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It is amusing to me watching the effects of capitalism take hold over something as simple as literal noise. I used to use a website for this purpose but then th
by bob1029 3y ago
It is amusing to me watching the effects of capitalism take hold over something as simple as literal noise. I used to use a website for this purpose but then they started getting super weird with popups and "please donate" click-thrus.
I decided to write my own noise generator. It's not hard. If you have access to OpenAI (or a semester's worth of DSP education), you could write one in a few hours.
- andsoitis 3y ago> capitalism take hold over something as simple as literal noise Scapegoating "capitalism" doesn't strike me as sufficiently nuanced thinking. For instance, Tidal, has playlists dedicated to things like rain sounds e.g. https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/5ed2512d-b27b-4d0c-845d-3fd517401af2 https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/5ed2512d-b27b-4d0c-845d-3f...
- parineum 3y agoCapitalism has literally nothing to do with it. This is just people reacting to market incentives. Capitalism requires (free) markets but markets aren't Capitalism.
- isoprophlex 3y agoAlso the environmental aspects. Powering and provisioning hardware in CDNs to encode and stream random numbers... pretty dumb.
- bobsmooth 3y agoHosting a website costs money, has nothing to do with capitalism.