Waffle

@Waffle@infosec.pub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk man. Show someone some cymbals on a 128kbps track and it sounds like someone crumpling a plastic bag via a tin can connected to a string. In contrast flac is going to sound much more natural.

  I’d agree with you regarding 320 and flac - most people are gonna have a hard time differentiating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to make wireless charging broadcast electricity throught an entire house similar to how wifi can broadcast to the entire house?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is possible, but via a slightly different mechanism. Using piezoelectric sensors that effectively vibrate to harvest energy.

  medicaldesignbriefs.com/…/51048-improved-ultrasou…

  My brother worked for a large Korean tech company that was evaluating similar technology for consumer grade application (think whole room wireless charging… Another aspect they were looking into was using low frequency sound waves to emulate the sensation of a physical button so that washer/dryers could have virtual knobs that feel analog.

  Likely not something scalable at this point, but in theory it is possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would kill for a small electric truck… Telo is calling my name, but they don’t have a functioning product yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol yeah the comment previously “I the fact that I get a on mobile” or something that didn’t make sense. All good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is fine. The people running it are not⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ad block *

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could You Prove You’re a US Citizen?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t wait to get deported (I’m brown) while my son, who is white as fuck (but technically Latino) stays behind. 🫡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Qobuz reveals how much it really pays per stream, and I want to see more of this transparency to help us spend money more ethically⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I wasn’t sure initially if I’d like it enough to pull the trigger on lifetime. I should have. Been paying for the annual subscription for the past ~2 years, but the price of lifetime has steadily been increasing. Will probably pull the trigger later this year as a little celebration gift to myself for wrapping up other financial obligations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Qobuz reveals how much it really pays per stream, and I want to see more of this transparency to help us spend money more ethically⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I run Qobuz through a roon server on my Linux pc and it works great. I also have qobuz set up through strawberry, but it’s nice to be able to switch the output on the fly between different audio setups in my house (between my office setup and my bluesound streamer in the living room). The interface for roon is nice, but I get that it’s kinda expensive and there are cheaper ways to achieve the same thing. I like to stream while I’m biking on my indoor trainer and sometimes it’s nice to spin up a few songs and let roon take the wheel to keep the vibe going. I can also stream qobuz through roon to my Google home devices, but it doesn’t stream bit perfect.

  All that to say, I like qobuz and roon is pretty solid as well, albeit an extravagance and totally not necessary. The writeups is qobuz has are also solid.

  I do think the qobuz app interface leaves something to be desired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Passport-less clearance fully available at Changi Airport, average clearance time of 10 seconds: ICA⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, recently traveled from the US to Paris and they used a facial scanner. Also used one upon my return to the US and I have Global Entry.