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terinjokes commented on Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks   kdpcommunity.com/s/articl... · Posted by u/captn3m0
Gazoche · 7 hours ago
...in the US. I tried to buy an ebook of the Stormlight Archive from Australia and was sad to discover that DRM-free versions were not available.
terinjokes · 3 hours ago
And most of Europe, and the rest of the world, where the eBook is offered directly from Tor.

It looks like distribution in the UK, Australia and New Zealand (only?) is from the imprint Gollancz, who has decided to go with DRM versions.

terinjokes commented on Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks   kdpcommunity.com/s/articl... · Posted by u/captn3m0
DennisP · 6 hours ago
I bought a Kobo for the same reason but when it came to buying books, none of the books I wanted to buy were on Kobo's store.
terinjokes · 3 hours ago
If you want to be part of Kindle Unlimited you have to give worldwide exclusivity to Kindle Unlimited, and can't have ever published your eBook on another platform.

Even if I wanted to join, Kindle Unlimited is not offered here. I can't even buy the eBook from Amazon.

terinjokes commented on Beets: The music geek’s media organizer   beets.io/... · Posted by u/hyperific
timcobb · a month ago
There are a few benefits in my opinion, mainly:

- The CUE maps the audio in a "CD-native" way, like each track can have 1 or more indices, which enables things like pregaps. When you split FLACs into discrete tracks you need to figure out how to project that onto files, do you put the pregaps at the end of previous tracks? At the beginning of next tracks? In short, with a CUE you can emulate the CD experience more accurately.

- If you are seeding a torrent, you need to keep the original data intact.

terinjokes · a month ago
I've been thinking about this recently too, mostly to figure out how to preserve indexes in tracks of "Murmurs of Earth"[0]. I think the FLAC embedded cuesheets could be used for this. While intended for CD-ready cuesheets embedded into one big FLAC, there's no reason they couldn't be used in individual files, with index 00 for pregaps.

I'm not sure it's well supported anywhere however. Maybe foobar2000?

Edit: I pulled up the RFC[1] for FLAC, and it seems like this is a use case they had in mind for the embedded cuesheet:

> A cuesheet metadata block can be used either [...] or to provide a mechanism to store locations of interest within a FLAC file.

[0]: https://www.discogs.com/release/6057232

[1]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9639.html#name-cuesheet

terinjokes commented on Floppy Disk / Diskettes // retrocmp / retro computing   retrocmp.de/fdd/diskette/... · Posted by u/rbanffy
forinti · 2 months ago
The last time I checked, the only 5,25" floppies that still worked from that age were the ones in those Acornsoft covers.
terinjokes · 2 months ago
I recently repaired an Apple II that were stored in a binder in an environment that wasn't climate controlled (for ~35 years). The 5.25" floppies had all developed a layer of stickiness, but all but one read fine once I cleaned up the drives.
terinjokes commented on StageConnect: Behringer protocol is open source   github.com/OpenMixerProje... · Posted by u/jdboyd
yuye · 2 months ago
The proper DMX512 connector is XLR, though? The 5-pin variant, that is.

I worked as a tech at a stage for a short while. We always used XLR5 for lighting and XLR3 for audio.

terinjokes · 2 months ago
Yes, I only saw 3-pin XLR for DMX512, while being aware of 5-pin XLR as "correct". Everything from the lighting console, to dimmer packs and moving heads, to the aforementioned connection to house lights. This was 2009-2013. Maybe it was regional?
terinjokes commented on StageConnect: Behringer protocol is open source   github.com/OpenMixerProje... · Posted by u/jdboyd
LeoWattenberg · 2 months ago
I've seen XLR used for DMX lighting. The advice for stage techs seems to be "don't do that". Same thing applies to this standard probably.
terinjokes · 2 months ago
I was a lighting designer for several years and in that time in don't think I ever saw a proper 5-pin DMX512 connector. Even in venues with millions in house lights, the connection backstage to the house was XLR.
terinjokes commented on A computer upgrade shut down BART   bart.gov/news/articles/20... · Posted by u/ksajadi
simoncion · 3 months ago
> ...every time I look at how to use Caltrain from SFO I give up and rent a car instead.

Why? Last I checked, it's

   * Depart SFO via BART
   * Get off BART at the first stop, Millbrae
   * Exit BART and enter Caltrain
Is there some complication I'm missing (other than the fact that neither BART nor Caltrain are 24/7 services)?

terinjokes · 3 months ago
Depending on the year and day of the week it also involved a transfer at San Bruno.

Fortunately they've since reverted back to always running to Millbrae from the airport.

terinjokes commented on My original Palm IIIx   goto10retro.com/p/taking-... · Posted by u/rbanffy
novus42 · 4 months ago
Was I the only one who used this device primarily to read books?
terinjokes · 4 months ago
I remember the Zire 31 was marketed as an e-reader and came with "The Wizard of Oz" preloaded. I remember uploading "The Hacker Crackdown" to mine as it was available freely.
terinjokes commented on Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down   pcgamer.com/games/masterc... · Posted by u/croes
KingOfCoders · 5 months ago
Say fuck on TV.
terinjokes · 5 months ago
Many stations affiliated with the ABC network did, from 2001 to 2004, in primetime by airing "Saving Private Ryan" unedited for Veterans Day.
terinjokes commented on Lieferando.de has captured 5.7% of restaurant related domain names   mondaybits.com/lieferando... · Posted by u/__natty__
wongarsu · 7 months ago
Every previously loyal customer would believe the restaurant changed ownership and is no longer a known quantity.

If anything, a rebrand is much harder if you are small. If McDonalds rebranded to a new name that would make national news, and their consistent and well-protected branding and large number of store locations would make it very clear to potential customers that little except the name changed. Small restaurants have non of that

terinjokes · 7 months ago
Case in point: the sign outside the fast food establishment might say "Macca's" instead of "McDonald's", but I know little has changed otherwise.

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