You get to notice things you didn’t notice before. It’s a lot easier for our brains to ‘zoom in’ and process minute details that we don’t perceive normally. Since lossless and lossy music is not the exact same audio vibrating the air, our brains are not going to interpret them exactly the same. This difference doesn’t matter to most and isn’t always perceivable, but it’s there.

One thing that stood out to me during an acid trip was how moving my phone affected the playback speed of my bluetooth speakers. Moving it further away caused the song to slow down slightly for a moment, moving it closer caused the song to speed up slightly. You can imagine that this is because of some kind of ‘space invaders’ effect, where my phone is sending out signals at a constant rate and adjusting the distance to the receiver causes those signals to be received faster or slower, temporarily.

I’d say it’s definitely worth it.

Our brains shouldn’t have to work harder to listen to lossy music, which is what happens even if you can’t reliably perceive it.

Listening to music on acid (a lot) has really shaped my views of it and how even the most minor things can have a major impact on the final experience.

I’m not an audiophile though and can enjoy music in a wide range of formats and quality; I just prefer FLAC almost anywhere.*

*some songs sound ‘better,’ or at least more iconic in a lower quality

This is another step closer to requiring an ID to use the internet at all, which is exactly what the ruling class wants.

Fight back wherever you can.

Here’s a reliable, free VPN: https://riseup.net/en/vpn

Wow, $700m!? So this is why spotify is priced the way that it is!

Useful idiots kept telling me it’s so they can keep the lights on and put their kids through college, lmao.

You can download FLACs using Nicotine+.

I just use Pandora for radio and youtube for specific songs.

Use Nicotine+ to download music for free.

This age-verification bullshit is a fine example of how governments represent their rulers, not their citizens.

Something tells me all of the stuff you’re creating with the assistance of AI is garbage.

Not even because you’re using AI to do it, but because what most people create isn’t impressive and I doubt your skilled enough to be an exception.

You might think AI is helping you and making you better, but that’s probably because you’re not put in actual positions where your performance is measured and matters.

For me, AI is only useful for consolidating search results into a response. It’s wrong more often than its not, and to make use of what it says in any meaningful capacity requires knowledge that AI can’t give you.

Texas is a shithole and texans are morons.

Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.

Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.

Texans are some of the dumbest Americans, so they are proud to allow businesses to exploit them.

This is already happening in Iceland. Iceland is so cold, AI datacenters can just use the passive cooling from the environment. Iceland also has some of the cheapest electricity on the planet, thanks to public investment in energy infrastructure.

Hopefully we’ll see more development in Greenland for similar reasons.

Start moving where it’s cold, people. That’s where the new ‘coasts’ will be.

Seems like the real problem is that companies aren’t being charged enough for their excessive water usage.

It’s no surprise this is happening in the Land of Useful Idiots and Dipshits, texas.

Not really. You don’t like what I have to say, so you’re trying to get me censored by crying ‘ragebait.’

You’re another example of why censorship on the left drives people further to the right.

I’m going to block you now since I can tell you need the last reply.

These are Australian conservatives, they don’t value freedom of speech as much as American conservatives.

They are willing to abuse censorship to push their agendas, just like American liberals.

Well, if that ‘preparation ritual’ is worth paying 1000% more, then people should understand that’s why they’re doing it.

We gotta get this “it’s for the caffeine” idea out of people’s heads if it’s not really for the caffeine.

So that means the left isn’t censoring me as much as the right?

Assassin’s Creed died after the 2nd game.

They fired the creator and decided to milk it to oblivion.

I’m just letting you know so you don’t look like a poser in front of more experienced gamers.