I was doing location recording back in the late 70's using a Revox A77 open reel deck. By current digital standards, it was certainly noisy by current standards and lacked dynamic range, but it still did a good job of capturing music. Here's a gospel trio I recorded in 1986. Three voices in front, with piano, bass and drums behind.
Instead of thinking of global warming as the planet getting hotter, think of it as there being more energy being added to an otherwise closed system.
Wind power extracts energy from the system and converts it electricity and whatever heat is created from the inherent friction of moving mechanical parts. The point here is that wind power systems EXTRACT energy from the weather system.
Obviously 150C means you're not going to see this in cell phones or cars, but it would certainly be suitable for a whole house battery storage system to complement a large solar array. It would also be appropriate in a major system storage site to manage the load from intermittent sources like wind and solar.
American farmers have much better tech than those in Guatemala. They're more mechanized and use much less labor. Shipping costs less than you think.
The economy in Guatemala is a wreck, and the drug trade has the country a complete mess. That's why we're seeing so many trying to make their way into the USA. Condemming illegal immigrants to death through deportation isn't an effective answer.
With this notion of creating a recycling industry in Guatemala, you kill two birds with one stone.
What they should do is set up a recycling industry in Guatemala. You'd have a much shorter haul to transport all that stuff. You'd create a lot of jobs in a place that very much needs them and would inject some badly needed currency into their economy as well. The big reason people in Guatemala have been trying to get into the USA is that there are no jobs there other than the drug industry. NAFTA has enabled American farmers to dump cheap ag products there, totally destroying what ag economy they had. With few legit jobs, people there turned to the drug transport and trade business, which got so big that it has largely taken over the country. It's no wonder all those people want to come here.
Create a new industry there, which will only benefit them and reduce the reason for leaving. It also gives a better place for us to send our recycling materials.
The tech companies have never really thought much about the impact they have on the local area they set up shop in. It's not that they have bad intentions, they just haven't thought it through.
I think this is a great idea. There's nothing to stop a company from having caterers bring food in, or setting up a meal voucher program, much like my company does for my commute costs. They give me a debit card with which I can add value to my Clipper Card. Why not issue debit cards for use in buying meals from nearby vendors?
Records are not better or worse than CDs, just different. Both have their place.
I've been an audiophile since Nixon was president and have a lot of records I purchased back in the 70's. I have about a dozen recordings in both digital and vinyl. I find there are things I like about each better than other, but it's a subtle difference and I really don't care other than for curiosity's sake.
My system is definitely high end. Few visitors leave without envy. But really, it's just about the tunes.
I like digital because it's much more convenient and easier to edit. But that doesn't mean I'm going to pitch out all those great records I have from back when.
It's too bad people don't take all the energy they expend in arguing and put to making their systems better.
I have about a dozen recordings in both digital and vinyl and have what I consider to be a hi-end system.
When I listen carefully, I find there are things I like about each format better than the other, and that anyone who says that either is superior are more focused on the things that format does better and ignores the things it doesn't do as well.
The advantages of digital are obvious. Much lower noise floor, greater dynamic range, and a complete lack of ticks, pops, etc. It's also much easier to use, can be used in a nice variety of circumstances - home audio, automobile audio, portable audio. Vinyl obviously can only be used in stationary systems.
I find that on voices and acoustic instruments have a more life-like quality on vinyl than on Redbook (44.1 khz, 16 bit) digital. It takes some very careful listening, but it does appear to be there.
But this is really just a curiosity to me because I really don't care. I've been buying vinyl since Nixon was president and have many things which will never be available in digital form. And I have enough stuff in digital form that were I to play it all, end-to-end, it would make a few months to go. All those people who rant about this medium is better than the other really need to get a life. There's too much good music to listen to.
More than one visitor has complimented my system as being of reference quality and my loudspeaker cables are 14 gauge zip cord.
After hundreds of years of engineering speakers, why haven't we come up with an almost eprfect speaker?
We have come up with some extraordinary speakers. They just cost more than a HomePod. You can build something exceptional for under $1000 in the Linkwitz LXmini kit from Madisound, but there's no commercial product under $1000 worth a shit.
I haven't heard the HomePod, but to claim it being of audiophile grade is sheer ignorance. You can't buy anything of audiophile grade in loudspeakers for $1000. You can build some for that money, not buy a commercial product that I'd consider. I'm sure the HomePod sounds OK, but audiophile? Bullshit.
