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by vfdfv 11y ago
Well I think the terrifying part is that a computer might be able to generate an identity / artist(s) for the music it creates that we would also feel a stronger relationship to than the real thing. On a purely musical level, there are
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by vfdfv 11y ago
I am no fan of either party, and I consider people like Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton to be right-wingers as well, but the self-proclaimed political right does the majority of warmongering.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
This 'weaponized brain' bullshit arises out of a very legitimate fear of the US military, the right-wing nutcases that pull its strings, and its extensive history of unethical human experimentation. If DARPA is seriously interes
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Unless computers are significantly better and faster at creating art that humans enjoy.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
The people who wrote and compiled information for this article are engaged in speculative vigilantism and snitching. Maybe this info is already known to the feds, or maybe not, and maybe it is factual, or maybe not. Regardless, releasing it
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Ugh, I'll just continue to buy drugs on the black market and use them at home. No one wants to go lay in a hospital bed after shooting up. Addicts can safely manage their own addictions, if they are provided consistent doses and clean
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Agree to disagree, but I see democrats and republicans as two sides of the same murderous, thieving coin.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
It's clear that he issued an executive order, which may or may not be utterly meaningless. And Gitmo was just an example, not necessarily saying it would even be at the top of my list. Of course sending the detainees to other prisons i
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Such a weak excuse. Sure a TV show might not play clippings from a speech of his, but if Obama actually offers to do a live interview on any TV show, no one would turn down that ratings boost.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Right! That's why I consider, for example, his campaigning on closing Guantanamo to be completely disingenuous. Get on TV every single night, spread awareness about what's happening there, tell US citizens that we need to lead by
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by vfdfv 11y ago
This is a great question. What would the world look like if no individual could earn more than a million dollars a year, or if companies were taxed at exceedingly high rates once they reached a valuation of 100 millions dollars? I realize i
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Exercise never feels terrible to me, and my mind always feels clearer afterwards.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
It's very prevalent here in Cambodia too. One of my favourites fruits, and it in NO WAY tastes like pulled pork when it's unripe. I actually prefer it slightly unripe, since it can quickly become exceedingly gooey and sweet.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Dude, definitely try it. It doesn't taste anything like pulled pork, ripe or unripe. Source: frequent eater of Cambodian jackfruit :)
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by vfdfv 11y ago
I recently quit, and my caffeine intake was at most moderate, but it took me 6-7 days to feel totally normal.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
It looks like Stripe can defer payment for 7 days: https://stripe.com/blog/auth-capture
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Give your users something like "first two weeks free", which will annoy the fraudsters who want the charge to go through immediately.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Do you know if Braintree handles EU VAT in an automatic way? I've read the article below but I'm not totally sure what to make of it: https://www.taxamo.com/braintree-announce-partnership-taxamo... I am definitely
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by vfdfv 11y ago
> invited to places like Facebook by Zuckerberg Ah so now Ahmed will get to see the worst of the worst on a different end of the spectrum.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Let's hear these unpopular opinions of yours...
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by vfdfv 11y ago
> Bernie Sanders scam Bernie Madoff? Different guy.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Lifting in a gym is not necessary. I get a fantastic workout by doing body weight training and lifting weighted sacks that I made with materials costing ~5$.
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Not at all. I'm a sprinter, so I do take a quantitative approach to running. I also lift weights, and I would say that I do so seriously. But my weights are my own body and big rice sacks filled with water bottles that I heave around i
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by vfdfv 11y ago
I approached learning electric guitar similarly, with heavy emphasis on technique. Early on I really wanted to be able to play a jazz fusion style a la Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Shawn Lane, etc. I got derailed for many years by a w
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Ah, yep, we listen to a lot of the same stuff! Piazzolla did compose some guitar material, his "Tango Suite" for two guitars written specifically for Sergio and Odair Assad. The second movement is my favorite: https://w
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Ok, I felt slighted by your presumption that I can't read classical notation. Can we turn the discussion around? I'm legitimately curious about what music you like. My dad tried to make it professionally as a classical guitarist (
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by vfdfv 11y ago
I can read classical notation well enough for my purposes. I listen to Janacek, Sibelius, Delius, Schubert, Faure, Scriabin, Sorabji, Mompou, and other composers you would probably consider legitimate music. I just don't limit myself s
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by vfdfv 11y ago
What an incredibly elitist and dismissive view of music. You are aware that there are entire musical traditions that do not employ notation, right? You're excluding tons of music outside of 12 tone temperament, not to mention plenty of
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by vfdfv 11y ago
Definitely! Though you may already know, aligning notes to exact subdivisions of the beat is called quantization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization_%28music%29 Quantized music feels noticeably less organic and
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by vfdfv 11y ago
I also think Clojure is a great fit. I've had some really good results with sample-based algorithmic composition, so I'm really looking forward to this: "In the near future, Alda’s scope will be expanded to include sounds sy

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