Optimal_Persona

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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Finland , Finland , Finland The country where I want to be Rolling mats down the mountain When there's no snow to ski Whether shortshrifted winters Or spring summer or fall Finland , Finland , Finland Finland has it all
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I'm probably an atypical calculus learner. I'm middle aged and brushing up on my math(s)/physics so I can do audio DSP, understand the acoustics/physics of musical instruments, and explore patterns in nature - all for pe
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
So it sounds like the patriarchy's got this one all sewn up!
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Interesting, I have a history in West Coast food co-ops as a baker, manager, and volunteer board member. In my time of direct involvement (1997-2007) I didn't see any union busting or undue influence from UNFI, CDS or other outside ent
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Interesting, will have to check this out. A few questions - - Is there anything like an Edit Decision List (EDL) that's common in video editing software? - As this supports Ableton Live - how would it handle exporting Session View cli
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
In the 1960's, both the (US) East Coast and West Coast's premier drug-fueled experimental countercultural rock groups were briefly called The Warlocks. New York faction went on to be called The Velvet Underground, San Francisco co
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I think the cones must also screw up their aural spatial sensation (changing their perception of sound from fairly omni-directional, to seeming like all the sounds are coming from in front of the cone).
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Also the audio frequency bandwidth is narrower on AM, so fewer treble frequencies. TBH I think music from up to the late '60s (especially if originally released in mono) sounds really good, or at least more "era-appropriate"
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
As someone who has made lots of purchasing decisions for software (ERPs, Electronic Health Records, productivity tools) at places I've worked over the last 18 years: I don't want to talk to salespeople, only product designers, dev
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I'm surprised that people are surprised by science being done in non-scientific ways. I got a taste of this in my high school honors biology class. I decided to do a survey of redwing blackbirds in my town. I had a great time, there wa
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Maybe if he had formed a shell corporation around his fake listeners, that would have been OK because according to the US Supreme Court, corps are peeps!
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I also have a background in food co-ops (member owned), I was in the bakery of one for 7 years, then served on its board. Food co-ops are really interesting orgs because food is one of the things people can control in their lives so their f
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
My second thought was "Wow!" My first was "I hope everyone with these nails has a bidet!" I mean, how do you...
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I hang around the KVR DSP forums and indeed, it's always impressive to see mystran answer questions posed by world-class commercial plugin devs who are stumped or stuck somewhere. mystran appears to have one of the best understanding o
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
One of my favorite things I've ever found on the internet is the "Reverb Subculture" thread on GearSpace. https://gearspace.com/board/geekzone/380233-reverb-subcultur... It's a discussion of so
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Title should include “(2017)”
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
And it's not quite as obvious as setting up the chessboard on a windowsill...
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
As an SF Bay Area resident who walks/BARTs as much as possible, IME bicyclists are at least as big a threat to my safety as motorists, who at least have a license and insurance on the line if they screw up. I can't tell you how ma
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
One of my favorite software developers - Valhalla DSP, who make awesome reverb, delay, and modulation audio plugins - references the NASA design guidelines. https://valhalladsp.com/2011/04/26/valhallaroom-an-o
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
There's a "Search" box at the top of Teams window that has never not found what I was searching for, and - once you've clicked into a channel (including General, which is the default channel in every Team) "Find in
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Not my experience, I just Teams messaged myself to verify and it came right through.
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I wish you were still actively developing it, I haven't been able to run it on Mac for a while now. More than any other recording software, AudioMulch gave me a taste for digital audio and specifically realtime resampling. Since using
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Tomorrow's headline: Turd de France - How professional cyclists poop (or don't) on the road...
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I have an "Intelligent Human Turing Test" when I sell things on Craigslist (usually professional/pro-sumer music/audio equipment). If someone doesn't pass it I don't respond. If they do they are generally thril
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Nothing new, this has existed in my household for the last 20 odd years - "Hey honey, move this thing over there. No, an inch and a half to the left. NOPE - back to the right a few mm, and forward a little. Yup - wait...just a little b
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I was going to post the same link to Andy Farnell's book, it's one of the finest resources for procedural audio that I've found. A bit later I will post some links to software synthesizers based on simulating specific physica
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
I worked at a ~$20M food company where we had a new CEO coming in. Management/Board were over the moon, saying "This guy has been running a multi-billion $$ company for years." Curious as to why someone would transition so ab
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Drugs that can be activated by the military flipping a switch? Nothing to worry about here, folks!
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
Well - I had no idea goose feathers were an appropriate medium for long-range data transmission. You learn something new every day!! ;-)
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by Optimal_Persona 2y ago
The description you wrote applies very well to school district administrators. The difference is that district admins are out of direct contact with students, or never had it in the first place. Do district superintendents have to wait 6 ho

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