#all hail the youtube algorithm

[cleolinda]

“Progressive Jazz Metal Arrangement of ‘Rondo Alla Turca’ For Piano and Drums” is the title. A couple minutes in I was like, who is this guy, because he fucking shreds on this piano. And then also, Nyango Star.

[runawaydr3amerao3]

🎙️ Idling In the Impala and @monicawoe 🐍

Whoop whoop, new episode of the @idlingintheimpalapodcast time and it's an interview with another classic name from the Supernatural fandom, @monicawoe! 🥳

With a whopping 139 works listed under the SPN fandom on AO3, 134 of those featuring Sam Winchester, and 44 of those featuring the tag 'Sam Winchester's Demonic Powers', it might be safe to say Monica has a favourite and a type...

I suspect Kasey's Blorbo Battle Royale just got another check mark in the Boy King column, don't you? 😏

But! Just to be sure, we should dig into the episode, which also discusses the fandom and the show's history, many years of fan work collaborations, and more! You can get your links right here, however you fancy checking things out:

Listen: 🔴 YouTube 🟢 Spotify

Or if you want to peek at the episode chapters to dive in on a particular topic, check out the official Tumblr post:

All hail the boy with the demon blood! 🙌

Don't forget that likes, comments, and subscriptions on YouTube and Spotify are super helpful for the podcast in battling the algorithms. They also support Kasey @sam-is-my-safe-word and Sandra @talltalesandbedtimestories to continue bringing us this excellent content, and content creators keep the fandom turning, so let's show them all the love we can! 🫶🥰

[raimagnolia]

Nah, I still like Urzai (Ursa x Ozai) and have since I was a teenager. I had already claimed my bunk, gotten used to the rocking of the waves and the sound of the seas by the time that dumb comic came out.

I wish that content for it hadn't just died out for no damn reason. I really hate what Tumblr has become. What YouTube has become, too.

Because of the algorithm and because of all that hatetrain, it's hard to find new content. So this is just a hailing beacon: if you got some good urzai, or know someone who's got some good urzai, lemme know

[thedigibazzar60]

Best Digital Marketing Agency in Varanasi: Empowering Businesses to Thrive in 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital era, having a strong online presence is not just an option but a necessity for businesses. Whether you run a small startup or a well-established enterprise, digital marketing acts as the backbone of your online growth. But the question remains: How do you choose the right digital marketing partner? If you are in Varanasi, your search ends with best digital marketing agency in Varanasi The DigiBazzar, a name synonymous with excellence and innovation in digital marketing.

Why Digital Marketing is Crucial in 2024

The marketing landscape is constantly evolving, and 2024 is no different. With algorithms becoming smarter and customer expectations increasing, businesses need to stay ahead of the curve. Digital marketing is no longer about basic SEO and social media posts; it’s about strategic execution, analytics-driven insights, and delivering meaningful customer experiences.

What Makes The DigiBazzar the Best Digital Marketing Agency in Varanasi?

Let’s dive into what sets The DigiBazzar apart and why it’s hailed as the best digital marketing company in Varanasi:

Tailored Strategies for Every Business At The DigiBazzar, one size doesn’t fit all. The team creates customized strategies to meet your unique business needs. Whether you’re aiming to boost website traffic, generate leads, or enhance your social media presence, they have got you covered.

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Operating as the best digital marketing agency in Varanasi, The DigiBazzar has already helped numerous businesses achieve their goals. From increasing local visibility for small retailers to running national campaigns for large enterprises, their portfolio speaks for itself.

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One of their clients, a local café in Varanasi, struggled with low footfall and visibility. With The DigiBazzar’s innovative social media campaigns and hyper-local SEO strategies, the café saw a 300% increase in customers within three months.

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Digital marketing trends can change overnight, but The DigiBazzar’s proactive approach ensures that clients are always a step ahead. Here’s how:

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Varanasi is not just a cultural hub but also an emerging business center. As competition grows, having a strong online presence can set you apart. By partnering with a trusted digital marketing agency in Varanasi like The DigiBazzar, you ensure that your business stays relevant and competitive.

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[sciencestyled]

When Robots Paint Like Picasso: Why Your Toaster Might Be the Next Van Gogh!

Alright, buckle up, buttercups, because we’re diving headfirst into the wacky world where science meets art, and guess what? The machines are here, and they’re not just flipping burgers—they’re flipping the script on what it means to be an artist! Imagine your Roomba not only vacuuming up your popcorn crumbs but also creating a digital masterpiece that could sell for millions—mind-blown yet? Well, hold onto your smartphones because this rollercoaster is just getting started!

