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Strange. Are they all owned by the same company/hosted on the same server or something? It seems odd otherwise that these otherwise-unrelated websites would go down all at the same time.

I have nothing of value to add, but I want to add to that music analogy: pushing for realism ignoring all else is basically like distributing 5.1 384 KHz, 24-bit FLAC audio, recorded on state-of-the-art equipment... but the audio's all fart noises. I'll never get to hear 90% of that audio, but it sure as hell is prime quality, surround fart noises.

I know databending looks like magic, but I swear it's based on the fact that a computer only sees numbers, and all interpretations of such are merely that, interpretations. If you can get the computer to interpret data differently from its intent, there's all manner of fun you could have with that. I prefer working with raw uncompressed data, but there might be a way to corrupt a JPEG but still have it be a valid file, at least in theory.

Now, finding ways to do it such that the end result ends up being suggestive... I don't know.

• Pipe raw video data into uwuify? That yields seizure-inducing results. I should probably upload the results of that one to YT for shits and giggles.

• Paulstretch? Attempts to do it with video data aren't encouraging. Constant vertical desync; 'rolling'. The related version of Paulstretching each frame is also dubious at best. No continuity between frames; causes seizures.

• Paulstretch a frame, then use EbSynth to paint over the Paulstreched image... I haven't tried that one. I'll try it at least once, but no promises.

Mechanically, it's the OP of each thread editing the "Subject" of the first post, which changes the default subject line for all replies.

Which means that this thread's title will never be changed barring some action from The Toad, since the original account associated with this thread was erased on request. That made a whole new mess in the form of the Great Disorder (a name I chose as an ad hoc thing; I'd imagine there's other names), which messes with quote links in the threads that they were active in, but I think that's a story for another time.

I know that there's at least one other active thread whose title is very unlikely to change: the word association thread. This wouldn't normally be an issue, but considering that its title has "2^15.57" in it, which ≈ 48640, that's kinda outdated now that the thread has 64154 (≈ 2^15.97) posts as of this writing. I don't know Skyrunner at all, I came here long after their time, but I assume they just left at some point.

I like how my brain's reaction to listening to lossless versions of songs I've listened to is "Wow, I can hear all the detail in the music now!". I'm sure there's a difference, but without ABX testing, I'm not drawing any conclusions. Not that I'll do ABX tests until I get my KZs in the mail, so I guess I can live in this fantasy for a bit longer. It's just the sudden placebo effect that's getting me.

That only solves the backup problem. As for replacing the SSD, I'm pretty sure I'm basically done for there until I can have physical access to it in a few months' time. Am I right on that suspicion?