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Comment on Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Bamboo Houses (1982) in ~music
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Bamboo Houses (1982)
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Linus Åkesson - 15 Years of Scene Spirit (2022)
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
xk3 LinkI binged The Chair Company in a day and mostly enjoyed it. There are times when the dialogue and story beats feel like an LLM being prompted to write a weird story--while other beats are quietly...I binged The Chair Company in a day and mostly enjoyed it. There are times when the dialogue and story beats feel like an LLM being prompted to write a weird story--while other beats are quietly masterful. The final episode is perfect in the sense that it gives you many possible interpretations to take home. I'm likely to regard it more highly as the days go by but right now it feels more Tommy Wiseau than Twin Peaks.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
xk3 LinkI've been dumping hours into Hogwarts Legacy (it's free this week on Epic Games Store) and it's decent overall. Better than I would expect it to be. It's fun to roleplay in and zoom around on a...I've been dumping hours into Hogwarts Legacy (it's free this week on Epic Games Store) and it's decent overall. Better than I would expect it to be.
It's fun to roleplay in and zoom around on a broom. There's quite a few low quality side quests but the variety of spells and other game mechanics make it slightly more tolerable.
If you decide to try it out, I've heard both Hufflepuff and Slytherin playthroughs offer the more interesting distinct quests. I'm playing Ravenclaw. There's not a big difference though whatever you pick
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Comment on Kiosking Ubuntu computers in ~comp
xk3 LinkYour plan seems pretty solid to me! But you could also have it reboot on logout (maybe systemctl kexec?)Your plan seems pretty solid to me! But you could also have it reboot on logout (maybe systemctl kexec?)
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Comment on What's your favorite RSS reader? in ~comp
xk3 LinkFor podcasts and video RSS feeds yt-dlp is quite good. For text Calibre custom recipes and calibre-smtp works wonders :)For podcasts and video RSS feeds yt-dlp is quite good.
For text Calibre custom recipes and calibre-smtp works wonders :)
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Comment on Question regarding these songs and autotune in ~music
xk3 LinkThe truth is most digitally mixed music and even some live performances use auto-tune and retiming (fine-tuning drum hits for example) to correct small mistakes. But it's only done if you wouldn't...The truth is most digitally mixed music and even some live performances use auto-tune and retiming (fine-tuning drum hits for example) to correct small mistakes. But it's only done if you wouldn't be able to tell (if you notice it then it's a stylistic choice or a novice engineer) and often the small details like these things are without the explicit foreknowledge of the artist.
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Comment on One too many words on AT&T's $2,000 Korn shell and other Usenet topics in ~tech
xk3 (edited )LinkThanks for posting this! A lot of great links inside that article that led me down several rabbit holes... One surprising thing I learned recently is that the reason the CompuServe system used...Thanks for posting this! A lot of great links inside that article that led me down several rabbit holes...
One surprising thing I learned recently is that the reason the CompuServe system used weird numbers for the user id was because it is running on PDP-10:
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Comment on National Data Buoy Center - BuoyCAMs in ~enviro
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National Data Buoy Center - BuoyCAMs
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Flavien Berger - radio contre-temps (2019)
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
xk3 LinkI recently read Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection which is a collection of short stories and articles by Isaac Asimov collected posthumously with a forward by Orson Scott Card. The book...I recently read Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection which is a collection of short stories and articles by Isaac Asimov collected posthumously with a forward by Orson Scott Card.
The book itself is split into three parts. The first part is fifteen short stories. The second part is essays about science fiction--most of these seem to be forwards for other short story collections--there is some repetition but still enjoyable. The third part is essays about writing science fiction.
The structure of the book is a bit unusual but very satisfying. It felt like an appetizer and I'm craving more. Luckily, I haven't read many Asimov and he's written over four hundred works. I've been concurrently listening to the audiobooks for Nemesis and The Gods Themselves and feel like my head is about to explode. I've been enjoying both stories a lot but I should probably slow down.
