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Re:Ask HN: How do you prevent the impact of social media on ... by stephenhuey on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @04:06PM (#42703854)
I get what scop meant. Family vehicles had cassette or 8-track players when I was a kid and I figured out how to use my parents' record player, but for the purposes of what he was getting at, CDs are a more "analog" experience than streaming music, and give you a feel for what playing an album is like. You have to physically put in and remove the disc to change the music, whereas streaming gives you any song at your fingertips.
Re:Ask HN: How do you prevent the impact of social media on ... by kridsdale1 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @04:32PM (#42704182)
I think it’s fair enough to call a CD analog because the data stream is nothing for than wave amplitudes. It doesn’t use a Fourier transform or compression or require “software”.
Re:Ask HN: How do you prevent the impact of social media on ... by jedmeyers on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @04:49PM (#42704382)
It does require a digital to analog converter, though.
Re:Ask HN: How do you prevent the impact of social media on ... by genewitch on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:15PM (#42764302)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor_ladder

this isn't quite a gotcha, really, 1 bit DAC are innately simple!