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Trying to charge it revealed that the charging port was broken. I didn’t want to dig too deeply into the device but I got lucky and was given another S7 with a

Trying to charge it revealed that the charging port was broken. I didn’t want to dig too deeply into the device but I got lucky and was given another S7 with a bad battery Could've taped a dollar store qi puck to the back of it. Thus I transcoded everything to mp3 at a lower bitrate that was still acceptable to my ears. Somebody please tell me under what circumstances listening to low bit rate mp3 is better than dropping fifteen bucks on a 256GB microsd card. That is pants on head crazy.

dsr_ 3y ago
It goes along with trying to repurpose a phone as a server: not much money, use what you've got.
- 8note 3y ago
  Or a desire to never throw things out
  - lucb1e 3y ago
    I can't tell whether you see this as a bad hoarder practice, or as taking good care of available resources instead of newly producing something you didn't reasonably need (within reason, otherwise it's indeed hoarder)
kleer001 3y ago
> That is pants on head ... entertaining I love these quirky working too hard for an iota of questionable gains. It warms my heart and soothes my soul. IMHO this kind of behaviour is going to be our saving grace when the aliens come and see if we're fit to join the galactic community. :P
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anyfoo 3y ago
Re-encoded low bitrate MP3, even...
fsckboy 3y ago
> under what circumstances listening to low bit rate mp3 is better when you are 40 and over and can no longer hear high notes
- NovaDudely 3y ago
  Years back when I was about 30 - I was convinced that I could tell between a 128Kbit OGG file and FLAC file. Re-encoding the FLAC's to OGG and mixing them up blindly... nope couldn't tell at all! Nowadays I don't think I would even notice until it gets laughably bad.
  - justsomehnguy 3y ago
    Modern codecs and presets are great. Things what were encoded 20 years ago... ain't.
- acdha 3y ago
  That’s an exaggeration but even so MP3 distortion isn’t a low-pass filter. There’s one specific problem with it encoding sounds like cymbals but that’s not a function of bitrate. The sad irony here is that using a format which hasn’t been obsolete for a couple decades would have had better audio at a lower bitrate.
userbinator 3y ago
Where are you getting (true) 256GB microSD for $15?
- infinityio 3y ago
  not quite $15, but Amazon US seems to have PNY cards with fairly promising reviews for $16.99 at the moment (although they may be out of stock)
  - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
    > Amazon "We comingle fake and real products and have blatant fraud" Amazon? I would never buy SD cards or flash drives there if I had any other option. There's a reason the comment you're replying to said a "true" card of that size, and most of the reason is Amazon listings for fake cards.
  - abawany 3y ago
    pny is the only brand of sd that has failed for me, turning read-only after a short period of time. they are now on my vendor blacklist.
    - dotancohen 3y ago
      Actually, failing read-only is a feature that I would like. Most cards fail write-only ))
- ayemiller 3y ago
  I've used this place, happy to recommend- https://bulkmemorycards.com/shop/microsd-cards/microsd-class-10/256gb-sandisk-ultra-uac-microsd-memory-card-updated-version/ https://bulkmemorycards.com/shop/microsd-cards/microsd-class...

dsr_ 3y ago

It goes along with trying to repurpose a phone as a server: not much money, use what you've got.

8note 3y ago
Or a desire to never throw things out
- lucb1e 3y ago
  I can't tell whether you see this as a bad hoarder practice, or as taking good care of available resources instead of newly producing something you didn't reasonably need (within reason, otherwise it's indeed hoarder)

kleer001 3y ago

> That is pants on head ... entertaining I love these quirky working too hard for an iota of questionable gains. It warms my heart and soothes my soul. IMHO this kind of behaviour is going to be our saving grace when the aliens come and see if we're fit to join the galactic community. :P

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anyfoo 3y ago

Re-encoded low bitrate MP3, even...

fsckboy 3y ago

> under what circumstances listening to low bit rate mp3 is better when you are 40 and over and can no longer hear high notes

NovaDudely 3y ago
Years back when I was about 30 - I was convinced that I could tell between a 128Kbit OGG file and FLAC file. Re-encoding the FLAC's to OGG and mixing them up blindly... nope couldn't tell at all! Nowadays I don't think I would even notice until it gets laughably bad.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago
  Modern codecs and presets are great. Things what were encoded 20 years ago... ain't.
acdha 3y ago
That’s an exaggeration but even so MP3 distortion isn’t a low-pass filter. There’s one specific problem with it encoding sounds like cymbals but that’s not a function of bitrate. The sad irony here is that using a format which hasn’t been obsolete for a couple decades would have had better audio at a lower bitrate.

userbinator 3y ago

Where are you getting (true) 256GB microSD for $15?

infinityio 3y ago
not quite $15, but Amazon US seems to have PNY cards with fairly promising reviews for $16.99 at the moment (although they may be out of stock)
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  > Amazon "We comingle fake and real products and have blatant fraud" Amazon? I would never buy SD cards or flash drives there if I had any other option. There's a reason the comment you're replying to said a "true" card of that size, and most of the reason is Amazon listings for fake cards.
- abawany 3y ago
  pny is the only brand of sd that has failed for me, turning read-only after a short period of time. they are now on my vendor blacklist.
  - dotancohen 3y ago
    Actually, failing read-only is a feature that I would like. Most cards fail write-only ))
ayemiller 3y ago
I've used this place, happy to recommend- https://bulkmemorycards.com/shop/microsd-cards/microsd-class-10/256gb-sandisk-ultra-uac-microsd-memory-card-updated-version/ https://bulkmemorycards.com/shop/microsd-cards/microsd-class...