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British guy living in Sweden, I am SVP and founder of iconik.io building intelligent media asset management systems.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/timchild; my proof: https://keybase.io/timchild/sigs/1G_1ylOlBiwERzFp9FLyK33erxfO4TXl1iFr4HCozOQ ]

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timc3··on Introducing the next generation of Mac
I do graphics, video and development and my hobby is audio. I have used the Touch Bar about once for all those things. The novelty wears off.
timc3··on Vdx – An intuitive CLI for processing video, powered by FFmpeg
Even if what the abstraction is doing is not really the best way of doing things?

For example not the best - re-encoding video or audio tracks when it could just copy them, picking the defaults when their is a better quality option?

Video and audio processing is one of things that if you want good results with wide flexibility you have to learn it and also try things out.

timc3··on Vdx – An intuitive CLI for processing video, powered by FFmpeg
I am wondering whether you can put this as an issue into github so others can see? I would hate to see other projects start using this.

That being said I need to dig into this library some more to review.

timc3··on The majority of Facebook's traffic now uses QUIC and HTTP/3
It hangs all the time for me, video scrubbing halts the entire tab, and it uses a lot of CPU sometimes.
timc3··on My Eight-Year Quest to Digitize 45 Videotapes
Use signed urls on the objects, and in your software for displaying the video create the correct download link on demand.
timc3··on Porn, Zen, and .vimrc
What language(s) do you develop in though. I found this was fine for certain languages, but others such as C#, swift or perhaps Java really suit having a fat IDE. Or perhaps its me?
timc3··on PS5 Teardown [video]
All my TVs are on the wall, which in some cases has taken a lot of effort ( pipes in the brick wall, replastering, painting etc.. ). And I can just about fit a chromecast, but for newer slim TVs like my OLED LG I would not be able to fit an AppleTV.

Besides I want everything plugged into a receiver, not the TV. So I dont see wall mounting devices makes sense for higher-end setups.

timc3··on NestedText, a nice alternative to JSON, YAML, TOML
YAML just introduced other problems.
timc3··on Two members of videogame piracy group “Team Xecuter” in custody
Well I still have mine.
timc3··on Irish Court Says Subway Bread Is Too Sugary to Be Called 'Bread'
Yes, really horrible. To the point I will not go into a subway. To me it smells like warmed up under-cooked bread dough and it tastes awful.

I love good bread, and a good sandwich.

timc3··on OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker
Yes, he has done some amazing tracks
timc3··on French fathers will now get 28 days of paternity leave
I am a Swede - there is no way that I want 12 kids. From both a personal point of view, and for the environmental reasons (though I get it if you are adopting).
timc3··on BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)
Well there is more in the BBC library that are commercially available, something like 30,000. A lot of which are not just short samples.
timc3··on Home Studio Setup Costs Compared – 1980s And Now
Most good monitors are not flattering compared to normal speakers, and are often designed to be placed within a certain distance of the listener. Many of them are however excellent. Never understood why people buy them for home listening.

NS10M actually have bad flaws in their design.

timc3··on Elixir Is Erlang, not Ruby
I spent the last 8 months learning Elixir, Ecto & Phoenix etc... I am about to leave it and spend more time in C# as I really miss static typing, I also miss the way the documentation is written, the amount of material to read on .net and C#. The library, community and packages are richer for a start. Will be interesting to see if I miss Elixir at all.
timc3··on Why are there 5280 feet in a mile? (2009)
Then you just use meters, and learn to stride a meter. My Dad used to be a farmer in the UK, born in the 50s so knows the imperial system very well. He could fairly accurately measure a field in meters by walking up it. Could also do it by sight.

Walking one foot in front of the other as so much slower than taking a stride.

timc3··on Netflix is now doing per-shot encoding for UHD content
I use an Apple TV 4k into a Denon AVR-X4500 which then outputs in to my 2018 LG 65” TV. Match frame rate is on. All supports 4K Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (I have ceiling height speakers as well as normal surround). Looks and sounds great.

I also have a second setup which is similar to the above in a dedicated cinema room with projector as well, but with even more speakers.

If you have a receiver, it should be where your video playback devices attach. Only the receiver attaches to the TV.

timc3··on Lego IKEA Bygglek – First Look
You get what you pay for, but not all their plastics are like that. For example, the few plastic parts used in the kitchens are quality plastics where needed. The metal used is the same, with some Blum parts and the material the cabinets are made out of is quite substantial.
timc3··on AKAI MPC 3000 sampler/sequencer drum machine
I would argue that they are not created by tech hackers. The ones known about in popular culture are created by businesses, and quite often great minds in those businesses. The people using them are often the ones taking them further then their creators imagined.
timc3··on Adding a fiber link to my home network
You wall chase, then run conduit inside the wall, then repair.
timc3··on Adding a fiber link to my home network
I have been doing this in my house. Takes much longer than a day. For example I installed 2 Dolby atmos systems, with pipes for HDMI, network, power as well as 9 speakers - took many days in total.
timc3··on Adding a fiber link to my home network
I just got fs.com to make up one for to the right length. Worked nicely
timc3··on Anders Tegnell defends Sweden's virus approach
I’ve been wondering if you take population density into account where that would put the figures as UK has much higher population density than Sweden
timc3··on Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits mistakes
I see no evidence to support that claim.

They could have imposed much stricter measures to limit public gatherings and do it faster, even more public messaging, clearer guidelines, working to make sure that everyone was inline with the guidelines.

Yes it would have helped with massive amount of testing, which they said wasn't possible, and tracing and more effective quarantine.

timc3··on Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits mistakes
Someone at some point has to take responsibility. That should be the head of the organisation or whoever is tasked with making the decisions. Whether it's a CEO, President, Prime Minister or the head of a public health authority.
timc3··on This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist
Really works well. Downloaded the SysEx imported into NI's FM8 and some of the sounds are extremely usable as the basis for some sound design.

You milage may vary if you are after some traditional sounds though - I am definitely not.

timc3··on My New FreeBSD Laptop: Dell Latitude 7390
Totally fine on my iPad
timc3··on Average adult will spend 34 years of their life staring at screens
No broken bones here before 18, I grew up on a farm, had access to many machines (bikes, quads, tractors, cars, go karts). Spent huge amounts of time outside and liked to try more and more dangerous things partly due to be somewhat isolated, some of which would have done more than just broken a bone.
timc3··on Ask HN: What is the point of “© 2020 CompanyName” in website footers?
It is because the majority do not understand what it means, and just enter a current date because thats what they think it means.

Can not remember who told me about putting the first published date but it was an expert at the time ( we had a lot of copyrighted material).

timc3··on Moving Away from Gmail
Email is obviously really important, but the cost of running Netflix is extremely different to running an email service and I would take that into account with the pricing.

But I think Netflix is extremely cheap/good value if you enjoy the content.

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