Notices by Number6 :syncthing: (number6@fosstodon.org)

@libreoffice
@Aileme

That's cool!

If you want something lighter, you can use the barcode plugin with #TiddlyWiki to generate barcodes right in your browser!
The bar code plugin is already installed on the demo page at TiddlyWiki.com.

There's also the ability to read-in bar codes from your camera. (To be honest, I haven't tried this yet).

@libreoffice

Not that I would defend M$, but the cost of the operating system and the software is a fraction of the cost of the machines it runs and and the personnel that use it.

Retraining thousands of employees to use Open source products might be more expensive than the cost of the operating system & software.

Then there's the problem that almost always there will be essential software that only runs on MS desktops.

And then there's hardware compatibility issues.

@feditips @DeShawnFranco

I was using chromium.

The good news is that it works better with Firefox. The bad news is that it really grabs system resources -- like 10% of the CPU. I think this is because the "peering" part is actually working. Like 500 byte upload on FF compared to 50 byte on chromium.

Eventually, it finishes buffering (0 up/ 0 down) on FF.

You know, if I could just download the video it would probably take fewer resources.

@feditips @DeShawnFranco

This was my first time trying. These were just the first two I randomly picked.

This one eventually worked after a reload:

https://fedi.video/w/94Tmh4cFFj2D4dvNxmyDNw

This one never worked under chromium:

https://fedi.video/w/mor9NWYwYMHmrHVfoiewqG

You can see the little spinner that never goes away. I turned off my add-blockers in case that was the issue.

It did work under Firefox but was also very CPU intensive.

@feditips

So I though I'd look at Fedi.Video and see what I've been missing.

The main thing is that there is a looping circle in the middle of the screen. The video plays fine, but you have this constantly looping symbol. (Dairy Milk Review). It displays at regular and full screen resolution.

@feditips @tvler

The "How to get verified" sites tend to neglect an important fact. The verification mechanism limits itself to sites something like less than 2mb. My favourite method for web content starts at 2mb. So I had to make a special page for verification.

Basically, there's no real reason for someone to visit my verification site. And I suspect that I'm not alone.

I suspect that you could browse all day and not collect any interesting sites/accounts.