So, picture this: you're strolling through an art gallery, and instead of the usual pretentious artist with a beret and a tragic backstory, you find a blender proudly displaying its latest abstract painting. "What kind of sci-fi nonsense is this?" you ask. Well, welcome to the world of generative art, where artificial intelligence (AI) is the new Picasso, except without the weird mustache and probably less emotionally complicated.

Generative art is like that one friend who can never make up their mind at the pizza place—it's all about algorithms deciding what’s going to happen next, and just like that indecisive friend, it’s unpredictable but usually ends up being pretty cool (unless it orders anchovies). Basically, a computer, usually one that’s been hanging out with neural networks and machine learning models in some high-tech frat house, creates art by processing a ton of data. It’s like if Bob Ross had a baby with HAL 9000, and that baby was raised by the entire internet.

But before we go full-on Terminator with this, let’s rewind to where it all began—back when computers were about as artistic as a potato with a crayon. In the olden days, before AI could outsmart you in chess or recommend you weird cat videos on YouTube, early algorithms were just trying to figure out how to draw a straight line. Now, fast forward to today, and these algorithms have gone from doodling in the margins of their textbooks to creating museum-worthy art. Think of it as the ultimate glow-up!

Now, here’s where it gets really wild. Today’s AI doesn’t just spit out random pictures like your grandma’s inkjet printer on the fritz. Oh no, these digital Picassos are using neural networks—fancy talk for computer systems that mimic the human brain, but without all the existential dread. These networks learn patterns, styles, and even emotions (well, kind of) by analyzing a gazillion images. It’s like if your computer binge-watched every season of "Art Attack" and then decided to give it a go.

But here’s the kicker—AI doesn’t just stop at copying what it’s seen. Oh no, it goes full-on mad scientist, mixing and matching styles like a kid who’s had too much sugar. Picture a painting that’s one part Van Gogh, one part Banksy, and one part that meme of the distracted boyfriend—it’s like art went to a rave and decided to express itself through glow sticks and laser beams.

Now, hold your digital horses because the real mind-melter is that these machines are being hailed as collaborators in the art world. That’s right—collaborators! Imagine walking into a science and art gallery and seeing a painting signed by “John Smith and Toaster-3000.” Some folks are even saying that AI might be better at this art thing than us flesh-and-blood humans! I mean, sure, the toaster doesn’t have a tortured soul, but it also doesn’t need to eat or sleep, so it’s got more time to perfect that brushstroke.

Of course, this brings us to the big, existential question: who really owns the art? If a computer creates a masterpiece, does the credit go to the programmer, the machine, or some combination of the two? It’s like trying to decide who gets the credit for a perfect selfie—the person, the phone, or that one friend who told you, “You should totally try portrait mode.” It’s a debate that’s shaking up the art world harder than a paint mixer in an earthquake.

And let’s not forget the skeptics—those grumpy cats who say AI-generated art isn’t “real” art because it doesn’t have the “human touch.” Well, to them, I say: ever seen what happens when a toddler gets their hands on a box of crayons? Sometimes a little less human touch isn’t such a bad thing. Plus, AI isn’t just messing around with paintbrushes—it’s helping scientists visualize complex data in ways that are, dare I say, kinda beautiful. Imagine an MRI scan as a modern art piece—sure, it’s not going to replace the Mona Lisa, but it’s got its own weird charm.

But here’s the thing that’ll really twist your noodles—AI is changing not just how we create art, but how we think about it. Traditionalists might scoff, but let’s face it—AI-generated art is challenging our ideas of creativity faster than you can say “deepfake.” It’s forcing us to rethink what it means to be an artist. Is it about the process, the final product, or just having a good Wi-Fi connection? Maybe the future of art isn’t about one genius locked away in a garret, but about teams of humans and machines working together, like some kind of nerdy Avengers.

And speaking of the future, what’s next? Are we going to have AI-curated museums where every piece of art is custom-tailored to your Spotify playlist? Will we start seeing “smart” sculptures that change shape based on the weather forecast? Or maybe—just maybe—our appliances will start demanding royalties for their artistic endeavors. Picture it: your microwave refusing to heat up your leftovers until you acknowledge its latest abstract sculpture. The world is a weird and wonderful place, my friends.

