icarus_drowning

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by icarus_drowning 9y ago
As I understand it, the main difference is that the Falcon rockets are (or are eventually meant to be) much less dependent on refurbishment between launches. The Space Shuttle required extensive and expensive work between launches to the ex
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by icarus_drowning 12y ago
I seriously hope he's got a backup strategy for that DOS box.
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by icarus_drowning 12y ago
It means that a bunch of people who once thought they were somehow above or apart from politics find that they are not, and that the things that happen in the world constitute news of real interest to hackers. That's growth. Unless t
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How a transgender “foreign hope” is challenging the pro StarCraft world(avclub.com)
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
I found that just running an Automator script for the "new disk image from selection" command on the root of the drive worked perfectly-- set an iCal event to run that script once a day, and you're done. Be sure to test this
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
The integration with OS reinstall works very well, and is pretty seamless from the user's perspective. I used to do two backups-- a local TM backup and a separate cloud backup, but I found it was actually easier to just use Automator t
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Also, if you're looking for a short, but surprisingly informative video on the matter, Scott Manley's "WTF is rocket fuel anyway" video is fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8TuufCp0M
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Well at least you expect the downvotes. Which leads me to wonder why you thought this comment would be informative and helpful in the first place.
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
The Normalize on export function in Logic is works weirdly well too, especially considering you have almost no control over it. I almost always leave it on and in 5 years of professional composition work, have only chosen to switch it off o
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
No 32-bit plugins is an interesting choice. Logic 9 can be launched in 64-bit mode with a 32-bit bridge that opens/closes based on whether or not you have any 32-bit VST/AU plugins trying to run. I've got a couple of Sonnox p
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
The drum stuff seems new, but at first glance looks quite gimmicky. As a professional composer, the last thing I want to see is a picture of a drumkit and various performers in the middle of my DAW interface.
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Yes, they almost always control something important. In VST/AU instruments they're often assigned to crossfade volume so that you get a natural tone colour change across the dynamic range.
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
I used to use Reason (way back in version 3), and now am a full-time Logic user for all my music production. I'd say this is a pretty fair characterization, although I actually use Logic with VST/AU instruments to do essentially t
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
I spend about 8 hours a day in Logic Pro 9, and while I haven't used Ableton a ton, I get the impression that Ableton Live is more geared toward synthetic/electronic and live performance applications, whereas Logic is a more gener
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Late merging makes better use of available road bandwidth. That's not anecdotal, that's simple math.
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Seemed like they were really focusing on external expandability via Thunderbolt 2.
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
The issue I take with Dave Winer is that he seems to feel as though his accomplishments or contributions somehow elevate his words beyond criticism. This is exactly why Dave Winer wrote this post. The thing is, he probably has a point in
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Sure, but I'd argue that's because the key signature is wrong. The correct way to notate that is with either a modal key signature a la Bartok or notate it as D with a constant natural on the C, showing that the tonal center is D while clea
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
How is "tell[ing] you what key the piece is in" different that defining tonic/dominant/leading tone relationships? Those relationships are the product of the whole/half step pattern that the key signature communicates. It isn't just importa
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
If the leading tone is "si", what do you call sharped sol?
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Additionally beam groups convey a huge amount of information-- there's a reason, for example, that 6/8 is typically beamed in 2 groups of 3, whereas 3/4 is grouped in 3 groups of 2. Understanding the micro- and macro-pulse relationship ma
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
I disagree with making different clefs the same. Clefs are different for a reason-- they attempt to keep most notes on the staff. Bass and Treble have won out over competing clefs (if you ever want a challenge, trying reading the various ve
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
Might I suggest that barlines remain connected vertically on both the grand staff and on instruments in the same family? This is a very easy and intuitive way to make a score readable, especially when it involves large groups of instruments
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by icarus_drowning 13y ago
What you mean by this is that the key signature tells you what the tonic is, and, conversely, what the supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, etc. are. Whenever I teach key signatures this is the biggest thing I try to impart: key sign
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by icarus_drowning 14y ago
The Point Defense Systems mod for Homeworld 2 is one of my favorite things to play: http://www.moddb.com/mods/point-defense-systems Adds more realistic weapon layouts, focusing on large capital-ship battles a la the Honor Harrington novel
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by icarus_drowning 14y ago
Anonymity is different though. Every single transaction is public, yes, but that only leads you to a bitcoin address, which is trivial to change. Perhaps there's a way to unmask them (even if you are smart about changing your "bitcoin ident
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by icarus_drowning 14y ago
As a teacher, I'm somewhat sad that text will be less important, but I can't say that I blame Facebook for emphasizing images over words. While it might be nice to tell 7th graders that they should be able to write because the internet is b
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by icarus_drowning 14y ago
To be fair, they give other reasons for dropping Wayland. You might not believe them, but you're hardly giving them much of an argument.
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by icarus_drowning 14y ago
You think you could have condensed this down to your best 3 points instead of a wall of text that includes a good portion of the original article? I understand you want to be thorough, but a handful of good retorts is better than a whole lo
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by icarus_drowning 14y ago
Honestly, this is what I expected the article to be: "Step 1: Turn on ILS. Step 2: Have a beverage and flip the fasten seatbelts sign on-- here's where it is on the instrument panel."

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