Tehdastehdas

I recommend you save a single frame from several versions of a film (VLC: Shift+S) and flip through them quickly in an image viewer that instantly jumps to the next image (Eye of GNOME) to see the differences.

I’ve found surprising differences in cropping, aspect ratio, brightness, and color tone - some people are just incompetent at encoding.

With good but heavy compression, only the finest details are blurred - especially film grain disappears when file size goes down from huge to big. That’s actually a plus sometimes when there’s so much grain I start itching and thinking of an ants’ nest.

My Sony phone records UHD @ 120fps in h.265, 60GB/hour. I’ve never seen a BluRay remux take that much space, but surely they exist.

Maybe yes, maybe not. I’m 50ish now. When I was 20ish, I decided to do grunt work and invest most of my income. I got lucky with Russia, but now I regret helping the oligarchs. If I hadn’t gotten lucky, my winnings would be insignificant compared to those kids who inherited money. I also regret not investing in my education when my brain performance was at its best. I went to university late.

My guide to ethical investing:
https://feddit.uk/post/24222258

Investing in yourself:
https://www.quora.com/How-can-a-20-year-old-learn-to-invest-and-save-money-I’m-a-3rd-year-B-Tech-in-IT-I-do-internships-to-earn-a-little-Is-a-Public-Provident-Fund-a-good-investment-I-don’t-know-the-stock-market-well-enough-to-invest-there/answer/Dr-Balaji-Viswanathan

Who invented the modern computer look and feel - the sick sad history of computer-aided collaboration: What they wanted and how it went:
https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

I used to think I was a night owl, but then I bought darkening curtains and a bright artficial dawn lamp. I spend severals hours in the dark before bedtime, and the electric sun rises one hour before I need to wake up.

This shows why it’s necessary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_response_curve

Reminds me of:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis

Stupid protocol can’t send the big file if the small file next to it is missing. Gotta have the whole block.

Most are made, few are born. What are we doing to stop evil parents from abusing children?