A true audiophile grade loudspeaker will faithfully reproduce the timbre of acoustic instruments and voices. I'm a stickler for mid-range detail and clarity and that doesn't come easily, and certainly you're not going to get it in a HomePod. Loudspeaker design isn't magic, nor is there anyone at Apple who suddenly knows more than the zillions of audio designers out there. It's just physics and as innovative as Apple may be with software and the user interface, that's not the same thing as physics.
if you want to build a great audiophile loudspeaker in the under $1000 class, build the Linkwitz LXmini system available as a kit from Madisound. No "audiophile" cables needed. This design images and gives a more natural presentation better than most commercial designs costing many times more.
I'm all for a lower cost veggie substitute fake meats just so long as I can't tell the difference. Until then, I'm going to celebrate life at the top of the food chain.
Back in the mid-1980's, there was a Twilight Zone reboot that was actually quite good. Better than the original to my mind. It lasted two years, as is typical for intelligent shows. There was another edition in the early 2000's that was cheap horror and lasted only a couple of years because it was just lame.
I suggest that you just wait for the new one to come out, give it 3 weeks to see how it plays out. Could be good. Could be lame. Won't know until you know.
The dev with 10 years experience just turned 30 and is ripe to be fired and replaced by the new grad. The old dev will never work again, not anywhere, not ever. Experience is a curse, and if you don't believe it, you're next to be fired. Bye-bye!
Really? I've been doing UNIX/Linux systems admin, now called DevOps work, since 1989. The job keeps changing and evolving, but it's a lot of the same kinds of skills being called for. Of course in that 28 years I've been let go one way or another 7 times and 10 of the companies I've worked for no longer exist. One company laid me off on a Tuesday, the bank seized the company on Friday and my last check bounced. I eventually got paid, but you just had to laugh.
I'm now 66 years old and still get calls from recruiters almost daily. I have yet to see anyone turn me down just because of my age.
The truth is that you have to keep your skill set current. The old standbys of UNIX/Linux savvy, regular expressions, problem solving, and most of all. a willingness to jump in on stuff you know nothing about and figure it out on the fly. That's your bread and butter on a day-to-day basis. Be able work in puppet/chef and have some hands-on with AWS is what everyone wants today. Tomorrow it'll be something else. Ya gotta keep an eye out for what's coming next and get a taste of it.
You're correct that Google won't get in trouble. As we are so cheerfully reminded every time we sign an offer letter, California is an "at will" employment state. Your continued employment is can be ended at anytime by either yourself or the employer, for no reason at all.
Vinyl and digital do sound different on a good system. A careful listen would show you things you like about each better than the other. But it's silly to make a blanket statement that either is superior. They're just different.
I'm a boomer too and have about 800 albums still. I've been listening to vinyl since Nixon was prez and have a lot of things which never made it to digital. So I still run a turntable due to my legacy recordings.
But mp3 pretty much sucks the life out of music when played back on a good system, and given that modern recordings are compressed so they'll sound better played on ear buds connected to an iPhone and streamed from Spotify, there is NO reason for me to rip.
Like many boomer audiophiles, I've spent years refining the system and have gotten it pretty much to the place where it really cannot be improved. No. I don't bother with exotic cables or insanely overpriced components. But no visitor hears my system and leaves the house without envy. On a system like this, the degradation of mp3 is all too apparent.
I remember Open Windows. I worked at Sun doing desktop support. We were still using Sparc 1, 1+ and 2 machines then. Thick ether in the buildings with MUX boxes. That was just before the Sparc Center 1000 first came out.
I've never used Unity and why should anyone give a shit? One of the great things about Ubuntu is that there are many windowing interfaces to choose from.
I've been using Windowmaker as my primary desktop since 2001. When I worked at Sun (back when it was still Sun) Microsystems, I compiled Windowmaker and ran it on Solaris. It's fast, lightweight and pretty much does all the things you want a windowing system to do. I still use it.
Back in 1989, I spent 3 days installing AT&T UNIX on an AT&T 3B2 from 8" floppies. Installing Sun O/S 4.x was done from tape in those days and it would take the greater part of a day to do the full install, which was about 100 MB of data at the time. The first CD-ROM drives, which came out around 1992, were 1X speed drives and cost $1100. We thought they were soooo cool. Much better than tape!
I moved from Solaris to Fedora back around 2001 or so. I remember trying to install Audacity. It took me 3 days to fiddle fart with all the damn dependencies. Then a buddy introduced me to Ubuntu and Synaptic. Ahhhhhh!!!! I've been running straight Ubuntu ever since.
