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The Perfect-Sense Edition Monday, February 12, 2024

How To Build Your Own Digital Music Library, by https://www.whathifi.com/advice/how-to-build-your-own-digital-music-library, What Hi-Fi

Whether meagre artist payouts or a desire for better sound are fuelling your move, or you simply find yourself forking out a monthly subscription for music you already have shoved in a loft somewhere, there are plenty of reasons that a digital music collection makes perfect sense.

But if the last time you built a digital music library was on an old iPod shuffle with some – ahem – questionably sourced MP3s, you may be wondering about how you go about doing it, what kit you’ll need and the ways you can listen. Thankfully, we’ve got you covered with our handy guide to getting your own digital music system up and running.

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Telegram Rolls Out Saved Messages 2.0, One-time Voice And Video Messages, And More, by Sushruth V H, OnlyTech

The latest update contains improved saved messages, one-time voice and video messages that get deleted after being played, detailed read receipts that display the time at which the message was read, an upgraded search feature in a chat, and more.

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iOS 17.4 Adds New 'Virtual Card Number' Feature To Apple Cash, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Once you opt into setting up your Apple Cash virtual card number, you can view that card number, generate new card numbers and security codes, and more. This is essentially the same functionality that’s been available for the Apple Card credit card since it launched, but for the Apple Cash debit card now.

The Vision Pro's Scary Side Effect, by Adam Rogers, Business Insider

Our brains are about to undergo a massive, society-wide experiment that could rewire our sense of the world around us, and make it even harder to agree on what constitutes reality.

The Loss Of Things I Took For Granted, by Adam Kotsko, Slate

I recognize that not everyone centers their lives on books as much as a humanities professor does. I think they’re missing out, but they’re adults and they can choose how to spend their time. What’s happening with the current generation is not that they are simply choosing TikTok over Jane Austen. They are being deprived of the ability to choose—for no real reason or benefit. We can and must stop perpetrating this crime on our young people.

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I sure hope I have enough time to reach some milestones for my hobby project, because I am not going to get there fast.

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