From the Economist: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

I've tried some "tube rolling" experiments with the Schiit Vali. I think there is basically no audible difference. I'm no EE, but my understanding is with hybrid amps the tube is only for voltage gain, not current gain, which actually moves the headphone drivers. But there IS a gain difference.

This is getting very bubbly. This kind of thing tends to come down hard.

This EQ should result in this graph. About as good as I could do.

And then Parametric EQ with Sound Source. This of course sounds even better and just about nails Harmon, with a 2 dB bass boost.

Sony Sound Connect App EQ is 10 band and no pre-amp, but this is where I ended up with a lot of time on Squiglink.

This is close to Harmon 2018 over-head, but that asked for -6 dB at 31 and 63, I went with -4 dB.

While this is absolutely not surprising. It's nice to see confirmation of what everyone suspected. Dude was high AF.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

Today I asked Perplexity Pro and ChatGPT o3-mini for the lightest folio case for an iPad Pro. Wild answers.

You can’t have Russia / Ukraine peace talks without inviting Ukraine.

These are not real peace talks…

on.ft.com/3QmE4Pq Europe scrambles to respond as US and Russia prepare for Ukraine peace talks

What’s the Unconstitutionality Index of DOGE killing departments created by Congress?

So the law is what Trump and Bondi say it is:

I hadn't put my finger on it until now. Comparing AI spending to the 90s telecom buildout that left us with tons of fiber to build the modern internet. The AI equivalent is trained models that can be used via distillation to create future models.
Thanks Semafor: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

Clinton won the popular vote by over 2% in 2016. Trump won the popular vote by under 1.5% in 2024. Remember that when you hear anyone talk about a mandate.

The Supreme Court set the stage with their ruling in Trump v. United States. Now we get to live with the consequences...

www.propublica.org/article/usai...

It’s hard to overstate how despicable it is to try to unilaterally destroy USAID.

From: open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

WSJ had a good analysis of the miss-information issue. But also both sides this particular exchange, but in the context of the article it’s easy to see Trumps comments as the miss-info they are. So IMO better than the NYT handling of it.

www.wsj.com/us-news/los-...

FT both sides it a bit.

California fires could be costliest disaster in US history, says governor on.ft.com/3WfhZFQ

The Washington Post does what I wanted to see. They call it out directly.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This kind of reporting from the New York Times drives me crazy. They could have easily called out that Trumps claim is nonsense. Instead they just both sides it by publishing Newsom’s response. I don’t understand why they still think this is how journalism should be done.