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by lozf 4y ago
Less predictable than a recording, - of course you can add a better source of entropy too ;) ffmpeg -f rawvideo -video_size 1280x720 -pixel_format yuv420p -framerate 25 \ -i /dev/urandom -ar 48000 -ac 2 -f s16le -i &#x2
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by lozf 4y ago
Best of Both worlds: Normal readline shortcuts, and hold control whilst pressing x and e (C-x,C-e) to open that line in $EDITOR (i.e. vim).
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by lozf 4y ago
"Enarx": Reads like "e-narks", the "e" from email (rather dated as a prefix these days, but we're all used to it), and an intentional misspelling of the plural of "nark", as in one who reports
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by lozf 4y ago
What's the other >5%? Surely not *BSDs?
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by lozf 5y ago
I guess an April Fools joke that leaked early.
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by lozf 5y ago
OTT (ottsonic.bandcamp.com) maybe also: Shpongle, Entheogenic, Bluetech, Younger Brother.
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by lozf 5y ago
aliased to "zzz", and a sudoers entry to not require password - been perfect for years :)
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by lozf 5y ago
Those interested in his story may also like "A Call from Joybubbles"(2017) produced by Jeremy Grange for BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hlnjq [audio, 28 min].
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by lozf 5y ago
> But at least my trips can’t be tracked. Sorry to break it to you but I'm pretty sure that unless you're actively swapping Oyster cards with random strangers, the pattern of metadata of where and when that card enters and exit
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by lozf 5y ago
> I reached out to support 2:15AM in their live chat and got my issues resolved as we spoke. Nice, but time zone matters - depending on where both you and they are based, that could have just been normal 9-5 making it seem better than th
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by lozf 5y ago
Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne did a great talk on Elevator Hacking at Def Con 22. You can catch it at: https://archive.org/details/Defcon22_Talk29/DEF+CON+22+Hacki... or https://www.youtube.com/
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by lozf 5y ago
Spotify may not, but parts of their available catalogue do disappear, depending on licensing deals.
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by lozf 5y ago
And unlike streaming services or paid "digital downloads", there's no chance of an "inaudible watermark" that turns out to be audible in some cases! Thanks, Universal Music Group.
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by lozf 5y ago
There's plenty of double blind ABX test results at https://hydrogenaud.io that contradict this, and with some material at even higher bitrates. Mostly it's experienced listeners making useful contributions to codec dev
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by lozf 5y ago
Apple created ALAC as a closed source project after FLAC had already been released as Open Source. They subsequently changed ALACs license to Open Source -- presumably to take advantage of further development from the community.
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by lozf 5y ago
If you're interested, check out the listening tests section at https://hydrogenaud.io where experienced testers contribute results to devs trying to improve various lossy codecs. It often depends on the source material --
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by lozf 5y ago
It's like "Little Bobby Tables" grew up, and is no longer content with just causing a little inconvenience.
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by lozf 5y ago
Right, a case of use it (potentially only at approved retailers / service providers) or lose it (your stash depletes as you "save" it).
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by lozf 5y ago
Don't forget censorship -- the ability to restrict people to only spending their UBI / "benefits" only at (e.g.) approved food and clothing retailers.
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by lozf 5y ago
"Gait DNA" and / or WiFi / Bluetooth perhaps?
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by lozf 6y ago
Khan Academy promo from 2014 (so those that check comments first can move on already).
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by lozf 6y ago
Generate them all with: sox -n dtmf-1.wav synth 0.1 sine 697 sine 1209 channels 1 sox -n dtmf-2.wav synth 0.1 sine 697 sine 1336 channels 1 sox -n dtmf-3.wav synth 0.1 sine 697 sine 1477 channels 1 sox -n dtmf-4.wa
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by lozf 6y ago
Something like FFmprovisr: https://amiaopensource.github.io/ffmprovisr/ https://github.com/amiaopensource/ffmprovisr (CC Licensed, they accept pull requests.) --- The ffmpeg subreddit also has som
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by lozf 6y ago
And that format code for highest quality is always either `-f 140` for the ~128kbps AAC in .m4a container, or `-f 251` for the ~160kbps Opus audio in .webm by default, but adding the `-x` option will seamlessly remux it in to the more widel
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by lozf 6y ago
Lossy transcodes always cause sound quality to deteriorate due to the way these "perceptual codecs" were designed to discard audio data to save space. Better to choose the more appropriate format for your needs, and not convert it
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by lozf 6y ago
Not sure about the full list of originals but there are more updated lists including known "killer samples" that have been discovered for different audio codecs in the intervening years in various posts at the Listening tests sect
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by lozf 6y ago
Apple seem to have always disliked free and open codecs. Instead of embracing FLAC, they made ALAC 00 same principle but uses MPEG compatible containers. Initially it was a proprietary (closed source) format, but they made it open source af
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by lozf 6y ago
According to the "File" menu, the shortcut for "Quick cd" is `M-c` ( Alt and c). Works well, no tab-completion alas, but quick enough to get to /mnt or /media or where ever.
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by lozf 6y ago
As the saying goes; "You don't buy a Rolex to tell the time, you buy a Rolex to tell others".
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by lozf 6y ago
Perhaps true, but conversely you could also argue that the sheer number of scams and frauds in the Cryptocurrency space that had medium blogs might also put people off!

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