Does Bitrate Really Make a Difference In My Music? Dear Lifehacker, I hear a lot of arguing about "lossless" and "lossy" music these days, but I'm having a hard time getting straight answers.
Does bitrate really matter? Can most people tell the difference between high and low bitrate music files? Thanks, Angry Audiophile Photo by Tess Watson. Hey Angry, We understand your frustration. Blast from the past is a weekly feature at Lifehacker in which we revive old, but still relevant, posts for your reading and hacking pleasure. What Is Bitrate? You've probably heard the term "bitrate" before, and you probably have a general idea of what it means, but just as a refresher, it's probably a good idea to get acquainted with its official definition so you know how all this stuff works.
The higher the bitrate of a track, the more space it will take up on your computer. Lossless and Lossy Formats When we say "lossless", we mean that we haven't really altered the original file. More often than not, however, you probably rip your music as "lossy". Updates: How to Access Web Sites When They're Down. By Adam Dachis Perhaps you noticed that Hurricane Sandy did a number on our data center and temporarily removed Lifehacker from the internet—or so it seems.
When sites go down, there are actually a few ways to access them through the magic of caches and archives. Access Cached Pages Through Google Google caches a large portion of the internet, and it’s easy to access those caches when a site isn’t available. All you have to do is search for a URL prepended with “cache:” like this: cache: That’ll take you to the cached version of Lifehacker.com. Alternatively, the Google Cache Bookmarklet helps you access the cached version of any page you visit with just one click.
Dig Up Pages in the Internet Archives Another place to find old versions of pages is the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Access Overwhelmed Sites with Coral Cache Sometimes a web page goes down due to excessive traffic. Top 10 ways to Ditch Your Clutter and Digitally Organize Your Life. Whitson, Digitizing is all well-and-good... except for the difficulties in finding stuff afterwards.
We digitized everything in our house several years ago, and have to keep doing it to fight the continuing river of non-digital documents (yes, we try to get as much as we can sans-paper, but some stuff just doesn't come that way). Everything ends up on a home server (pictures, music, video, scans of just about everything). And while this is great for holding down on physical clutter, we now have the computer version thereof.
What is missing is some single, home-server-based search system to rule them all — preferably browser-based. Note: client-based search isn't going to cut it. "Why is digital worse than paper in this regard," you ask. Now, with the cost of holding on to that document of diminishing value is becoming similarly low cost: our threshold of hoarding has been crossed (or our threshold of throwing it out hasn't been crossed). Updates: Use the Phonetic Alphabet to Help Get Your Point Across Over the Phone Even with Bad Reception. By Thorin Klosowski Whether you’re effected by Hurrican Sandy or not, bad reception is never something you want to mess around with.
Reddit user psychuil points to the official phonetic alphabet as a great means to convey your address or name when reception is bad. Chances are you’ve heard the phonetic alphabet before. It’s when a phone technician will use terms like, “T as in Thomas, R as in Roger,” etc to make sure they’re hearing you correctly. Why You Need Renters Insurance. Downloads - 50 Best Apps. Thought Clusters – Software Development and Management. 10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein.
Einstein has made great contributions to the scientific world, including the theory of relativity, the founding of relativistic cosmology, the prediction of the deflection of light by gravity, the quantum theory of atomic motion in solids, the zero-point energy concept, and the quantum theory of a monatomic gas which predicted Bose–Einstein condensation, to name a few of his scientific contributions.
Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.” He’s published more than 300 scientific works and over 150 non-scientific works. Einstein is considered the father of modern physics and is probably the most successful scientist there ever was. 10 Amazing Lessons from Albert Einstein: Follow Your Curiosity“I have no special talent. Through perseverance the turtle reached the ark. Focus on the Present. Lifehacker. Top10 - Gadgets for your bag. My opinion is that while most of these things can be useful, they are not the kind of things to carry around at all times, here's what I think.. 10.
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