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themihai
·4 years ago·discuss
>> makes no logical sense when considering the need of drivers

Maybe Tesla's UI team thinks they design the UI for self driving car

/end rant
themihai
·5 years ago·discuss
People should get used to be deplatformed. I see this as a good thing. Maybe the cloud lock-in madness will stop.
themihai
·8 years ago·discuss
>> he's also now freed from a body he was becoming increasingly locked in, with less and less ability to communicate over time.

Well, now he lost any kind of ability to communicate.
themihai
·10 years ago·discuss
Well, the very first day when I switched from Tidal HD to Apple music I could sense the difference. The interesting part is that I didn't really expect any difference because at that time I thought Apple is using a lossless codec too(ALAC) so that made me google it and I've found they are actually using AAC thus the reason why I think there is a noticeable difference.

Now I'm still listening lossy audio because for some reasons I decided to cancel the Tidal subscription. I can't say the difference is really like between SD and HD video so you don't miss much but if you get used with lossless audio chances are that you can sense the difference when you switch to a lossy version.
themihai
·10 years ago·discuss
Why to bother with various tradeoffs if you can get the best?(i.e lossless). You can make the same argument on video technologies(i.e HDR). The truth is that people usually adapt so "painful" audio or video quality stops being painful after a while.
themihai
·10 years ago·discuss
On decent speakers you can definitely hear the difference when you switch from a lossless to a lossy format.

The blind tests may be confusing if you switch between the formats repeatedly in a short period of time but if you listen lossless audio for a long time and then you suddenly switch to a lossy format you can definitely sense the difference.