I’m super not knowledgeable about codecs and shit, but IIRC there’s one that the rpi 4 is just garbage at dealing with. x265 I think it’s called?

Lack of education, and decades of brainwashing including an explicit underlying message purposely tied up in religion to benefit from that suspension of disbelief that everybody on the planet who isn’t a hardline far right Republican is explicitly part of a worldwide conspiracy against you specifically, low income white dude in BFE County, US with a population of 5,000, and every announcement, news story, discovery (scientific, archaeological, astronomical, doesn’t matter) is all fake to prop up the conspiracy against you specifically.

Weirdly, even today, huge swatches of immigrants too. Legal AND Illegal.

Turns out pulling the ladder up behind you knows no racial or socioeconomic bounds.

“The court has investigated the court and found no wrongdoing on the part of the court”

TIL

I’ll admit it lol

Unfortunately all the masses want is maximum ease of use, full stop. Just look at the Reddit exiles -

“Welcome to Lemmy, pick a server any server be a winner”

“WTF IS THIS NERD SHIT SIGNUP TOOK MORE THAN ONE ACTION ON MY PART RIP LEMMY LONG LIVE REDDIT IS LEMME JUST REDDIT YET NO FUUUUUUUUU”

Seconding Jellyfin. I used to run XBMC as God intended on my old OG Xbox but Kodi is so bloated and garbo these days from what I’ve seen.

Facts. Everyone been running around shrieking about how impossible signing up is because you have to checks notes pick a server.

“Here’s your free speech zone 6 blocks from the event you’re trying to protest behind a huge black curtain so nobody can see you”

Cool story bro

Now try being this angry about cops when THEY break things and steal shit and yknow KILL PEOPLE.

This. Even “liberals” are out here “PROTEST IS COOL AND ALL BUT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY JUST MAKES EVERYONE HATE YOUR CAUSE” over a fucking sticker or sign stuck to something.

A vague interest in taking my data away from “Big Tech” led me to get hosting a few years back and use a private email solution professionally hosted. Last year, I bought a pi then went through a breakup and didn’t touch it until recently haha.

I just had to rebuild from scratch but I’m running Flame dashboard, Vaultwarden, Nextcloud, Baikal, and a rickroll server disguised as a Docs app, because I’m a red blooded American. :P (and the boring stuff lol)

If it’s the same writing I’m thinking of I’ll try to remember to link it when I get home.

"Tolerance isn’t an ideal, it’s a contract you’re automatically entered into at birth. The contract protects all involved who agree to the contract, but if you break the binds of the contract you are no longer entitled to it’s protections. To be intolerant of an intolerant person does not break ones commitment to the contract because the intolerant person is no longer protected by the contract. "

Paraphrased AF

I saw a dude with nazi tats on the bus today and while I didn’t hit him what I told him after he got all huffy and in my face for saying “fuck you nazi” would probably get me moderated. But it involved a famous Inglorious Bastards reference and how it would be the centerpiece at a party I’d be arranging if he touched me.

No u

I have the same problem in a heavily conservative city - I have a big beard so many of my social conversations go from “shitty job market eh?” to “Target funds antifa terrorists” in record time.

Literally under 30 seconds one time, gave me whiplash. 😂

Past generations saw some level of stability by their 40s and felt that something worked.

Ain’t nothing worked for any of us and those people who did turn conservative in their 40s are now 80 and voting to literally murder gay and trans folk.

Yeah, you seem chill to me. ❤️

“I can’t be a literal nazi - checkmate libs”

That’s…not how that works at all. They’re to the left of Republicans but that’s akin to saying that Mt Everest’s distance from sea level ain’t shit compared to the moon.