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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by QuercusMax on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:16PM (#35138917)
...except that there have been studies that show exactly that: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/the_most_infam...
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by codewarrior128 on Monday March 13, 2023 @05:29PM (#35143056)
Interesting, but one has to ask, were they testing the hypothesis or the participants? The participants were describes as both "students" and a "panel of experts".
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by roelschroeven on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:08AM (#35150180)
"54 oenology (wine science) students". Them studying wine science is presumably what makes them experts.
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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by iconosynclast on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:42PM (#35163559)
except the study does not test for that. it somewhat interestingly shows that distinct vocabulary gets used for reds and whites once that context is established by a visual cue. that doesn't however mean no systematic difference between reds and whites can be detected.
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