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   Matthew Garrett (mjg59@nondeterministic.computer)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 08:25:36 JST Matthew Garrett

   Starting a music streaming service that only implements SSL with 40-bit RC4 because it sounds warmer than modern TLS

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     leo vriska :light2: (leo@60228.dev)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 08:25:52 JST leo vriska :light2:

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     @mjg59 https://www.audioasylum.com/messages/pcaudio/119979/ it's really something

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     leo vriska :light2: (leo@60228.dev)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 08:25:53 JST leo vriska :light2:

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     @mjg59 remembering the forum thread where people argued about whether malloc or operator new sounded better

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     spv (spv@mastodon.spv.sh)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 08:28:26 JST spv

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     @mjg59 "The problem with modern streaming services like Spotify, aside from their compression *spitting noise* is their use of complex cryptographic protocols. The further we get from the source material, the worse it sounds -- so naturally, more complicated encryption will produce more garbled sound." -- ad copy from Insecusic