I like how it's pretty much standard to expect emulators to have a WASM port running in the browser at full performance at this point. Atwood's law is 12 years old but still going strong.
The second one was slightly disappointing in that I didn't really see the yellow dots, but rather a flashing red/green. I'm assuming each color was on the screen just a bit too long to blend into yellow for me.
It took a while for me, it's similar to those 'hidden images in noise' in that you have to somehow 'switch' your eyes to see a certain way. For me anyway, it's possible it just doesn't work for everyone.
This is something that absolutely has to happen in today's ever increasing digital world. Companies are making billions from our data and digital footprints, it's time we got a slice of that and a say in how it's used.
SPARC is an HTS experiment, showing the viability of compact Q>1 using the technology, showing you don't have to be ITER -size to have successful fusion. It doesn't claim to be and won't be much more than that.
An important step, nonetheless.
Domestic cats are also descendants of African Wildcats with some divergences like not quite as long fangs and less human pleasant voices (in addition to attitude differences).
I am not saying they aren't a distinct species but I wonder what separates them from ferals. Time and genetic distance making them their own distinct collection of features not usually found?
Mere interbreedability doesn't work too well as evidenced by the hybrid domestic cat breeds.
Calling “a Garrard, an audiophile turntable” is the most laughable thing I’ve ever read in the Times. Yes, it’s a belt drive table (although there may have been some with idler wheels) but, audiophile, no. A starter table like a Thorens, or a Rega, might count, but a Linn or any of the true audiophile tables might start to qualify. The difference between an analog record on a great system and a. Digital mp3 on anything would make most people who love music cry at what’s missing in the digital version.
Except that all modern vinyl pressings are from the same digital masters as any other available medium or format. AFAIK nobody records, mixes, and masters in an entirely analog domain any more. Even so, vinyl isn’t a very good audio storage mechanism, now if you made that argument for reel-to-reel tape, you may have a point. Possibly. But even then, high quality digital audio is still probably better. Especially given the practical implementation of any analog system.
Edit: and, lol, they’re using tube amps and horizontally-placed horn speakers that aren’t designed to be horizontal on a shelf in a resonant cavity. Yeah, this is not an audiophile setup at all. An LA hipsters idea of an audiophile setup at best. I’ll bet it’s fun though!
This is actually news to me! Thanks for prompting a web search for recent AAA releases. Very cool. I would like to read about the recording setups, equipment, and techniques used. I’d think it must be getting difficult to find all-analog studio gear for the entire chain.
Fair enough, no gatekeeping intended. That’s why I ended with a comment that it’s probably fun to listen to! And that’s fine and great! More power to em. Maybe a more accurate wording would be “it’s not an electro-acoustic sound reproduction system built on sound (pun intended) engineering principles in light of the state of the art in electrical engineering”? But that doesn’t have the same ring to it, lol.
If someone orients their speakers in an aesthetically-pleasing-but-sub-optimal-for-hearing manner, then it's difficult to argue that they have an "ardent interest" in high-fidelity sound replication.
