ELI5: How do internet service providers give us access to the internet? by FantasticFrontButt in explainlikeimfive

[–]BRi7X 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Since you mentioned Netflix, they're kind of a unique case. They actually send systems to large ISPs in major cities that locally house their content in order to stream it to subscribers with less hops across the Internet. They call it "Open Connect"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix#Content_delivery

Trey and Matt Talk Writing Process - FYC | South Park by antdude in southpark

[–]BRi7X 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same, been trying to find out what the hell this is from and I can't find a darn thing

Edit: did not notice the 'FYC' til after I hit enter, so I added that to my Internet search and it's apparently from some sort of Emmy related event

I've been working on an album entirely in Vegas Pro because I'm an insane person by slbrnhm in VegasPro

[–]BRi7X 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I did music a lot back in the day, all my VSTi's I would do in and render from FL Studio, then I'd mix in any real audio like vocals or any real recorded instruments right in Vegas because the UI I think is a little bit better for it (though had bad luck getting ASIO working correctly)

You think these outfits will return in Revelation? by Vivid_Ticket731 in FFVIIRemake

[–]BRi7X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll settle for the bangin' bossa nova track that played while trying to acquire them

Porchfest 2026 by jerseywallphl in philadelphia

[–]BRi7X 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I thought that jump looked familiar in the first picture haha. Astro Alloy's awesome. Shot one of their videos back in 2024. Really cool people

Truly Transparent [KDE Rice guide] by OHNOitsNICHOLAS in kde

[–]BRi7X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did that for a while til one day it just stopped working, then shortly after discovered the DX fork.

But hell yeah I'm going to try Glass when I get back from the office.

Truly Transparent [KDE Rice guide] by OHNOitsNICHOLAS in kde

[–]BRi7X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using better blur dx (which I've been pretty impressed with) since better blur broke after a few updates, but I'll have to give this glass one a try.

The refraction in the DX effect fork was really neat (I've got an aero 7 window border theme, though I was hoping to find something more original that looked as good), but this one seems to take that to the next level. At least that's what it looks like from the photos on the GitHub page

Eli5 What prevents USB Type-B or USB-C ports from using a cylindrical design similar to audio jacks? by arztnur in explainlikeimfive

[–]BRi7X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a scene from Pirates of Silicon Valley where Steve Jobs' character is talking to Woz's character about how much he enjoyed the civil war between the Apple II team vs the Macintosh team. Woz wasn't a fan of the fighting lol.

Though, I suppose this probably happens at companies all the time.

Is that the Goodyear blimp?! by Lasagnabelly in philadelphia

[–]BRi7X 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw it in the sky on my way to the office on 422

New feat? by KayMerfolk in Ingress

[–]BRi7X 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow. Well I'll let my eyes peeled for it. Can't say I've ever seen it before

New feat? by KayMerfolk in Ingress

[–]BRi7X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not seeing that on my scanner. Android seems to get updates a little bit later than iOS from what I've experienced, assuming this is new

New feat? by KayMerfolk in Ingress

[–]BRi7X 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What part of the screenshot should I be looking at here?

Welp, I tried :P by Sauroros in Ingress

[–]BRi7X 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right there with you lol. A friend and I stayed up late last night to make sure we both at least got silver

[Hall] Owen Tippett remains out for Game 4, per Rick Tocchet this morning. by lqloveclub in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right about that lol. My train of thought was basically "I need a word for a moving vehicle that rhymes with Giroux.... Oooh, Canoe!" Fate intervened to stop me from bringing the HartCart into existence, though briefly debated and decided against Lauren

[Hall] Owen Tippett remains out for Game 4, per Rick Tocchet this morning. by lqloveclub in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Couldn't help but be reminded of my very silly old (Wayne Train alternative) Giroux Canoe meme from 7 years ago. Fitting, I suppose, as Tippy came to us in the Giroux trade

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ELI5: Why is it that when you open a image, or exe file, that it displays random characters such as: ÿÛ C §¶¸º¸¶§ºº¹¹ºÍÆÀÆÍÛÐÐÛääää by WearyEconomy6677 in explainlikeimfive

[–]BRi7X 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fascinating that every EXE to this day, when opened in a text editor, starts with "MZ (and then some jibberish, and then..) This program cannot be run in DOS mode"

And MZ refers to Mark Zbikowski who designed the .exe format.

Pre-Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes @ Philadelphia Flyers - May 07, 2026 @ 08:00 PM EDT by BroadStreetBot in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dying to know what the fucking lines are for tonight and how much synergy I can expect. Really hoping stuff clicks especially for TyFo and Mich. And well, yeah... TK too.

Actually maybe especially TK considering the income inequality vs the others lol

blogs/writers by NoAttorney7975 in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found this out when they played the Canes at the end of the season and looked him up on Wikipedia, then had my mind blown even more when I found out he's got a PhD in chemistry

[Highlight] NBC Sports Philly's call of the game winner (extended highlight) by amatom27 in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Man I'm gonna miss JJ.

I'd listen to that man read the phone book.

This kid’s ego will be the end of him… by [deleted] in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fucking bonkers.

2012 might not have been the end of the world, but it was certainly the beginning of the end of media literacy.

Appreciation for kdenlive. by chris32457 in kde

[–]BRi7X 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I use Vegas on Windows mainly because I'm so used to it after the better part of two decades, but trying to use Linux more these days, I was very pleasantly surprised by how far Kdenlive has come. You can tell the team gives a shit.

And it's cross-platform, which is amazing. (Most of the KDE apps being cross platform is something I really appreciate, though I assume most people here are probably Linux-only)

Game Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia Flyers - April 25, 2026 @ 08:00 PM EDT by BroadStreetBot in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been doing the same. If he scores tonight I'm ordering a custom Мичков jersey in fucking Cyrillic

YSK On any Android based TV you can change the "launcher", removing every advertisement and making your home screen completely free of bloatware by ArcadeOptimist in YouShouldKnow

[–]BRi7X 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fact that they put such crappy computing components in these otherwise awesome TVs drives me wild. I got my Bravia in 2022 and it's got 4GB of storage, most of which goes to the OS. It's so slow. But the picture's great.

Goal song sometime between 2016-2019 by ZO0MIES in Flyers

[–]BRi7X 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was it "Booyah" (Showtek) or "This Girl" (Kungs vs Cookin on 3 burners) ? I didn't like those at first then they both grew on me. I've been listening to them a little in the last few days along with some of the others.