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by handy2000 3y ago
Ableton Live already has Microtuner ( https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/microtuner/ ), I haven't heard it being used much though. Also, Bitwig released the Micro-Pitch device years ago. I am curious whether
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by handy2000 3y ago
Interesting point re: technique vs structure. Structure is in general a much harder aspect to both master and innovate in. I am curious, why do you consider Glass a more innovative composer than, say, Reich? Reich's counterpoint and ph
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by handy2000 3y ago
Apologies for hijacking the conversation. Would you be able to recommend any reading specifically on complex UI for critical operations?
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by handy2000 3y ago
In an ideal world I would agree with you without reservations. Maybe I am too jaded, but find it hard to trust an UAE oil exec not to have an ulterior motive.
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by handy2000 3y ago
Right, agreed - it's an improvement over what we currently use! From what I read E-fuel is very expensive to produce, so I was surprised by the possibility of airplanes switching to it.
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by handy2000 3y ago
E-fuel is different from SAF that is described in this article. E-fuel is carbon-neutral and SAF is low-carbon (made from tallow, algae, etc).
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by handy2000 3y ago
The fuel mentioned in the article — "sustainable aviation fuels, or SAF" — is biofuel I believe, not synthetic fuel.
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by handy2000 3y ago
Do you mean synthetic fuel? Haven't heard of Formula1 being interested in biofuel.
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by handy2000 3y ago
> Is it snake oil? It's biofuel made from palm oil, algae, tallow, etc.
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by handy2000 3y ago
I agree with you in principle: if a person (don't think it's reasonable to limit this to children only) dies due to some consequence of society we can change, there is a shared responsibility on all of us to face this injustice. B
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by handy2000 3y ago
He will solve the negative effects of climate change at a week-long conference?
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by handy2000 3y ago
I see, thanks for clarifying.
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by handy2000 3y ago
I don't necessarily see how this is treacherous. Most Israelis, at least at and around the time of founding the state of Israel, were European immigrants. Some of the founders of Israel weren't even religious. Of course, it's
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by handy2000 3y ago
There are many reasons for this, one of the key reasons being less insidious than you imply. Americans see Israelis as people with the same "western" values, same cultural and ethical norms. Most Americans are not shocked by triba
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by handy2000 3y ago
> All of them. How is this not obvious? Not sure if you are in agreement with the comment you are replying to or challenging it. If the latter - your stance does not address the question. All unjust deaths are tragic, we could have thick
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by handy2000 3y ago
For most people with this mindset money is the ultimate good. If something they do makes money, it's an unquestionable benefit. Most people with this mindset either become very rich or end up in prison.
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by handy2000 3y ago
Your example is overly focused on a small detail. I think what the parent commenter means, is that it's fairly uncommon to see highly attractive women who subscribe to the idea of "everyone is beautiful" date conventionally u
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by handy2000 3y ago
Just to add to that: confidence is often a wonderful substitute (or an enhancer?) for conventional physical attractiveness.
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by handy2000 3y ago
Fat is not an inalienable trait though. It’s not something you are, it’s something you become. I would rather be an Arab than fat is a comical observation. In terms of being ugly… it’s a way more flexible quality than people care to admit.
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by handy2000 3y ago
> AGI might be a modern form of divine 'rest,' AGI? Are you commenting from the future?
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by handy2000 3y ago
Yes... and? Both Cave's letter and my comment are directed at songwriters.
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by handy2000 3y ago
> Someone at the factory wrote and programmed that song, so he probably would consider it art. That's clearly not the argument I was making. > What if I use an AI chord generator and decide which chords to use in my song based on
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by handy2000 3y ago
A pretty important distinction between machines in the 1980s and ChatGPT is the amount of human effort that the output requires. It's unlikely that Herbie Hancock considers people who press "start" on a Casio synthesizer to p
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by handy2000 3y ago
You are completely missing the point Cave is making. He is not arguing against ChatGPT as a technology. He is reminding songwriters that writing lyrics is not a meaningless obstruction standing between them and a commodity they are producin
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by handy2000 3y ago
I agree with Cave's perhaps overly dramatized response. But overall it's a response to a very early misinterpretation of what statistics-based models are for. Sure, they are capable of producing an output that looks like a product
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by handy2000 3y ago
> auto-mirroring to bittorrent Oh, haven't heard of this technique before. Very cool!
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by handy2000 3y ago
I encountered this approach before (I think here on HN) and had a question since then: when video ads run faster, can't YT just compare the expected time to the actual time and flag the user, show an anti-ad blocking popup, etc?
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by handy2000 3y ago
Oh right! Mescaline became known in the US artistic and scientific circles a bit earlier than psilocybin.
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by handy2000 3y ago
Visually it's not that different from a lot of current psychedelic imagery. E.g. the Eurorack video synthesis scene. The creators most likely took inspiration from their personal experiences smoking reefers (probably too early for psil
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by handy2000 3y ago
And even more off-topic (sorry!). To this day I find pretty elemental algorithmic and/or deterministic composition experiments far more inspiring and idiosyncratic than gen AI. There is such a wide gap between gen AI sound generation a

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