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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
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Linus Åkesson - 8-bit Boléro (2025)
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Comment on Jet Lag Season 16: Hide + Seek United Kingdom | Trailer in ~hobbies
alp Link ParentOh wow, must have been a different programme of similar format in exactly the same place then! What’re the odds?Oh wow, must have been a different programme of similar format in exactly the same place then! What’re the odds?
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Comment on Jet Lag Season 16: Hide + Seek United Kingdom | Trailer in ~hobbies
alp (edited )LinkAh, I've been wondering for a fair part of this year what television programme I'd show up in after some people sprinted past me near my house chased by huge cameras! I live in a pretty touristy...Ah, I've been wondering for a fair part of this year what television programme I'd show up in after some people sprinted past me near my house chased by huge cameras! I live in a pretty touristy village in the North so we get a fair few things shooting here, had presumed I'd missed whatever it was. Spotted them in the trailer here (at the very end with the disappointingly vulgar child), though! Can't wait for this!
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Comment on Ireland among countries boycotting Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete in ~music
alp Link ParentI suppose that Ireland is much closer and more tied to the U.K., so more likely to be of more immediate relevance to BBC readers?I suppose that Ireland is much closer and more tied to the U.K., so more likely to be of more immediate relevance to BBC readers?
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Comment on Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown in ~music
alp LinkThis was fantastic news! It is odd to see cited the impetus herefor as the recent Oasis uproar, considering that that was caused by Ticketmaster’s predatory dynamic pricing system and not touts,...This was fantastic news! It is odd to see cited the impetus herefor as the recent Oasis uproar, considering that that was caused by Ticketmaster’s predatory dynamic pricing system and not touts, however this is still a big step, and it will also hit Ticketmaster et al via their own reselling services plus the abolition of astronomical hidden service fees. May the trend continue, laterally and vertically…
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Comment on Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Edison film captured it in action in ~transport
alp LinkNot at all related to the technology itself, but it’s interesting/amusing to me that this amazing piece of history in a film was preserved for this long, kept in such great condition and quality,...Not at all related to the technology itself, but it’s interesting/amusing to me that this amazing piece of history in a film was preserved for this long, kept in such great condition and quality, cleaned, scanned, and brought to our eyes on our computer screens, often in our hands… all for the picture to be rendered largely incomprehensible because of, of all things, digital compression!
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
alp Link ParentWow, while I’m yet to dive into Sátántangó (also having moved his works up the reading list since he won the Nobel) I’m intrigued by your thoughts on the ending of Lot 49! I always adored the...Wow, while I’m yet to dive into Sátántangó (also having moved his works up the reading list since he won the Nobel) I’m intrigued by your thoughts on the ending of Lot 49! I always adored the ending to that book, with a beautifully exhilarating final chapter leading to what I saw as a pretty perfect conclusion to everything the book had built, so I’m fascinated to hear our opposite opinions there! What about the ending gave you that reaction?
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Comment on Lankum - Ghost Town (The Specials cover) (2025) in ~music
alp LinkOh, the joy to hear this! Thank you for sharing, @cfabbro. Lankum and The Specials are two of my favourite artists, both seeming to express similar passions and philosophies through such opposite...Oh, the joy to hear this! Thank you for sharing, @cfabbro. Lankum and The Specials are two of my favourite artists, both seeming to express similar passions and philosophies through such opposite means—the folk against the urban, the isolated against the united, the occult against the dry—and yet this crossroads is so perfect! I read that Lankum, despite being so well-versed in boldly Strange covers, of were initially quite reluctant to take on a song like this, so I’m so glad that they did.
If only Terry were still with us to listen!
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Comment on Looking for a beginner turntable and near field speaker in ~hobbies
alp Link ParentI have just learned that: Wharfedale speakers are actually made in Wharfedale; There are more of us Yorkshire folk on Tildes than I realised; and I finally know what monitors to go for in my...I have just learned that:
- Wharfedale speakers are actually made in Wharfedale;
- There are more of us Yorkshire folk on Tildes than I realised;
- and I finally know what monitors to go for in my amateur home studio.
Thanks!
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Comment on lain sings u duvet in ~anime
alp LinkDisappointed that I’d misread and it was Lain and not a bloke called Iain…Disappointed that I’d misread and it was Lain and not a bloke called Iain…
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Comment on How we're designing Audacity for the future in ~tech
alp LinkTo preface, I have so much respect for Tantacrul and believe him to be an excellent designer! I hope that this rant is not perceived as targeted or meanspirited in the slightest! I find it really...To preface, I have so much respect for Tantacrul and believe him to be an excellent designer! I hope that this rant is not perceived as targeted or meanspirited in the slightest!
