jamesjolliffe

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by jamesjolliffe 14d ago
I don't know if I fully agree with this analysis, but I really appreciate the argument for emphasizing these values.
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by jamesjolliffe 16d ago
Is this the perfect clickbait title for nerd sniping? One of the best I can recall.
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by jamesjolliffe 1mo ago
Lol, I'm not sure the author expected to set off an army of nerds arguing how difficult it is to cook a proper steak. God I, totally unironically, love HN.
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by jamesjolliffe 5mo ago
Tangential, BUT, here is a grid map of ARDA from a (M)ulti (U)ser (D)ungeon text game from the 90s that you can still play: https://mume.yllemo.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=maps:... You can literally st
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by jamesjolliffe 5mo ago
This is so weird. I love it. Thanks for sharing!
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by jamesjolliffe 5mo ago
Good point - again for this, filter cutoff knob position or MIDI CC value percentage of 0/max value # would be mapped to cutoff frequency Hz #. And yes, envelope times have different transition formulas between points, like linear vs l
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by jamesjolliffe 5mo ago
OK, call me too synth nerdy, but have you guys ever longed for a project that allowed you too match stuff like envelope times and between synths? E.g. (totally made up values in this example) if you want to approximate the amplitude envelop
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by jamesjolliffe 6mo ago
Rewatched this movie last week. Best movie I've seen in at least a year. Robert Altman is immortal.
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by jamesjolliffe 6mo ago
Huge admiration and respect for this guy. Jealous of his people skills. Legit, what % of developers on HN do you think are well-rounded enough to pull this off? Godspeed bro.
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by jamesjolliffe 6mo ago
Great! Maybe I can finally get a woman to see me naked!
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by jamesjolliffe 7mo ago
I love this comment. Thank you for your provocative first sentence, esoteric historical anecdote, and nuanced take. Goddamn Hacker News rules.
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by jamesjolliffe 7mo ago
Wow this guy can write. I don’t even agree with his point or pessimism. I just enjoy reading this.
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by jamesjolliffe 7mo ago
Another serious flaw with the modern American economy is that too much of our money is spent betting on whatever lottery ticket dream we are sold will grant the highest returns. For too long, we have been investing in software companies lik
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by jamesjolliffe 8mo ago
Sounds really cool to listen to someone talk _about_ this synth. Sounds pretty meh listening to the synth itself in any demos I've seen so far. Still an awesome product and piece of tech art. Myself, I can't imagine buying this sy
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by jamesjolliffe 4y ago
Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike on Fightcade. App loads instantly unlike most modern games, and if you're in the US, you can quickly find a match. You can challenge anyone in chat room to a quick first-to-3 or first-to-5 which will take 5