Yeah that’s my point really, saying they can’t easily watch it is a cop out because it’s easy to find ways to make it possible. Which includes facilities and equipment such as in my example, but there’s plenty in the US and I’d be surprised if they don’t have their own facility they can hire the equipment into.

The thing that got my interest is the terms used themselves. Why say it’s an old format, rather than or as well as what the format actually is?

The media used, which I quoted, is not unusual itself but it is unusual to be used for a video format. Cinema film is usually 35 or 70mm gauge, and stereo audio is usually half or quarter inch. One inch is more commonly used for multi-track audio recording.

Maybe that’s all there is to it, there being no playback device, but its all rather intriguing, and it feels like there’s more they aren’t saying.

I demand details, goddamn it!

Well said! I’ve no idea at all and don’t actually do any of this stuff.

I do, however, advocate for the practice and it’s ethics and I learn things just by being here, whether that’s technical or otherwise.

Thanks to you all.

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AMPEX 1-inch open reel tapes

This is a terrible excuse, as can be found by a simple web search that shows sites like this, which is a fantastic site btw.

Now realise that when you reach 75, on average, you will have been asleep for 25 years.

I have tried to reduce that average but it takes it’s toll.

Try Antenna.

I like it when I use Ableton Live.

I can load any of my projects and everything is running exactly how I left it. Any issues I’ve had have been down to 3rd party plugins.

I’m fortunate in that this is the only thing I use my MBP for, other than accessing music stuff on the internet using Firefox with uBlock, which is synced with my phone.

It’s not logged into Apple ID, and I bought it used. So there’s no money paid to Apple and as little data as I can give them.

It’s my hobby, but if I were to do it professionally I would do everything exactly the same. Except I would buy the machine new.

Well, that sounds promising at least.

If you don’t think those things are very much related, may I suggest reading this post on Lemmy today.

The levels of corruption aimed at climate denial and in furthering fossil fuels is frightening.

Keeping in mind I have zero knowledge of what you’re telling me about, but these examples don’t include anything about carbon monoxide.

If the similarities to the other gases are close enough to mean that it can be safely stored using the same techniques, then I’m inclined to feel a lot less worried about the whole thing.

But I don’t really trust these sectors to act on our behalf, only to make profit line go up. Lying and bribing appears to be part of that, as can be seen all around us these days.

Yes, the article says that but I’m not sure how much I believe it. If there’s a decent body of work that draws consensus I would be less sceptical.

I wouldn’t call carbon monoxide a good side product. If the amount created is negligible then great, but are there realistic figures?

I’m no expert, but this doesn’t sound like a good idea.

Yes, yes, yes!

In fact, I think you could extend this to all art and possibly even to the online identity of all humans.

We are eventually going to be spending(sic) humans to other planets

Ha, no.

Checking in, it’s up for me right now. Seems like an ongoing battle though.

Good luck, fellas!

In practical terms, how realistic is it to just not allow the stuff to be made?

I see much less of it these days, which is great and it’s usually replaced with cardboard that I imagine is much easier to recycle.

Can we do away with completely? It’s such an awful substance, it grinds my gears, as they say.

But the former’s app on mobile is a shit show.

Revanced.

If this is what it looks like, then it’s about fucking time. Hopefully others will follow and it won’t be too late.

SearX

At the time when I was using computers and keyboards at work, and even played Typing of the Dead occasionally, I would probably have struggled to get anywhere near 40wpm.

So not fast at all, but also not slow on mobile. I wonder if there’s a test?

Retrain your fingers! Seriously though, muscle memory is a big factor. Get out the habit of typing the next letter, if the word is there just use it. Iirc, this is how they beat speed typing records.