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North Virginia
SCS @ CMU -> industry
homecare/cleaning product & compsci nerd
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SCS @ CMU -> industry
homecare/cleaning product & compsci nerd
Avatar by Fleurfurr, banner by Mel Shaw
https://twitter.com/soft_fox_lad
He/him
Site traffic is down by almost 2/3s.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Site traffic is down by almost 2/3s.
The "owners" part is also an affluence thing. It is easier to own the typical 70s home today than it was back then. It's just that Americans are buying larger homes.
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The "owners" part is also an affluence thing. It is easier to own the typical 70s home today than it was back then. It's just that Americans are buying larger homes.
This is because a record number of American adults have chosen to live in their own apartments rather than cohabitate with someone else.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is because a record number of American adults have chosen to live in their own apartments rather than cohabitate with someone else.
First (still very bad) results
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
First (still very bad) results
this and some salt 🔥🔥🔥
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
this and some salt 🔥🔥🔥
Budanov said that that isn't what happened.
October 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Budanov said that that isn't what happened.
I agree.
Under the arrangement SpaceX had with the US Department of Defense at the time, the Department of Defense had control over where any service would take place *and* provided terminals with known IDs so that Ukraine could conduct an operation anywhere, with Lloyd Austin's approval.
Under the arrangement SpaceX had with the US Department of Defense at the time, the Department of Defense had control over where any service would take place *and* provided terminals with known IDs so that Ukraine could conduct an operation anywhere, with Lloyd Austin's approval.
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I agree.
Under the arrangement SpaceX had with the US Department of Defense at the time, the Department of Defense had control over where any service would take place *and* provided terminals with known IDs so that Ukraine could conduct an operation anywhere, with Lloyd Austin's approval.
Under the arrangement SpaceX had with the US Department of Defense at the time, the Department of Defense had control over where any service would take place *and* provided terminals with known IDs so that Ukraine could conduct an operation anywhere, with Lloyd Austin's approval.
That's not what happened: service had been cut for a month after US sanctions banned Starlink from operating over Crimea.
NYTimes' reporting noted that DoD controlled its service area. It's on Austin & Sullivan. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
("KB" = Kyrylo Budanov, the guy who runs GUR)
NYTimes' reporting noted that DoD controlled its service area. It's on Austin & Sullivan. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
("KB" = Kyrylo Budanov, the guy who runs GUR)
October 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
That's not what happened: service had been cut for a month after US sanctions banned Starlink from operating over Crimea.
NYTimes' reporting noted that DoD controlled its service area. It's on Austin & Sullivan. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
("KB" = Kyrylo Budanov, the guy who runs GUR)
NYTimes' reporting noted that DoD controlled its service area. It's on Austin & Sullivan. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
("KB" = Kyrylo Budanov, the guy who runs GUR)
Someone please tell me why my toilet keeps making noise. My landlord keeps saying nothing is wrong with my toilet and it's not making any sound and I'm going to lose it if this continues for any more days
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Someone please tell me why my toilet keeps making noise. My landlord keeps saying nothing is wrong with my toilet and it's not making any sound and I'm going to lose it if this continues for any more days
Losses from Bluetooth are just so low, and analog signal preservation is just that hard.
If AirPods' DACs don't seem to keep AirPods Max from having less distortion than $2,000 Sennheiser headphones, then I don't think you can call Bluetooth a limiting factor here.
If AirPods' DACs don't seem to keep AirPods Max from having less distortion than $2,000 Sennheiser headphones, then I don't think you can call Bluetooth a limiting factor here.
October 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Losses from Bluetooth are just so low, and analog signal preservation is just that hard.
If AirPods' DACs don't seem to keep AirPods Max from having less distortion than $2,000 Sennheiser headphones, then I don't think you can call Bluetooth a limiting factor here.
If AirPods' DACs don't seem to keep AirPods Max from having less distortion than $2,000 Sennheiser headphones, then I don't think you can call Bluetooth a limiting factor here.
I was responding to the claim that "a wired connection is going to outperform lossy AAC"
But we can still address this quantitatively: take the error from a wired connection to a nice, inexpensive DAC (see below), and your favorite extremely expensive Bluetooth-compatible DAC, like the Chord Hugo 2
But we can still address this quantitatively: take the error from a wired connection to a nice, inexpensive DAC (see below), and your favorite extremely expensive Bluetooth-compatible DAC, like the Chord Hugo 2
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I was responding to the claim that "a wired connection is going to outperform lossy AAC"
But we can still address this quantitatively: take the error from a wired connection to a nice, inexpensive DAC (see below), and your favorite extremely expensive Bluetooth-compatible DAC, like the Chord Hugo 2
But we can still address this quantitatively: take the error from a wired connection to a nice, inexpensive DAC (see below), and your favorite extremely expensive Bluetooth-compatible DAC, like the Chord Hugo 2
The Chord Hugo 2 is a $2,175 DAC. It is very high quality.
