

Still got mine. First gen, Mac only, Firewire. Haven't turned it on in a few years, I wonder if it still goes...

joney_baloneyon Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?

Pedantic Post Alert, but there's a few different products called "Apple TV". There's the hardware box called Apple TV that comes with a remote and plugs into the HDMI on your TV. That IS an alternative to Roku.

Then there's the Apple TV app, which runs on the Apple TV box. This can integrate with some other streaming services and show you their content in the app. Not Netflix or HBO (or some others) though.

And finally (that's all?) there's the Apple TV+ service that's 4.99 a month and lets you watch shows that Apple produces in the Apple TV app on the Apple TV box (or your iPhone, iPad, etc.)

It's all named very well and clear.

joney_baloneyon A Dyson Sphere Could Bring Humans Back from the Dead, Researchers Say

Yeah, his name was Montgomery Scott, next.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relics_(Star_Trek%3A_The_Next_...

joney_baloneyon In Defense of Dumb TVs

More than likely.

joney_baloneyon In Defense of Dumb TVs

Saw this just after reading this post. Not a bad development.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/the-best-feature-of-...

joney_baloneyon ECMO pumps blood out of the body, oxygenates it and returns it to the body

Just want to say thank you for what you do. I spent a few days on ECMO in 2005 during the course of a double lung tx and saw some true heroics from the folks keeping me alive. It was a hell of an experience.