Streaming services pretty much top out at 80Mbps

what (legal) streaming service is giving such high bitrates? I thought they were giving like 20 at most

pretty rare to see technology moving backwards

That being said, UHD BD is at around 75 mbps. So 8K would be around 300 mbps,

I don’t think multiplying by 4 is correct here. Even though it’s 4 times as many pixels, this is compressed video we’re talking about, the limiting factor is how many details are in motion. 1080p blurays are like 40mbps, 4k blurays are only double that bitrate with 4x as many pixels and 25% more color data (SDR8 vs HDR10).

It’s a better codec which helps, but 8k could use h266. Also I think 4k blurays have less artifacting than 1080p blurays, so 4k blurays seem to have a surplus of bitrate relative to their content.

I think there exist bluray drives that can support up to 144mbps, so I don’t think it’s much of a stretch that we could make 8k blurays that look better than 4k blurays with existing tech and the h266 codec. But making people care about even more quality is another matter, if their eyes can’t see anything finer than 4k anyways. Most people can’t even tell the difference between 4k on streaming services vs 4k on disc.

Lance’s quote at the end of the article is so good lol, really cool that Mastodon has lived longer than Google+ already!

I thought 3 was great, in line with the other 2

They already did, in 0.19.11

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2025-04-08_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.11

Dont render images in private message (#3043)

Kinda like https://quiblr.com/understanding_your_private_personalized_feed

But for Peertube instead of Lemmy? Sounds cool, I think Peertube needs it way more than Lemmy does

the blends/fades look weird on some of them, I can’t even figure out what’s going on in the bottom right picture

related feature request: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/2318

more technical discussion here: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-3b86-activity-intents/4120/12

2026 or 2025? I thought it was 2025

I meant something owned/maintained by Valve, it’s a name people can trust and would catch a lot of angry Win10 users switching

personally I don’t need any specific distro, but it would be a big boost for Valve

I’m probably gonna go full Linux, I already run it on my laptop and my closet computer lol

I wonder if Steam OS will be ready for desktops before this

What’s missing from Lemmy that would make it unattractive to the average user?

I don’t think it’s always easy to pinpoint UX issues and user friction. Sometimes these things just don’t stick with mainstream users. I say it’s worth a try to see which platform the average Reddit user will prefer.

But if you’re gonna use from a phone, Lemmy’s selection of mobile apps is unbeatable.

https://piefed.fediverse.observer/list

The rate of growth does matter yea. If an instance gets worried, they can lock signups. Slow growth means the software has time to improve as they notice issues.

Lemmy had many issues scaling before, except Lemmy had huge surges with the Reddit API blackouts.

If people start recommending PieFed now, it’s on their own terms instead of a massive wave. They can backoff if they get too many users.

I think it’s unlikely that they would attract such a large number of users with 1 post on r/RedditAlternatives or something. Lemmy gets spammed everywhere and we usually don’t even gain 1000 users a day overall across all instances.

There’s already been some comments about PieFed and they didn’t result in huge surges.

We have data on what it costs to run a sizeable instance of Lemmy and it’s not a lot. How does Piefed compare? Anyone starting an instance who envisions it growing large has to contend with this question.

I don’t think this is a major concern yet. The largest PieFed instance has 308 active users, 2nd place has 34. They’ve got room to grow.

https://piefed.fediverse.observer/list

People can start posting about PieFed on Reddit and see how the Reddit users react.

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Does it make sense to host your own instance of lemmy for one user?

Not really lol, but if you think it will be fun then go for it

I missed it live and I was curious, here’s the trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEVBSZk51R0