NoPedantsThanks

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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   I wonder how Apple thinks they're going to measure the transactions that take place. Simply clicking on the link and visiting the third-party-payment site doesn't prove anything, because the user could bail out before paying.
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   I think they did this. I'm pretty sure you can activate a password-entry requirement for in-app purchases, if it's not enabled by default.
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   To an eyeball or two, at least!
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   Absolutely. Not blaming the Fed at all, because you're exactly right: Nobody else was doing anything except waving their hands and feigning helplessness.
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   HAS dropped, way later. Not to mention that this is correlation, not necessarily causation.
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   I hope it works out for you!
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   Especially at a time when everyone is caterwauling about "inflation" (and rightfully so) but very few are talking about the REAL cause: monopoly/oligopoly and straight-up price-gouging. We have what, four meat processors in t
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   Interesting! This was long before the Internet, so all I had to go on was books I checked out from the library about how to build stuff. They presented the clutch as a basic component. The other topic I repeatedly checked books out on was m
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   by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

   Oh man, that's great! For me it was a go-kart. They were illegal where I lived (Chicago suburbs), but whatever. There were two big hurdles for a kid: acquisition of a side-shaft motor (lawn mower engines' shafts were vertical, so
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    by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

    I think they are, which is why much of the public accepts absolute shit-quality mastering now. I take earplugs almost EVERYWHERE. Restaurants, pubs, obviously clubs, and even movies. I saw Dune on the WB lot and didn't think to bring t
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    by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

    And if you're talking about any popular music mastered (or "remastered") in the last 20 years, you're utterly wasting your time because it has been crushed into a wall of grating noise with dynamic compression.
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    by NoPedantsThanks 3y ago

    Every time I see a story about audiophiles today it makes me mad and depressed, because I like popular music. And I like to expand my collection with good new music. But that pursuit is dead now for anyone who loves music or high-quality so