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In Blind Test Of Audio Cables, Audiophiles Can't Tell The Difference Between High Priced Cable And A Banana

A tray of mud performed well, too. Audiophiles managed to identify the fancy cables no more than randomly.



In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana

A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.
Victor Tangermann (Futurism)

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Fun Fact: My smartphone is turned off 95% of the time or so. I only turn it on when I have a specific need for a specific function. The overwhelming vast majority of my activities are on desktop systems, using native code or browsers where the invasive permissions of common mobile apps are generally not present. REMEMBER: The reason so many websites push you to use their mobile apps is that the iOS and Android permission environments provide vastly more opportunities for the collection of your personal data.

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The mod team are saddened by yesterday's incident at Bondi Beach, and our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.
It is timely to remind everyone to use content warnings.
In addition, refrain from sharing news from non reputable sources, or broadcasting ill informed opinions and offensive memes. Be mindful that people are falsely identifying offenders, with one innocent person already experiencing doxxing.
Aus.social does not give a platform for anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism or bigotry. Be kind to each other.

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If you’ve ever dismissed #Halloween as an American invention, you might want to rethink that.

For at least the past couple of millennia, the changing of the seasons has been marked among Celtic peoples with festivals at recognised times of year.

One of these was known by the Irish and Scottish Gaels as Samhain (pronounced “sah-win”), celebrated at the onset of winter.

theconversation.com/samhain-th…

@TheConversationUK #Scotland


Samhain: the true, non-American origins of Halloween

For the last few millennia, the changing of the seasons has been marked by Celtic peoples with festivals. And some of the costumes were genuinely terrifying.
The Conversation
#scotland #halloween @The Conversation UK

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Starting to get the itch to re-do my server, as this is the year Ubuntu 20.04 LTS loses support. Was thinking TrueNAS but wanted a little more freedom with lower ports. Now thinking about using #ZFSBootMenu on Alpine as a host for converting most everything to #docker :

docs.zfsbootmenu.org/en/v3.0.x…

Then make a few zpools for different benefits for my nextcloud docks and the other services I use...

Now not to get tempted with getting a refurb DL580 G9. 😅

UEFI — ZFSBootMenu 3.0.1 documentation

docs.zfsbootmenu.org
#docker #ZFSBootMenu

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Thought I'd write an #introduction for all those #newhere from the Musk exodus:

I'm an analytical chemist. I've hosted my own #Friendica node (instance) at my home since 2018, shortly after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. From there, I got bit by the #selfhosting bug and am now hosting my own #opensource replacements for many FAANG services.

Welcome all to the #fediverse ! If you are thinking about self-hosting and have questions, would be happy to help as able!
#introductions

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