Chris Remington
Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdoor enthusiast.
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Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Fre:ac - A really polished and easy to use cross-platform GUI CD audio ripper (which can automatically rip to FLAC, Opus, or Vorbis)
1·29 days agoNo idea. I haven’t heard of EAC until now.
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Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Fre:ac - A really polished and easy to use cross-platform GUI CD audio ripper (which can automatically rip to FLAC, Opus, or Vorbis)
15·29 days agoI’ve used this for many years. Excellent software.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Apple patches bug that let FBI access deleted Signal messages
24·3 months agoIt was more than just notifications as it has been pointed out by another user in this thread
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Technology@beehaw.org•Apple patches bug that let FBI access deleted Signal messages
12·3 months agoHow is this story fake?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Mozilla introduces cq: 'Stack Overflow for agents'
3·4 months agoPlease remember to be(e) nice when using Beehaw.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Discord roll out global age verification system, including an "age inference" model that runs in the background
2·5 months agoThis probably will end up being the case for most people
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Technology@beehaw.org•X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
8·5 months agoWouldn’t that be refreshing?
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Technology@beehaw.org•AI hype meets reality as majority of CEOs report no financial returns
1·6 months agoI’m sorry to hear that. Very sad.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships
12·8 months agoTheir software is getting less stable with each release, while the amount of crammed in features is going up.
I agree that you may be having this personal experience. On the other hand, I am not and have been using iOS for many years. The difference could be that I intentionally stay very informed about iOS.
I, personally, will not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
However, if you believe that you will have better experiences using Android, then please make the switch.
Back in 2007 (After many years of making a career out of using Microsoft/Windows products) I started using Linux and MacOS/iOS exclusively and have never looked back.
I have very little experience and/or knowledge of Android. So, I can’t comment on that.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships
7·8 months agoWould you, please, explain why you are considering switching from iOS to Android?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel
3·9 months agoI used to love that software!
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Technology@beehaw.org•Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll - how to check and turn it off
91·10 months agoThe general public truly are lazy consumer idiots, aren’t they?
Yes, of course they are!
I agree. I grew up using hard copy encyclopedias at libraries. It is incredible now to have all of this at our fingertips at home.
Can you give an example of an article with an error that you tried to correct?
This was 6 years ago so I cannot recall precisely which pages. However, I just skimmed over about 15 pages that I thought would be riddled with errors. To my surprise, I only found one instance where there was a ‘citation needed’ mark and could find no major errors…maybe a few little splitting hairs examples but nothing serious.
So, it appears that improvements have been made over the past 6 years. On the other hand, I only looked over roughly 15 pages.
Probably the same caution would be true for any encyclopedia. Namely, these can be pretty good starting points but not for serious scholarly research.















Good thing I’ve never used, nor will I ever, use that garbage platform!