Holy shit that's awful.
but cheap
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jackdoe commented on Cassette tapes are making a comeback? theconversation.com/casse... · Posted by u/devonnull
> but it is really hard to make a good sounding cassette
It is unfortunate that cassettes are the lowest fidelity consumer medium (of modern times). But there is some room to optimize within that space. If you are curious:
The cassettes available today are Type I, Type II ("high bias") and Type IV ("metal"), each being higher fidelity than the last, but not all portable players supported these types of tape.
Dolby B/C noise reduction could improve the dynamic range of tapes a bit, but again not all portable players supported this.
The ultimate was "dbx", which dramatically improved noise reduction and dynamic range ("tape hiss" was essentially inaudible), but now you're in the territory of needing dedicated rack-mount equipment to record and play your tapes.
My dad was a bit of an audio buff, so I got to experience these things as a kid.
Edit: according to gemini AI:
* Type I had a dynamic range of about 50bB (roughly 8 bits)
* High quality tape with Dolby B, C and dbx yielded roughly 65, 75, and 85dB SNR (about 11, 12.5, and 14 bits)
So you could get pretty close to CD quality, but not quite.
> Type IV
also they are 20$ per cassette :)
jackdoe commented on Cassette tapes are making a comeback? theconversation.com/casse... · Posted by u/devonnull
I stopped using my smartphone for about 1 year now and bought a walkman fiio cp13, it is really cool, but it is really hard to make a good sounding cassette, particularly if you dont know what you are doing (like me).
I record stuff from youtube and make mix tapes.
I am experimenting with "not getting what I want the second I want it", e.g. "I want to listen to XYZ", 1 second later I click on spotify and its done. Now I have to wait, first XYZ might not be on the cassette I have with me, or it might be 5 songs later, and I dont want to waste battery rewinding, sometimes I rewind with the pencil if I am really desperate.
But the feeling of excitement when the song you wanted comes up is really nice :)
Some people recommend the `rewind` player instead of cp13, as it also has bluetooth.
We have forgotten how `not to get things NOW`. It took me a while to get used to it. There has to be some minimal amount of effort for a `thing`, when you go below it, it just becomes nothing. Maybe thats just me.
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i bet it was written by ai itself
this is so meta :)
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Loosely related is "Stop Writing Dead Programs" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ab3ArE8W3s
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They have watched Her one too many times.
jackdoe commented on Vibe Code Warning – A personal casestudy github.com/jackdoe/pico2-... · Posted by u/jackdoe
Craft is in the eye of the beholder.
I’ve never even able to make a mobile app before. My skillset was just a bit too far off and my background more in the backend.
Now I have a complete app thanks to AI. And I do feel a sense of accomplishment.
For some people building furniture from IKEA is an accomplishment. But a woodworker building an IKEA piece isn’t going to feel great about it.
It sounds like the person who made this repo didn’t need help but used the help anyway and had a bad time.
> It sounds like the person who made this repo didn’t need help but used the help anyway and had a bad time.
tbh, it would've taken me 10x the time, the docs are not very obvious rp2350 is fairly new, and its riscv is not used as much and is afterthought, if I was writing it for arm it would've been much easier as the arm swd docs are very clear.
I am also new to the pico world.
It is not easy to make myself do something when I know its going to take 10 times longer and its going to be 10 times harder, even if I know I will feel 10 times better.
You know when they say "find what for you is play and for others is work"? well..