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  • In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

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  • 🤓☝️ many older blu-rays also used VC1

  • In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

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  • No more at the whim of specialty audio stores stock and Best Buys.

    I remember in 2017 going into an audio store near where I worked, and the guy was emphasizing how clear the audio sounded on certain (expensive) setups, and how it was streaming in from "Norway" which was better than what you'd find on Spotify or YouTube. It took me a while to piece together what he was on about.

    Dude was talking about Tidal. All he meant was they streamed lossless formats via Tidal. As if anyone could tell the difference between, say, stereo 192kbps AAC and flac.

    Also, remember the supposed amazing quality of MQA? What a shitshow. It's rather remarkable that a pair of Airpods Pro 2, when fit into your ears properly, are essentially perfectly tuned headphones for only $250 or less compared to some of what the competition sells. Not to say I don't love my Sennheiser HD650.

  • The Chinese Factory That Opened in the U.S. and Clobbered Its Rivals

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  • I was reading this article this morning and I don't know why this chamber of commerce guy's opinion isn't just the correct one

    Chris Kershner, president and CEO of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, is among those who support more foreign investment from qualified nations. He is dismissive of Vitro’s complaints about Fuyao.

    “It sounds like a competitor’s just peeved that they’re losing market share,” Kershner said, “and maybe they’re grasping at straws.”

    I guess Vitro is claiming that the problem is Fuyao is exploiting illegal labor practices, but that claim only seems to even be entertained because Fuyao is a Chinese-owned company (as opposed to Vitro which is headquartered in Mexico).

  • Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds

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  • Be glad it was merely that and not something like this https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ai-enters-operating-room-reports-arise-botched-surgeries-misidentified-body-2026-02-09/

    In 2021, a unit of healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson announced “a leap forward”: It had added artificial intelligence to a medical device used to treat chronic sinusitis, an inflammation of the sinuses...

    At least 10 people were injured between late 2021 and November 2025, according to the reports. Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads during operations.

    Cerebrospinal fluid reportedly leaked from one patient’s nose. In another reported case, a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients each allegedly suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured.

    FDA device reports may be incomplete and aren’t intended to determine causes of medical mishaps, so it’s not clear what role AI may have played in these events. The two stroke victims each filed a lawsuit in Texas alleging that the TruDi system’s AI contributed to their injuries. “The product was arguably safer before integrating changes in the software to incorporate artificial intelligence than after the software modifications were implemented,” one of the suits alleges.

  • Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds

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  • If you want to read an article that’s optimistic about AI and healthcare, but where if you start asking too many questions it falls apart, try this one

    https://text.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693219/

    Because it’s clear that people are starting to use it and many times the successful outcome is it just tells you to see a doctor. And doctors are beginning to use it, but they should have the professional expertise to understand and evaluate the output. And we already know that LLMs can spout bullshit.

    For the purposes of using and relying on it, I don’t see how it is very different from gambling. You keep pulling the lever, oh excuse me I mean prompting, until you get the outcome you want.

  • This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts

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  • Yeah it’s clearly one thing to be a public persona and someone mentions your name in an email, and another thing altogether to be an Epstein correspondent. That line is being shamelessly blurred by some media

  • We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2 🥳

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  • Yes it does. But I would guess it's not yet as powerful as LaTeX, either, but I couldn't cite you specific examples.

  • We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2 🥳

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  • For sure. The cost of switching is high since you’re already embedded in its ecosystem with a team. I last wrote serious latex in college and then just maintained my resume in it out of habit.

  • Turkey prepares to block Steam and Epic Games. Hello, piracy!

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  • Don’t be confident in the idea that VPNs will escape regulatory notice. The open web as we know it is rapidly being maimed.

  • We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2 🥳

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  • I used to maintain my resume in latex. I switched to typist. I vastly prefer it. The syntax is much easier to deal with. It really, to me, feels like a worthy successor

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    a chance we shouldn't miss

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  • I like your enthusiasm.

    There is, of course, no reason you can't start such a campaign locally, beginning with your friends and family. It's tough to make people switch, but you can always try.

  • AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

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  • This looks more to me like leaving the lights on in every unoccupied room in the house

  • How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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  • probably goes on a pace like: days 1-3: know your enemy (non-white people). days 4-9: how to hide your face so you cannot be prosecuted for your crimes. days 10-26: lectures on why oct 7 2023 was worse than the holocaust itself. days 27-37: using heavy ordinance at the firing range. days 38-42: how to steal property, particularly women's undergarments. days 43-47: final racism seminar

  • Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law— New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap

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  • Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law— New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap

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  • furiously reading through the handbook

    ...There's no rule that says...

  • Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot

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  • I ask copilot bullshit that I don’t even read sometimes just so it looks like I’m using ai more. Because my employer demands it and will start tracking AI usage for perf evals!

    Great system we have going, here.

  • AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

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  • Great use of RAM and electricity.

    ...Not!

  • How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills

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  • Importantly, using AI assistance didn’t guarantee a lower score. How someone used AI influenced how much information they retained. The participants who showed stronger mastery used AI assistance not just to produce code but to build comprehension while doing so—whether by asking follow-up questions, requesting explanations, or posing conceptual questions while coding independently.

    importantly, in our own funded study, we found that those who used our product the most did the best

  • Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch

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  • Sad reflection of this country that it didn't do worse.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    I found a MacBook Pro with a broken display. Any creative uses?

  • General Programming Discussion @lemmy.ml
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    How do I learn to "like" AI for work?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    How do you time manage and prioritize your work and projects?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Found a printer and Linux saves the day again

  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
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    Is it possible to disable animations in the DE but have them enabled in Firefox?

  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change

    www.nytimes.com /2025/03/10/climate/energy-secretary-climate-change-fossil-fuels.html
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    Is there a high quality offline map/globe/atlas software like how Encarta used to be?

  • Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services. @lemmy.ml
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    Migrated from Nginx to Caddy

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Is there a better way to browse man pages?

  • Emulation @lemmy.ml
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    Yuzu Emulator is gone from Github

  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    A Gaza influencer built a following with feel-good videos. Now he mourns his family

    text.npr.org /1233361532
  • Rust Programming @lemmy.ml
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    FuturesUnordered and the order of futures

    without.boats /blog/futures-unordered/
  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    Zelenskyy fires Ukraine’s top general Zaluzhny

    www.politico.eu /article/zelenskyy-fires-ukraines-top-general-zaluzhny/
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    PipeWire 0.3.77 Released

    gitlab.freedesktop.org /pipewire/pipewire/-/releases/0.3.77
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml
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    OpenMW 0.48.0 Released!

    gitlab.com /OpenMW/openmw/-/releases/openmw-0.48.0