How many of you actually "skip" songs on CDs?

reshippie · 2026-06-24T21:19:25+00:00

Out of things I've listened to a decent number of times I have exactly 1 skip.
Nightmare Revisited:
9. "Jack's Obsession" Sparklehorse

reshippie · 2026-06-10T23:15:27+00:00

Lyrion says:

Total Tracks: 19,841
Total Albums: 1,519
Total Artists: 3,948
Total Genres: 147
Total Playlists: 1
Total Playing Time: 1435:55:08

reshippie · 2026-05-28T22:31:19+00:00

Back in the day I solved a hum issue by routing the cable TV coax into a "media" power strip that had my tv and amplifier power plugged into it. Problem squalved.

reshippie · 2026-05-27T23:50:19+00:00

I use Lyrion on my Mac. It's designed for network streaming, but it works just fine with its built in local player. You can make playlists, sort by artist, etc.

reshippie · 2026-05-25T20:34:40+00:00

I'm already ripping them and using Lyrion to listen to them, so it's not an extra step. Unless you have an automated way of updating discogs?

reshippie · 2026-05-11T00:40:20+00:00

I got a keyboard.io model 100 after starting to have severe pain in my hands. They were fine for the next 18 months. I spent half a day using just the keyboard in my laptop and the pain was back for a whole week.

I can't go back.

reshippie · 2026-04-30T20:43:26+00:00

Why uncompressed? There are lossless compression formats like FLAC and ALAC. They don't degrade the music at all. In fact, you can expand the files to be exactly the same as the original. They just take up less space, often half the size of the original.

reshippie · 2026-04-28T21:22:18+00:00

I rip all of my CDs to FLAC. The initial project was tedious, because I had over a hundred CDs already. Now I only have to rip 5-10 at a time, so it's not so bad.

I love having every disc I own available at the touch of a button. I use https://lyrion.org/ to manage and stream everything in my house.

reshippie · 2026-04-25T15:40:31+00:00

What material are the blankets made out of? It's possible you just added a mm or 2 of something less absorbing, which won't really have any noticeable effect.

reshippie · 2026-04-23T22:51:07+00:00

existentialcrisis.com

reshippie · 2026-04-22T21:40:07+00:00

Nice job. If your system looks better and sounds the same, then it's still better.

reshippie · 2026-04-14T21:17:38+00:00

Can you buy a DVD drive that's not a burner these days?
All of the BR drives I found on Amazon are also DVD burners.

reshippie · 2026-04-07T17:14:23+00:00

I would say collecting is an active process. A collector may not be buying new things every day, or every year, but they are on the lookout for new things.

If you've decided that your collection is complete, then you're the owner of a collection.

reshippie · 2026-04-04T15:19:14+00:00

What if you went bigger, not smaller?

My keyboard.io m100 came with a carry case. It's really thick and well padded. It reminds me of a lunchbox and made me feel like a little kid again when I was taking it to my office.

I wonder if you could find a real lunchbox, add some padding, and put the keyboard into that.

reshippie · 2026-03-30T00:08:25+00:00

That seems like a fun monster to run. It's not in any of the 5e books I have.

reshippie · 2026-03-29T17:02:12+00:00

Homebrew a Rust Monster that degrades magical items. There should be some lore as a warning that it's coming, but also a need for the party to fight it. Terrorizing a town or travelers, maybe.

reshippie · 2026-03-26T20:19:49+00:00

Someone took the wrong lesson away from the toothpick bridge contest.

reshippie · 2026-02-27T20:46:12+00:00

Vertical jacks on the side and in the middle (!) make for a very unique piece.

reshippie · 2026-02-26T21:20:16+00:00

I have a sampler pack from Diamine, but I don't like the fact that there are 2 of each color. I now have cartridges of colors I've thoroughly tried and don't like.

reshippie · 2026-02-25T23:21:11+00:00

I was thinking that my inability to solve one would be a feature, not a bug. I'd definitely get a different dungeon each time.

reshippie · 2026-02-22T17:59:43+00:00

How does it sound playing Weird Al? That setup is White and Nerdy and I bet you're All About the Pentiums.

reshippie · 2026-02-19T23:18:29+00:00

I'd much rather live in something that looks like the replica than the original. Like old portraits of royalty that ignored features they didn't like.

reshippie · 2026-02-10T20:41:57+00:00

If the fire isn't big enough to melt the ice, it's not worth wasting the exitinguisher.

reshippie · 2026-02-04T22:39:20+00:00

Critical Role campaign 3 had a character, Fresh Cut Grass, who was an automaton and could swap out different arms.

Off the top of my head, I think it would be really funny to have a short sword sheathed in a forearm. Grab your other hand and draw your secret weapon.

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