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by lozf 8y ago
Which government?
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by lozf 8y ago
Depends what's being watched, but quite often with content like How-To's, conference talks, and lectures etc I take advantage of having speed control on a keypress ('[' or ']' = +/- 10%), left arrow to ski
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by lozf 8y ago
Better to just grab the widely supported AAC (m4a) audio, than perform a lossy to lossy transcode to mp3 if quality matters. For speech (lectures etc) low bitrate Opus sounds great and saves space when/where it matters, but isn't
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by lozf 8y ago
For Youtube (and most others) I usually just paste the URL to `mpv` (using youtube-dl under the hood) to take advantage of it's keyboard shortcuts for easy control over speed and position etc. I might be playing through a video really
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by lozf 8y ago
Maybe it could be used to filter out fakes too?
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by lozf 8y ago
Just be aware there are some caveats when using awk to operate on large numbers. GNU awk has the -M option to handle precision arithmetic, but where you can't use `gawk`, `bc` may be safer afterall.
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by lozf 8y ago
I'm not GP, but there are often good suggestions on /r/EatCheapAndHealthy [0] ... also, I'd bookmarked this response from the SA forum [1] Of course, lots of these suggestions assume that a reasonably equipped kitchen an
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by lozf 8y ago
There's also this HTML5 XY 'scope that crops up here from time to time: https://github.com/Sean-Bradley/Oscilloscope Edite: corrected link
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by lozf 8y ago
Hmmm, maybe... or perhaps you get a call that their monitor doesn't work... On reconnecting the power cable we find all files deleted anyway.
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by lozf 8y ago
I'm right-handed, but for decades have used the phone in my left hand -- I found this to be useful at an early job that often required taking notes whilst on the phone, so I optimised behaviour for that and the habit stuck. When early
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by lozf 8y ago
350,000 Australian Dollars is only worth around 266,000 US Dollars but the article isn't clear about the specifics of either the cryptocurrency or the fiat.
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by lozf 8y ago
I feel this could be optimised further: how about emailing the CEO's secretary a PDF, and asking them to print it (on heavy but plain paper), put it in an envelope and deliver it with the rest of CEO's mail.
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by lozf 8y ago
An "irate customers" time isn't free either. Plenty of reasons why one might take the time to write a complaint but decline the opportunity to provide free consultation in person. The company should be grateful for whatever &
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by lozf 8y ago
Yes! Added advantages that it skips ads, and has keyboard control for all sorts of things that are sometimes useful depending on what you're watching or listening to: playback speed, A-B loop repeat, adjust brightness / hue, paus
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by lozf 8y ago
It's a keming issue.
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by lozf 8y ago
A friend of mine was trekking through a small village in the Amazon rainforest and got chatting to one of the locals. When he said he was from London he was asked "How many days up-stream is that?"
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by lozf 8y ago
> It is designed to be read once every morning before work. Is that particularly important? Those of us that aren't West of the Atlantic will probably read it at lunchtime or later.
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by lozf 8y ago
Another much appreciated advantage of 24 bit is that it allows so much extra headroom:- when recording, levels can be set so the peaks hit maybe -18 -- -12dB(FS) which helps eliminate any chance of clipping in unexpected circumstances.
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by lozf 8y ago
Does Bluetooth Audio sync with Video playback properly now? I recall it being disconcertingly laggy a few years ago.
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by lozf 9y ago
Comparing the X1 carbon or other ultra-portables in the X series with an XPS15 isn't really fair - and the 16GB is a limitation of Intels mobile ('U' series) processors, hence the same issue with Apple. A fairer comparison to
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by lozf 9y ago
The tracking part will be one step away - i.e, it'll "read the transcript" including all the missed subtle inflections and other subtleties; contextual clues from pitch or tone e.g. sarcasm, which will lead to some hilarious
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by lozf 9y ago
This kind of Ultrasonic tracking i.e listening for a set of specific frequencies that are too high for most humans to perceive is much less complex then actual speech recognition, and consequently much more pragmatic.
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by lozf 9y ago
I've been a youtube-dl fan for a long time -- it was essential whilst traveling a few years ago with suboptimal 3G bandwidth... these days I usually just paste the URL in to a terminal after typing `mpv` for a minimal experience but st
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by lozf 9y ago
Ah fantastic - I hadn't seen that one ... - it's also not available at present in the UK from that BBC link, but it gave enough info for me to find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X09TgwcfQyA -- hopefully th
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by lozf 9y ago
I agree with the advice of listening to Films and TV, but would also suggest British radio. BBC radio streams are available internationally - the stations Radio 4 and 4 Extra are speech heavy and you can probably just put it on in the backg
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by lozf 9y ago
Please share your list of "must-reads".
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by lozf 9y ago
Let's hope Apple release an MBP that you like better then. If the $2k isn't that significant, and minimal downtime is so important; may as well keep a slightly older refurb model on-site as a hot-spare ready to go just in case the
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by lozf 9y ago
Lenovo has 3 years next business day on site service included with many models - you can choose to add the accidental damage option and it still costs less than AppleCare, not to mention options to upgrade to 4 or 5 years cover.
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by lozf 9y ago
Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwn1w7MJvk
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by lozf 9y ago
Like Lego; you build something and play a while... then all the pieces go back in the box 'til next time.

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