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  1. Re:Dear music industry.. on Music Torrent Site What.CD Has Been Shut Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
    Yes, it is a hipster gripe to have good ears and want decent quality. I do not think that monster cables, or tubes, or vinyl are better, but I have demonstrably sensitive ears. In a quiet environment I can notice a difference at this level. So can others.. at 320k its largely gone, but I do still notice one thing in long sessions.. ear fatigue. It at least seems more significant with compressed sources.

    Oh, I do not own a unicycle, sweaters, wear a moustache or funny hats. I am decidedly not a hipster. You OTOH seem like a shill....

  2. Re:Dear music industry.. on Music Torrent Site What.CD Has Been Shut Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    It was terrible. The other remasters from them were bad but tolerable, that one sucked donkey balls.

  3. Dear music industry.. on Music Torrent Site What.CD Has Been Shut Down (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I have no problem paying for music. I buy CDs sometimes still, i subscribe to a streaming service for casual listening.

    However, I lost my physical music collection. Please, please give me a complete option. One where I can download FLAC or WAV copies of the albums I love. Quality is important to me, and I can hear compression artifacts, especially below 256k MP3.

    Give me the ability to choose earlier releases. Where I can get copies of albums before crappy remasters (I am looking at you Megadeth/Dave Mustaine), where I can get copies from before the loudness wars

    Where I can get more obscure items, like old DJ mix sets that were excellent, but available nowhere. Now all you can find is the individual tracks without the Djs influence. Not the same.

    In other words, open your vault for a fair price and I will pay. Stop attempting to create artificial scarcity, and I will stop going to find my music elsewhere.

    What.cd, you will be missed. Hopefully someone will fill the gap. Even someone legitimate that will take my money.

  4. Re:Poor Nazis on Twitter Suspends American Far-Right Activists' Accounts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I did Nazi that coming. Bravo.

  5. Re:More quality RedHat code on Cryptsetup Vulnerability Grants Root Shell Access On Some Linux Systems (threatpost.com) · · Score: 0
    Put your skills where your mouth is and fix it or write new. This is open source after all.

    Oh right.. crypto is hard. Bitching in a comment is not.

  6. lowering taxes on profits made from intellectual property

    The government bears a large burden for protecting your IP. Even IP that I do not agree with. If you are going to reap the benefits of that, then pay the fucking price.

  7. Till a 'study' with a sample size of 39 is used by a prosecuting attorney as 'fact' and the plebe of a public defender rolls under it and does not contest. Juries love forensic 'experts' makes things look a bit more like the CSI drivel they watch.

  8. Re:Same with SoundHound on android on Shazam Keeps Your Mac's Microphone Always On, Even When You Turn It Off (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought that too.. I ran it on 4, 5 and 6 on different phones. Same. Have not tried on 7 yet, probably wont.

  9. Same with SoundHound on android on Shazam Keeps Your Mac's Microphone Always On, Even When You Turn It Off (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Google has its own 'what's this song' feature, but for a while I sued sound hound. Initially it was the only one, and it had better features like lyrics search. Then I found that unless I force closed the app (app switching or closing did not work), the mic was unavailable for ok google searches. Forcing the app closed released the mic. Bug or intentional, I don't know. The last time I used the app was a year or more so it could have changed, but this behavior no longer surprises me.

  10. Re:RIP, AKG, JBL on Samsung To Acquire Connected Car Firm Harman For $8 Billion (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I swear by my AKG cans. They are not the best or most expensive, but with a clean amp sound incredible.

  11. Re:Yes, because banning books totally works. on UK Bookstores Found Selling Banned US Bomb-Making Handbooks (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    “It was a pleasure to burn.”
    Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

  12. Re:The truth is that it does not matter. on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I do like to eat, though

    Children?

  13. Re:And the hits keep on coming ... on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a floater or two around that still pop up. But normally they are crusty with age.

  14. Re:Trump will be for it.... on Trump Victory Clouds Outlook for Time Warner-AT&T, Other Mergers (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    "I'm not gay, but 20 bucks is 20 bucks."

  15. Re:OBD II? on Google Is Making Android Auto Available In Any Car (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1
    No. This is for media and apps. Get Torque or Automatic if you want OBDII readers.

    I have not used one in a while, but my biggest beefs with any obd II system that yuo want to use in care are: 1. Size, even small ones tend to protrude under the dash where I hit it with my leg. I am an average height guy. 2. Battery drain, the OBD2 port has an always on power line, and leaving the reader in can really take a car battery down.

  16. Re:Anti gravity? on New Theory of Gravity Might Explain Dark Matter (phys.org) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In case people are worried about the implications of this technology, Trump will veto any inter-dimensional trade agreements.

  17. Re:One party rule on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but you cannot legislate those genies back into bottles. you may be able to tourniquet the bleeding for a short while, but eventually you have to lose the limb.

  18. This is because "Citizen of Earth" is not a citizen of earth. He/she is locked in his fearful xenophobic shell. He is a citizen of fear.

  19. If people are illegally registering to vote, the issue is with the local registrars and polling places. He is not saying he has your back, he is saying if you are legally allowed to vote, you should vote and exercise your civic duty, and we will not use those records to harass your family (who may not be legal).

  20. Re:Liar-In-Chief on US President Barack Obama Criticizes Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Are you that dumb? If you are undocumented, you cannot register to vote or vote. He is talking about LEGAL citizens who may have undocumented friends going to vote.

    Of course, you would have all the -others- tossed out even if they are citizens. Xenophobes like you have no place in modern society. Either we learn to get along with each other (and we have been doing better lately even though the news makes you think otherwize), or we will wind up destroying ourselves, or that which makes us human.

    Quit using your fear as a driver for your beliefs.

  21. Re:Real IP address? on Unsealed Court Docs Show FBI Used Malware Like 'A Grenade' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Its called Whonix. Look it up.

  22. Re:App appers reinventing the web on Fake Shopping Apps Are Invading the iPhone (nypost.com) · · Score: 0

    Sure it's solved. Just go to criagslist.org for an example. Or if you want code, try githuub.com

  23. Tomorrow on CNN and every other station: Orange Hitler vs Grandma Nixon - who wins?

  24. Re:Devices on Mirai Botnet Attackers Are Trying To Knock Liberia Offline (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    All the things!

  25. Re:Going by the data in the summary... on Male Birth Control Shot Found Effective (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know a method that is at least 69% effective. In fact it is 100% effective if you stay in that position. The numbers trend downwards if you don't.