Moving in stereo ... oh, wait ...
Apr. 22nd, 2021 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqWe had some plumbers out yesterday afternoon to replace the drain pipes for the upstairs bathroom sink and tub. We were reluctant to have strangers in the house, but we were tired of having to bail out the tub after every shower. The plumber noticed that the tap in the tub was dripping. I told him that I'd replaced the washers in it a couple of weeks ago, and he said that the cartridge is probably worn out. He said that he's 90% sure he can get replacement cartridges for it, and he promised to have a look the next morning (this morning). We haven't heard back from him yet, but it would be nice to get that fixed.
I complained here the other day about how the update to Spotify broke the UI. Reddit came to the rescue with instructions on where to find its configuration file, and what line to change to revert it back to the old UI. The annoying thing about this is that from everything I've read, they ignored their beta-testers and went live with the crippled version that I complained about here. It was only when they got significant push-back from the broader users onto whom they had foisted this update that they stepped back and said, "Oh those missing features..."
I'm not a fan of the new UI, but if it would be usable if they address the 2-3 most egregious issues. Spotify has said that they'll be addressing them in future updates, so I'll check back now and again to see how its progressing.
One of the things they added to the new interface is a toggle in the settings that lets you switch it to monaural. I toggled that to test it out. I switched it back to the old interface and then realized I'd left it in mono. When I went looking for that setting, it's not available in the old interface. It would be an easy fix, but I've left it playing in mono for now so that I can pretend that I'm some kind of hipster. I don't even notice that it's playing in mono unless I stop and think about what I am listening to.
This brings up another question: do you call it monaural or monophonic? For that matter, do you just think of it as mono? Google had interesting usage statistics on the latter two terms. They both spiked in popularity in the mid-50s, then their usage started dropping off. Monaural has been in a linear decline since its spike, while monophonic had a quick drop in use, but has since levelled off as the more popular term. I find it intriguing how our language changes over time, and I sometimes wonder what factors determine the winners and losers for a word's popularity over time.
A word that I've seen popping up on Reddit lately is nibling(s) - a gender-neutral, collective term for one's nieces and nephews. It's believed to have been coined back in the 50s and languished in obscurity until it was recently dusted off again. I might start using that word.
Ironically, of course.
I complained here the other day about how the update to Spotify broke the UI. Reddit came to the rescue with instructions on where to find its configuration file, and what line to change to revert it back to the old UI. The annoying thing about this is that from everything I've read, they ignored their beta-testers and went live with the crippled version that I complained about here. It was only when they got significant push-back from the broader users onto whom they had foisted this update that they stepped back and said, "Oh those missing features..."
I'm not a fan of the new UI, but if it would be usable if they address the 2-3 most egregious issues. Spotify has said that they'll be addressing them in future updates, so I'll check back now and again to see how its progressing.
One of the things they added to the new interface is a toggle in the settings that lets you switch it to monaural. I toggled that to test it out. I switched it back to the old interface and then realized I'd left it in mono. When I went looking for that setting, it's not available in the old interface. It would be an easy fix, but I've left it playing in mono for now so that I can pretend that I'm some kind of hipster. I don't even notice that it's playing in mono unless I stop and think about what I am listening to.
This brings up another question: do you call it monaural or monophonic? For that matter, do you just think of it as mono? Google had interesting usage statistics on the latter two terms. They both spiked in popularity in the mid-50s, then their usage started dropping off. Monaural has been in a linear decline since its spike, while monophonic had a quick drop in use, but has since levelled off as the more popular term. I find it intriguing how our language changes over time, and I sometimes wonder what factors determine the winners and losers for a word's popularity over time.
A word that I've seen popping up on Reddit lately is nibling(s) - a gender-neutral, collective term for one's nieces and nephews. It's believed to have been coined back in the 50s and languished in obscurity until it was recently dusted off again. I might start using that word.
Ironically, of course.
