antiolrach's recent activity
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Comment on Looking for albums that are both beautiful and melancholic in ~music
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Comment on Are there any experimental/electronic producers on here? in ~music
antiolrach LinkI've been making electronic music on and off for the last 8 or 9 years, and similar to yourself I've put very little of it out there - I just don't know anyone in real life who enjoys this kind of...I've been making electronic music on and off for the last 8 or 9 years, and similar to yourself I've put very little of it out there - I just don't know anyone in real life who enjoys this kind of music. So I've been pretty happy just making and consuming it myself.
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Comment on Are there any experimental/electronic producers on here? in ~music
antiolrach Link ParentTotally agree re Ableton's default reverb plugin. You can still get some interesting spring-like sounds from it with the quality set to low and the room size all the way down, although for...Totally agree re Ableton's default reverb plugin. You can still get some interesting spring-like sounds from it with the quality set to low and the room size all the way down, although for anything like the 'conventional' use of reverb, I find Max for Live's Convolution Reverb is way better.
Likewise, most of my experiences with 'rate my track' forums have been people only offering cursory feedback because they want you to review their own stuff. It always leads to a vicious circle of surface-level, unhelpful feedback on everybody's stuff. Maybe Tildes' specific emphasis on thoughtful discussion would help alleviate that?
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Comment on Reddit introduces new "Start Chatting" feature across many subreddits, AskHistorians goes dark for 1 hour in protest to broken promises in ~tech
antiolrach Link ParentThe admins mention at one point that they rushed the feature through with no oversight because chat usage had gone up 50% during quarantine. Seems incredibly hasty in hindsight...The admins mention at one point that they rushed the feature through with no oversight because chat usage had gone up 50% during quarantine. Seems incredibly hasty in hindsight...
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Comment on Jukebox - Neural net that generates music in ~tech
antiolrach Link ParentI’ve listened to a lot of experimental electronic music, if you told me that was a remix by Autechre or someone I would 100% believe youI’ve listened to a lot of experimental electronic music, if you told me that was a remix by Autechre or someone I would 100% believe you
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Comment on I made my first knife in ~creative
antiolrach Link ParentThank you for the detailed answer!Thank you for the detailed answer!
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Comment on I made my first knife in ~creative
antiolrach LinkLooks nice! What was the reason for hitting it with the ball hammer, was that just for aesthetics or did it do something to the structure of the steel?Looks nice! What was the reason for hitting it with the ball hammer, was that just for aesthetics or did it do something to the structure of the steel?
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Comment on Recommend me a song based just on one line (or couplet) in its lyrics in ~music
antiolrach LinkWoke from the dream and I was old, staring at the ass crack of dawn, Walked these streets up and down, looking for Paul Simon song details This is from Horseshoe Crabs by Hop Along, an incredibly...song details
This is from Horseshoe Crabs by Hop Along, an incredibly sad true story of a song. It’s about Jackson C. Frank, a folk singer in the 60’s who had a hit (Blues Run the Game, produced by Paul Simon), but then fell into depression and faded into obscurity. His life seemed to consist of one devastatingly sad event after another, including: his school burning down when he was 11; having his eye shot out by kids messing with a BB gun; going back to NYC and just wandering the streets, hoping to run into Paul Simon (the incident those lines are about). I guess it’s not a very uplifting message, but I think it speaks to a fear a lot of people have of waking up one day and finding that your life has run away from you without you noticing (see also: Pink Floyd - Time). Also, I love the ‘ass crack of dawn’ wordplay. -
Comment on <deleted topic> in ~humanities
antiolrach Link ParentA similar one, also in German funnily enough, is Handy for mobile phoneA similar one, also in German funnily enough, is Handy for mobile phone
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Comment on The new Atari console, Atari VCS, will offer 80/20 revenue split for developers and run standard Linux games in ~games