The only real difference I've seen between Ubuntu and Mint is the interface. I don't use Unity. I'm a Windowmaker guy. Been using Windowmaker since 2001, back when I had to compile it to run under Solaris. I still use it today and find it does all the things I want and is lightweight. Each to his own.
One place I make a lot of use is a 10 year old HP laptop I have running Ubuntu 14.04 as a music and audio server for my hi-end audio system. I run a USB feed to a PeachTree DAC. I use the Banshee music player and it just works. Very sweet. In the insane world of hi-end audio, you see music servers running many thousands of dollars and they won't be anywhere as easy to work with or sound any better.
So what if the guy came to America to make some money? We all work jobs to make some money. I don't fault him at all for that.
The people I fault are the executives who abuse the H1-B program. Theoretically, guys working on H1-B visas are only supposed to work jobs they couldn't get Americans for. In theory...
Which would be alright with me if it were true. But the truth is that the tech execs just want cheaper labor and couldn't care less about the American worker. The only thing they care about Americans is if we buy their products and services.
Don't blame the Indian guy. Blame the guy who gave that job to him.
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Wind power extracts energy from the system and converts it electricity and whatever heat is created from the inherent friction of moving mechanical parts. The point here is that wind power systems EXTRACT energy from the weather system.
Obviously 150C means you're not going to see this in cell phones or cars, but it would certainly be suitable for a whole house battery storage system to complement a large solar array. It would also be appropriate in a major system storage site to manage the load from intermittent sources like wind and solar.
The economy in Guatemala is a wreck, and the drug trade has the country a complete mess. That's why we're seeing so many trying to make their way into the USA. Condemming illegal immigrants to death through deportation isn't an effective answer.
With this notion of creating a recycling industry in Guatemala, you kill two birds with one stone.
Create a new industry there, which will only benefit them and reduce the reason for leaving. It also gives a better place for us to send our recycling materials.
Just a thought.
How much do you think the homeless and crazy people like sharing the streets with selfish assholes?
I think this is a great idea. There's nothing to stop a company from having caterers bring food in, or setting up a meal voucher program, much like my company does for my commute costs. They give me a debit card with which I can add value to my Clipper Card. Why not issue debit cards for use in buying meals from nearby vendors?
Records are not better or worse than CDs, just different. Both have their place.
I've been an audiophile since Nixon was president and have a lot of records I purchased back in the 70's. I have about a dozen recordings in both digital and vinyl. I find there are things I like about each better than other, but it's a subtle difference and I really don't care other than for curiosity's sake.
My system is definitely high end. Few visitors leave without envy. But really, it's just about the tunes.
I like digital because it's much more convenient and easier to edit. But that doesn't mean I'm going to pitch out all those great records I have from back when.
It's too bad people don't take all the energy they expend in arguing and put to making their systems better.
When I listen carefully, I find there are things I like about each format better than the other, and that anyone who says that either is superior are more focused on the things that format does better and ignores the things it doesn't do as well.
The advantages of digital are obvious. Much lower noise floor, greater dynamic range, and a complete lack of ticks, pops, etc. It's also much easier to use, can be used in a nice variety of circumstances - home audio, automobile audio, portable audio. Vinyl obviously can only be used in stationary systems.
I find that on voices and acoustic instruments have a more life-like quality on vinyl than on Redbook (44.1 khz, 16 bit) digital. It takes some very careful listening, but it does appear to be there.
But this is really just a curiosity to me because I really don't care. I've been buying vinyl since Nixon was president and have many things which will never be available in digital form. And I have enough stuff in digital form that were I to play it all, end-to-end, it would make a few months to go. All those people who rant about this medium is better than the other really need to get a life. There's too much good music to listen to.
More than one visitor has complimented my system as being of reference quality and my loudspeaker cables are 14 gauge zip cord.
After hundreds of years of engineering speakers, why haven't we come up with an almost eprfect speaker?
We have come up with some extraordinary speakers. They just cost more than a HomePod. You can build something exceptional for under $1000 in the Linkwitz LXmini kit from Madisound, but there's no commercial product under $1000 worth a shit.
A true audiophile grade loudspeaker will faithfully reproduce the timbre of acoustic instruments and voices. I'm a stickler for mid-range detail and clarity and that doesn't come easily, and certainly you're not going to get it in a HomePod. Loudspeaker design isn't magic, nor is there anyone at Apple who suddenly knows more than the zillions of audio designers out there. It's just physics and as innovative as Apple may be with software and the user interface, that's not the same thing as physics.
if you want to build a great audiophile loudspeaker in the under $1000 class, build the Linkwitz LXmini system available as a kit from Madisound. No "audiophile" cables needed. This design images and gives a more natural presentation better than most commercial designs costing many times more.
