lucyjojo

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   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   i dont get the substack hate
2. 152.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   i live in one of those countries. we're not rich, we do not buy many american products. most of the money goes into mortgage, food, school for the kids, and occasional local family trips. that's the bulk of my spending. in my case
3. 153.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   what happens to these dollars?
4. 154.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   online music playing is HEAVILY latency sensitive. (for instance an online jazz session) then you have online video games. increasing the area where you can get good connections increase quadratically (or more, if we hit step function = big
5. 155.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   how is that rent-seeking? they actually contribute to the song.
6. 156.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   for reference a jp dev will be paid around $50,000. most of the world will probably be in the 10k-50k range except a few places (switzerland, luxembourg, usa?). atlassian and google and okta and ghe and this and that (claude code?). that ev
7. 157.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   if he wanted to he very probably de-facto could.
8. 158.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   the alternative being that there is no entity able to regulate, a direct path to a living hell.
9. 159.▲
   by lucyjojo 1y ago

   i mean... if people don't get money they die so....
10. 160.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    in japan we got a lot of cash counting machines. you put your money in the slots and it counts it.
11. 161.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    for first, most people do not own cars and do everything via public transport/bicycle. plus. it is often faster to use public transport than using a car, and cheaper... supermarkets, grocery stores, hospitals, offices, appartments have
12. 162.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    tokyo contradicts your statement.
13. 163.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    there are waaay less cars than people in tokyo. most people do everything via public transport and/or bicycle. https://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/10786 i mean none of the supermarkets close to my home have parkin
14. 164.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    then don't watch youtube...
15. 165.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    did you link the right video? it was extremely bland... dry as an oat in a flash freezer...
16. 166.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    capitalism is the current dominant religion. we're fucked.
17. 167.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    your landlord.
18. 168.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    heh, i got the opposite experience going from static to dynamic.
19. 169.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    because pianos are real physical things, high and low strings have overtones that do not match the harmonics (and in different ways), so for stuff to "sound good" piano tuners tune on overtones and not fundamentals. on a more fund
20. 170.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    yes these are called sweetened tunings. apparently it's often done in pro recorded music. my peterson tuner actually has these tunings embedded inside. https://www.petersontuners.com/products/strobostomphd/
21. 171.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    Probably?
22. 172.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    tldr: big chances it does not make dissonance "smoother", but that the sound is less dissonant in the first place.
23. 173.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    dissonance is a function of the instrument (and the notes -- and other stuff), not only the notes. so notes that are dissonant on piano are not necessarily dissonant with human voices. a big reason for that is apparently overtone matching (
24. 174.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    my day is ruined...
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    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    all of that will be captured by the oligarchs and the people will still suffer. we already throw away massive amounts of food to artificially raise profit. basic medicine have their formula frivolously modified to renew patents and keep pro
26. 176.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    it will eventually end up like the good old days. torrents/irc and cd/dvds full of xvids (well.. usb keys or iphone air sharing thingie).
27. 177.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    but we started with "morality is grounded in rules". what does "grounded in" means then? how would you define morality?
28. 178.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    if you make it a rule to do the most horrible things to children and women and men and the elderly, would it then be moral?
29. 179.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    how prevalent. is hate on homeless people in the usa?
30. 180.▲
    by lucyjojo 1y ago

    honestly it might very well be optimal (if you optimize for money). optimal does not have to be pleasant.