d0ntpan1c

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[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago

This isn't exactly the type of work tons of astronomers are doing, nor does it cut into their jobs. Astronomers have already been using ML/algorithms/machine vision/similar stuff like this for this kind of work for years.

Besides, whenever a system identifies objects like this, they still need to be confirmed. This kind of thing just means telescope time is more efficient and it leaves more time for the kinds of projects that normally don't get much telescope time.

Also, space is big. 150k possible objects is NOTHING.

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

National debt doesn't work like consumer debt bud. Learn some economics. Nor is the trump admin actually using it to pay down the debt.

Anyway, defunding the NOAA to pay off the national debt is like skipping a coffee, once, to pay down a mortgage on a house.

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago

There are some detailed instructions on the docs site, tho I agree it'd be nice to have in the readme, too.

Sounds like the dev was not expecting this much interest for the project out of nowhere so there will def be gaps.

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Good to know. I only lost about 30 out of 5000 or so going from Spotify to Tidal. Seems like the catalog gaps for both Tidal and Quobuz have become less of an issue over the last few years.

The big annoyances were some playlists with orchestral and jazz albums that I had to find again via slightly different album names, but those are a mess on any platform due to re-releases and compilations being chaotic enough in that space as it is.

I've heard (annecdotaly) that Quobuz is much better for orchestral and instrumental music in general. Spotify wasn't great for it. Tidal is a bit worse, but far superior than Spotify for Jazz at least.

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I'd rather have it in my desktop workspace than nested in a web browser, plus it can integrate better with native media API's for media buttons, notifications, and other items being aware of the audio, which the tidal web app doesn't do out of the box.

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep! It's a good app overall, even has some improvements over what is shipped on macOS.

https://github.com/Nokse22/high-tide is new and promising for a better experience overall. I'd always prefer native over electron.

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Absolutely! It works fairy well. A little clunky since the Linux support is bolted on after, but it's not noticeably worse than the macOS experience. The extra options it offers over what tidal ships to macOS are also nice.

These non-native electron apps are all kinda junky for native music listening anyway. (This is a problem with Spotify's desktop app as well)

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tbh, podcasts through a "storefront" is a poor way to experience them. It's meant to be decentralized via RSS feeds. Tho having some cross-device metadata about what you've listened to is definitely helpful.

I've been using Pocket Casts for a long time for that more refined experience and ease of use between listening devices. Their new owners are ethically complicated nowadays (Automattic), and the cost for their pro features is a bit high unless you are a podcast fiend (I was grandfathered in from their old mid-2010s pricing scheme that was pay once/own forever), but it's a good app (for now).

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (16 children)

This is great to see. I ended up moving to Tidal from Spotify, and even though there are some nice to have features missing from Tidal (an equivilant to spotify's sync between devices/speakers as well as a better Android Auto experience), it's a far superior experience.

Quobuz is also on my radar, but they've traditionally lacked in the music catalog space. I need to give them a try again now that it's been a few years.

That said, Tidal barely has Linux clients and I don't think I've seen much movement for Quobuz on Linux, unless I've just missed it.