Ah, right, that's what the challenge (which I somehow remembered as a game, eh, somewhat close I guess) was!

It's been a while, but time and again it literally is. A search in this thread for Yorkshiremen lead me to this: Only about 55 000 posts ago! At some point it was car stereos and their use to mask bad cars and bad roads, at some point there were stories and discussions about the Cowen...

I'll miss the big round number, as I need to go to sleep. Might tune in for 16384 instead. One of my favorites from xkcd:

Like others, I have to thank Artur9 for calling my attention to the comments there - far more interesting than the article, to me. Something about black and white oversimplification versus the nuance and detail of how things really are. As has been said, 2010 is quite some time ago in these...

I may have found myself a book to write. It would have a chapter on zeroth things. It would have a chapter on the meaning of life. But these would not be the core messages of the book. More like... supporting reasoning. The working title is "Something to believe in: humanity". Thoughts on...

This is probably a grand non-sequitur, as I have not been reading the thread for a couple of weeks and therefore have no idea what you're currently discussing. But it is on-topic in any other reasonable sense of what is on and off topic. Revisiting Zeroth Things Zeroth Why though? I'm taking a...

Not quite right, according to my dictionary. Or Wiktionary. Or my understanding of language. Follow the links, keep all noted meanings in mind and see if you understand me a bit better then. Very well stated and I fully agree, I'm sorry if I've been unclear enough that someone would think I...

Thankyou for that link, that is an awesome collection of top quality puns!

Whether a completed product contains 100% your own technology always depends on where you draw the limit between technology and components. And that is a slippery slope: specific function IC:s, microprocessors, transistors, resistors, base materials? It is technology all the way down! So where...

According to 15 year old memories of something that was 20 years ago, thus doubly untrustworthy... they did not have a list price in Sweden but were calculated from the price in DKK upon order. And that was in the vicinity of 400,000 DKK. If that is correct, then according to HifiShark the used...

I find jargon that I don't know to be nonsense and confusing upon first contact, but not meant to confuse or mislead. Like almost all of language, the purpose is to enable and ease communication, not hamper it - however, it is created within a small group and by default not readily understood by...

I see your point, but I don't fully agree, as I think still doesn't quite capture it correctly. Maybe "able to adequately recreate dynamics in quiet passages". But "adequately recreate" may be wrong if it is possible to have too much of this, exaggerating these same dynamics. Yes: we don't...

Some recent postings caused me to remember my favourite tune by Meja: https://tidal.com/track/490404 Which in turn caused me to think about my favourite album of hers: https://tidal.com/album/242295108 ---- On jargon: eventually, some of it settles into terminology. Which can be crucial to...

The FR-1 is the largest sounding on-wall speaker I have ever heard, it is seriously impressive with good amplification. But I can't quite stand the lack of a ribbon. My brother likes them a lot though, having had them for a couple of years. He does not miss the ribbons. We do hear differently...

Huh? How do you figure? I'd expect it won't happen unless they happen to hire an engineer on the digital side that somehow happens to be both good at writing and willing to take on the challenge.