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by aa-jv 1mo ago
Nothing beats KORG's muslin swaddling cloths that they were handing out at Superbooth a few years ago, for cleaning those knobs and hard to get at clavier keyboards. It was such a great bit of Superbooth swag that I went down the rabbi
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by aa-jv 1mo ago
>Did you experience the popularization of the WWW? There were massive disagreements even among smart tech-savvy people. We even had a stock market boom and just cycle associated with it. In the early phase of the Internet envelope, we al
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
>I don't think I buy that argument (that there aren't enough people interested in it). >I don't think all that would exist without some demand. What we old synth nerds need to understand is that there are always new syn
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
It kind of makes me wonder why we don't see 3D-printers which use paper pulp as the building material .. when I was younger we learned to make our own recycled paper by building the pulp from scraps, and it was an intriguing and inspir
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
>What happens if I already know the language of the people I have conflict with? What's the next cheat code? Lived there for a while? Eaten their food? Done your best to improve conditions in their lives? >What are you "sm
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Classic warrior narcissist response. Look it up, its just as real as your claim. I'm with the OP. Its time to resist this heinously hate-filled culture that justifies the murder of innocents because they are inferior.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Is your zig microgppt port available anywhere for perusal? I'm interested in both at the moment, have some zig workshops with a few local folks on the horizon and would love to use that opportunity to boot up the noggin on a few thing
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
I often wonder if there aren't some low hanging fruit in the nature of the python ecosystem surrounding AI/ML these days. I'm sure there are a lot of eyeballs looking at the problem, but every time I fire up a chat and see t
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
A while ago I worked on a product which created a lot of media files for the user, and these files all needed to be named in a unique - yet human-pronouncable manner. We considered using something like what3words[1], but then one bright dev
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Maybe it depends more on the vicinity to others' back yards... ?
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Every time I see a strandbeest[1] on the beach somewhere, I wonder to myself why it hasn't got an array of trebuchet included, also recharged by the wind, to pick up sand balls and throw at people. Just for the fun of it. Pure whimsy.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
>the IDF put Israeli soldiers lives on the line to avoid civilian casualties. Ah, I get it, you're talking about Israeli casualties, not innocent Palestinian children civilians. They do need to put boots on the ground (which the
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Why is it silly?
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
They've been convincing women that its empowering to smoke cigarettes for a long time, too.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
> the IDF put Israeli soldiers lives on the line to avoid civilian casualties. Nonsense.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
People hate children being murdered more than anything else. The fact you can't see that is because, you yourself, have a hatred mask on.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Fact - he said exactly this: “It’s no secret, I disagree with the prime minister," he said. “I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night,” said the far-right Israeli lawmaker. “Not ju
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
The bodies of dead children speak for themselves.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
They view certain components of "The West" as their enemy - indeed, the very organizations which conduct the same operations against the Russian people.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
I like to think he's in some wealthy parlor somewhere, sequestered away, bringing mirth and humanity to an elite few who need it most of all.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
The first really usable Linux release was way before 1999. "cryptobro" is just a useless, troglodytic slur. > Nobody makes money out of this Not true, you can make money with any new technology if you apply your tool-using hat
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Putting it on my list - thanks for that, looks like a great watch.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
AI/ML myopia is about as useful as Linux-myopia was in the 90's. Its here, its not going anywhere, it is getting widespread adoption. Slop is real, but then so are accurate, timely, and well delivered products. Its up to the hu
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
In my collection I have an Oric Atmos which was used for 40 years as a membership and fuel-tracking terminal for a motorcycle club. It was in this capacity, extremely useful to 250 members of the club, who would ride their motorbikes out i
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
On the other hand, the retro- computing scene is a perfect example of how AI/ML can really, really improve things - and anyone being myopic about it would get a serious kick in the ass if they take an honest look at the improvements be
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
I have every computing platform I've ever hacked on since 1978, sitting in my room in the form of a retro-computing collection - portions of which I have exhibited over the last few years, to the tune of a 40,000+ visitors. As a system
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
See also, the influx of spooks into various hackerspaces during the Snowden/Assange era. I truly believe there was an effort to subvert these communities, and thats what happened.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
This is excellent advice - do you have any more recommendations? I'd really love to dig deeper into this branch of cinema, it seems an opportunity for quite some cultural enlightenment.
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
What you describe is a distinctly Euro-centric, imperial viewpoint. However 80,000 years of original caretaker habitation demonstrates that indeed, stasis with the landscape is attainable. They took far better care of the land than we do, a
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by aa-jv 2mo ago
Wat, no SpectreVR? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(1991_video_game) An oversight. This was one of the very first viable multiplayer network games and it definitely belongs in the list ..

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