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selykg
6y ago
I mean, music is music, play what inspires you. Calling the guitar a boomer generation instrument is odd. I suspect Martin would argue they were well ahead of the curve, since they've been creating guitars for over a hundred years.
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selykg
6y ago
Sorry, bit late here. I generally play my amp on the edge of breakup. So the idea, for those not familiar, is that when the guitar is played softly you get clean tone, played with a bit more aggression and you get breakup, or distortion but
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selykg
6y ago
I am by no means a musician or an experienced one at that. I tinker and enjoy playing and learning. But I have limited experience overall. My personal experience with electronic tools is the lack of feel. Can I make music with digital tools
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selykg
6y ago
This is one of the many reasons I keep buying Apple laptops. Their stated battery life claims are usually pretty close or at least reasonable enough. Then I hear all these types of things about PC manufacturers are it just makes paying more
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selykg
6y ago
Scroll down here: https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ There's a rack mount option for the Mac Pro.
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selykg
7y ago
So you’re saying open source projects are less secure than closed source. You might be the only person around here to ever try that argument in public.
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selykg
7y ago
Being willing to provide source code is entirely different than inserting a backdoor or purposefully holding back security updates. One should have zero impact, as I said, modern crypto algorithms do not depend on keeping the algorithm secr
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selykg
7y ago
Curious why... Your security should never depend upon security of your source code. If you're doing things correctly, then the source code doesn't change anything about the security of the data that is encrypted. Perhaps you mean
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selykg
7y ago
Ya, been a user since 2009. I’ve been really happy in those nearly 11 years. The price has gone up, I originally paid $35/yr, it is now $45 (less if you pay several years in advance) but still generally worth it. My only complaint is t
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7y ago
I imagine a lot of gear is tough to get unless it’s high end stuff right now. There has been a ton of people picking up instruments during the shelter in place orders. Sweetwater is significantly better than GuitarCenter though. Better cust
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7y ago
Check out Sweetwater next time. They are significantly better. Their site actually shows you each guitar/bass they have in stock and they have an entire gallery Of photos for each. If you order one they’ll send a zip or the whole colle