Inb4 tankie I think hexbear is pretty cool

Uuu, nice. Always wanted one of those. What do you use yours for?

Loved that movie. Glad to see other people remember it 🙂

Lemmy devs are awesome. 1 more reason to use the platform.

But Qt6 is all the rage now so it’s still 1 step behind :(

I also noticed that. Not sure what it means but I found it funny :D

Wow! Wasn’t expecting to see this guy here. And with a 7 year old video. He usually does audio stuff.

We’re not talking about the same thing here. First off a large jack to small jack adapter would be needed in rare circumstances, if you happen to use a pair of headphones that only uses a large jack with a small device like a phone, which obviously only has a small one.
That whole large jack discussion was started because of the quote from Wikipedia I posted, where they mention just how old the jack is. I’m guessing you haven’t read the rest of the comments since you brought it up?

2nd of all a jack adapter is just “wire”, it’s passive ( doesn’t have any circuitry), and doesn’t require any support.
For a dongle type of adapter that’s quite different. Software and hardware and compatibility come into play.
Lots of dongles have a DAC built into them which is separate from the phone DAC. It’s duplicating something you already have, and if your phone has a good one buit into it (which it should), the flimsy dongle most probably has a very cheap one.
I have a dongle and it only works if I plug it in before taking calls. If I already answer and then use the dongle the sound won’t work out of the headphones so it’s useless…

You’re correct. But you can use an adapter. Some headphones (especially more expensive ones) come with their own. And some devices (like my USB audio interface) come with a big jack for headphones, but again an adapter makes it irrelevant whether it’s a small jack or a large one.

I think people who dislike the headphone jack must be young and not have (good) wired headphones.
Older people (older than teenagers and young adults I mean) often have a few pairs of good headphones they got over the years, and it’s a massive waste to just throw them away and buy wireless because that’s what the trends demand. And in most cases wireless won’t sound as good, because the budget needs to go to bluetooth chips, and dacs, and batteries and all that crap, instead of just focusing on audio.

According to Wikipedia, ‘The original 1⁄4 inch (6.35 mm) version descends from as early as 1877’, and it’s been an industry standard since then.
You can use it not just for headphones but as a line out, to connect all kinds of audio devices between them. You can hook up your phone to a car audio system, an old radio (if it has input, I think most do), a guitar pedal or an amplifier, a reverb or an effects unit, etc., just with the “magic” of wires.

Ty for the tip! I only did a brief test but it seems to be working well.

I’d love normalization. Hope it works for movies where explosions are 10x louder than the dialogue.

I would have done the same.

Thanks for the suggestion. I already have an account there and use it from time to time, but I’m considering joining 1 or 2 more trackers if possible, just to have as backup.

Can’t believe it. And so “sudden” - though not really, they did give months of warning in advance, but I still wasn’t expecting it. My account is from October 2008 :)

It’s not a perfect tracker. Even this week I was mildly frustrated with a torrent that wasn’t seeded much, but it was good enough for me not to bother with many accounts anywhere else.

Don’t know where to go on next. Please leave suggestions if you know anybody taking in refugees :)

Yeah I think so too

If you’re considering buying one you might want to take into account that they removed the headphone jack so they can sell their own wireless buds and headphones.

Not sure if joking or…? If you’re joking it went over my head :)

I was just comparing borg and restic yesterday (still haven’t made up my mind) so your post comes at a great time for me :)
I think in the end I’ll give rustic a chance - it’s supposed to be compatible with restic but written in rust. Much smaller project atm though.

I have a small Ugreen I bought a few years ago and while I’m not using it anymore it did its job well while I needed it and afaik it still works well. Initially I got it for the detachable usb-c cable.

And I think it’s authentically Chinese, doesn’t pretend to be a German company or anything like that.