cloudskater

This is very stupid. Like, really, really stupid.
You know how composite video uses those simple red and white "RCA" cables for left and right sound, and yellow for the picture? The only thing special about component or composite cables is the colour on the ends of them, so if you run an audio channel down a yellow "video" cable it will still work, and vice versa. I know it's possible bc of those cheap cables that have a headphone jack on one end, leading to composite video and mono sound on the other (because you have to sacrifice one audio channel for the video if you're doing it that way).

I want to send a shitty composite video signal out of my shitty laptop's headphone jack to plug into a shitty old CRT so I can use it as a secondary monitor without buying a video converter that would likely do a worse job then my laptop anyway. Also, since I have a spare audio interface, I can shoot the video signal out of a different hole so I don't even have to sacrifice a sound channel.
I wonder, has anyone tried to write a program like this before? If it exists, I have no clue what to search for to find it, and it's such an absurd thing to spend your time doing, but I want to try this idea so bad.

This may seem like a dumb idea considering how bad composite is, but I have a couple CRTs that I'd love to use as computer monitors, and I'm not in the position to mod them for component or RGB. I want them to "just work" for the time being. I'm looking for a device that converts modern HDMI to analog, but the only good options seem to be really high end devices with support for every format under the sun, which are great, but way more then I need. Otherwise, what am I left with? Cheap, no-name boxes that'll die in two weeks and add half a second of lag? I'm not sure if the product I need exists, but I figured this would be a good place to ask since I can't find a dedicated CRT community. Any help is appreciated!

EDIT: I misunderstood exactly what role "generative" AI is having in the Linux space, I'm sorry for misleading people. I got quite upset upon learning it was even within arms reach and failed to get a good enough grasp on it before writing this post. I'm still pissed, so I'm leaving the post up, but hopefully it's not factually inaccurate anymore. Let me know if I'm still missing something, please.

Sorry for my frequent posts here recently, I don't mean to spam at all, but I'm so mad about this. I heard a few rumors about AI being used for something involving the Linux kernel, but never enough about it to think it was actively happening, for some reason.
I switched to Linux last year once I realized Windows 11 would have revolting LLM shit built in. I had finally had enough of Microsoft and their exploration and spyware.
I went cold turkey, started using open source programs for everything, got involved in the Fediverse (as you can see), I altered all my creative workflows to use only FLOSS software, down to the individual plugins in my Digital Audio Workstation. It's been a big effort, but I'm happier with my life technologically then ever before. Now it appears that no matter what distro we choose, the developers of the kernel itself are attempting to incorporate LLM reviews into their workflows, for some damn reason.

I can't say this in a way that doesn't sound overly dramatic so I guess I'll just lean into it: how fucking dare they even consider something so verifiably harmful to society and the planet as a whole? It's total hypocrisy and goes against the reasons Linux exists. I genuinely feel betrayed. Why haven't I seen more outrage over this? istfg it's like nothing is safe anymore. Even most FLOSS projects are too cowardly to say they don't support "gen" AI explicitly, and I often have to ask them myself. Fuck.

The guy replying to me is (as far as I can tell) the sole owner and moderator of .wtf, which is the instance I've been using up until this point. I kinda already knew they allowed AI slop, as there's nothing in the rules that says otherwise, but this interaction really sealed my decision. "Hey, person who makes music. If you don't like another musician using the fascist plagiarism machine, how about you offer to create art for them? After all, if people simply donated their time and effort, maybe they wouldn't have to resort to pissing in the face of their fellow artists of a different medium. Think about it."
Also, I think you can donate to the instance in crypto?

Fuck right off with that.

On another note: PeerTube itself uses Whisper for automatic subtitle generation. It's something I don't LIKE, but I approached the devs about it and they responded very thoughtfully. I'll admit I don't know all the differences between locally run, open source models that are used for accessibility and the horrible plagiarism machines we all despise the most. I suspect they're still built off exploitive tech / trained on stolen data and whatnot, and Whisper being the product of OpenAI doesn't inspire confidence, but Framasoft only uses it to detect speech, not create it. That's hardly "generative" at all, is it? It's just creating subtitles. Now, that doesn't mean the program itself is ethical given how it was likely created (as the devs acknowledge), and we SHOULD push for ethical, FLOSS methods of doing these sorts of things. I'm sure it can be done, it wasn't exploitative before the AI boom, right? This is where my knowledge ends and I ask for feedback. Any thoughts?

I heard a PeerTuber I follow talk about controversy around "Rust" as a dangerous cult or something, but that she thinks people should put aside their "petty grievances" and focus more on what good the project will do for Linux. I'm out of the loop, but I think Rust is a programming language, right? Anyone know what this whole thing about a cult is? I want to be filled in on it, because it seems important.

I'm sure there's a name for this function, but you know that thing where your screen is constantly being captured but it only gets saved if you tell it to, and then it'll save the last minute or however long the buffer period is? It lets you capture cool moments in games and stuff? Yeah, that. Is there a way to make OBS do that? If not, does anybody know of an open source application I can use for that? It'd be really useful and fun.
Thanks!

Sorry for bringing politics into this space, I'm only doing so to ask for artist suggestions.

I'm a musician in the fandom who usually makes soft synth-pop, but I also love heavier genres and have been working on some very rage-fueled hardcore songs for the past year or so. Is anyone aware of artists who wouldn't mind drawing anti-capitalist/socialist themes for me? Heck, maybe you are one yourself, in which case I'm really interested in looking at your portfolio!
If you need a baseline for what kind of art I'm hoping to commission, I can confirm they'll be at least one flag burning, if not two. I'm interested in artists of all styles, but I tend to lean towards toony stuff, and honestly, having such visceral imagery portrayed in a cute, fluffy style really speaks to me. It sends a message of "Love and kindness doesn't mean letting yourself be walked over. Quite the opposite, as those things should be fought for." Damn, that's... almost a lyric I could fit in somewhere. lol