BananaBin

The app »BananaBin« looks nice at first glance, but ultimately it’s just a gimmick that consumes system resources and is buggy. It’s basically a recycle bin for files — something even flies wouldn’t be interested in. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

July 1, 2024 · 1 min · 53 words

Helle und dunkle Layouts

I learned something new: the repository “scarmuega/choose-your-side” explains how to define images differently for light and dark layouts on GitHub. Basically, you append ?sanitize=true#gh-light-mode-only to the image URL for the light layout and ?sanitize=true#gh-dark-mode-only for the dark layout. ## Light Theme ![Yoda](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scarmuega/choose-your-side/master/yoda.svg?sanitize=true#gh-light-mode-only) ## Dark Theme ![Vader](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scarmuega/choose-your-side/master/vader.svg?sanitize=true#gh-dark-mode-only) The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

June 23, 2024 · 1 min · 63 words

In high quality directly

In the support section, Tidal announces in its article »Upcoming Changes to Audio Formats« that it plans to move away from proprietary audio formats and toward the open-source FLAC format. For stereo sound, FLAC was chosen as the format we’ll support going forward because it is open source—meaning any artist can deliver their music in high quality directly to TIDAL without the involvement of a third party. This makes it easier for their fans to experience music in the highest possible sound quality on all their devices. ...

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 104 words

Root Loops

It’s time to give political discussions a break and turn to the tech enthusiasts. “Root Loops” is a terminal color scheme reminiscent of a bowl of Froot Loops®. Of course Open Source. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 49 words

Pay 3.5 times as much for software

The article “Why single vendor is the new proprietary” by Thierry Carrez is packed with smart ideas and information. The following quote is meant only as a representative sample of the overall content. In the next 20 years, Open Source got overwhelmingly popular and unleashed a software revolution. A recent study by researchers at Harvard Business School estimated the demand-side value of Open Source software to be $8.8 trillion! In other words, without Open Source, companies would have to pay 3.5 times as much for software than they currently do. It’s estimated that 96% of software contains an Open Source component. Developing new software today without using any Open Source would be a pretty challenging endeavor. ...

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 133 words