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Context is everything.

“When are you guys coming over?”

“We were thinking 20th, but I couldn’t get off work then, so 21st it is.”

If you’re in that conversation, you’d be perfectly clear of what’s up. Imagine having to append “of December” to both dates (or also the year for that matter).

If it’s something more than a year ahead, then sure, I’ll include the month and the year - but that’s still going from most specific to least specific (i.e. day, month, year).

Depends on the language honestly. In my native language (that’s not English) it sounds somewhat clumsy with the zero in front, but it’s still sometimes used. Depending on the context it might be a simple number (zero two) or it might be an ordinal (zero second). From 2010 and on it’s been easier because you just say the equivalent of “tenth”, “eleventh” and so on.

In writing it also depends on the context - if it’s something ambiguous (that could be 1925 or 2025), then sure, write the full year, otherwise two digits are fine.

So they don’t have the resources to check returned goods or what? Or they simply don’t care enough?

I have an assorted collection of CD rips, digital downloads and files acquired through ahem other means. At home I have a NAS which keeps those files (99% of them are 44.1/16 FLACs, the rest are also FLACs in other resolutions/bit depths). On my own computer I listen to those files through foobar2000 and on my work one (since it’s a bit more limited in what I can install) I use Navidrome and its web player. Hadware-wise I have an ADI-2 DAC FS that powers either an HD 600 or a pair of HS8 speakers. I don’t do any mixing/mastering, but I’ve grown to like neutral-leaning sound. On the go I rely on the same Navidrome instance backing Symfonium running on an Android phone hooked up to a Retro Nano and IE-200. For a very long time I was avoiding Bluetooth, but turns out that this combo, at least with my previous phone, sounds significantly better than the same IEMs hooked directly to the headphone out of the phone (and running a wired DAC was a pain because it was constantly dropping out); my current phone doesn’t have a headphone out at all, and generally, even if there’s a quality loss over Bluetooth, it would be negligeable in the city noise I usually have to listen in, plus it’s cumbersome having a cable attached to my phone when I’m trying to do other stuff with it.

I gave up the idea of having everything offline on the go (although it still is at home); it’s not feasible to have to look for a phone with 1 TB of storage, and with the current one I can set up favourites so that at least a section of my library is cached on the phone and not relying on an Internet connection. Other than that it’s nice to not rely on any external services or subscriptions - everything is my own equipment managed by me.

As for the CDs I have, they’re mostly bought at shows, so hopefully a big chunk of the money goes directly to the artists; I also buy T-shirts and other merch. I also like Bandcamp, especially on Bandcamp Fridays since all the money goes to the artists, but something tells me that they’ve been trying to compensate through shipping rates - shipping a t-shirt and a CD shouldn’t cost more than parts for a complete bike (speaking from experience).

Music-wise, I can’t name one single band, but lately I’ve been into New Model Army (saw them live - they were brilliant), Converge (stoked about the upcoming album), All Them Witches, Tragedy, Aesop Rock.

You either 1) have a backup or 2) will have a backup next time.

If that’s true, then the title is misleading and clickbait-y.

Imagine having all your important data in just one place.

It’s amazing how much the US doesn’t want you to go there, even if it’s just to visit.

Despite all the mediocrity, there are some things to see there, but if that’s the authorities’ attitude (and this here is not the first example of it), yeah, I think I’ll skip.

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I’m sure that if a tournament organiser has seen this comic, they’d intentionally misalign neighbouring boards by like 1/20th of a square just to mess with participants who might’ve seen it as well.

Apparently something that lifts files off the user’s drive. /s

Yep. And even if it wasn’t, different brands are under no obligation to do the same thing - I’d argue that this is different from a keyboard for example where you’d want everyone to stick to QWERTY. The only thing I’d realistically expect to stay consistent is the controller across different generations of the same console - and most brands have done that.

In all seriousness I wouldn’t be surprised if this is purely a legal precaution.

Fixed. Brought to you by ortho gang.

“Look, dad, someone 3D printed a save icon!”

That’s your cue to laugh.

For a very long time it’s been possible to set what the button is doing and it’d only cause a hard shut down if you hold it down for like 5 seconds.

I came to ask just about that.

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Derek Nippl-e