They didn't encode/reencode anything with popularity>0.

What they are providing is the same as the available source.

They did reencode songs with popularity=0.

They are archiving what they could get from Spotify and in this case what they could get was encoded in a lossy format to begin with.

It doesn't get any "more" lossy over time just being stored as an .ogg

It's not the most welcoming read in terms of sci-fi but I love that book. That and its sequel (Echopraxia) do what sci-fi is supposed to do (make you think).

Regarding the labor costs, consider that you can go work in an Amazon warehouse and make ~$22 an hour for essentially unskilled labor.

Maybe working on an American Foxconn plant would be more desirable (I have my doubts) but I still couldn't see the labor cost being less than $25/hr at a bare minimum

You're both confusing Willamette with Yakima

I think a generator for that purpose would likely make a lot more sense. I can't see buying an electric truck just so you can use its battery to weld. Maybe that's a nice to have at best.

Betras said Trump’s success was a symptom of the Democrats’ failure to address the catastrophic impact of international trade agreements on manufacturing jobs in the US – a failure he pins on Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – and its further failure, under Obama, to take any meaningful action against Wall Street or the big banks after the housing collapse of 2007-08.

Whatever else you think about the article or about Ohio voters, these are valid and accurate criticisms in my view.

Lol I'm sure you think that was a very witty and biting retort

Dang, removed by mod. I got here too late to see it :(

Didn't you literally say you were offended by some people you don't know choosing to go to Laos...?

Get a scraper/brush and keep it in your car.

Use it before you start driving. Don't just clear a "porthole" to see out of. Clear the snow off the roof too. If you don't it'll fly off and hit the guy behind you or it'll slide down over your windshield.

If you don't have your scraper, a credit card will work in a pinch for the windshield.

Don't pour hot water over your windshield to melt ice. At best it just doesn't work, at worst you'll crack the windshield

If you're new to driving on icy/snowy roads, get a sense for how/when your car will break traction. Find an empty parking lot, accelerate a bit and then brake increasingly harder until you start to slide. This will give you a feel for the conditions under which you'll lose traction to brake. This is also a good way to learn how to recover from a slide.

smh Apple playing 5th dimensional chess again making stupid design decisions to get the all important lemmy advertising for free.

Tim apple is truly a genius