In conclusion (because even I need to wrap this up before the machines take over), we’re living in a time where the line between science and art is blurrier than a selfie taken with a potato. AI is not just the future of art—it’s here, and it’s ready to paint the town red, blue, and every color in between. Whether you’re a fan of the traditional brushstroke or you think your coffee machine could be the next Jackson Pollock, there’s no denying that AI is shaking up the art world in the most deliciously chaotic way possible.

So, next time you’re contemplating the meaning of life while staring at your smart fridge, just remember: that hunk of metal might be the next big thing in the art world. And who knows? Maybe one day, you’ll be able to say, “Yeah, I knew my toaster was a genius before it was cool.”

[cy-anide-07]

i love eggdog so much i had to.

art inspo: eggdog videos by zamsire (ytchannel)

[yukipage]

an all-mysterious, cthulhu-like being: t̕hè ̨y͘ou̷t̴ube͝ a̛lg̨or̷it͟h̢m̨

[backread]

hellsite high sounds like one of those quirky independent indie edgy animated shorts like hazbin hotel or welcome to hell made by a 23 yr old pansexual fresh out of college and ready to enter the rich world of self expression through art and animation only to come up with a story about some high school in hell or whatever but the kicker is that there is a very tall and gangly white man who is sort of a scumbag and that's the main selling point really. It gets published on youtube with little to no attention then one day the algorithm suddenly pushes it and fandoms explode across all social medias, mainly comprised of proshippers in their late 20s to 30s who hail hellsite high as a revolutionary commentary on queeraesthetic polyam asexual kinky culture in relative to cishet allosexual american society. later the creator of hellsite high is revealed to have a secret private twitter dedicated to typical proship content and is called out and subsequently doxxed and jailed, which stirs a brief social movement from self described proshippers. This movement dies out the moment that twitter goes down forever leaving remnants of tall gangly scummy white boy hellsite high man ship art in its wake

[dennyvong]

Blog Post #4 Due 9/16

Q1: Why do names have an impact on our lives?

When we are brought into this world, we are given names by our parents. These name have meaning to them within families such as being named after your great grandfather Charles who fought in WW2. In society these names also play a role in our lives and depending on what name your were given. For example Benjamin states “ “Alice Tang” comes from a family that values education and is expected to do well in math and science. “Tyrone Jackson” hails from a neighborhood where survival trumps scholastics; and he is expected to excel in sports.” The names given to us already give you a set role once you are born. Certain name can have social status affiliated with it giving them privileges while some can have have no meaning at all. it is almost as animals are labeled in a farm, One cow may provide more than the others and thus that cow is more valuable and place in high regard. These are what Benjamin refers to as “the new Jim Crow Codes” in “Race after Technology”. Even in names we are objectified and racially stereotyped. This type of misunderstanding leads to many not getting hired or placed on a watch list because their name is affiliated with racial stereotype.   

Q2: How do the online algorithms affect the way we view POCs?

Today’s society is still facing issues such as racial algorithms online, however it gotten a much more better than it was in the past. The way people get their information is still the same as the past, however we are being more and more reliant on getting our information from technology. With that in mind, children, teens or anybody who is most vulnerable to believing what they are told get all their information from the web and with racial algorithms still lurking around this can really affect the way they view POCs. For example, Noble explains “In just a few minutes while searching on the web, I experienced the perfect storm of insult and injury that I could not turn away from. While Googling things on the Internet that might be interesting to my stepdaughter and nieces, I was overtaken by the results. My search on the keywords “black girls” yielded HotBlackPussy.com as the first hit.” If Noble was not the one to pull this up but it was her daughters, interested in “what black girls do” or whatever it maybe, this would not only be blinding as a child but it can make them believe that their role in the future is to be a “pornstar”. This is just one example of many, another example maybe when you search up Asians and it may say “sweatshop workers” or Mexicans saying “beaners”, anybody could believe what the online algorithm tells them and will address Asians and Mexican as what they found on the web. 

Q3: How has google “fixed” it prior issues in the past with its online algorithms?

Google, the web browser that many today use to browse for anything, had issues in the past. Some of these issues were it’s absurd online algorithms, this is not to say the algorithms now are great either but in the past they racially discriminated against POCs as Noble states “The first problem for Google was that its photo application had automatically tagged African Americans as "apes” and "animals.” The second major issue reported by the Post was that Google Maps searches on the word "N*gger” led to a map of the White House during Obama’s presideney, a story that went viral on the Internet after the social media personality Deray McKesson tweeted it.” In the article Noble further explains that Google took down an image labeling Michelle Obama as an “ape” and also took down the slurred White House search. 

Q4: What are some ways we can spread the awareness of Intersectionality?

