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@red An analog CATV/MATV system? Wow I assumed that they would have at least gone to dvb

This is why I bought an old hotel CATV/MATV system, so I can run four analog TV channels in my home and they can have whatever TV I want on them. I still need to sort out the software, etc, but it's on the list.

The four channels I'm planning for are:
- Kids TV
- Science fiction
- Movies
- General (everything else, kinda like Sky One)

There's provision for additional modulators, if I feel that four channels aren't enough and want say a channel just for documentaries.

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A recent video I saw re the difference between UK and US supermarkets got me thinking about my own personal TV consumption again.
( youtu.be/zpkvc8bz-l4 )

I don't watch modern linear TV nowadays because I don't find it satisfying; there's too much choice, and that spreading of the viewing pool has lead to a lot of mush that doesn't really interest me.

I do want a linear TV experience but for it to be more curated with less choice.

🀍 Appeal to the Browser Goddesses 🀍

Can we please make it a thing where 32GB of RAM isn't an insufficient amount for day to day web browser usage? Getting an OOM core dump for that reason is inexcusable.

- Should the Zoom browser app really need 2GB on a single tab when it's already downscaling a 1080p feed to 320p on an enterprise account?
- Should Amazon's website really need 1GB per tab just to view the cart or a ~800Mb for a single simple product page?
- Please remind me how an MKdocs fully static page with a single 400k image and no datatables or fancy JS somehow require 242Mb?
- Or perhaps shed some light on the requirement where Google's main page with a single search form somehow needs ~500Mb

There are no "good reasons" for these inefficiencies. We don't suddenly have better search fields or compressed jpegs now vs a decade ago with 1/10th of the system resources.

#developer #webdev #linux #browsers #chrome #firefox #ensh11n

It's done!!! Updated ref sheet!

GoaTuna (goatuna on πŸ”΅β€‹β˜οΈβ€‹) did such a FANTASTIC job!!!

HECK it me!!! πŸ’›β€‹πŸ’œβ€‹

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This is another commission for Zeta Syanthis! It's got some similarities to the previous one, but I also tried to make it distinct. Maybe it's another part of the same temple complex?

made in #inkscape

#MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtWithOpenSource

Tom Baker, in the 1970s, asked about the idea of a woman playing the Doctor.

The answer (β€œa good idea”) to the question is then expanded to consider the culture of the BBC and then just men of 1970s Britain in general.

@philpem Seeing this (and The Movie Channel from the same era) reminded me of being a kid and how excited for the upcoming movie those idents made me!

Fuck Microsoft and Fuck Nadella.

As expected, the 24H2 update installed 'Recall', it can't be uninstalled.

To disable the Microcoft spyware, run this as admin

C:\Windows\System32>Dism /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:Recall

Can't vouch that all the people you share your screen, code, IP, private details, will disable theirs. consider NOT sharing anything ever again.

@philpem that whole set of idents and themes (and the following tombstone idents) are just iconicly 90s!

During BLFC's quieter moments I wrote a quarterly update Patreon post, in which I describe my current professional/personal priorities and where I'd like to take them in the near future: patreon.com/posts/114195063

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