Nathan Dyer @nathandyer@fosstodon.org

@tadan0 With enough patience, it can be surprisingly affordable! I search ebay for 5th gen iPods (they're the ones with the best DAC) for months and months, and eventually found a nearly pristine one for $139 shipped, including the 128GB iFlash kit.

Finally got my iPod reformatted with fat32 so I could install Rockbox. While not the best UX in terms of ease of use or navigation, it unlocks so much potential that the stock firmware doesn't have (plus, it's FLOSS) . Native FLAC playback on a 5th gen iPod with the iFlash kit and a legendary Wolfson DAC. It doesn't really get better folks!

@machete_Badger Yeah, that's a shame. Closest I've found to what I want is the OSMC remote: https://osmc.tv/store/product/osmc-remote-control/

@artfulsodger @unicornfarts Thanks for both recommendations! I'm a pretty tactile person so 9/10 times I reach for a physical remote, but sometimes it's on the other side of the room and an app can keep your butt glued to the couch. I'll check them out!

Does anyone have a remote for Kodi that they particularly like? I have one, but it feels cheap and is missing a few key buttons (like play/pause and skip). Most of the ones you find online are either super cheap or complete overkill (I don't need a full keyboard, just a few reasonable buttons and good construction).

@withsj Hi! Welcome!

@lebel Greetings from Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States

@jvalleroy Thanks!

Rocking Easter on my own for the first time ever, so I decided to go the nontraditional route with food. Don't mean to toot my own horn, but the ribs were a real winner!

@jordan31 Apparently if you want to read the full specs for ISO standards, in most cases you have to purchase them: https://www.iso.org/store.html

Hold the phone, you have to *pay* to read ISO standards? How is that okay? I know it takes money to develop the standards, but if there's a spec that everybody has agreed to go by, shouldn't that be visible to everyone at no cost?

@bonkerfield I thought so too!

Everyone, especially those who work in software or computers in general, should take 10 minutes out of their day to watch this Tom Scott video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxV14h0kFs0

@danrabbit Happy Birthday to elementary OS! In some ways I can't believe it has already been 9 years, and in some ways it feels much longer than that. Here's to many more!

@gairsty Me too!

@mplammers Yes, I agree completely. At one point I would have definitely considered myself a fan (at least of their products, not their policies regarding openness and free software - although credit where it's due, they pushed the music industry to kill DRM for music purchases), but I'm not a fan of what they've been doing in recent history.

@cavaliertusky Same!

Dammit Apple, I loved Dark Sky and used it in a web browser every day 😢 https://9to5google.com/2020/03/31/apple-kills-dark-sky-android/