megrania

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Haha yes, the car is the German's favorite child, and complaining their favorite pastime.

That being said, I think there's more factors to it. Keep in mind that most German cities were in ruins after WWII, and plenty of buildings have been demolished to make room for cars.

The difference in electoral systems might play a role, where a green party could slowly, but steadily gain influence.

Railway infrastructure was already quite dense before mass motorization.

A lot of money has been spend to get through traffic out of town centers.

There's probably more to it ...

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like people mistake YouTube for a video hosting solution.

But that's not the point.

  • YouTube a huge archive of content that accumulated over the past 17 years.
  • YouTube is a content suggestion machine. Discoverability is a key aspect.
  • YouTube sets an incentive by allowing people to monetize their content.
  • ...

So, if the only thing you're looking for is a video hosting solution, then, yes, PeerTube might be an alternative. In the same way uploading videos to your own webspace would be, and Vimeo also still exists.

But for all the other stuff, YT is, unfortunately, unmatched, and probably will be for a while ...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

For whatever reason, many of the editors mentioned here never worked for me ... like OpenShot, ShotCut or PiTiVi were really unstable the last time I tried (might be a distro or DE thing). Also I found it hard to cut precisely when they worked. Lightworks, Da Vinci, Cinelerra, I had a hard time getting them to run. Maybe that changed in the meantime.

I ultimately stuck with Kdenlive, which is stable enough and allows for reasonably precise cutting.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm I get your point, but on the other hand, I suppose nowadays many people are just used to look for a niche community ... and finding it. So it's not a huge surprise if the first reaction is disappointment when you don't find anything like it or just an empty community.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well, but that basically means I'd have to rely on different platforms if I want to post and discuss, say, niche music that'd just be buried immediately in the usual "popular" music communities (that often have a slightly rockist slant).

Even on reddit, the ambient music or IDM communities are fairly small.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As some people have pointed out, it protects the liver, but from personal experience, I can't confirm the "not getting drunk" part ... so I'd be really cautious about blanket statements as the one in the title of this post.

 

Hi,

I recently bought a few pre-made amplifier modules for an 8-channel amplifier project (for a sound installation).

The amp is based on the TDA7294 chip and is rated 85W nominal. Now I'm looking for a power supply, but I'm a bit lost (this isn't really my strongest field, to put it mildly).

Do I just need to add up the output power, 8*85W = 680W, or could I get away with using something smaller, like a 300W or 300VA?

Also, the seller said that you need to use CV power supplies, CC won't work and kill the circuit. Does that mean a switching supply can't be used?

It looks like the module has a rectifier and smoothing caps integrated, so I could potentially just use a transformer, right?

Best, N