AmbientChaos

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[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think they're joking that even with the accelerated passage of time on earth relative to them they would still die of old age before GTA VI releases

That's so relatable. They just look like they would be so cold!

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Sphynx cats don't have hair/fur 😋

We might be the exact same guy!

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I was born with VS, never seen a clear image in my life. Ironically very into AV stuff and chase the highest quality picture. I often lament that I'll never experience perfect quality and clarity because of my VS

Born with tinnitus too! The double whammy haha

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, I see! Like I said though, not necessarily a quality difference but a mastering difference. It's not that the mastering isn't made for the album/songs, it's just the target medium of the masters that are different and the nature of the mediums the masters are destined for.

This obviously comes down to the specific album, but from what I understand it is common to have just two masters, one for digital (streaming/CD) and one for analog (vinyl). A huge driver of this is that you CAN take a streaming master and put it on CD but you CANNOT do the same for Vinyl, because of it's physical limitations. A streaming master on CD functions perfectly while a streaming master on vinyl has a good chance to cause the needle to jump tracks and have distortions because of the loudness the vinyl can't handle. That's why maybe only vinyl gets a special master, because the medium demands it.

Of course there is nothing stopping an audio engineer from creating that vinyl master and sending it for the CD and Vinyl!

Not trying to argue merits of either format though, I love and use both. I even stream music (gasp). I'm just an audio nerd info dumping haha

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I think in general the reason people think vinyl sounds better actually isn't a quality judgement and is down to the different mastering vinyl typically receives. Streaming music sources are typically mastered very loud with the dynamic range reduced as a result, this is to compete with all the other tracks mastered for loudness. Loud typically subjectively sounds better when A/B comparisons are done, like when a streaming service serves up a bunch of random songs. Because vinyl has the privilege of not being shuffled with other productions and due to the physical nature of the medium it typically receives a bespoke mastering of the content. This bespoke master typically has a better dynamic range because it doesn't have to max out loudness. In my experience I prefer the vinyl mastering of an album versus the streaming mastering 90% of the time. There are some stinkers though :P

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ken M energy, haha

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Anything with lava sauce, hnnng

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Honda is releasing a new Prelude soon too, so probably was Prologue all along

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Same, every now and then I'll get hopeful and do some research on the latest attempts to find a cure. Usually just end up more bummed about the situation haha

[–] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The benefit of having unused RAM is that every program you are using can remain in memory for quick multitasking access and when you go to launch a new program it can be loaded into that unused RAM without unloading any of the currently running programs. What part about that is a misunderstanding? Would the user be better off if the application in focus aggressively reserved RAM it didn't need to slow down every other running application? Because that's what Photoshop does

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