Optimal_Persona

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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
It's not ALL bad, when I recently replaced my 2012 MacBook Pro with a 2024 Air M3, I was pleased to see that Apple FINALLY allows tabbing in system pop menus for things like Save, Delete, Close and selecting those options with the Spac
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I'm in a similar situation but a decade older. My "aha" moment came with Ivan Savov's "No Bullshit Guide to Math & Physics". For some reason working through this book "sticks" in a way that Khan A
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Professional, so I will get paid and own the copyright, AWESOME! Thanks for fixing the broken music economy.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Curious if anyone here is also familiar with loudspeakers built on the acoustic transmission line (TL) principle? It comes and goes in hi-fi circles, I have a bass instrument cabinet produced by the now-defunct Euphonic Audio. It's an
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
TIL that Harvey Fletcher (who I knew from his acoustic/audio work, particularly the Fletcher-Munson loudness curve) contributed to the Millikan oildrop experiment. Thanks! Another great resource for understanding what went on at Bell L
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Here's some nice relaxing mood music as background for the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVb2tnFN5AA
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
The Fred Dibnah stuff is some of the most impressive stuff I've seen, not just the scaling heights but the logistics of building the ladders as he went, and the demolition of large brick structures with a minimum of tools.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
By pushing new lines on you even if you don't need them, creating very low expectations for technical service, and automating away customer service at every turn. I feel like there is a shadow cartel where all telcos agree to suck as m
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Well to be fair, the rest of the billboards in SF off the 80/101 are generally bland and corporate AF. Gee, another HR/payment processing platform. Wow, a new iPhone! Anyone unfamiliar with the SF Bay Area's rich cultural his
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Funny, AT&T says they couldn't offer fiber to my address at my old house, or the one I moved to across the street. Of course I can get Sonic fiber at both addresses...which uses...drumroll...AT&T's fiber infrastructure. It
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I still have a couple digicams, between the fact that they don't ping cell towers, and let me manually and quickly adjust exposures between shots, they still have a lot of value for me.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Besides his solo album "The Drop" and perhaps his production of Coldplay, not really!
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Please tell me you don't have an army of chainsaw cat-bots at the ready to serve the cause!
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Ooh those must sound glorious! I've never played through one, but have been close to Vox AC30 guitar amps cranked up loud! For non-musician HN'ers, if you've heard Brian May with Queen, that's the sound of overdriven Cla
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
From down the tubes to a much more solid state of existence...bravo!
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Eek! The only time I've been bitten by a rodent was close to where this happened - sleeping overnight on the floor at a Merced punk venue my band played at, I was awoken by something nibbling on my hand. Not good, it was a rat.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I had to buy a laptop on 24 hour notice for a consulting gig I had. I really regret getting an Acer. Cheap construction, no discernible thermal management, and the screen would regularly go completely blank with the IBM MDM/corporate s
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Coming next - Microsoft CPO Lionel iPad tenders his resignation...something to do with intangible not-quite-right "fit" with the org.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
In that case, these are quite literally the droids you're looking for: - https://capturedbyrobots.com/ - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19242-squarepusher-z-ma... - https://w
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Car drivers potentially face consequences in terms of loss of license, and should be carrying insurance if something happens. No equivalence for cyclists and honestly the Netherlands is the least safe I've felt as a pedestrian in regar
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I was going to say the same - does this follow 1V/octave standard, and is this available in Eurorack format? ;-)
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
As a musician recording ideas on a handheld Zoom recorder so I don't forget them, I switched from WAV to 320 MP3 a few years ago to save on file space and don't regret it.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I honestly didn't know that was a matter of contention at this point...it's very common for pro (or smart amateur) audio engineers to actually listen to the effect of different digital compression algorithms and adapt accordingly.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Please please please make it more informative about his production process than Marc Weidenbaum's 33-1/3 book on Selected Ambient Works Vol. II. That's by far the most disappointing book I've read in that series (esp. gi
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Well, 3600 billionths of a meter IS kinda close...just sayin'
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I honestly thought this would be about retouching photos of buff men!
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
The French would claim it’s a feline word ;-)
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
IMO the visual wire/node paradigm of Max/MSP and Pure Data makes a lot of sense because it builds upon the "plug one box into another" interface that electronic music hardware follows, and because it can mirror electroni
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Yes, and the fact that Tape Op subscriptions are free (at least for the US) is mind-boggling.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Watching "Brilliant Minds" probably won't help, great to see Zachary Quinto as Dr. Wolf ;-) https://www.nbc.com/brilliant-minds

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