Readit Newsda_murvel commented on The rise of 8D Audio on YouTube melmagazine.com/en-us/sto... · Posted by u/imartin2k
Well, the source may be static, but it may be distributed. Think of a big symphonic orchestra.
Of course, but that doesn't equal the sound "moving around", the violin section will always remain in the same place for example, which is the feeling I get when listening to one of those 8D Audio videos on youtube. The sound moving around that is.
da_murvel commented on The rise of 8D Audio on YouTube melmagazine.com/en-us/sto... · Posted by u/imartin2k
I read the article and I listened to the samples and I fail to see where the "8D" comes in.
Early virtual surround sound examples always seemed impressive, if gimmicky: a plane would fly over your head and you'd hear it move from back to front.
But the examples in the article sounded like someone had discovered the stereo pan knob on a mixing desk and was slowly going from left to right.
And I think your example of the plane is where this technique is applicable. In a cinema for example, imagine yourself watching a horror movie and you can hear the evil demon sneak up behind your back. shivers. In a concert setting however, the source of the sound is (usually) static, while I might move my head slightly from time to time and pick up the sound from different angles. If that could be simulated using headphones, that would be pretty cool! But again, I fail to see what purpose it would serve in a normal stereo setting where the sound is produced the same way, from stationary speakers. Then of course there are other factors like the venue layout, design and material. As well as speaker placement, mixing of the sound and even the crowd itself. Which all contributes to the sound and the "feeling" of listening to the music.
da_murvel commented on Lion Air crash: Investigators say plane was 'not airworthy' bbc.com/news/world-asia-4... · Posted by u/m_eiman
> We need to increase automation and, little by little, continue to remove the pilot from the equation until we have pilotless/single-pilot commercial aircraft.
there seems to be a growing consensus in the self-driving car debate that incremental automation is actually pretty dangerous, or at least much less safe than either fully manual or fully autonomous control, to the point where some consider it irresponsible to sell L3 autonomous vehicles at all. is there a particular reason why planes should be different?
I have never understood what problem self-driving cars is trying to solve. I can, on the other hand, see that it could be more desirable to have self flying planes. But to even think that self flying = issue free and non crashable planes is beyond naive. Personally I believe that the best is to let humans do what they do best, and let computers do what they are good at. Without trying to force one into the other's shoes. (Computers has shoes, don't they?)
da_murvel commented on Chat app fined for plaintext passwords under GDPR theregister.co.uk/2018/11... · Posted by u/marcus_holmes
Laziness implies you know the right thing to do but don't do it due to the extra effort. I'd put this more likely down to incompetence.
So you think that someone who's capable of building a system like this, has somehow missed the fact that you should store passwords safely? Nah, I don't buy that.
da_murvel commented on Chat app fined for plaintext passwords under GDPR theregister.co.uk/2018/11... · Posted by u/marcus_holmes
They should have been fined more than a measly €20k in my opnion. As a developer I'm deeply ashamed that people are still storing user passwords in plain text. There is no reason behind this behaviour what so ever, other than pure laziness ...
da_murvel commented on The State of Agile Software in 2018 martinfowler.com/articles... · Posted by u/fagnerbrack
"... much of what is done is faux-agile, disregarding agile's values and principles." This. It feels so easy to get caught up in methods and tools, to not make a proper commitment (because it is tough to change the way you work) and to land in a sort of semi-agile state that no one likes.
da_murvel commented on Memo to Microsoft: Windows 10 is broken, and the fixes can't wait theregister.co.uk/2018/10... · Posted by u/ToFab123
I love the idea of having your actual users testing the software, rather a dedicated tester. A dedicated, employed, tester can never use the product like a normal user would. They have too much knowledge of how the system works and what it can and can't handle. In order to truly observe something, we must completely, or as much as is possible, remove ourself from that situation. A normal user however doesn't know that it's not possible to achieve task X within the system, and will try, and if enough users try to perform that task, it might be an indication that it is a task that should be implemented or looked over to see why they are trying to perform this. This is just an example, but I find the role of a tester pretty confusing and awkward. As a developer I build and test the code I'm writing. If something doesn't work within that code I want to know as quick as possible if something isn't right. So why should I hand over my code to someone else? And also, if a user doesn't find the bug, is it really a bug?
It's really baffling to me how despite being one of the largest companies in the world and being centered around e-commerce Amazon doesn't do anything about these issues weakening their core product. I say "do nothing" not "fail to stop" because I haven't seen any evidence that Amazon does anything at all to prevent or discourage these behaviors.
I wonder if it's because they push the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra too far. After all, their current approach is successful so why risk changing anything? That would also explain why the website overall looks so dated in many areas.
I don't think it's baffling at all. Facebook is the largest social media company, and what do they do to try to stop all of the propaganda, troll factories and hateful things going on there? Naught. They know that they are the largest company and therefore doesn't have to do anything as long as their position stays the same. Which it seems to be doing. Yes, there are people leaving the platform but where do they go? There is no real contender, therefore Facebook will remain number 1.