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Comment on Markdown/inline links don't work unless URL starts with http(s) in ~tildes
xk3 LinkMaybe relative links are less useful for this specific site but it's good hygiene anyways to always include the URL scheme. Markdown links on all other sites will very likely behave like this even...Maybe relative links are less useful for this specific site but it's good hygiene anyways to always include the URL scheme. Markdown links on all other sites will very likely behave like this even if there is a special fix on this site to convert relative markdown links into absolute ones.
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Comment on BairesDev - Palette app in ~arts
xk3 LinkI stumbled upon this app and it's really neat how it shows the relationship between Saturation, Hue, and Value between palette colors. I have never seen something quite like this, though it is a...I stumbled upon this app and it's really neat how it shows the relationship between Saturation, Hue, and Value between palette colors. I have never seen something quite like this, though it is a pretty simple idea
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BairesDev - Palette app
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
xk3 LinkI've been working on building a GUI for selective Syncthing downloading. I like the plugins system that Filestash provides so I've been building on top of that. The core functionality is mostly...I've been working on building a GUI for selective Syncthing downloading. I like the plugins system that Filestash provides so I've been building on top of that. The core functionality is mostly there but the UI needs some adjustment...
The way to override default code via patches is really interesting but because it's a compiled program I think I'll just keep track of changes inside git commits instead.
Here are some other interesting repos that I found but didn't end up using:
WFM begun its life around 1994 as a Perl CGI script for CERN httpd server. It was developed to allow uploading logs, traces, dumps and other case data by support engineers and customers. Later rewritten in C language, when CGIC library and Apache httpd were released. Up until 2015, it has been a closed source commercial application used for lightweight document management and supported by a few customers. It has now been open sourced. In 2022 WFM has been rewritten in Go as a stand-alone application with a built-in web server for modern deployment scenarios.
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Comment on Tips for FL Studio in ~music
xk3 (edited )LinkI would recommend just keeping it simple and doing as much as you can outside the computer. Then when you have something somewhat concrete lay it out and play around with it in the Playlist area....I would recommend just keeping it simple and doing as much as you can outside the computer. Then when you have something somewhat concrete lay it out and play around with it in the Playlist area.
Personally, I'm not a fan of the Channel Rack. It's powerful... but also really bad UI design (imho). Thankfully, you don't have to use it most of the time if you don't want to.
https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/basics_workflow.htm
Once you have something that sounds pretty good look into adding effects, sidechaining, and other weird things to see if you can squeeze a few percentage points more polish but it's easy to over do it--it's often better to do less.
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Comment on Feedback doesn't scale in ~society
xk3 LinkSeems like a good use case for not making work your life (don't take system deficiencies personally) and Sankey diagrams. (Or, if you're too time constrained to read and classify each complaint,...Seems like a good use case for not making work your life (don't take system deficiencies personally) and Sankey diagrams.
(Or, if you're too time constrained to read and classify each complaint, sort everything by the number of items in each cluster
library cluster-sort --groups sentences.txt)If one person is saying something either they have a unique insight or they are totally off base. If 50 people are saying the same thing perhaps it's gossip, mass hallucination, or subterfuge; but most likely, if 50 different people are complaining, regardless of your personal relationship to them, perhaps there is something to what they are trying to communicate to you.
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Comment on Opinions on NPU laptops? in ~comp
xk3 LinkI'm pretty sure my laptop has this but I don't even know if it's being used. https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1isx272/accessing_an_npu_on_linux/...I'm pretty sure my laptop has this but I don't even know if it's being used.
- https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1isx272/accessing_an_npu_on_linux/
- https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1dj46rw/ok_npus_and_how_do_i_make_use_of_them/l98hyxm/
It seems like even if you are planning on using it to develop AI applications you would do better by supporting GPUs first as that's what everyone else is primarily supporting
There's also the 2000s remix with a slightly faster tempo (that the '80s weren't ready for I guess)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_Houses