Anna's Archive backed up Spotify. They got 99.9% of metadata, and 300TB of music representing 86 million tracks - original 160kbps OGG for tracks with popularity>0, and re-encoded 75kbps for popularity=0. absolutely wild project. the metadata in particular is a hugely useful data source. MusicBrainz catalogues 5 million unique ISRCs (like ISBNs but for music releases), whereas this archive has a whopping 186 million.

Backing up Spotify

We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first β€œpreservation archiveβ€...

realising that my largest LED cube design is going to need to dissipate a peak thermal power of *checks notes* 1000W.

maybe the reason ADHD memory sucks is because we're running overclocked and constantly violating tRAS/tRCD timings, writing things to the wrong cells.

OH: "viagra is sort of a necromancer for penises"

the temptation to put a DECT number in my display name despite not being at Congress is real

mmm dichlorine heptoxide

I really do think we need a thing where the digital assets of insolvent companies become public property.

I hate default line length limits in linters. it's 2026, I'm not coding on a fucking VT100.

just remembered the carrot resistance measurement saga

chaos.social

Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (@gsuberland@chaos.social)

yesterday's weird discovery is that every regular sized carrot I have tested is almost exactly 100kΞ© end to end with sharp probes stuck in it. a c...

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did you know that the equation for lamp longevity vs. percentage of nominal operating power involves a 13th power term