For comparison, loss from Bluetooth codecs, in actually-challenging situations, e.g. encoding noise. Notice how in any situation w/human-perceptible loss, the expensive DAC does worse (often much worse) than high-bitrate Bluetooth codecs.
For comparison, loss from Bluetooth codecs, in actually-challenging situations, e.g. encoding noise. Notice how in any situation w/human-perceptible loss, the expensive DAC does worse (often much worse) than high-bitrate Bluetooth codecs.
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Chord Hugo 2 is a $2,175 DAC. It is very high quality.
For comparison, loss from Bluetooth codecs, in actually-challenging situations, e.g. encoding noise. Notice how in any situation w/human-perceptible loss, the expensive DAC does worse (often much worse) than high-bitrate Bluetooth codecs.
For comparison, loss from Bluetooth codecs, in actually-challenging situations, e.g. encoding noise. Notice how in any situation w/human-perceptible loss, the expensive DAC does worse (often much worse) than high-bitrate Bluetooth codecs.
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It's not a matter of opinion. Apple's AAC codec is better than LDAC 990 (pic 1, pic 2), aptX, Android's AAC (by far), and any other similar Android codec.
It's not a matter of opinion. Apple's AAC codec is better than LDAC 990 (pic 1, pic 2), aptX, Android's AAC (by far), and any other similar Android codec.
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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It's not a matter of opinion. Apple's AAC codec is better than LDAC 990 (pic 1, pic 2), aptX, Android's AAC (by far), and any other similar Android codec.
It's not a matter of opinion. Apple's AAC codec is better than LDAC 990 (pic 1, pic 2), aptX, Android's AAC (by far), and any other similar Android codec.
The Cortana UX on Windows Phone was gorgeous by the design standards of the time.
It just looked so nice on the Nokia OLED screens.
It just looked so nice on the Nokia OLED screens.
September 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Cortana UX on Windows Phone was gorgeous by the design standards of the time.
It just looked so nice on the Nokia OLED screens.
It just looked so nice on the Nokia OLED screens.
i am somewhat surprised to see "national hot cross bun day" gifs at #1 over 9/11. and i am surprised people are using gifs of either thing.
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
i am somewhat surprised to see "national hot cross bun day" gifs at #1 over 9/11. and i am surprised people are using gifs of either thing.
Sounds like a difference of "literally a felony gun charge" is totally compatible with gun differences being "far more minor than everyone pretends"
August 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Sounds like a difference of "literally a felony gun charge" is totally compatible with gun differences being "far more minor than everyone pretends"
the saudis were less brazen with jamal khashoggi. insane.
August 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
the saudis were less brazen with jamal khashoggi. insane.
1) that was fast
2) the second order effects of this are going to be catastrophic if congress does not intervene
2) the second order effects of this are going to be catastrophic if congress does not intervene
August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
1) that was fast
2) the second order effects of this are going to be catastrophic if congress does not intervene
2) the second order effects of this are going to be catastrophic if congress does not intervene
I am hopeful, but I was also hopeful many years ago when a child was seemingly cured in Mississippi and it resurfaced after 27 months.
Seems like the child in the study w/who has been undetectable the longest is still 10 months shy of that.
Seems like the child in the study w/who has been undetectable the longest is still 10 months shy of that.
August 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I am hopeful, but I was also hopeful many years ago when a child was seemingly cured in Mississippi and it resurfaced after 27 months.
Seems like the child in the study w/who has been undetectable the longest is still 10 months shy of that.
Seems like the child in the study w/who has been undetectable the longest is still 10 months shy of that.
I’m surprised Trace doesn't have more, considering BARPod & Singal.
July 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I’m surprised Trace doesn't have more, considering BARPod & Singal.
forgot these stats were viewable. did not think I was this annoying 😓
(n.b. I’m using clearsky)
(n.b. I’m using clearsky)
July 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
forgot these stats were viewable. did not think I was this annoying 😓
(n.b. I’m using clearsky)
(n.b. I’m using clearsky)