LH0ezVT

@LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't like the doors⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Jokes aside, my ears are not that terrible, but modern compression is pretty damn okay.

  I don’t have an anechoic, soundproof listening room, no soundcard I’ve measured myself had more than 80-90 dB SNR in real world scenarios anyway, and I am not going to turn off all electronic appliances in my apartment when I want to listen to music. Plus, most headphones that don’t cost a kidney or two will likely be a weak part anyway, as they are analog, mechanical, imperfect devices with manufacturing spread, wearout, and just general real-world mess.

  I had pretty good ears as a kid, and I remember taking an mp3 blind test at a museum back then. Sure, the lower quality levels are easy, but past 128-192 or so kb/s? Maybe if you know what to listen for, and switch back and forth, but out of the blue I personally wouldn’t notice compression in anything higher.

  Therefore, I believe that anything past CD quality is voodoo and won’t hold up to a blind test for 99,999% of people, especially if you randomize loudness a bit. The ~100dB dynamic range are more than enough for normal music, and the frequency range is plenty for everyone older than 3. Enough space for decent filters to practically eliminate aliasing as well. The only reason I see for higher resolutions and bit depths is mixing/mastering, if you want to modify things several times and not have audible quality issues.

  No offence, but 700 MB a song from an old tape master sounds borderline snake-oily as well. I wouldn’t call tape motor rumble, dust specks or random background EM “soul”, and I kind of doubt you can squeeze that much resolution out of old tapes, but I may be wrong here, tapes were largely before my time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't like the doors⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I firmly believe that high-res bluetooth codecs have way more fidelity than my ears have left after years of enjoying music

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i hate myself and i want to die lol⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Now get something (job, NGO, animal shelter, sports club…) to do to ease your transition from post-thesis hole to normality

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm not saying that I agree with it, but it's understandable.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I am not the biggest fan of his music, but from what I’ve read, he seems like a somewhat decent human being

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just up the production quality and they'll love it, Trust me bro 👍⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Got it, I will set my dating profile to me programming while naked. Ideally at 3 am, after a healthy diet of caffeine and chocolate and not having slept or showered for 48h. Surely that’ll attract all the hot, nerdy girls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just want it, jack! ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that just James May?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public service announcement ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While it must suck for you, I am kind of jealous of that strength. I don’t even have a vagina, yet the thought of being able to break medical equipment with my private parts… dude…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨house rule⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of thought of him as a high-functioning psychopath with some autistic tendencies. He does not really care about the consequences of his actions, and derives his meaning in life from doing a good job only. If that includes helping people, nice, if not, oh well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republican? Democrat? There is a third option:⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Dems are the conservatives, they want the status quo with maybe some mild reforms.

  The Republicans apparently are the radicals, they want to change society (in a direction that I think is completely stupid, but still)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sunlight special⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And it’s an EV

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t we all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simpler times?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Been there, done that, decided that I won’t slave away my remaining time on this earth in search of the mythical six figure engineering job :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simpler times?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who went through much less bad bullying, it’s fucked up. What do you even do? Punch back? That works for same-sex bullies, but if you hit a girl hard enough to be afraid of you/have some respect for you, you’re the bad guy for hitting a girl. Ignore it? Contrary to popular belief, that makes bullies bolder, because they get to have fun without consequences. The only thing that kind of worked was avoiding bullies, and if you can’t, wait until there are no witnesses around, and then make sure to get the first good punch in, so that they’d think twice next time. Kids fucking suck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, it’s probably a reasonable marketing decision to not have your industrial and home equipment company best known for its sex toys. I get where that came from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simpler times?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …then I grew up, and realized you can have consensual harassment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon makes games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But are your legs OK?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is exploited⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, sure, but: that is still 1h spent doing things to distract you from an environment you don’t want to be in

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is exploited⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoy doing nothing. Relaxing. I define “free time” as “time where I am able to do whatever comes to my mind, within reason”. I cannot scratch my ass in a commuter train, I cannot decide to be alone, I cannot decide to meet a friend while commuting, I cannot decide to take a nap in the car, and so on and so forth.

  Therefore, commuting time is not free time. It is time where I am not 100% occupied with some task, true, but tbh I could describe a lot of work days in the same way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't fit in⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, that is just the US having almost 1/3 the population density of Europe. Given the amount of large cities in the US, there are just very large empty spaces where nobody really does stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is exploited⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If I am not intentionally hurrying up, getting some caffeine into me, waiting for it to kick in, showering, dressing, and performing all these little maintenance things a body needs to continue functioning and look presentable takes about an hour, yes.

  that 1hr commute can be audiobooks Yeah, sure, but: that is still 1h spend doing things to distract you from an environment you don’t want to be in

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't understand streamer fans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as we get to pick our tribes, realize that it is all good-spirited tribalism and banter, and are able to tolerate if people pick a different tribe, I’m cool with it. Hell yeah, brother 🤘

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't understand streamer fans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, the “damn, I know that’s difficult” is strong in every sport. I can appreciate a sport so much more if I did it myself, even just a few months. Fencing? No idea, people waving some sticks around. Soccer football? Sick volley shot, man, I saw a mate to the same thing back in 2006…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to bash Americans again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ik weet niet, wilt je meer of minder domheid… goede vraag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder why the widespread adoption of the internet hasn't been good for society as a whole.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fully agree. My grandma used to add WD-40 to cakes all the time. Best cakes ever. If you want a good cake then add wd-40

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IF YOU TAKE ENOUGH YOU CAN SEE *THE PATTERN* BRO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it uses a simplified model unless you look too close. That’s how you get those funny quantum effects. Although, I have to say, great sativa, dude

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Foolproof advice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, if he makes it himself or knows the people who do, he probably gets it a lot cheaper than at the store.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit lost it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The person does have a point. A vibrator or fleshlight cannot feel what you do to it. It’s not sex, it’s masturbating. Sure, all fun and games, but the part where you do things to another human for shared pleasure is missing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All in a day's work⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think hiphop producers are native to this biome, they need more sun and concrete to survive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to bash Americans again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cries in Dutch politics

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Like a heart⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk, “colliding” is not a word I would use for that. Colliding sounds like insurance reports and police tape.