midiguy

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by midiguy 4mo ago
So a plane which has withstood probably countless landings, had its nose gear collapse while sitting statically at a gate of all times and places? Weird.
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by midiguy 5mo ago
It's not that everything has to be sweet, but rather that, for example, Coke really isn't Coke without sweetness and people just happen to enjoy Coke. And if you're going to enjoy a Coke, Coke Zero or Diet Coke is better for
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by midiguy 6mo ago
I feel like I am exactly the target demographic. Love the taste of meat. Would eat it every day if there were no consequences. But I mostly cook vegetarian at home because my wife is veg and I do somewhat care about the impacts of factory f
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by midiguy 7mo ago
I am so glad we have automated away game playing so that I can just sit around and be a lifeless vegetable
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by midiguy 1y ago
Tbh, I would be pretty frustrated developing any non-trivial frontend code without a type system. But I am interested to try dropping frameworks.
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by midiguy 2y ago
The techno optimism has morphed into VCs and tech founders lobbying Trumps governments to self-destruct the US government so they can lord over techno-feudal city states The arrogance and narcissism of the Silicon Valley elite is going to r
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by midiguy 2y ago
The same thing is happening to jazz playlists. Spotify is cramming jazz playlists with bland interpretations of standards that they paid bottom dollar to desperate conservatory students for. As a long-term jazz fan, I know what I am looking
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by midiguy 2y ago
Lofi peaked long before the term lofi even came about
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by midiguy 2y ago
Let's face it. Our world is currently filled with rogue states waging pointless wars, spying on their own citizens, launching cyberattacks, seeding disinformation outside their borders, etc. If they want to make it happen they will. It
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by midiguy 2y ago
I'm picturing scientists in another universe clenching their butts as the monkey goes to type the last letter of Hamlet..... and misses 't' for 'r' and the whole observation hall erupts with loud groans
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by midiguy 2y ago
Pretty much every issue with Typescript is actually an issue with Javascript. Typescript is purely an improvement.
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by midiguy 2y ago
Most dopamine producing activities are in some way beneficial in moderation to outweigh the negatives (sex, eating, exercise, even many recreational drugs). I don't know whether pointlessly bleeding money away to some greasy corporatio
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by midiguy 2y ago
Poker is the only casino game approaching fair where a highly skilled player can be profitable as they are taking money from other players and not the casino (casino just collects their rake on every hand). But that's why casinos hate
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by midiguy 2y ago
And with the advent of Eurorack, not only do you need more instruments, but the instrument you do have is never finished either At least lots of Eurorack builders are small passionate shops as opposed to big soulless corporations
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by midiguy 2y ago
The difference is that Roman sculpture is revered for it's ingenuity and craftmanship at a time where that style of sculpture was being developed with the more limited resources they had back then, and it often depicted important motif
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by midiguy 2y ago
The real culprit here is UI. Yes, there are many better languages and runtimes than JS without a doubt. But most of their UI libraries are just as terrible if not more terrible than HTML/CSS/JS. And that is because developing sens
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by midiguy 2y ago
It used to be about playing people back when no one knew anything. Now that people study GTO, it's definitely more about the cards.
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by midiguy 2y ago
I agree it was an incredibly awkward interview
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by midiguy 2y ago
I'm one of those weird people for whom alcohol feels nice but also makes me incredibly sleepy to the point that I become way less social. Thus I will enjoy a beer at home but if I'm going out I will choose other substances (or abs
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by midiguy 2y ago
Sure, it increases anxiety overall particularly when going through withdrawals or hangovers. But I have never heard of its usage directly triggering fully-fledged panic attacks as weed so commonly does.
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by midiguy 2y ago
Not gonna lie, when I see that someone is banned on X, I assume credibility
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by midiguy 2y ago
He definitely opened the door for timbral exploration on the guitar using electronics.
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by midiguy 2y ago
The reason I hate heavy autotune in recent hip-hop is because it destroys all of the interesting timbre that could be there, and reduces it all the same annoying voice
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by midiguy 3y ago
Interpretations of the Vedas vary widely. Name any 'eism' and you will find groups of Hindus adhering to it.
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by midiguy 3y ago
It took Europe a pretty long time to produce a thinker who would restate the pantheistic ideas that the Upanishads described vividly before the birth of Christ. I wonder if Spinoza had any exposure to Hindu thought.
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by midiguy 3y ago
Microdoses have no real effect on me at best, and put me totally on edge at worst. But I love a mild 1-2g trip. I personally think the optimal dose is a mild tripping dose (perhaps mid ~3.5g if you are experienced and are looking for that k
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by midiguy 3y ago
I kind of hate how this article did not once clearly explain what it meant by the nebulous term 'edge'.
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by midiguy 3y ago
I would agree that it is not a prerequisite to play popular music, and music theory will not necessarily make you a good player (theres so much more to it, including feeling as you say, as well as fine motor control). > Improvisation is
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by midiguy 3y ago
Being able to transpose != understanding how transposition works. I mean sure you can handpick scenarios where some musicians on certain instruments may be able to transpose without knowing any theory. But knowing a bit of theory would unlo
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by midiguy 3y ago
> Any player who has musical practice but no knowledge of theory understands the notion of changing keys. If they understand the notion of changing keys, then they don't have no knowledge of music theory. Transposition is basic theo

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