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> 1) Perhaps you were watching it at low resolution? It's at a bigger font than Xcode's standard. My screen is a razor sharp 14" monitor with 1024 x 768 pixe

by graycat 11y ago

> 1) Perhaps you were watching it at low resolution? It's at a bigger font than Xcode's standard. My screen is a razor sharp 14" monitor with 1024 x 768 pixels. Resolution is not the issue, just size. All the text on the screen used for the demo is just a total blur -- I can't make out even a single character. I'm a long time, full-time computer user, and that text was by far the worst I ever saw that was intended to be read. 2)-4). Your video doesn't have to be "self contained". Instead, just say in broad terms what you are talking about. I've never heard of AudioKit before, nor should I have. I have no idea at all what the purpose of AudioKit is, nor should I. I have no idea if there is a Web site for AudioKit or if it has tutorial material, nor should I. If all such things are true, then make that clear. E.g., could I get the orchestral score to the R. Strauss Einheldenleben and use AudioKit to do a good synthetic orchestral performance? The score to the Bach Chaconne? The Bach solo violin version? The Busoni piano version? Say enough to make answers to such questions clear. 3) Ohio. Ohio should be fine. My mother was from Columbus, grew up just south of the OSU campus. I was a prof in the B-school there. My father went to Ohio State, BA and MA. My wife was from not far away, about 50 miles SW of Fort Wayne, IN. It's not about Ohio. Instead, just do what I said: Don't drop your voice at certain words or at the ends of sentences. When you say a word, go ahead and actually pronounce it. Your Ohio version of English speaking is fine; just use it. As it is, mostly I couldn't understand what you were saying, totally lost maybe 1/3rd of your words and more of your content. Since I couldn't read your screen text and couldn't understand your speech, I gave up, and I'm someone really interested in music, really interested. You may have some good work. If so, then good. In that case, speak up, describe your work, show clear screen images. BTW, I have no idea, none at all, zip, zilch, zero, nichts, nil, nada, what the heck "Xcode" is. None. I doubt that Xcode is in Webster's. So, Xcode is undefined jargon. I know quite a lot about both music and computing, but I don't know what Xcode is, and likely I should not. Lesson: If you want to communicate, don't use undefined jargon. Computing: I've published peer-reviewed original research in artificial intelligence from the IBM Watson lab. I've taught computing at both Georgetown U. and Ohio State U. At Ohio State, I was a leader in computing in the B-school and more generally on campus. I've programmed significant software for decades. My Ph.D. dissertation was heavily based on software that I wrote. I recently finished typing in software for a Web site with 4 back-end servers, 80,000 lines of typing, about 18,000 programming language statements, for Windows with the Microsoft software .NET, ASP.NET, and ADO.NET and for the Microsoft calls for TCP/IP, etc. Still I never heard of Xcode. Fonts? I'm quite good at D. Knuth's TeX, still have never heard of Xcode. I'm not attacking you. Instead I'm giving you constructive feedback so that you can communicate better about your possibly quite good work so that many more people can like your work. Main lesson: Just speak up.

alsetmusic 11y ago
Xcode is Apple's development suite. HN is a site largely populated by technology enthusiasts. We don't all have the same interests, skills, background, or vocabulary, but I think it's acceptable to assume that a reasonably sized subset of the group will understand the message and that those who don't will either choose to run a web search or simply move on. There are many submissions to HN that presuppose a certain level of familiarity with a given topic and we all seem to manage.
- graycat 11y ago
  Microsoft is an important computer company. I use Microsoft products. To save my time getting background information, I just stay with Microsoft's products. Why just Microsoft? Because for what I'm doing, it's enough, and I don't see anything else clearly better. My computer usage and software development are on Windows. My development is for a Web site where the site runs on Windows. My Web site sends to users just very standard HTTP, HTML, and CSS; so users need only a Web browser up to date as of, say, five, maybe 10, years ago. Each of my Web pages is just 800 pixels wide, with large fonts and high contrast, and should look good on any device with a screen with 800 pixels of width. The Web pages have both vertical and horizontal scroll bars so that, really, the pages should be usable on any device with 300 pixels of width and even fewer pixels of height. Net, my users might be using Linux and/or Apple products -- fine with me, but I don't have to be using Linux or Apple products and so far am not. I have no Apple products. I've never used any Apple products. I've never used Linux or Unix. Why? My project just doesn't need Apple products. Or Linux. That experience with Unix, Linux, or Apple is a prerequisite for being an expert in computing, which I am, is absurd. Yes, maybe generally HN is strongly in favor of Apple and Linux and, basically, hates Microsoft. I had to select a computing platform, and the main two choices were Linux, maybe on Apple products, and Microsoft. I selected Microsoft. For the hardware, I got some parts, motherboard, processor, fans, disk drives, CD/DVD burners, diskette drive (still used a few times), power supply, case, monitor, keyboard, lots of cables, lots of little screws, etc., a B/W laser printer connected via USB, gigabit Ethernet, etc. Wired a cable to drive my old daisy wheel printer (still really good for addressing envelopes) via a 9-pin serial port. That hardware has been fine. I've stayed with Microsoft; that's not a bad decision. Linux and Apple? So far I don't need them and, thus, don't want to allocate time, money, and effort to use them. Your implication that Linux and Apple are standard prerequisites for HN is rude, insulting, and absurd. Xcode -- garbage if not defined. And I shouldn't need Google to read HN. Lesson: Once again, over again, one more time, time n + 1 for a very large n, clearly, simply, don't do it; never do it; give up on it; having in group jargon, essentially deliberately undefined, is garbage behavior; trying to put off people outside the in group is very bad behavior for everyone; IBM used to do that and it really cost them; in group jargon is a really big, bad, bummer; being inclusive is much better, and now even Microsoft knows this; liking undefined in group jargon is really bad stuff; undefined acronyms are really bad stuff; don't do it; simple lesson; got it now? Don't do it; don't excuse it; don't put up with it. I'm not against Apple or Linux; it's just that, given that I do work on Windows, I don't need Apple or Linux and, thus, get to save on time, money, and energy that would be needed to use them. And, Objective-C? Don't need it. Python? Don't need it. PHP, Ruby, Rails, Django, Scheme, Lisp, assembler, C, C++, model-view-controller, Java, JavaScript, JQuery, node.js -- don't need them because they add little or nothing to what I already have on Windows. E.g., Microsoft's ASP.NET writes a little JavaScript for me, but so far I have not written or even read a single line of it. Don't need it. Pop-ups, pull-downs, roll-overs? Don't like them; don't need them; don't use them. JavaScript for asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), don't need it or use it. A point: I'm not a professional programmer. It's been a long time since I wrote code for other people. Now I'm an entrepreneur doing a startup. For my startup, I write all the code, and I'm writing that code on Windows. I've written some quite significant code. But it is important for me to save my time, money, and effort and, thus, try hard not to buy, that is, invest time, money, and effort in, tools that I don't really need. So, so far I get to ignore Linux, Apple, PHP, ... Java, etc.

