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There's an old adage, but without being in the Nix scene I don't know how applicable it is: "If everywhere you go smells like dog poo, look at your own shoes."

Or at least make it clear from the get-go that it's US-only.

At least two hospitals in the Greater Vancouver area have had weekend ER closures this year. Kelowna is having their own issues, mostly maternity.

I was investigating this further and found Tangara ( https://cooltech.zone/tangara/ ) You may need to build it yourself, but it looks like everything a HN-using MP3-buyer would wan…

All 100% true. Just watch out for dead batteries (especially rechargables, because there are no Low Self Discharge Ni-MH gumsticks)

It could have beaten the Zip Disk and helped MD be adopted as a music format ("oh I have a few of these already, might as well get [a Walkman / PC drive]")

I think you're asserting away a lot of the meat of your argument. "Android is not very good" is completely subjective. It does provide access to streaming services and lots of medi…

I was looking at the Pico first when writing that, but you would need a SD card header. Small issue - I use one for my Dreamcast controller Maple>USB bus.

The MiniDisc Wiki at minidisc.wiki [didn't mention it before because self-promo]

Absolutely, and that's something I've tried to highlight in the FAQs on the site - limitation breeds creativity. It makes you appreciate the media just a little bit more. One of th…

I just thought that maybe this is something for a personal Pi 0 project. DAC + microSD card + off the shelf display + 3D printed case + battery.

You almost had me there for a second, but I picked up on it before the downvoters did. I think it's an unfortunate reality whenever you have a network which is popularized by a boy…

It really highlights why I have avoided Mastodon entirely.

I don't use it daily, but I enjoyed rediscovering and using my MiniDisc stuff that I was inspired to build a pretty popular website around it :)

They had models like the A55L ( https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/sony-nw-a55l ) which were more affordable, but the venn diagram of "cheap" and "niche audiophile gear" is two separ…

You're many years late to the MiniDisc revival.

There's an irony here, because Sony do make MP3 Walkmans based on Android: https://electronics.sony.com/audio/c/walkman-digital-recorde...

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Since this doesn't take over the desktop (per the FAQ) this sounds amazing for headless machines. Shame it needs such a modern GPU and $feature which isn't offered by my preferred …

A lot of the first hand experiences I've heard were from around Chu's tenure, so I can't refute that.

Any large city's PD is going to be controversial. From the experience of people close to me who work with police, the VPD are better run and have more programs like Car 33 than the…

I really struggle to believe that #32 (forced updates at inconvenient times) is (still) a real thing. I get it, I'm a tech and Joe Normie shouldn't have to know the difference betw…

It is, and I'm aware of the less charitable (perhaps more likely) readings. But much of the time it isn't difficult to know who to attribute because they are explicitly featured in…

"Oregon" is one of my favourite west coast shibboleths. West-coasters generally say "Oh-ruh-gun" while everyone else says "Oh-reh-gone".

And if waterproofing or size are issues, how about a second USB-C port?