jwlit

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by jwlit 19d ago
You can actually extract the Dolby Atmos settings and run them under either EasyEffects or natively under Pipewire without EasyEffects, using the Python script at https://github.com/antoinecellerier/speaker-tuning-to-ea
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by jwlit 3mo ago
Actually, it can (at least for my combination of country and vehicle).
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by jwlit 3mo ago
Pretty interesting (if not particularly surprising) the promotion of inter-community hatred as well. "two Bristol graffiti artists... were asked to spray-paint the Islamic shahada - the declaration of faith - in Arabic on a defunct Deb
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by jwlit 1y ago
Also - obviously annual not weekly - don't forget the Reith Lectures ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9 ): long-form lecture series by (often) the most brilliant people of their time. Back catalogue availab
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by jwlit 1y ago
Apologies for people who've already seen this (it's pretty old and comes round fairly frequently on HN), but for those previously unaware, http://trafficwaves.org/ is one of the best sites digging into the phenome
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by jwlit 2y ago
There’s a good site all about that: http://trafficwaves.org/
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by jwlit 2y ago
You can see some information on how the technology works in this demo / paper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41455176
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Using Physics to Solve the Cocktail Party Problem (2021)(acoustics.org)
4 points by jwlit 2y ago|1 comments
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by jwlit 2y ago
Popular version of paper ‘Robust speech separation in underdetermined conditions by estimating Green’s functions’ Presented Thursday morning, June 10th, 2021 180th ASA Meeting, Acoustics in Focus This technology was used recently in court -
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NASA's clever technique to make combustion chambers(youtube.com)
3 points by jwlit 3y ago|1 comments
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by jwlit 3y ago
Before metallic 3d printing, NASA used a clever combination of conductive wax and electroplating to achieve the same thing. In this video, the presenter demonstrates the same thing in his workshop.
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Venmo users on discovering others' secrets on the app(theguardian.com)
1 points by jwlit 4y ago|0 comments
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by jwlit 4y ago
I did an MSc (at Manchester Uni) after a bachelors in Modern Languages and some time as a (tech) lawyer. (Since the MSc I’ve worked in production support, mostly algorithmic trading, with some light development and integration work as part
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by jwlit 4y ago
Indeed, though see the article linked at the bottom of that one, which goes into more of the nuance and has distribution curves etc: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy-how-is-it-calcula...
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Mast Upgrade: UK experiment could sweep aside fusion hurdle(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by jwlit 5y ago|0 comments
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by jwlit 6y ago
For Android, there's Clue : https://helloclue.com/