by graycat 11y ago

alsetmusic 11y ago

Xcode is Apple's development suite. HN is a site largely populated by technology enthusiasts. We don't all have the same interests, skills, background, or vocabulary, but I think it's acceptable to assume that a reasonably sized subset of the group will understand the message and that those who don't will either choose to run a web search or simply move on. There are many submissions to HN that presuppose a certain level of familiarity with a given topic and we all seem to manage.

graycat 11y ago
Microsoft is an important computer company. I use Microsoft products. To save my time getting background information, I just stay with Microsoft's products. Why just Microsoft? Because for what I'm doing, it's enough, and I don't see anything else clearly better. My computer usage and software development are on Windows. My development is for a Web site where the site runs on Windows. My Web site sends to users just very standard HTTP, HTML, and CSS; so users need only a Web browser up to date as of, say, five, maybe 10, years ago. Each of my Web pages is just 800 pixels wide, with large fonts and high contrast, and should look good on any device with a screen with 800 pixels of width. The Web pages have both vertical and horizontal scroll bars so that, really, the pages should be usable on any device with 300 pixels of width and even fewer pixels of height. Net, my users might be using Linux and/or Apple products -- fine with me, but I don't have to be using Linux or Apple products and so far am not. I have no Apple products. I've never used any Apple products. I've never used Linux or Unix. Why? My project just doesn't need Apple products. Or Linux. That experience with Unix, Linux, or Apple is a prerequisite for being an expert in computing, which I am, is absurd. Yes, maybe generally HN is strongly in favor of Apple and Linux and, basically, hates Microsoft. I had to select a computing platform, and the main two choices were Linux, maybe on Apple products, and Microsoft. I selected Microsoft. For the hardware, I got some parts, motherboard, processor, fans, disk drives, CD/DVD burners, diskette drive (still used a few times), power supply, case, monitor, keyboard, lots of cables, lots of little screws, etc., a B/W laser printer connected via USB, gigabit Ethernet, etc. Wired a cable to drive my old daisy wheel printer (still really good for addressing envelopes) via a 9-pin serial port. That hardware has been fine. I've stayed with Microsoft; that's not a bad decision. Linux and Apple? So far I don't need them and, thus, don't want to allocate time, money, and effort to use them. Your implication that Linux and Apple are standard prerequisites for HN is rude, insulting, and absurd. Xcode -- garbage if not defined. And I shouldn't need Google to read HN. Lesson: Once again, over again, one more time, time n + 1 for a very large n, clearly, simply, don't do it; never do it; give up on it; having in group jargon, essentially deliberately undefined, is garbage behavior; trying to put off people outside the in group is very bad behavior for everyone; IBM used to do that and it really cost them; in group jargon is a really big, bad, bummer; being inclusive is much better, and now even Microsoft knows this; liking undefined in group jargon is really bad stuff; undefined acronyms are really bad stuff; don't do it; simple lesson; got it now? Don't do it; don't excuse it; don't put up with it. I'm not against Apple or Linux; it's just that, given that I do work on Windows, I don't need Apple or Linux and, thus, get to save on time, money, and energy that would be needed to use them. And, Objective-C? Don't need it. Python? Don't need it. PHP, Ruby, Rails, Django, Scheme, Lisp, assembler, C, C++, model-view-controller, Java, JavaScript, JQuery, node.js -- don't need them because they add little or nothing to what I already have on Windows. E.g., Microsoft's ASP.NET writes a little JavaScript for me, but so far I have not written or even read a single line of it. Don't need it. Pop-ups, pull-downs, roll-overs? Don't like them; don't need them; don't use them. JavaScript for asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), don't need it or use it. A point: I'm not a professional programmer. It's been a long time since I wrote code for other people. Now I'm an entrepreneur doing a startup. For my startup, I write all the code, and I'm writing that code on Windows. I've written some quite significant code. But it is important for me to save my time, money, and effort and, thus, try hard not to buy, that is, invest time, money, and effort in, tools that I don't really need. So, so far I get to ignore Linux, Apple, PHP, ... Java, etc.