aswanson

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   by aswanson 3y ago

   I came up in the late 80s/early 90s sampling era. Guess what era of music most samples we used came from?
2. 122.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   Late 60s, early 70s had the best combination of technology & limitations to create some of the most memorable music. Go much earlier than that & everything sounds hollow. Too much later ( I'm looking at you, 1980s) and everyt
3. 123.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   America had to invent freedom and democracy because Europe had no idea of those concepts.
4. 124.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   Lol
5. 125.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   Also, football. The real football.
6. 126.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   [flagged]
7. 127.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   Amen. The only thing I'd add is "independently debuggable composite parts."
8. 128.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   Let us begin...
9. 129.▲
   by aswanson 3y ago

   Kris Parker on Hacker News. The planets have aligned.
10. 130.▲
    by aswanson 3y ago

    Stay kosher, bro.
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    by aswanson 3y ago

    Legit lol on this one.
12. 132.▲
    by aswanson 3y ago

    Yeah, that async stuff is brutal.
13. 133.▲
    by aswanson 3y ago

    I dunno. Python on the phone might be kinda cool.
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    by aswanson 3y ago

    Facts. I like retro computing and have dozens of old processors I want to kit up and build tools for. But that's just me. To expect most people to want to do stuff like that would not make sense.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Lol
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    It's remanded to the sands of time. That tends to happen to civilizations that started 7000 years ago.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Who did the Sumerians conquer? Seems like they just found a fertile area & stayed there.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    I have an algo based on some transforms that I coded back in the day for a university project, nothing whatsoever to do with tubes. Been meaning to parameterize it and run some guitar sounds through it. I'd bet it sound awesome.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Because people dig the sound.
20. 140.▲
    by aswanson 4y ago

    Lol, always a bright side!
21. 141.▲
    by aswanson 4y ago

    Yep. You can get decades of the best, on demand.
22. 142.▲
    by aswanson 4y ago

    I've been there, brother. Hang in there.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    I think fax modems had 14.4 kbps bandwidth but I'm sure that chip he used has enough dsp horsepower to implement the modem.
24. 144.▲
    by aswanson 4y ago

    Wish I had enough time for retro projects like this. New stuff gives me too much trouble and takes up too much of my waking hours.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Listen to the Putin files with Kori Schake or Julia Ioffe or Masha Gessen. Put the volume low. They all have mom/bedtime story voices.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    I look at stuff like this, amazed at the efficiency, and then realize I scoff at a new 32 bit cortex MO chip for shipping with only 64K of ram and 12K of flash at 48 Mhz.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Philosophy and Fall of Civilizations are great channels to learn/sleep to.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Same. I also use it to fall asleep to. PBS Frontiline and Fall of Civilizations channel episodes keep me educated and catching zzzzz's most nights.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Bro Ive been on some "business is business, it's strictly financial..." energy with employers since day zero. I pity the fool that never took a financial relationship for anything more than what it is.
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    by aswanson 4y ago

    Sounds like the scheme lucent was using in the late 90s to boost revenue. Give clients loans to buy your equipment.