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Comment on The billionaire ‘buccaneer’ braving the Strait of Hormuz in ~transport
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Comment on “Reinforces the value of originality”: Fender secures legal ruling to protect the Stratocaster body design in ~hobbies
redwall_hp Link ParentThis is solidifying my decision to move from Studio One to Ableton. (So far, it's great, but I will probably miss ARA2 support.) I was like...ever since Fender bought Studio One, they ask me for...This is solidifying my decision to move from Studio One to Ableton. (So far, it's great, but I will probably miss ARA2 support.)
I was like...ever since Fender bought Studio One, they ask me for money more often than Ableton puts out upgrades, keep trying to move to a subscription model, and the updates have been so-so and spent on one-trick-pony instrument additions and stuff for guitar people.
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Comment on The billionaire ‘buccaneer’ braving the Strait of Hormuz in ~transport
redwall_hp Link ParentOne who makes boucan, or barbecue, no less. As far as I'm aware, the only billionaire twit known for smoking meats is Zuckerberg.One who makes boucan, or barbecue, no less.
As far as I'm aware, the only billionaire twit known for smoking meats is Zuckerberg.
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Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life
redwall_hp (edited )Link ParentEvery single CS class I had used handwritten exams, and they were weighted to be the majority of the grade. At the freshman level, this often involved "here's a printed Javadoc" or "I hope you...Every single CS class I had used handwritten exams, and they were weighted to be the majority of the grade.
At the freshman level, this often involved "here's a printed Javadoc" or "I hope you memorized C functions" and having to write out a program. In higher level classes, which quickly become about theory and not writing code, you end up doing things like labelling states of registers on a toy CPU based on assembly instructions, or drawing diagrams of how a red-black tree is changed at each step of an algorithm.
Honestly, programming is a prereq to start a CS degree. It's not what the major is about, and if you're not already decent at it, the limited classes that focus on it aren't going to do much to remedy that.
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Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society
redwall_hp Link ParentIt drives me crazy, and I have some schadenfreude whenever gas prices go up. My Civic gets 32mpg combined in most of my city-heavy driving, and will get into the 40s on road trips if I use cruise...It drives me crazy, and I have some schadenfreude whenever gas prices go up. My Civic gets 32mpg combined in most of my city-heavy driving, and will get into the 40s on road trips if I use cruise control. (It runs 91 octane, but that's just the cost of VTEC go brrr.)
Growing up, my family of five got on just fine with Camries, station wagons and, for awhile, a Dodge Spirit that was smaller than my Civic. Now people commute in Escalades, Rubicons and F150s that have pathetic mileage...but they need them, because sometimes their one kid might have to ride in it or they might have to buy a 2x4 a couple of times a year. And U-Haul just isn't something we have the technology for yet.
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Comment on Crusher - Like a Shooting Star ft. Hatsune Miku V6 (2026) in ~music
redwall_hp Link ParentUnsure. This was said on Twitter, though: https://x.com/CCrusherr/status/2031079788157300744Unsure. This was said on Twitter, though:
Surprise! I had the HUGE honor to write the demo for Miku V6 🩵
Miku has been a main player in my life for over half of my time on this earth, and I’m so glad I got to write a song for the queen herself.
Thank you to Crypton Future Media for the amazing opportunity!
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Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society
redwall_hp Link ParentWind and solar are indeed something that should be maximized. Though I think we've lost ground badly on that with the dawn of LLM tulip mania. We should have been trying to replace as much fossil...Wind and solar are indeed something that should be maximized. Though I think we've lost ground badly on that with the dawn of LLM tulip mania. We should have been trying to replace as much fossil generation with solar as possible, but despite increasingly fast rollout, power demands are skyrocketing. I suspect much of the gains have been lost.
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Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society
redwall_hp (edited )Link ParentI'm specifically talking about the volumes of matter involved. That's an entirely separate issue. The point is the amount of mining activity is relatively low. (And all spent fuel produced...I'm specifically talking about the volumes of matter involved. That's an entirely separate issue. The point is the amount of mining activity is relatively low. (And all spent fuel produced globally would fit inside one building.)
Though presupposing the complete loss of all scientific knowledge and looking further into the future than humanity has even existed is also farcical. It's like an early hominid worrying if a modern human might cut themselves on their stone tools. When the most likely event that would lead to such a loss is, ironically, global nuclear war...probably precipitated over resource decline due to climate change or depleted groundwater.
Additionally, that sort of older fuel cycle where that is as much of an issue is decades out of date. Modern designs greatly reduce the existence of unused fissile material, by like two orders of magnitude.
I'm hardly an expert in nuclear physics, but it's well known that Gen IV reactors get hundreds of times more energy from their fuel and the spent fuel is hazardous for more like 200 years.
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Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society
redwall_hp Link ParentFor perspective: a coal plant has literal train loads of coal coming through it per day. Tons and tons of the stuff, producing large amounts of ash as it goes. Much of it ending up in the air. A...For perspective: a coal plant has literal train loads of coal coming through it per day. Tons and tons of the stuff, producing large amounts of ash as it goes. Much of it ending up in the air.
A nuclear plant installs fuel rods and they're used for 3-5 years, until maintenance is done and they're occasionally replaced. The solid metal is removed and swapped.
Literal burning of physical stuff vs basically changing a spicy lightbulb now and then.