I find it really surprising and confusing to see him break down in this video all of the market research used to justify the changes he’s made to this software in the past half-decade, considering the (to my eye) total misunderstanding of the software and why people use it. I have for a long time, and will for a long time more, use Audacity extensively, and it’s one of the only tools out there that I’d really consider myself experienced to such a degree, yet I still worry for the time in the future where 2.x releases, before Tantacrul took over, lose support on contemporary OSes. 3.x started to implement some interesting UX overhauls, which I could at least understand despite the major regression on the optimisation front, but it was disheartening to see Audacity turned before my eyes slowly into just-another-DAW.
Those that used Audacity for music (myself included to a major degree, albeit not my only use case), used it for its simplicity and its musical agnosticism. The lack of tempo, tonality, VSTs, and FX chains, wasn’t impeding users’ ability to create music—that’s why DAWs exist, and using Audacity alongside a DAW was a perfect chemistry! Said simplicity and agnosticism was the main selling point of this amazing software for those of us that used it for music, and now it’s been overhauled into a DAW I’m not sure if there exists software that does what it did to this quality anymore; only old unmaintained forks or legacy versions that won’t live forever.
Tantacrul is a truly, truly talented designer with an excellent eye and so much talent—which is why it’s so sad to see his misunderstanding of Audacity continue, costing a tool that I was genuinely so passionate about and that changed my life.
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Comment on What are some of your personal misheard lyrics? in ~music
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Comment on Porter Robinson's angelangelangelangelangel.com (seizure warning) in ~design
alp Link ParentInterestingly, my first thought was also of Trent when I saw this, albeit his How to Destroy Angels artwork!Interestingly, my first thought was also of Trent when I saw this, albeit his How to Destroy Angels artwork!
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Comment on What "one-hit wonder" do you think has a discography worth exploring? in ~music
alp Link ParentYes! I also recommend the article The Crying of Lot 55, which addresses the multitude of… fascinating oddities that surround the man, and the question if he actually even exists. It’s the reason I...Yes! I also recommend the article The Crying of Lot 55, which addresses the multitude of… fascinating oddities that surround the man, and the question if he actually even exists. It’s the reason I discovered him, and even if the questions it discusses are nonsense it’s a great read.
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Comment on Which directors have a flawless filmography? in ~movies
alp Link ParentDid The Boy and the Heron not do really well? That’s really sad to hear—I haven’t looked at its reception online but to me it was one of his greatest achievements and my friends who saw it in the...Did The Boy and the Heron not do really well? That’s really sad to hear—I haven’t looked at its reception online but to me it was one of his greatest achievements and my friends who saw it in the cinema with me had similar views, so I’m surprised to hear that! How come?
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Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk
alp LinkOoh, what a great question. I love your answer! For me, hmm: What are the implications of getting contradictory-seeming results from an Augmented Dickey-Fuller test and a KPSS test (for example,...Ooh, what a great question. I love your answer! For me, hmm:
What are the implications of getting contradictory-seeming results from an Augmented Dickey-Fuller test and a KPSS test (for example, each test rejects), and what, if any, action should you take to remedy this to achieve stationarity?
If a colleague could hypothetically answer this to me without needing to do some research, I’ll believe anything they say and come to them when needing help forever!
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Data scientist (in this case, time series forecasting)
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An ADF rejection of its null hypothesis often suggests the presence of a unit root in the data while a KPSS rejection conversely will suggest the lack of a unit root. This can be caused by difference nonstationarity in the data; applying differencing and running the tests again should ameliorate this.
…I think?? I am not an expert, and while I’ve come across this situation multiple times when doing time series forecasting it’s given me a headache every time… I may be wrong with my answer (although I hope not as that would mean I’ve messed up data in the past!)
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Comment on The story of Art Attack in ~tv
alp Link ParentThe fact that children on the other side of the world got to experience the same joy watching little Brum as we did is making me smile so much!The fact that children on the other side of the world got to experience the same joy watching little Brum as we did is making me smile so much!
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Comment on Aphex Twin - Korg Funk 5 (2025) in ~music
alp LinkSuch a fun track! Last year’s release that compiled this among all six of the mini-releases over the past decade I think is honestly in the running for one of his greatest achievements. The...Such a fun track! Last year’s release that compiled this among all six of the mini-releases over the past decade I think is honestly in the running for one of his greatest achievements. The breadth of styles and steps forward across the record, and the sheer number of songs that stand as those of his best…
Its one crime is being frontloaded with over an hour of very difficult and inaccessible material that only a certain portion of people would enjoy. Starting from track 24 gives an incredible experience for sure! I just wish that it had been released with more thought to its sequencing, and maybe some heavy curation to about half of its runtime, a bit like Chosen Lords had from its preceding Analord project. I’m tempted to make my own someday soon…
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Comment on Xbox Series X and S: Microsoft has reportedly sold less than thirty million consoles this generation in ~games
alp Link ParentIrrelevant response but oh wow hey, are you the same selib with whom I used to chat on music_survivor back in 2017/18? Small world if so!Irrelevant response but oh wow hey, are you the same selib with whom I used to chat on music_survivor back in 2017/18? Small world if so!
In today's BBC: Woman's shock as goose smashes through front door.
Geese do what geese do!