Those would be more similar to hot steam humidifiers, which tend to leave any minerals or impurities behind as deposits inside the machine. That said, I'm not buying the original premise here that water-soluble minerals are in inhalation hazard. Our lungs have robust systems for cleaning out stuff we inhale, it's the exceptions where this doesn't work that get a lot of attention.
Based on my experience and some brief research I don't think this is generally accurate. While I'm sure some combinations of encoder and bitrate might be an issue, YouTube is actually delivering rather high quality audio on HD videos. There's nothing inherent to Joint Stereo encoding that would make binaural audio not work, it's the default choices encoders make at low bitrates.
Modern encoders (especially Opus) are indeed impressive at preserving the stereo image at high quality settings. If you are on a stable connection getting the full 192kbps+ stream, the phase error is likely negligible.
The issue is that we can't control the delivery.
Streaming platforms use adaptive bitrate. If a user's bandwidth dips on mobile, the player might switch to a lower tier where the model starts aggressively quantizing the Side channel (L-R) to
save space.
Since the binaural effect relies entirely on that Side channel difference, I wanted to remove the variable entirely.
By generating it client-side with the Web Audio API, we get mathematical certainty regardless of the user's connection speed.
I think if you pitched this as "binaural beats that always work regarding of network conditions" that would be better-received. I don't think there's much of a scenario where streaming services aren't able to consistently deliver high enough quality for 3D positional audio. If there were, ASMR artists would be pushing much harder for alternate platforms.
This was a disappointing article, primarily because it felt like the author used this as an excuse to break into Bohemian Grove and talk to rich people, rather than the stated purpose of investigating their forestry practices. It seems like in a properly managed forest you would only be cutting old-growth trees, as the point is to cut them at the point of maximum growth before they begin to decay.
I'm interested in either human composting for end of life, but it tends to cost significantly more than cremation, but not as much as burial. For a cost effective alternative I've researched "water cremation", which instead of burning the body and releasing it into the air dissolves it in an alkaline solution and sends it to the sewage treatment process. Costs tend to be similar to cremation.
"It either is AI-generated slop or it looks like AI-generated slop for no artistic or thematic reason whatsoever."
The artistic and thematic reason is obvious. It's a commentary on the show and AI art in general. To ignore this message because it "looks like AI" devalues the entire concept of human art.
Everyone in the industry who is trying to find a way to weasel and deny using AI is using the same "incorporate standard digital tools" bullshit phrase. I think Epic said the exact same phrase when the Fortnite community caught them using AI art in the latest season of the game.
Tory Bruno seems cool, and my impression is that he's been held back by a conservative, risk-averse culture in the ULA board that really only worked until SpaceX and other competitors proved themselves.
So basically this article is 50/50 insightful and helpful feedback from a Framework customer, mixed with gripes by someone who bought the wrong laptop for them. Part of the reason this is getting a sour response is that most laptop companies don't even offer the choice of a larger, more expandable model. Framework does, and you bought it despite not actually wanting that, then dinged it for the compromises inherent in the design you chose. It seems like the 13.5" Framework was the obvious fit for your needs?
To use a silly food analogy, imagine there's a popular salsa company. The customer base has been clamoring for them to release an extra-hot salsa that also has corn in it, though that's a polarizing combination. A purchaser gives it a bad review because, in addition to some very legitimate critiques of the spice flavors, it's too hot and corn doesn't belong in salsa. People who wanted the extra-hot salsa with corn have a point when they say that person should have reviewed the medium salsa without corn.
It's one thing to advocate not over-engineering your minimum viable product, but it's quite another to normalize releasing Potemkin village products and hoping customers pay before they realize the product doesn't work.
From what I've heard from low-level employees, HR was basically entirely automated some years ago and the HR staff existed as a kind of helpdesk to solve exceptions. A simple example I heard is that employees are automatically fired after 3 days of unexcused absences, but occasionally an employee's doctor's note somehow doesn't excuse their absences, so they get an e-mail saying they are fired, call a phone number in the footer of the e-mail to talk to HR and open a ticket, and HR marks their absences as excused and unfires them.
Nothing says “Human” Resources like automated firings.
I would hope if I had an unexcused absence my boss would be calling to make sure I was alive, and not just wait for the robots to fire me so it’s no longer his problem.
Of course I’m looking at this from a white collar position with 20 years in a company. Maybe for high turnover warehouse positions where a lot of people simply stop showing up, it’s a different story. I can’t see anyone caring about doing a good job when the company cares so little about the humans who work there. It’s quite dystopian.
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