I'm all for a lower cost veggie substitute fake meats just so long as I can't tell the difference. Until then, I'm going to celebrate life at the top of the food chain.
I suggest that you just wait for the new one to come out, give it 3 weeks to see how it plays out. Could be good. Could be lame. Won't know until you know.
The dev with 10 years experience just turned 30 and is ripe to be fired and replaced by the new grad. The old dev will never work again, not anywhere, not ever. Experience is a curse, and if you don't believe it, you're next to be fired. Bye-bye!
Really? I've been doing UNIX/Linux systems admin, now called DevOps work, since 1989. The job keeps changing and evolving, but it's a lot of the same kinds of skills being called for. Of course in that 28 years I've been let go one way or another 7 times and 10 of the companies I've worked for no longer exist. One company laid me off on a Tuesday, the bank seized the company on Friday and my last check bounced. I eventually got paid, but you just had to laugh.
I'm now 66 years old and still get calls from recruiters almost daily. I have yet to see anyone turn me down just because of my age.
The truth is that you have to keep your skill set current. The old standbys of UNIX/Linux savvy, regular expressions, problem solving, and most of all. a willingness to jump in on stuff you know nothing about and figure it out on the fly. That's your bread and butter on a day-to-day basis. Be able work in puppet/chef and have some hands-on with AWS is what everyone wants today. Tomorrow it'll be something else. Ya gotta keep an eye out for what's coming next and get a taste of it.
You're correct that Google won't get in trouble. As we are so cheerfully reminded every time we sign an offer letter, California is an "at will" employment state. Your continued employment is can be ended at anytime by either yourself or the employer, for no reason at all.
99% of the public NEVER cared about fidelity. The never will.
I'm a boomer too and have about 800 albums still. I've been listening to vinyl since Nixon was prez and have a lot of things which never made it to digital. So I still run a turntable due to my legacy recordings.
But mp3 pretty much sucks the life out of music when played back on a good system, and given that modern recordings are compressed so they'll sound better played on ear buds connected to an iPhone and streamed from Spotify, there is NO reason for me to rip.
Like many boomer audiophiles, I've spent years refining the system and have gotten it pretty much to the place where it really cannot be improved. No. I don't bother with exotic cables or insanely overpriced components. But no visitor hears my system and leaves the house without envy. On a system like this, the degradation of mp3 is all too apparent.
I remember Open Windows. I worked at Sun doing desktop support. We were still using Sparc 1, 1+ and 2 machines then. Thick ether in the buildings with MUX boxes. That was just before the Sparc Center 1000 first came out.
I've been using Windowmaker as my primary desktop since 2001. When I worked at Sun (back when it was still Sun) Microsystems, I compiled Windowmaker and ran it on Solaris. It's fast, lightweight and pretty much does all the things you want a windowing system to do. I still use it.
Quit whining.
I've never fooled with dockapps. I just work from the menu.
I moved from Solaris to Fedora back around 2001 or so. I remember trying to install Audacity. It took me 3 days to fiddle fart with all the damn dependencies. Then a buddy introduced me to Ubuntu and Synaptic. Ahhhhhh!!!! I've been running straight Ubuntu ever since.
The only real difference I've seen between Ubuntu and Mint is the interface. I don't use Unity. I'm a Windowmaker guy. Been using Windowmaker since 2001, back when I had to compile it to run under Solaris. I still use it today and find it does all the things I want and is lightweight. Each to his own.
One place I make a lot of use is a 10 year old HP laptop I have running Ubuntu 14.04 as a music and audio server for my hi-end audio system. I run a USB feed to a PeachTree DAC. I use the Banshee music player and it just works. Very sweet. In the insane world of hi-end audio, you see music servers running many thousands of dollars and they won't be anywhere as easy to work with or sound any better.
Then shoot the elite tech execs. There's always more foreign workers to take this guy's place.
The people I fault are the executives who abuse the H1-B program. Theoretically, guys working on H1-B visas are only supposed to work jobs they couldn't get Americans for. In theory...
Which would be alright with me if it were true. But the truth is that the tech execs just want cheaper labor and couldn't care less about the American worker. The only thing they care about Americans is if we buy their products and services.
Don't blame the Indian guy. Blame the guy who gave that job to him.
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