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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify vs. Anna's Archive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  • For popularity>0, we got close to all tracks on the platform. The quality is the original OGG Vorbis at 160kbit/s. Metadata was added without reencoding the audio (and an archive of diff files is available to reconstruct the original files from Spotify, as well as a metadata file with original hashes and checksums).

  • For popularity=0, we got files representing about half the number of listens (either original or a copy with the same ISRC). The audio is reencoded to [OGG Opus](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_/(audio_format) at 75kbit/s — sounding the same to most people, but noticeable to an expert.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify vs. Anna's Archive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’re confusing two different concepts, dynamic range compression and data compression.

  The first is like an automated volume control that lowers the volume really really fast in a matter of ms when the volume reachest a certain threshold, (can also work the other way where in increases below a certain threshold, or both).

  The reduces the file size, sacrificing quantity if a lossy codec is uses. Lossless codecs like flac are a bit to bit perfect of the original.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ready set go⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, but I’m not a prediction engine, I am capable of abstract thought, and actually understanding the meaning of the words.

  I can also process all kinds of different data and make connection between then which includes emotional connections.

  Another cool trick, I also have this thing called a consciousness which is something I can’t explain or put into words but I know it exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No OS if fine with 8GB if you use it for anything other than browsing memes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every phone and tablet.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A google pixel is very very far from being free

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every phone and tablet.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Too expensive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every phone and tablet.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Unlocked phones are smuggled through the channel

  Those come bound with both, government and criminal malware.

  On the bright side pedophilia was completely eradicated and all the children are safe now.

  Lol no!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why not both?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This, but 2015

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a uBlock Origin filter or extension for LLM slop in search results⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Youtube is pretty much unusable now, more than half the videos are low effort Ai slop, and the rest is just irrelevant, leaving the real content buried deep down in the algorithm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats a good and proper alternative google message thats clean but better with privacy? - for texting⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Quik, idk if it’s the best or the worse, but it works well enough to receive login tokens which is what I use SMS for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people make such a big deal over ages of someone's account on here?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to abandon all my online accounts from time to time and make new ones for privacy reasons, and IMO everyone should do the same, together with using different names for every website.

  Unfortunately the trend is for people using the same accounts that they made when they were 12 for the rest of their lives.

  If people were more conscious about their privacy and pseudo-anonymity then I think there would be less bias against new accounts.

  I haven’t seen this on lemmy, but on reddit there are whole communities that you can’t post if you don’t have an old account.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How bad is it really to listen to music with headphones? My mom told me if I keep doing that I'd go deaf... Is that fearmongering?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a myth that headphones cause more ear damage than speakers.

  95dBs measured at the eardrum are 95dBs independently if the source is 10m away or inside your ear canal.

  Now most people tend to blast louder on headphones than they do on speakers, I tend to do the opposite, so in my case speakers cause more damage.

  If you “just turn it high enough to hear it” then there’s no damage. In fact if you listened to speakers you would have to probably turn it louder to overcome the environment noise than you do on headphones that muffle outside noise.

  Brb, posting dB chart (need to send the post and edit it latter or my phone kills the app when I switch apps)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Refrigerator ads are finally here!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would like to agree, unfortunately Samsung still gives the longest updates on sub 150 euro phones.

  But yeah, why does a refrigerator needs a screen in the first place? My white branded fridge must be nearing at least 15 years old, could use new rubber but apart from what still working perfectly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The book title and the school insignia give it away, (also one ear is bigger than then other, but that could have been an artistic choice.

  Apart from there I can’t tell. A bit of digital touch up and I would be absolutely unable to tell.

  I feel that other ppl are better at spotting AI that me, for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Electricity

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk, I find that at low speeds electric cars are louder than modern internal combustion. They have that SciFi drone sound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t be surprised if reddit had a secret API for facilitating the creation and management of corporate bots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do you explain selfhosting to the non-techies in your life?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just tell them “I own my own private cloud” and then look smug.

  Then I may tell them “this way the CIA (don’t say NSA, older people usually don’t know what NSA is, but they know CIA) or those capitalist companies can’t spy on me”

  And I don’t find a need to go into more detail, at this point the conversation has either moved on or they say “but I have nothing to hide” and move on anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quantum Attacks on encryption will probably be feasible by 2030⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  … Which is why we all should immediately switch to post-quantum encryption possibly much weaker against conventional cryptanalysis.

  There’s no need to switch, you can just layer it, and should be done asap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was an encoding bug, lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISP tricked customers about fiber optics being used in their internet service, German court rules — 'full fiber' customers found to have 'last mile' copper connections⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate to be the one defending companies but this time I have to align with the ISPs.