Before answering that question, we need to understand just what is “Intersectionality”? Well, Intersectionality is the combined discrimination involving race and gender as explained by Kimberlé Crenshaw. For example, a case involving intersectionality as it problem would go like a African American women trying to get a job at a restaurant but is denied the job while an African American male and white woman are hired one after the other. It almost seems like there is nothing wrong with the situation and everything looks quite normal until you pay attention closely. This is a issue regarding intersectionality where there is a colored male hired so surely it is not discrimination by race and a white woman is hired so the employer is not being sexist so what is wrong? Well the problem is that there are little to almost no colored women being hire at this restaurant and that is what intersectionality is all about. Now as for how we can spread awareness to intersectionality, is that we can use our voices to support and spread the word to families, friends, and people you may know. Another way could be, being supportive of people whom, are of different communities, just being there, lending an ear or speaking out for them if they are facing public discrimination based on their race and gender. Other ways may include being respectful whenever you have a casual conversation with anybody, being aware that their background may be different or just have an open mind when socializing with them so you do not overstep any bounds or come off as offensive. Always remember actions speak louder than words. 

Benjamin, R. (n.d.). Race After Technology.

Noble, S. (n.d.). Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.

TED. (2016, December 7). The Urgency of Intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o&t=3s

[runawaydr3amerao3]

🎙️ Idling In the Impala and the SuperWiki 🌐

If you've ever needed to do a quick fact check on something SPN related or felt like doing a deep-dive on some obscure detail (or maybe the former turned into the latter; not that I'd know anything about that sort of thing...), you've probably ended up on the SuperWiki before.

This week's episode of the @idlingintheimpalapodcast features Jules, the managing editor of SuperWiki, talking about an absolute mountain of interesting stuff (spanning both the show and the fandom itself), which, honestly, tracks when you think about it.

Listen: ❤️ YouTube 💚 Spotify

Aaand the episode chapters over on the Tumblr post if you want a preview or to hop in somewhere specifc:

All hail the gatherers of knowledge! 🙌

Hey, by the way! If you missed it, IITI launched their stunning 🏳️‍🌈PRIDING IN THE IMPALA🏳️‍🌈 merch line last month, featuring incredible artwork by the one and only @quickreaver! 🙌😍 By making a purchase, you can support a charity doing vital work for LGBTQIA+ young people, as well as contributing to the ongoing costs of the podcast! Check out my post about it for more deets (sorry, too many off-site links are a bugger on visibility. 🙏):

And don't forget that likes, comments, and subscriptions on YouTube and Spotify are super helpful for the podcast in battling the algorithms, too. Content creators keep the fandom turning, so let's show Kasey @sam-is-my-safe-word and Sandra @talltalesandbedtimestories all the love we can! 🫶🥰

[throughscreendoors]

i may destroy you 2.4

I’ve just been reminded of how great things can be. Was watching some Fran Lebowitz interviews on YouTube and she was commenting about how little great art there is, and how expecting masterpieces from artists is insane. If an artist creates one masterpiece, that’s an exceptional achievement—and many artists get worse over time, not better. Also many artists and writers never make a single masterpiece, let alone a single good or great thing. By extending her thinking there’s very little great anything, which is harsh but true—but I May Destroy You was great.

America teaches us to measure ourselves by what we consume. The high schooler who likes the obscure band tells everyone about it until it isn’t obscure anymore, and he has to find another one to brandish. Digital media disrupted that, because there’s no consensus or mainstream taste to snipe at from the fringes.

Algorithms have deconstructed the taste pyramid into a horizontally organized structure of some kind. We’re all ensconced in our own permeable bubbles, sure, but we don’t really make those bubbles anymore. Spotify or Netflix suggests things to us based on limited data points, we select those things and think we’ve chosen them. I thought for a while that irony died in the early 2000s, but it actually just got sharper; now you can ironically and unironically like obscure and popular art at once from a kind of superposition. Carly Rae Jepsen comes to mind here—she’s simultaneously recognizable pop icon and marginalized indie darling, authentic new voice and post-ironic pastiche.

There is no irony or sincerity anymore. They’ve welded together in an atom-wide scalpel that slices everything all the time in our words and preferences and values, so subtle we don’t even feel it. We recombine before we slide apart into a pile of flesh cubes.

That flattening of tastes has meant every created thing—whether widely recognizable or obscure—must fit into some algorithmically imagined category (or be made to fit one). Perhaps subconsciously fighting that trend, endless new meme formats have risen in response (a kind of organic algorithm, perhaps). A VSCO girl wears these shoes and takes photos from these angles; this is the lonely divorced dad starter pack; here is stock market boyfriend explaining GME and AMC to his astrology girlfriend using images created on 4chan for incels.

