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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
The PDF is full resolution. https://www.analog.com/media/en/analog-dialogue/volume-31/nu...
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
He set up two computers and manually played low-res DRM-protected MP3 files out of one and into the other for weeks, documenting the process on BoingBoing. He touted this not only as freedom but "preservation."
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
His book "Why None Of My Books Are Available On Audible: And why Amazon owes me $3,218.55" captures the soul, heart, nuance (and grammar) that he repeatedly brings to these issues. He once sat in his basement for an entire month &
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-flap_display https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-disc_display
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
Physics didn’t pick sinusoids because it “only knows about sinuses.” Physics picked them because the math forces them on you. Actual engineers: - use sinusoids because LTI systems respond, uh... linearly to them - use square waves for
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_dithering
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
It's not 2003, the browser isn't the battle. I would expect YouTube managers to pressure the Chrome managers, because YouTube brings in billions of dollars every month. Likewise I would expect the trend to move in favor of YouTube
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
VHS-Decode did get a mention in these comments previously but probably beyond the reach (or patience) of even most hackers. But good information on decks and theory: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode/wiki&#x2F
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by badlibrarian 11mo ago
Good lord the misinformation here. VHS is a composite signal on the tape itself. Composite for sake of this thread means black and white detail plus color information. S-VHS has higher bandwidth in the luma (detail) but the same limited col
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Agner Fog's libraries make it pretty trivial for C++ programmers at least. https://www.agner.org/optimize/
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
A C++ codebase with bonus non-C++ code that generates C++ code plus a build-process-that-generates-build processes all with maniacal inter-dependencies and a guy who insists on renaming everything and moving all the files around in git-dest
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Amusing to see "dos2unix" pop up in the middle of the article. Python and Pandas can handle newlines directly, one pattern is: with open("gametimes.csv", "r", newline="") as f: df = pd.read_
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
They weren't just rocks. They were brilliant pebbles. https://web.archive.org/web/20150220012844/http://www.machin...
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
> 1. We provide the highest level of service to all library users through appropriate and usefully organized resources; equitable service policies; equitable access; and accurate, unbiased, and courteous responses to all requests. Whethe
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
The Internet Archive is not the largest library in the world -- the Library of Congress is, with 170 million+ actual items on shelves. And the SF public library has 28 buildings, 6x the employee count, and 6x the budget. Not sure what your
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Again, the Music Modernization Act (2018), which the Archive itself celebrated, was meant to put a dent in this problem. You prepare a list of works, then send a spreadsheet to the copyright office. Copyright holders then have 90 days to st
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
By putting banner ads at the top asking for donations. This very lawsuit was provoked by tweeting out links to Frank Sinatra records as part of a fund raising campaign. Also, the existence of pirated material fuels the growth of the site. F
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
No joke: the Internet Archive's physical archives are stored within the blast radius of an oil refinery. Also in a part of town where the charter warns not to expect prompt emergency services in the event of a natural disaster.
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
The fact that a site chartered to provide "universal access to all knowledge" is banned at most public library terminals is a start. Partly because people use web.archive.org to bypass other, more sinister firewall blocks. (And I&
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
The Reddit support groups are pretty enlightening. Many people think they're just adding things in to a public library and somehow this is all perfectly legal. It's charming and reminiscent of the best old-school Wikipedia energy.
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Accepting donations to preserve internet pages then nearly getting sued out of business twice in two years over side projects that have nothing to do with your core mission would result in management change at any normal non-profit. Likewis
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
> The Archive purchased 78s likely destined to be destroyed. It's worse than that. Many large collections were donated to the archive, under the agreement they would be made available to the public. Part of what influenced Brewster
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
The original uploaded file is always available for download, without any processing. Agree that the processing they apply for derivative files is often dated and awful (and they don't let an uploader opt out). And the broken torrent fi
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Review the Music Modernization Act (2018) which allows anyone to send a list of pre-1972 recordings to the Copyright Office. If no entity responds saying they are making commercial use of those recordings, the recordings become Free for non
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Music Modernization Act (2018). A long overdue tiny step into common sense copyright reform. https://www.copyright.gov/music-modernization/pre1972-soundr... "The legislation also establishes a process for lawfully
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Internet Archive continues to leak the verified email address of the uploader of each item, so conspiracy guy can run a spot check should he so desire.
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
The settlement was beating them down and getting them to remove millions of items and police things going forward. Things are still disappearing left and right. Huge damage was done to the culture by Brewster's ill-advised, hardcore st
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
Indeed they could've structured the whole project to give them DMCA protection but they chose not to. They truly thought copyright didn't apply. Then doubled down when pressed, just like the book lawsuit. They had a number of ways
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
> I think the majority of infringing was uploaded by the labels themselves In this case Brewster and his friend personally uploaded 400,000 records to the archive and then made them available for unlimited download. Not just rare stuff,
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by badlibrarian 1y ago
A search for "Internet Archive rumors" returns a copy of Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" on my first page of results. Playable in browser and downloadable in high-quality lossless format. The book lawsuit was over current titles

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