July 20, 2022
gyro beat
They can't tolerate other frogs on their owner's hands.
A very cute frog at the moment of sleeping. Also, This is what happens when you adore other frogs in front of a frog that loves its owner. [more inside]
all analogue, all real, all the time
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL or MoFi) is a record label specializing in the production of audiophile issues. Vinyl LPs known as "Original Master Recordings" and an ultra-premium deluxe vinyl series called Ultradisc One-Step costing over $100.
For compact discs MoFi use a 'Direct Stream Digital recording system' and for vinyl the GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ system.
MoFi vinyl releases are extensively advertised as being AAA analogue.
However in July 2022 after a question raised by The 'In' Groove owner Mike Esposito, the MoFi cutting crew have admitted in an interview with Mike that they master using a DIGITAL copy.
The vinyl community is predictably outraged.
The brakes are wearing thin
One in five US adults condone political violence (The Guardian). A study, Views of American democracy and society and support for political violence, has been posted to the MedRxiv preprint server, revealing that Americans are now willing to express their personal willingness to take up arms in political violence against their fellow citizens at frighteningly high rates. [more inside]
Mortification: The Urgent Desire To have The Earth Swallow You Whole
Over at Ask A Manager, proprietor Alison Green is running Mortification Week - in which she has published a number of stories recounted to her about the times in the workplace where the commenter made embarrassing blunders of epic proportions. [more inside]
Is it emu week on Metafilter?
Maybe it is! First there was Emmanuel being an absolute ham. But don't forget about Karen, the "killer" emu over at Useless Farms and her various attempts to deal with her caregiver, who plays the antics for laughs. [more inside]
A Middle-Aged Person Takes Up a Hobby
A Middle-Aged Person Takes Up a Hobby
A pop-up will ask for an email address - but the site don't verify the address. You can put in anything that looks like a valid email address to read the article, which is a pleasant essay on the joys of picking up a new hobby at the age where you don't have any illusions about ever getting good at it, or monetizing it, or whatever.
Emmanuel Don't Do It
He estimates that he used nearly two dozen peanuts throughout the week
We can end the housing crisis, but not by maintaining the status quo
Where are we going to put all these people who want to live? Maybe build a (highly controversial) house in your back yard? Maybe build a few (highly controversial) houses on a vacant lot? Two videos explaining a few ways to disrupt the status quo and help more people achieve housing.
Scientists on nose picking
Come on, you know you do it. Whether you’re in the trusted company of your spouse, or sneaking a quick one when you think nobody’s looking, we all pick our noses. Other primates do it too. The social stigma around nose picking is widespread. But should we really be doing it – and what should we do with our boogers? Three scientists offer their take via The Conversation. [more inside]
« Previous day | Next day »