As algorithms slice us more and more precisely into bits and we reassemble those bits more and more astutely into formats we can understand, something strange is happening. New categories and dominant values are springing up that seem unassailable, protected by these two alternating currents—particularly around the messiest subjects. People who overcome trauma are heroes; the world can be divided into abusers and victims, oppressors and the oppressed. Implicit is that nobody really disagrees with these statements anymore, they just wield them as truths for different ends. The positions can be inverted, in other words, but those are the positions.

Part of what makes I May Destroy You so great is that it tears those unassailable categories down. On trauma and sexual assault, those in-the-know understand that trauma constitutes a reorganization of the brain. Memories can disappear and suddenly reappear. Our emotions can fluctuate wildly. People can pursue dangerous situations they wouldn’t otherwise; they can reverse on things they knew to be true for years instantaneously.

On the other side are people who don’t understand or refuse to learn these facts, people who trot out the same debunked arguments (why wouldn’t you report right away..., how is it you now conveniently remember..., why did you go along with it for so long..., etc). The beauty of the show is it uses that idea of the unassailable category against the viewer, in case they are skeptical. We follow Arabella’s consciousness; it behaves like it behaves. It’s our job to follow its oscillations and make sense of it.

By taking that simple stance, the show paints every character as both hero and villain, victim and abuser. It is nearly overwhelming how interconnected and interdependent everything in the show is—swallowing it all threatens to destroy the characters, as it does our own minds. It’s not a coincidence that the bar where much of the worst that happens in the show is called Ego Death.

There’s a new-age positivity that has seeped into the culture lately that we can heal from anything, we can infinitely grow and expand beautifully into ourselves and into the future. The show skewers that point astutely. In truth, you don’t heal from trauma—it’s a rupture in our consciousness, in the very structure we use to interface with reality. We don’t “heal” from these things, we die to the old version of ourselves. We reach forward and backward at the same time, experiencing joy and agony at once as we’re sliced into millions of pieces and recombined into a new structure. As we scan over that inner structure in our minds, we’re liable to come across pieces that don’t belong next to one another. That’s what we mean by “processing” something, be it a memory or ourselves. We may cry and laugh in the same breath.

It’s a real challenge to use art to deconstruct the entire cultural moment, while also offering a deep and rich representation of inner and outer worlds that aren’t seen very often on TV. It reminds me of the horror in the futuristic surrealism of Random Acts of Flyness, but more optimistic. It’s more generous in spirit than that, and it reaches into dangerous areas. The conclusion of the show threatens to infuriate the primary fan base the show is made for (in one of the truest artistic risks I’ve seen on television in some time). It has nuanced takes on feminism, veganism, consumerism, social media, consent, race and modern alienation, and it does it all in consistently experimental way with an amazing soundtrack and a huge heart.

It’s interesting to watch a British show as an American with all this in mind, as I think the majority of Americans don’t leave that phase of consumption. It’s tempting to hail a show like I May Destroy You as a way to call attention to yourself; it’s challenging, nuanced, empathetic and so on (and because I like it, I must also be those things, etc). I think watching the show is more of a wake-up call than that, and it feels false to use it that way.

Artists have such a privileged place in society. They are the most interesting and the most inspiring, and now everyone wants to be one. But there’s a difference between being creative and being a good artist. I don’t think being a good artist is an intrinsic thing in the way racists allege that race is intrinsic. Still, I do think good art has to come from some kind of novel experience of the world—and even that isn’t enough. It must be matched with virtuosity of some kind. Possessing both of those qualities is exceptionally rare.

Michaela Coel made something that feels entirely for her with this, and it’s incredible that she managed to. The pressure to give in to outside influence, to make things more digestible, to accept money for a lack of control is nearly overwhelming in my own experience; I assume it must be for others as well. I think maybe this is another mark of real artistry—when your desire to say something so outweighs the social pressure to stop you from saying it (obviously, this isn’t the only mark, just one of them).

What inspired me most about this is it’s a show that makes good on its promise. It makes you think about the darkest, most shameful parts of yourself that you would least like to share with the world and challenges you to start sharing them. It encourages the kind of self-examination that truly might destroy you—even if you’re not a victim of sexual assault. It’s a terrifying feeling, but the grace note of it all is that "you” are always being destroyed by outside forces, and you are also always recombining. What “you” means always contains its opposite, it seems to argue, and for that reason, we ought to be dangerously kind.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Tiktok Kremlinology

Tiktok is notorious for its casino-like jackpotting: users with few followers can find themselves catapulted to viral stardom when the algorithm suddenly promotes one of their videos to millions of other users.

