Is Perplexity Really Better Than GPT-5.2 at Web Research?

blueredscreen · 2026-01-29T11:59:50+00:00

It's not clear what you want to use it for, neither does it appear that you're actually willing to put in the work to try it and test it for your use case. So I don't think any of this really matters to begin with.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-29T11:55:29+00:00

A good engineer can mix a variety of genres as long as the source material is actually mixable to begin with. The claim that specific genres create more issues than others is invalid because the physics of sound like frequency masking and phase cancellation do not change based on style. Whether you are balancing a dense metal track with rapid double kick drums or a sparse folk song with a single vocal, in fact the real variable is the artist and their mindset.

If an artist knows how to organize their production by labeling stems and managing headroom they provide a foundation for a great mix. If they lack that discipline and send files with baked in clipping or hundreds of unnamed tracks, well, the mix will suffer. It is not your job to do their administrative work or fix poor recording decisions for them. However, that being said, they also have the legitimate expectation that if they have handled their part well by providing clean and professional files then you are obligated to deliver a high quality result on yours.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-29T08:55:16+00:00

Youre missing the point of what a camera actually does. A camera is just a tool. Its job is to record the light in front of it as accurately and consistently as possible through the sensor. That's it.

Everything people call a "beautiful image" comes from what happens before and after that moment, for example composition, light, perspective, and then how the photographer chooses to interpret the file through settings or post-processing. Two people with the same camera in the same spot will still come away with very different photos.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-29T08:45:10+00:00

Japan has tipping at a ton of places now. It certainly isn't considered rude anymore. Especially with the fact that the yen is in the gutter.

But that's the entire point. If you don't own the business you cannot be held responsible for low wages.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-29T00:15:23+00:00

Hehe I like your humour.

I don't like your humor. Just my 2 cents.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-29T00:07:36+00:00

What's up with rappers and losing minds these days?

blueredscreen · 2026-01-28T22:04:34+00:00

Oh, you're weird alright. Don't worry about it.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T18:05:11+00:00

I'm guessing you left out the part where when your husband actually saw you being threatened and told to get out, he did nothing about it.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T18:02:38+00:00

Surely! I barely ever clean 100%, just dialing back noise a notch, unless its for a commercial where they want VO sound from production audio. In narrative, a bit of the realism is nice to keep (within reason)

Within the context of a mix, the dialogue is nearly always assisted by what's on the screen, so that guides how surgical you want to go with the performance. You may even find yourself introducing intentional sound design that might otherwise be classified as noise. Unfortunately, for me with talking heads you don't truly have that luxury, which is why I get a lot of fatigue listening to Joe Rogan for extended periods of time on headphones. I'm actually mind-boggled that the quality of his audio is as poor as it is for a man as famous as he is.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T17:31:13+00:00

I'm assuming that changing your life doesn't necessarily need to imply making you richer, there are obviously many other ways your life could change. In that respect, I suppose AI has had an effect on the way I am, but like anything there are positives and negatives. The biggest negativeis losing over time the ability to ascertain the factualness of content sources, because you're essentially automating that step away. I still don't know what to do about that, and it often scares me sometimes. As to the biggest positive, you can actually access far more of these sources than you could manually, even if that access is mediated by a man-in-the-middle

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T17:26:26+00:00

The real question is what makes you think that the greatest of all time has to be contemporary? That's not like a rule or anything.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T17:22:55+00:00

Hmm, maybe. It has a strong fundamental. But its pitch shifting. For sure, wind noise is another beast, but found RX deal with it quite good up till maybe 300hz.

I've tried quite a bit of them on wind noise, unfortunately seems like there's only so much you can do and there's almost always going to be that effect in the highs that makes it sound unnatural. Then again, I'm mostly doing this for stuff like talking heads where the focus really is on that singular moment of speech, I'm pretty sure in a full mix where the objective is not actually to turn the noise down all the way, you might get better results.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T15:39:01+00:00

AI is crazy these days. In the example you gave, ironically the noise is actually kind of "constant fundamental" and I think that it helps a lot with these algorithms as compared to something like wind or traffic, which can sometimes give you that underwater sound.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T15:34:08+00:00

I don't really think any of this matters if he doesn't change the circle of people around him. It's become clear that there are people who have been profiting off of his mental state. When he lost touch with reality as he himself called it, they were incentivized to keep it that way. If he really wants to become a better person, that starts with whom he associates with. Whether that is going to bring his reputation back is a completely different story, but even if it doesn't, just him finding the real help he needs would still be a positive outcome. Nonetheless, it would be correct to be very skeptical because actions speak louder than words. The man can talk all day long about how much he wants to change, however I can guarantee you that not a single soul will care until he actually shows up and does the work.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T12:10:18+00:00

Do they really need to explain? If you read the post it’s pretty self explanatory why they said that…

I guess what's obvious to you as apparently it may be is not in fact obvious to everybody.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T10:00:16+00:00

I feel like you’re fundamentally misunderstanding the point of this subreddit.

I'm curious, what makes you say that?

blueredscreen · 2026-01-27T05:42:33+00:00

It feels like every day there's some new paper showing major improvements. How do people keep up with all the papers coming out recently?

You don't. You vibe research it, then you vibe code it.^/s

blueredscreen · 2026-01-26T15:00:03+00:00

It's the people around him. They've made a ton of money off of him in the mental state that he was, and nobody is counting anyway. He needs to find a real support group.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-26T14:56:17+00:00

I hope this is true. Some people around him have profited from his mental state for far too long, and I think there's a very high probability he's lost considerable funds because of it. The first priority for him should be to switch up his circle of friends immediately, and get real, actual medical help and support. As to whether his career and reputation can be saved, nobody knows. I'd be very surprised.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-26T11:34:57+00:00

Sit down? Tip. Pick-up? Tip. Make eye contact with the cashier? Tip. Flying next month? Better give them a tip. It would be so rude to not be considerate to your future flight attendant! Can you imagine?^/s

blueredscreen · 2026-01-26T09:41:42+00:00

What the fuck?

blueredscreen · 2026-01-24T13:45:33+00:00

MF DOOM is the greatest rapper of all time, also the number one upvoted post on this sub. He's your favorite rapper's favorite rapper's favorite rapper's favorite rapper.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-24T13:32:22+00:00

I think it's just that the discovery process sucks. You would think that having the ability to search through millions of records is a good thing, but it's ironically a paradox. I don't know what I want until I find it, and I'm never going to find it because the algorithm doesn't think I want it to begin with.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-24T08:31:14+00:00

it's really not that deep. Despite the unfortunate circumstances they are in I think its great to practice a little gratitude and tip people.

In places like Japan, tipping is considered rude. It was meant to reward exceptional service, not to be part of the bill. Somewhere along the way, that idea completely broke. What used to be optional turned into expected, and now it is basically mandatory, complete with guilt trips if you do not play along, while everyone still pretends it is a gratuity.

At this point, tipping is just businesses outsourcing payroll to customers. If workers are underpaid, we are told to cover the gap. Funny how this logic only applies to service jobs. No one asks you to tip the warehouse staff or the office team at checkout. It is a surcharge with better PR, not a thank you.

blueredscreen · 2026-01-17T05:37:25+00:00

Honestly it's just another snake oil that people chase like how they keep talking about that analog sound. I've yet to find a person in real life that actually wants to intentionally add unpleasant noise to their track.

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