In absolute numbers they will only be a drop compared to Chinese pirates, trust me.

Hopefully you checked the local laws first. I have heard that in some countries there are SWAT teams ready to go to your house once you start torrenting xDDD.

Don’t believe anyone trying to sell you on the idea that FLAC sounds better than an appropriately compressed (read: transparent) lossy format: Opus ~128-160kbps, MP3 ‘V0’ (~215kbps), MP3 320kbps, AAC ~150kbps.

Only partly true. If the rest of the chain is of decent quality (hi-res sound card, proper cables, quality headphones/speakers/monitors), then the difference between lossless and lossy is apparent to a trained ear. Especially the lack of dynamics and space is typical of lossy formats.

Personally, I never understood why I would want to listen to anything but lossless in the first place. I never really had to worry about storage space too much for my music to consider converting it to a lossy format. I am more of a user who likes to archive stuff; therefore, lossless and FLAC are the only future-proof ways if you want to listen to your files in the next 25 years or so.

Many people I talked to said that CD's just use mp3 codecs in the first place.

That may be partly true for non-original CDs made out of MP3 files via CD burner, but original CDs should not be "crippled" like that.

I think this debate is kind of late, at least a decade late. FLAC has clearly won; it is available everywhere and shall stay that way thanks to its open-source nature. With increasingly cheaper physical storage (SSD, HDD) and more affordable cloud storage, I think FLAC's longevity aspect just beats everything, even though there may be other codecs such as Opus which may provide a better compression/quality ratio.

But if you only care about lossless, just go with FLAC and enjoy your tunes. ;-)

I really like the speed and overall clean user interface here. I am still learning, but so far I like what I see. Hopefully, we can all grow together into one thriving community!

I would also add that it is completely in line with Nvidia's core philosophy, which has always prioritized profits first and foremost. I wonder how much more proprietary tech we will see in the future from them. I am kind of worried, as they are pretty strong with AI and might want to push something like Nvidia-GPT, their proprietary system, into games. You will then be left with the choice: play with a basic AI or go with Nvidia and enjoy a reasonably smart AI.

I really hope this does not happen, as this vendor lock-in would only serve Nvidia and nobody else. I am writing this as a long-term customer with many Nvidia GPUs..

High on Life seems like a good, fun piece, now for 50% off. Considering it is still fairly recent (December 2022 release) and well rated, not a bad deal at all in my eyes.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583230/High_On_Life/

Anyway, I am going for Hogwarts Legacy. I was holding back until they introduce some patch fixes, and now I can even save some sweet cash.

Absolutely. They will end up with a shitload amount of AI-generated nonsense that desperately needs a human touch to make any sense. That's what moderators do. And they are now leaving en masse.

You, sir, have my respect!

Absolutely. Personally, I have been part of Reddit only for a few months, and with the speed of adoption of alternatives you've mentioned, we will be perfectly fine in just a few months from now. By the way, /kbin looks awesome; I like the UI and overall speed.

TBH, never used anything from Red Hat directly, but I think they will be missed if they decide to lock themselves out of community.

Very useful, thank you! I will share this with my friends :-)