There are at least three benefits to this: first, it puts users on a powerful intermittent reinforcement schedule, which gets them to keep producing in order to try to attain a payout.

Second, it creates rags-to-riched narratives about "nobodies" whom Tiktok made "somebodies." These are powerful stories, and were key to the growth of Youtube, who were fueled by stories about how Justin Bieber went from singing in his bedroom to filling stadiums.

Finally, it mitigates local maxima, in which Tiktok creators all converge on a small set of styles and forms, forcing them to seek out higher peaks elsewhere.

Of course, Tiktok users - especially business users - pour enormous amounts of energy into Tiktok algorithm Kremlinology, trying to divine the algorithm's parameters and intents.

https://www.kapwing.com/resources/we-tested-the-five-best-tiktok-algorithm-theories/

While it's possible to probe Tiktok systematically, it's hard to do so at any meaningful scale, and of course Tiktok's designers can silently change the rules at any moment. Trying to experimentally divine these rules is hard business.

It reminds me of the pre-Englightenment "natural philosophers" who weren't disciplined by peer-review and thus had terrible experimental methodologies that produced different results every time they re-ran a test.

They concluded that God was punishing them for their hubris by rearranging His laws constantly, to keep them from any kind of Promethean fire-stealing.

This is also the plot of @KarlSchroeder's SUN OF SUNS, where every device is a one-off evolved by an AI, so it's useless taking apart two functionally equivalent machines to learn how they work because each is totally different beneath the surface.

https://boingboing.net/2006/12/04/sun-of-suns-novel-of.html

Kapwing's systematic exploration of the Tiktok algorithm is fascinating, both for the theories it advances and the holes in its experimental methodology.

They hypothesize that Tiktok shows prospective videos that meet minimum standards (image quality, clearance of copyright matching systems) to a series of ever-larger test user batches and evaluate each group's response.

Likes are low-quality signals (though there's a threshold at the 1:5 like:watch ratio), comments are better, but rewatching is best. Kapwing advises using quick cuts and text that disappears too quickly to read to garner extra rewatches. They also counsel creating loops.

They also hypothesize that "ghosting" the app - going dormant after a long intense run of new posts - triggers viral elevation as the app tries to lure you back in. This is an old con-artist's trick, giving the mark a small win when he looks ready to bolt.

It's also a tactic that's banned in digital slot machines, and it was a game-changer in Left 4 Dead, where a subsystem dramatically increased the likelihood of finding game-changing weapons when you faced your imminent demise (the "Hail Mary" AI).

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Convert MP4 To Any Audio Format

Pazera MP4 to MP3 is a freeware audio conversion device to transform MP4, M4A, M4B and AAC information to MP3 or WAV. First released in 1995 and developed by the Fraunhofer Society, the mp3 audio format is arguably one of the crucial recognizable audio file format that ever existed. This digital audio encoding format hails from the lossy data compression algorithm family. The format enjoys widespread assist and compatibility with most handheld music players, smartphones, computers, and in automobile stereos most of which have native help for the format. It's also a preferred format used for distribution of audio information over computer networks such because the internet. Free mp3 encoders similar to LAME and audacity give authors the tools necessary to createmp3 information. Add the files that you simply want to convert to the iTunes library. Click the "File" or "iTunes" menu and choose "Add to Library". Browse for the recordsdata you need to add. A YouTube Converter with the perfect consumer expertise. Please observe the steps to convert mp4 recordsdata to mp3 with PowerISO. 4. Go to the MP4 video file located in your computer. Each video converter program listed below is freeware - no shareware or trialware right here. I also haven't listed any video converters that trim or watermark movies. WinFF is a video converter program that supports fashionable codecs and www.magicaudiotools.com features like editing and cropping. It is good if you obtain a tool, which has a easy interface and permits you to convert multiple Mp4 information to Mp3 files. So you'll be able to just upload 10 files in the converter, mp4 to mp3 converter mac download do another chore within the meantime after which come again to your machine to seek out all the files transformed to Mp3. One more reason this video converter is ranked so low on this checklist is as a result of some users have reported that the program will show a watermark on their transformed movies. That is additionally something I've not experienced, but it surely would possibly occur to you, too. Get the environment friendly MP4 to MP3 Converter to have a try now. After launch it, simply follow the step-by-step guide as below to convert MP4 to MP3. Once on the downloading web page, you simply have to choose the format you want to convert the video or audio file. Then, again to the primary interface and click the purple "Start" button to begin recording MP4 to MP3 on Mac. Step four: You can be guided into Save File" window, the place that you must choose an output folder and rename the output MP3 file. When you're executed, click on Save and you will be back to the earlier display screen. +Convert any video from AVI, MOV, WMV, MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MPG and so on., for playback on Apple gadgets, cell phones, sport players and so forth. Common free Alternatives to Pazera Free MP4 to MP3 Converter for Home windows, Linux, Mac, Wine, Net and more. Discover thirteen apps like Pazera Free MP4 to MP3 Converter, all advised and ranked by the AlternativeTo user neighborhood. Step 3: Click on Browse to specify a destination to save the brand new MP3 information and hit Start to change MP4 to MP3. Does the Mac have a inbuilt facility to transform mp4 to mp3 without having to buy software. The app can convert a number of information concurrently in a batch, saving them in a ZIP archive to hurry up downloading. When the conversion is accomplished, click on on the download hyperlink to get your convertedMP3 file.

