Kushan

Kushan , 4 days ago to nostupidquestions in Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day?

Wait, What’s this about corned beef? I am Irish (as in actually from Ireland) and I have no idea what that has to do with St Patrick’s day?

Kushan , 9 days ago to linux in Anyone using OSMC

I used OSMC for years going back to when it was still raspbmc, got the first Vero and then the 4k model.

They were never perfect and hassle free, a lot of which I put down to Kodi itself. I love the idea of Kodi, but the base interface is lacking (especially when you have a big collection) and most of the fancy front-ends / skins I tried would run too slow and once again bring back the shoddy TV experience I was trying to avoid. It also does not support streaming services like Netflix or Disney+ in any usable capacity. Kodi has a rich add-on ecosystem, which usually means you can plug some gaps but the add-ons have a habit of just breaking out of the blue or during major upgrades. I’ve had to have Kodi index my library so many times that I got sick of it ruining film night.

Eventually I bought an Nvidia shield, still using Kodi at first but switching between Plex, jellyfin and emby until I settled on emby for my local content. Being able to use other streaming services was a bonus and the hardware was good enough that it doesn’t feel sluggish.

You can also install 3rd party apps like smart tube for an excellent YouTube experience (and now my preferred way to watch YouTube).

The shield is starting to show it’s age big time (it doesn’t support HDR on YouTube, for example) but sadly outside of the USA there isn’t really any devices that match or beat it - you keep hearing about that Wal-Mart device being brilliant but that’s US only.

So in short, get a good android TV box for the best experience and the most options.

Kushan , 9 days ago to greentext in Anon reflects on e-sports

It’s also worth pointing out that OLED’s solve many of the drawbacks of LCD’s, particularly around latency and response times.

We just don’t talk about burn in.

Kushan , 11 days ago to programmer_humor in Stop comparing programming languages

C# is also here

Kushan , 16 days ago to android in [ANNOUNCEMENT] Response Regarding Google PlayStore App Updates · termux/termux-app · Discussion #4000 · GitHub

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Kushan , 18 days ago to lemmyshitpost in Everyday, as an American

In the UK we’re mostly using metric with the odd exception (we still love a pint of beer), one of which is that speeds are measured in MPH. It’s not really a big deal, there aren’t many customers between miles and kilometres and anything less than a km is still usually measured in metres.

Kushan , 18 days ago to technology in Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.

I didn’t say it was good, but it is easy to use compared to a terminal. It won’t help you find your file, but it’s somewhat intuitive to a novice user - you click around and open folders until you find something that looks like what you’re after. It’s not efficient, it’s downright tedious, but it’s at least easy to do.

It’s all about the barrier to entry to novice users. Most users are novices, they’re the majority of the market so they’ll decide what the market leader is.

Kushan , 19 days ago to nottheonion in Gay Republican candidate melts down when he figured out that his party is homophobic

There’s weirdly a lot of fractures within the LGBTQ+ community, there’s a joke that the letters are “in order of preference” and quite a lot of the gay community doesn’t recognise trans people, or thinks Bi folks are just gay but won’t admit it and things like that.

An ex of mine was bi and I got exposed to a lot of this shit because of the amount of shit she got from some of her lesbian friends over dating a man. It really shocked me because it’s completely against your own interests to become the very thing that’s opressed you and your kin, yet here we are - gay republicans.

Kushan , 23 days ago to technology in Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.

No, neither is easy to use. The second you have to use a terminal or command line you have completely lost the vast majority of people.

Kushan , 23 days ago to coffee in What Does A Great Cup Of Coffee Taste Like?

4 hours since you made this comment, I assume you’re still wide awake after inevitably having that coffee?

Kushan , 23 days ago to foodporn in I love making pizzas with my bread maker

I’d like to know more about the grill cooking process. I have recently got into outdoor cooking and love my gas grill (I know, sacrilege but I like the convenience over charcoal). I got a pellet grill smoker a while back and that’s been a game changer too but I’ve been debating getting a pizza oven as well but now room is becoming a problem 😅

How do do pizza on your grill? Do you have a pizza stone or something?

Kushan , 23 days ago to technology in Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.

I don’t think any of the UX problems you’re describing have been solved on any platform. If anything Windows is one of the better examples here, because I’ll be fucked if I can ever find a file on Android and don’t get me started with Linux.

Kushan , 27 days ago (edited 27 days ago) to technology in PayPal plans an ad network built off your purchase history

Prepare to get inundated with ads for anime girls and other weeb shit.

EDIT: To clarify, I mean “weeb” as a term of endearment rather than the pejorative.

Kushan , 30 days ago to technology in ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years

Msn was the best, I’ll never forgive Microsoft for killing it in favour of Skype.

Kushan , 1 month ago to world in Kabosu, the Dog Behind the ‘Doge’ Meme, Has Died

It was front page on the BBC as well.