Probably someone outside of Europe, that was Commodores main market. Especially the Amiga generation.

No, in our calendar system there was year 1 BC followed by year 1 AD. So no zero. It’s just how they set it up, they’re human made ideas anyway. Many countries do not even use this system, for example it is currently year 2567 in Thailand and year 113 in North Korea.

SQLite sure but I doubt PHP has any negative impact.

I have never heard of Primewire but there were a bunch of movie/tv show streaming websites about a decade ago with direct streaming (like movie2k/movie4k) but they got busted HARD and IIRC the people behind them got long prison sentences.

Just this week I read the authorities had confiscated cryptocurrency valued at around 2 billion (!) euros from one of them currently still in jail.

Navidrome is neat

Cola and red wine (Calimocho) is a pretty common drink, at least in Europe. It’s not as gross as it sounds.

And how many pixels wide is your phone in the direction you watch videos?

Good to know, thanks!

Thanks!

I have Spotify, Tidal and YouTube Music. In my opinion Spotify’s apps and UI are way better. Also the recommendations are much better.

Desktop Tidal feels clunky and YT Music doesn’t have a desktop client at all.

All three mobile apps are just fine.

Many more people use Spotify so you’re probably more likely to find good playlist links for Spotify.

YouTube Music is included with YouTube Premium and Tidal has higher quality audio if you need that.

If you don’t care so much about the UI, recommendation engines etc, you can use any of them really. They have similar libraries and in the end they do the same thing - play music.

They sure have their uses. My Pi 4 is at around 3,5W idle and the new Pi 5 is at 1,8W idle. Extremely impressive! And fast enough for all my use cases, so for me it’s the perfect machine. Let me know if you want to sell your Pis :)

Yes, a Pi 4 with 2GB RAM. It is running Navidrome (music server) with my music collection on a 2TB SSD connected to it. Works great.

The energy consumption at around 3-4 W, pretty neat!

Those are great if you have no concern for power consumption (environment/money). Can’t beat the Pi for that.

With adapters you’re just going to have connection/communication problems with midi. Just return the products and get the correct stuff. You should have a 2-4 week return window like with anything online.

I thought I did and was so against manufacturers removong them. Until I got Airpods. So much better. Perfect ear fit like no other. No cable mess. Instant auto connect between devices. I can ping them. And they’ve held up longer than any cable headphones as well, whose cables always break. And they get tangled. I’ve had the Airpods for three years now and they still hold battery for a full day use for me. Charging them fully takes like 15 minutes.

I’m sure there are similarly good headphones for other brands, this is just my own experience with Airpods.

In case I must have a cable for some reason I can plug in a tiny 3,5mm adapter through the charging port. So that’s not a problem either.

Also the phone has better water and dust resistance with one port less.

A little bit of everything, some vinyl, some CD rips, some pirated… But I don’t use any pools/subscriptions.

I don’t think it’s an age thing, rather interest in DIY over professional production. I’m surely at least twice the age of the average YT user and it’s just about the only streaming platform I use.

You have to find your way past the 99% commercial, screaming crap and the toxic stuff that its algorithm recommends. Adblocking or premium is a must but even then the constant in-video ads have become a cancer. It’s sometimes unbearable and makes me unsubscribe.

YouTube is like a bowl of shit with a few gems at the bottom. You just have to dig to get there.

There are already a bunch of good recommendations here so I won’t repeat them but:

Recently I found HowardHandsTV, pop culture analysis, very funny and feels like an old school channel.

Also Common Sense Skeptic ripping apart Elon Musk and Andrew Tate lately has been entertaining.

I also fall asleep to Michael MJD and his weird and fun reviews/projects, I think it’s the voice that is soothing.

I’m always scared they will explode in my hand when the cans get ice cold, dunno if that is a legitimate fear of mine though.

No you can scratch it off with those metal base brush sticks that you stick through the openings between your teeth. It’s not perfect but if you do it regularly it helps A LOT. The dentist will have to clean up the trickier parts though (like the inside/back surfaces).