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Convert FLAC To WMA With Comfort

> Useful resource > Any Audio Converter for Www.audio-Transcoder.com Home windows > Convert WMA to MP3 format. Inform Zamzar the place you need to obtain your converted FLAC file. Before you begin the conversion, flac wma video converter free download you probably have the specific folder to retailer the transformed files, you may change the vacation spot, and then click "Convert" to start out conversion. The transformed files can be found couple of minutes later. MP3 and AAC have such strong footholds that OGG has had a hard time breaking into the highlight — not many gadgets assist it natively — but it surely's getting better with time. For now, it's largely used by hardcore proponents of open software program. Click on the Convert" button to start out FLAC to WMA or FLAC to WMA lossless conversion on a Mac pc. Our on-line free sound and music converting instruments converts your audio files to the AAC file format. Either upload an audio or video file or enter a URL where the media file is situated at and conversion to the FLAC audio file format will begin conversion. Free Convert FLAC to MP3 could be very to make use of. Simply add the audio files to transform, select the target audio format and high quality profile after which press the "Convert" button. Faasoft FLAC to WAV Converter will make it easier to to convert FLAC to WAV with ease. In addition to, this highly effective FLAC to WAV Converter supports converting FLAC information in batch to avoid wasting your time enormously. Compressed audio codecs will be categorized as both "lossy" or "non-lossy". Examples of lossy formats are MP3, Ogg, AAC. These formats actually sacrifice quality in exchange for unimaginable compression, taking advantage of limited disk house. Lossy codecs have a bitrate related to them (or a "high quality" setting), which allows you to determine what degree of commerce-off house vs high quality is suitable to you. An audio file converter is one sort of file converter that (shock!) is used to transform one type of audio file (like an MP3 , WAV , WMA , and so forth.) into another type of audio file. In the event you're capturing and editing raw audio, use an uncompressed format. This fashion you are working with the truest high quality of audio possible. Whenever you're completed, you can export to a compressed format. Once more, regardless that MP3 is more of a family format, AAC is extensively used in the present day. Actually, it is the usual audio compression method used by YouTube, Android, iOS, iTunes, later Nintendo portables, and later PlayStations. Switch is the fastest audio converter software program we examined. To check the speed of every converter software, we timed how lengthy it took to convert a 625MB WAV file to a 26MB MP3 file. First released in 1995 and developed by the Fraunhofer Society, the mp3 audio format is arguably some of the recognizable audio file format that ever existed. This digital audio encoding format hails from the lossy data compression algorithm household. The format enjoys widespread assist and compatibility with most handheld music gamers, smartphones, computers, and in automobile stereos most of which have native help for the format. Additionally it is a well-liked format used for distribution of audio information over computer networks such because the web. Free mp3 encoders equivalent to LAME and audacity give authors the instruments essential to createmp3 recordsdata. lossless FLAC format to OGG format immediately. This program helps changing WMA recordsdata to M4A in batch. Simply drag the folder where WMA information are to the primary interface of the program. Observe: DRM protected audio files (M4P - protected AAC audio files) and VOB information can't be transformed because of the App Retailer policies.