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Comment on Crusher - Like a Shooting Star ft. Hatsune Miku V6 (2026) in ~music
redwall_hp (edited )LinkThis is the first English song to be released using the soon-to-be-released version of Hatsune Miku for Yamaha VOCALOID 6. How far things have come in 19 years of Miku... Also, there's a video...This is the first English song to be released using the soon-to-be-released version of Hatsune Miku for Yamaha VOCALOID 6. How far things have come in 19 years of Miku...
Also, there's a video showing the V6 editor playing the song. And YouTube changed their logo for Miku Day today, as well.
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Crusher - Like a Shooting Star ft. Hatsune Miku V6 (2026)
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
redwall_hp Link ParentI like to point out Scott Lynch (the Locke Lamora series) as the way to do it: he's had multiple long gaps between books, but has always been transparent about it being mental health related...and...I like to point out Scott Lynch (the Locke Lamora series) as the way to do it: he's had multiple long gaps between books, but has always been transparent about it being mental health related...and nobody minds.
Rothfuss has all along tried to cultivate social media presence and celebrity, but has no indication of actually doing anything. And fraud certainly comes to mind when he's leveraging that celebrity for other endeavors.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
redwall_hp (edited )Link ParentI know, right. I'd at least want to build up some public libraries and throw money at the EFF and ACLU or something. Damn, throwing $100-200 to some charities probably makes one proportionately...I know, right. I'd at least want to build up some public libraries and throw money at the EFF and ACLU or something.
Damn, throwing $100-200 to some charities probably makes one proportionately more charitable than Rowling.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
redwall_hp Link ParentPatrick Rothfuss is up there with him. Book two of three in The Kingkiller Chronicle came out in 2011. I lost track around a decade ago, but he was still adamant that he was working on it, despite...Patrick Rothfuss is up there with him. Book two of three in The Kingkiller Chronicle came out in 2011. I lost track around a decade ago, but he was still adamant that he was working on it, despite his former editor saying she'd never seen evidence of it existing. (Former, because you don't need an editor if you're not actually publishing...)
I like Rothfuss's books a lot more (I wouldn't consider myself a fan of ASOIAF, though I've read the books), but I can't imagine going back and rereading just to have a clue what's going on after that long.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
redwall_hp Link ParentUnfortunately, she's a billionaire. It's almost impossible for her to burn through it all. If you had a billion dollars, even low-risk investments with moderate returns would give you something...Unfortunately, she's a billionaire. It's almost impossible for her to burn through it all. If you had a billion dollars, even low-risk investments with moderate returns would give you something like an additional $80 million per year.
If you already have a house and spend "normal wealthy" amounts on living expenses, it's safe to say you can get away with taking a "salary" of a million dollars, and then you have an ever-escalating avalanche of money you can grow and occasionally throw snowballs of it at things. Lobbying doesn't even cost that much.
Solutions, I do not have. Just depressing arithmetic.
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
redwall_hp Link ParentTIL. I didn't know they had a name for it. I remember going from one of the old scissor switch ones to the butterfly to the new ones, but had never noticed it was given a specific name. Either...TIL. I didn't know they had a name for it. I remember going from one of the old scissor switch ones to the butterfly to the new ones, but had never noticed it was given a specific name. Either way, it'll be better than the mush most cheap laptops have.
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
redwall_hp Link ParentI noticed they said "Magic Keyboard" in the description, which together with the clickiness, means it's probably the same mechanisms as the iPad's accessory by the same name. Which...isn't quite...I noticed they said "Magic Keyboard" in the description, which together with the clickiness, means it's probably the same mechanisms as the iPad's accessory by the same name. Which...isn't quite MacBook Pro quality, but it's definitely better than many keyboards.
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
redwall_hp Link ParentMy assumption, especially with the deliberate callout of the educational price, is that this is exactly what this is for. They're taking aim at the plague of Chromebooks that have infested...My assumption, especially with the deliberate callout of the educational price, is that this is exactly what this is for. They're taking aim at the plague of Chromebooks that have infested schools.
This is basically the white iBook G4 in the early 2000s or the later low-spec MacBook Air (early 2010s) that they placed for sale to schools at a discount. (Before Chromageddon ate the student computer market, and computer skills with it.)
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Comment on Meet the UK's Eurovision entrant: 'The BBC is taking a risk on me' in ~music
redwall_hp Link ParentEurovision tends to tap dance on the line of outlandish, while the line is rotating on a turntable and jets of fire are all around the stage. You can see some really interesting stuff, but it...Eurovision tends to tap dance on the line of outlandish, while the line is rotating on a turntable and jets of fire are all around the stage.
You can see some really interesting stuff, but it unfortunately tends to get weeded out by the end of the finals. I'll probably pick up Peacock in May just to stream it, though.
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Comment on Yakult ladies are an icon in Japan in ~life.women
redwall_hp LinkThe Yakult probiotic shots are great if you ever need to take antibiotics. I've started seeing clinics recommend them (as well as Culturelle tablets) in discharge papers, as they can help keep you...The Yakult probiotic shots are great if you ever need to take antibiotics. I've started seeing clinics recommend them (as well as Culturelle tablets) in discharge papers, as they can help keep you from losing your gut flora and getting C.Diff.
They also remind me a little of how Calpis/Calpico tastes.
They were also oppressed people. The "golden age of sail" was full of things like navy press-ganging (literally kidnapping people off the street and forcing them to serve on ships) and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The reason the Caribbean was important was because it was full of slave plantations producing sugar, rum and tobacco.
So, many pirates were mutineering sailors, escaped slaves and other such types who had little options other than to become murdering thieves...because they were going to be killed or enslaved one way or another.
As always, history is written by the capitalist and imperialist exploiters.