  As a “fake fiber” client myself, there’s virtually no performance difference between the two. But “fiber” has become such a marketing slang that most clients wouldn’t signup for an ISP if they don’t sell “fiber”.

  Alternatively the ISP would have to replace perfectly functional infrastructures purely for the sake of marketing, resulting in waste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly, people don’t seem to realise that higher demand for energy means higher demand for all sources of energy including fussil fuels.

  If doesn’t matter if this datacenter runs 100% on renewables if that means that the overall demand on the powergrid increases and now other clients that used to get (a higher percentage of) their power from renewable are getting it from coal, it’s just a green washing shift blame technique.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Healthy people don’t pay bills either, they try to aim for a balance between almost dying and actually dead.

  “A patient cured is a client lost”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Little Free Library is a group that promotes local access to books on a more micro level, to build a stronger community of readers across the world⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s widely accepted among pediatricians and psychologists that you should delay introducing your kids to screens as long as possible.

  Well, when I was a kid my favorite things where always electronics, TV, radio, music, so if I had children I would never deprive my children of electronics, no matter what the “experts” say.

  A lot of children’s books in the 0-4 range are also tactile, include lift-the-flaps, have mirrors or noisemakers, and are safe to chew on. The other thing is that in order to teach independence, the kid needs to be able to access and choose books on their own which is something a physical books and a shelf is really good at and an e-reader is really bad at.

  That is fair, for those kind of books I guess I have agree that they can’t replaced with digital alternatives.

  Physical books are preferable when dealing with images or large formats. I can’t imagine reading a coffee-table book or art book is as effective on e-reader.

  That is a good point, for those kinds of books in particular I guess physical copy is preferable.

  Physical books are also better options for complicated texts, especially ones that the reader needs to quickly refer to multiple sections of text while reading e.g. indices, appendices, or that chapter where a character is first introduced. I know there’s digital analogues, but they don’t work for everyone.

  Well, I have to disagree on this one, if I’m dealing with complicated texts where I need to quickly refer to multiple sections then nothing beats being able to crtl + f. Also scrolling is much faster than turning pages. But I guess it can be a personal thing.

  Those formats also impose technical and financial barriers to access (you may be savvy enough to access thousands of books for free and maintain your own e-reader that respects your privacy, but the majority of people to whom e-books are marketed to cannot). I can lend or give away a physical book to anyone I meet and they can immediately read it; the same cannot be said for digitally reformatted texts.

  That’s a fair argument, still, I think the financial barrier to acquire physical books overall is much much higher acquiring the same book physically. Yes you can lend a book from a library, but in my experience libraries never have anything worth reading, which means the only viable solution is paying full price for a book.

  I think you are also greatly exaggerating the technical skills needed to download a book, sometimes even just searching “book name pdf download” is enough to download a book, which can be done on a smartphone that most people already own.

  As for privacy, it’s true that most people don’t have devices capable of downloading and reading the book on a private system, however, buying a physical book online or lending it from a library also means the book is registered to the reader’s name electronically, in this case tied to the user’s real name and payment details.

  Now I actually favor reading on a screen, over paper or e-ink, I find much more comfortable reading from an uniform light source that I can regulate and select the background and foreground color, over having to rely on natural light, which more often than not, it’s either too dark or too bright. But even if hated screens, an used e-reader can be bought for the price of only 2 or 3 physical books.

  Still, it’s down to a matter of personal opinion, I understand that some people prefer to read paper the same way if I could afford and had extra space I would enjoy listening to some vinyl records, still from a practical/economical standpoint, I still think digital advantages greatly outweighs it’s disadvantages.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Little Free Library is a group that promotes local access to books on a more micro level, to build a stronger community of readers across the world⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No I don’t.

  If I had children I would teach them to download books, unless they were too young and couldn’t understand the steps, then I would download for them.

  Give a man a book and he will read for a day, teach a man how to download books, and he will have literature for the rest of his life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨24.04⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would agree if you had said Mint or Debian, but a Windows user trying GNU/Linux isn’t going to have an easy time installing and maintaining Arch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Little Free Library is a group that promotes local access to books on a more micro level, to build a stronger community of readers across the world⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s nice, but do people still read physical books?

  IMO the best community library one can have is the internet, and sites like Anna’s Archive allow for access to pretty much every book in existence from the comfort of your own bed.

  People hate me when I say this, but in my opinion physical books are a novelty of the past, sure it’s useful in an apocalypse for preservation and whatnot, but physical books are just limited and unpractical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Move Fast and Break Nothing | Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t that sort of material also double the frequency of any other light source? Like a street lamp or the sun?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, that is fair, also simplex has some serious bugs which I don’t mind because I value freedom, security and privacy over reliability, but sometimes the app just stops receiving messages until restarted and I need to message them via other means telling them to restart the app.