OGG doesn't stand for something. Truly, it isn't even a compression format. OGG is a multimedia container that may maintain all types of compression codecs, but is most commonly used to hold Vorbis recordsdata — therefore why these audio information are known as Ogg Vorbis files. Click Obtain to save lots of your converted FLAC file(s). Click the "Convert" button to start and end changing FLAC to Windows Media Player more supported audio format for play FLAC in Home windows Media Participant.Enter Codecs: AAC, AC3, AIF, AIFF, ALAW, DTS, FLAC, M4A, M4B, M4R, MP2, MP3, , WAV, WMA, and so forth. I simply need to congratulate you for the MediaHuman Audio Converter. Number of choices for audio quality, file extension kind and a number of cpu core selection. And checkbox for adding to iTunes while converting. Genius. You saved me from hours of ready. Well finished.

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Free FLAC to MP3 Converter is a lightweight and unobtrusive app that converts FLAC information to the MP3 format. Many karaoke songs got the music on one channel and music + voice on the other channel, flac mp3 converter free online and this could be a solution to create recordsdata with only music on each channels and also to create information with music + voice on each channels. You possibly can do away with a channel of a stereo file by this system. The image above is the primary window of 1Flac Flac to MP3 Converter, the place it is possible for you to so as to add the information to be processed. Click on the Add" button to import the Flac recordsdata into the converter. First launched in 1995 and developed by the Fraunhofer Society, the mp3 audio format is arguably one of the recognizable audio file format that ever existed. This digital audio encoding format hails from the lossy knowledge compression algorithm family. The format enjoys widespread support and compatibility with most handheld music players, smartphones, computers, and in automobile stereos most of which have native assist for the format. It's also a popular format used for distribution of audio information over computer networks such as the internet. Free mp3 encoders equivalent to LAME and audacity give authors the tools necessary to createmp3 information. The method of converting FLAC to MP3 file utilizing Max on Mac may be finished in a quick method due to its assist of batch conversion. This a lightweight web site with marvelous execution velocity for FLAC to MP3 on-line free conversion. onlineconverter is easy to make use of and supports quite a few file codecs. To convert FLAC to MP3 on-line, please follow the detailed steps on the page. Once the recordsdata have been transformed, you may download them individually or together in a ZIP file There's also an option to avoid wasting them to your Dropbox account. The easy and lightweight app goals for pretty encoding a precise copy in medium bitrate lossy format. Clearly, you loose that high quality but you save up storage and a minimum of you possibly can play it. The Sound Normalizer incorporates batch processor and it permits to meet the batch test, batch normalization and batch converting Mp3, Mp4, Ogg, flac mp3 converter free online, AAC, APE and Wav (PCM eight, sixteen, 24, 32 bits, DSP, GSM, IMA ADPCM, MS ADPCM, AC3, MP3, MP2, OGG, A-LAW, u-LEGISLATION) recordsdata. There can be a loss of quality, but the difference could be negligible to most listeners using normal audio system or headphones. In the event you're an audiophile, then in addition to having costly audio equipment, you are in all probability by no means going to use the MP3 format anyway. AFLAC file is a file which incorporates audio samples compressed with the FLAC audio encoding algorithm, which is an excellent, open source, lossless, audio codec. 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Prior to now , we now have mentioned at size the explanations for our dismissal of MP3 and other lossy codecs, but latest articles in the mainstream press promoting MP3 (examined in Michael Fremer's " The Swiftboating of Audiophiles ") make the topic value re-examining. We not too long ago tested lots of the Home windows-based mostly media converters listed at the top of search results for queries corresponding to "MP4 to MP3 converter," solely to discover that nearly all of them have restricted licenses without paying for the total program. The main difficulty with most of those purposes being that the trial editions may solely convert recordsdata a couple of minutes long or just a few megabytes in dimension - ineffective for our function of converting lengthy audio clips from YouTube. Whereas almost all audio units and multimedia gamers support MP3 playback, only a handful of them presently help FLAC. Thankfully, there are a myriad of how you can convert FLAC to MP3, in case you favor convenience over audio high quality. The resulting file may notsound as nice, but not less than you possibly can play it. Right here'present to Convert FLAC to MP3. FLAC to MP3 Converter helps conversion with none non permanent files it brings you high changing velocity and saves the arduous disk resource. To transform media recordsdata tomp3 format simply select a destination folder and drop your files or folders to the app's icon or interface. Converter advises when processing is made and if there are any failures. Conversion is done with full utilization of existing CPU cores and likewise it's crash free" on account of using exterior processes. The accessible codecs and audio resolutions are determined by the document label or digital distributor. Not all tracks on Juno Download are available in all these codecs.

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