antiolrach LinkWe’ve seen a lot of these indie-funded retro consoles in the last few years flop spectacularly. The Ouya was cited as a specific example that Atari wanted to learn from, and while I’d imagine that...We’ve seen a lot of these indie-funded retro consoles in the last few years flop spectacularly. The Ouya was cited as a specific example that Atari wanted to learn from, and while I’d imagine that their experience and name recognition in video games will give them a boost, I can’t help but feel this will go the same way. I’d love to be proven wrong though
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Comment on Squarepusher - Vortrack [Fracture Remix] (2019) in ~music
antiolrach LinkSick. Seems to be coming at just the right time as well, there's been a big outflow of creativity from this kind of rave / dnb / hardcore sound coming through. Guys like Overmono, Special Request,...Sick. Seems to be coming at just the right time as well, there's been a big outflow of creativity from this kind of rave / dnb / hardcore sound coming through. Guys like Overmono, Special Request, and Joy Orbison are making (imo) some of the most exciting electronic music out there
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
antiolrach Link ParentDo you have any examples on hand? Seems like an interesting project, even if it didn't work perfectlyDo you have any examples on hand? Seems like an interesting project, even if it didn't work perfectly
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Comment on What's your favorite track from Africa? in ~music
antiolrach LinkOrchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Malin Kpon O -
Comment on What editor/IDE do you use? in ~comp
antiolrach Link ParentWow, can you read my mind? I was just thinking today that I’d love to use vim bindings in VS CodeWow, can you read my mind? I was just thinking today that I’d love to use vim bindings in VS Code
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Comment on SOPHIE: "Burn Rubber" ft. Sarah Midori Perry in ~music
antiolrach LinkVroom Vroom 2.0Vroom Vroom 2.0
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
antiolrach Link ParentIf you’re interested, he did an episode of the podcast Song Exploder here where he talks about the process behind writing one of his tracks.If you’re interested, he did an episode of the podcast Song Exploder here where he talks about the process behind writing one of his tracks.
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Comment on Ireland to ban new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030 in ~enviro
antiolrach LinkWow. That's quite surprising for me, given we have a) really poor electric car infrastructure, and b) really really poor public transport infrastructure. I'd be delighted to be proven wrong, but I...Wow. That's quite surprising for me, given we have a) really poor electric car infrastructure, and b) really really poor public transport infrastructure. I'd be delighted to be proven wrong, but I can't see how they can hit this goal in such a short timespan
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Comment on What are your pet peeves? in ~talk
antiolrach Link ParentI don’t think I’ve ever seen a non-paid trolley here in Ireland, and yet people still find ways to take them away and throw them into canals, lakes, public parks etc. etc...I don’t think I’ve ever seen a non-paid trolley here in Ireland, and yet people still find ways to take them away and throw them into canals, lakes, public parks etc. etc...
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Comment on What are your pet peeves? in ~talk
antiolrach (edited )Link ParentYou might be interested in reading about Socrates, one of the OG Greek philosophers. Supposedly, the Oracle of Delphi (a manifestation of the god Apollo, and said to always give true predictions)...You might be interested in reading about Socrates, one of the OG Greek philosophers. Supposedly, the Oracle of Delphi (a manifestation of the god Apollo, and said to always give true predictions) was asked if there was anyone wiser than Socrates; the Oracle responded ‘No’. Socrates was shocked by this, and seeking to prove the Oracle wrong, went around Athens seeking out people with expertise in various disciplines; politicians, poets, craftsmen. Clearly these people were wiser than him, since they had expertise in some discipline that he didn’t. But he found that all of them assumed their narrow area of expertise gave them license to talk about all sorts of things they knew nothing about. Therefore, he concluded, the reason Socrates was the wisest was paradoxically because he was the only one who really knew how ignorant he was.
As you’ve noticed, this is still common today, which is pretty funny because he lived 2,500 years ago!
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Comment on The rise of progressive occultism in ~humanities
antiolrach LinkCompletely tangentially, Arthur Lipp-Bonewits is an amazing name and I am quite frankly jealousCompletely tangentially, Arthur Lipp-Bonewits is an amazing name and I am quite frankly jealous
(Bob Boilen (of NPR Tiny Desk Concert fame) said this is one of his favourite albums!)
Very wordy and abstract but definitely beautiful