paraphrand
@paraphrand@lemmy.world
- Comment on Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem? 6 days ago:
If it finally time for Some Boar News again? It’s been awhile.
- Comment on Trump tariffs threaten the future of physical video games, analyst warns 3 weeks ago:
PC Master Race
- Comment on Fable has been delayed until 2026 because the studio needs more time, says Xbox 4 weeks ago:
The people working on the lighting and high res textures don’t usually design or implement gameplay mechanics or story elements.
- Comment on White House: 1 Million Federal Workers Responded to Mass Email Asking to List Accomplishments 4 weeks ago:
And who read those emails?
- Comment on Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games 1 month ago:
Burnout Paradise woulda been banned from Steam.
- Comment on Parents sue TikTok over child deaths allegedly caused by ‘blackout challenge’ 1 month ago:
Broadcasting, publishing with instant and far reach, etc. with the power of the algorithms to amplify. Whatever you want to label it. I only used “broadcasting” because for the 1 to many communication. Many being more than a handful of friends.
It is different from word of mouth. It is another party amplifying the behavior you are saying already existed.
That’s my point. And you just stated it. The difference is they can show the world and perpetuate the “challenge” by modeling it for thousands of others instead of just their local friends/kid in the neighborhood.
you are discounting the power of the platform algorithms to connect these kids and to amplify the appearance of this behavior as normal.
- Comment on Parents sue TikTok over child deaths allegedly caused by ‘blackout challenge’ 1 month ago:
I never said such a thing.
This is about broadcasting. Not word of mouth. If you can point to countless examples of broadcasting, please educate me.
- Comment on Parents sue TikTok over child deaths allegedly caused by ‘blackout challenge’ 1 month ago:
Where have kids been posting videos for decades?
- Comment on TIL it's impossible to delete a free trial account for AppleTv+ or Apple Music without an Apple Device 1 month ago:
Canceling the trial should be possible without an Apple device.
But deleting the account… I bet Apple refuses to do that for you over the phone due to possible social engineering issues. But that’s just a suspicion.
- Comment on News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump 2 months ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump 2 months ago:
How fast do gift articles usually expire? I’m here ~4 hours after the post was made.
- Comment on Jackie Chan set to hit the action/comedy target with the home release of his latest adrenaline fueled family hit Panda Plan! 2 months ago:
I was in aware of this film. As such, the box art looks like a parody to me.
- Comment on Lionsgate Limited will be releasing "THE THIRD MAN" Limited Edition 4K SteelBook on February 25. 2 months ago:
It has an L instead of a C.
- Comment on Starfield's abandoned gore and dismemberment system sure would have made it less grey 2 months ago:
Tech issues! It’s the most advanced version of their pile of tech ever, right?
- Comment on What happened to techbros from the 90s to now? 2 months ago:
I’m not saying that at all.
You guys need to calm down 😂.
- Comment on What happened to techbros from the 90s to now? 2 months ago:
Yeah, he really ran Apple into the ground. You barely hear about them today. 😔
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2024 Has Begun! 3 months ago:
Ooo, it’s all three main games and all DLC…
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2024 Has Begun! 3 months ago:
Teardown might be a good one.
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- Comment on Does the NVIDIA App cripple your PC gaming performance? (Answer: no it does not) 3 months ago:
Yeah, run 20 random poorly optimized things like this and you got 100%.
- Comment on The latest box set of the Breaking Bad series doesn't have closed captioning. 3 months ago:
I’ve watched blind people use iPhones just fine before when I participated in User Testing of some web software.
It’s amazing what the accessibility functionality on iOS does.
- Comment on Wallace & Gromit fans appalled by the AI upscaling on new 4K UHD release 3 months ago:
For those who care. Just like how audio formats are labeled, and multiple options are provided. Even though most people don’t care.
Just label it. “AI enhanced” or “AI upscaled to 4k”. Not to difficult, and it could be a tiny little box next to the other technical details people ignore.
- Comment on Wallace & Gromit fans appalled by the AI upscaling on new 4K UHD release 3 months ago:
The point is it’s fake 4k, and in a real remaster of the film stock, it would be more visible.
I think it’s totally fair to either ask for AI upscaling to stop happening on purchasable media, or to ask for it to be clearly labeled as such.
- Comment on ‘Moana 2’ Achieves Demigod Status: All the Box Office Records Broken 3 months ago:
Oh shit, I just checked Letterboxd. The top review says that even the water looks worse? 😬
- Comment on Michael Mann's horror cult classic [The Keep] is finally available on 4k ultra hd 3 months ago:
Wow, the only copy that was otherwise available was very much not 4k. What a jump.
- Comment on Finally found it. Darmok and Jalad would be proud. 3 months ago:
I accidentally watched this episode while half asleep the other day.
- Comment on Yes, It ‘Looks Like a Duck,’ but Carriers Like the New Mail Truck 3 months ago:
Our mail carriers deserve to be taken care of.
- Comment on Marvel calls for more reshoots on ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ after failed test screening 3 months ago:
I wonder if he ends up an animated character for 90% of the screen time.
It’s probally why he agreed to the paycheck.
He’s good on the AppleTV show Shrinking btw.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 4 months ago:
Preview is an app on macOS for viewing and editing images and PDFs.
According to the Audacity manual it supports MP3. But you need to install additional software for AAC (M4A).
manual.audacityteam.org/man/importing_audio.html
So it’s strange that you are struggling with this. It seems something more is going on here…
Also, just in case it was confusing: M4A is just a file extension used to indicate AAC audio in an MP4 container.
That’s a bummer that AudioTimeliner is struggling with MP3 files. Small independent apps like this usually depend on outside libraries to play back audio. And looking at the version history, it looks like the author has had to make multiple updates to fix playback support over the years.
I see that AudioTimeliner is niche software that has been around for about 22 years, and it’s cross platform. It seems normal to me that it would be picky. Audacity on the other hand, something weird is going on.
I work in higher education, so I understand how relying on niche software like AudioTimeliner goes. I’m sympathetic.
But there is a lack of precision in what you are describing, and your symptoms are directly counter to the Audacity documentation.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 4 months ago:
Preview does not play MP3 or AAC.
And what’s a program that’s not accepting of MP3 files that generally works with audio?
You seem to be a bit confused.