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It's not ALL bad, when I recently replaced my 2012 MacBook Pro with a 2024 Air M3, I was pleased to see that Apple FINALLY allows tabbing in system pop menus for things like Save, …

I'm in a similar situation but a decade older. My "aha" moment came with Ivan Savov's "No Bullshit Guide to Math & Physics". For some reason working through this book "sticks" in a…

Professional, so I will get paid and own the copyright, AWESOME! Thanks for fixing the broken music economy.

Curious if anyone here is also familiar with loudspeakers built on the acoustic transmission line (TL) principle? It comes and goes in hi-fi circles, I have a bass instrument cabin…

TIL that Harvey Fletcher (who I knew from his acoustic/audio work, particularly the Fletcher-Munson loudness curve) contributed to the Millikan oildrop experiment. Thanks! Another …

Here's some nice relaxing mood music as background for the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVb2tnFN5AA

The Fred Dibnah stuff is some of the most impressive stuff I've seen, not just the scaling heights but the logistics of building the ladders as he went, and the demolition of large…

By pushing new lines on you even if you don't need them, creating very low expectations for technical service, and automating away customer service at every turn. I feel like there…

Well to be fair, the rest of the billboards in SF off the 80/101 are generally bland and corporate AF. Gee, another HR/payment processing platform. Wow, a new iPhone! Anyone unfami…

Funny, AT&T says they couldn't offer fiber to my address at my old house, or the one I moved to across the street. Of course I can get Sonic fiber at both addresses...which uses...…

I still have a couple digicams, between the fact that they don't ping cell towers, and let me manually and quickly adjust exposures between shots, they still have a lot of value fo…

Besides his solo album "The Drop" and perhaps his production of Coldplay, not really!

Please tell me you don't have an army of chainsaw cat-bots at the ready to serve the cause!

Ooh those must sound glorious! I've never played through one, but have been close to Vox AC30 guitar amps cranked up loud! For non-musician HN'ers, if you've heard Brian May with Q…

From down the tubes to a much more solid state of existence...bravo!

Eek! The only time I've been bitten by a rodent was close to where this happened - sleeping overnight on the floor at a Merced punk venue my band played at, I was awoken by somethi…

I had to buy a laptop on 24 hour notice for a consulting gig I had. I really regret getting an Acer. Cheap construction, no discernible thermal management, and the screen would reg…

Coming next - Microsoft CPO Lionel iPad tenders his resignation...something to do with intangible not-quite-right "fit" with the org.

In that case, these are quite literally the droids you're looking for: - https://capturedbyrobots.com/ - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19242-squarepusher-z-ma... - https://w…

Car drivers potentially face consequences in terms of loss of license, and should be carrying insurance if something happens. No equivalence for cyclists and honestly the Netherlan…

I was going to say the same - does this follow 1V/octave standard, and is this available in Eurorack format? ;-)

As a musician recording ideas on a handheld Zoom recorder so I don't forget them, I switched from WAV to 320 MP3 a few years ago to save on file space and don't regret it.

I honestly didn't know that was a matter of contention at this point...it's very common for pro (or smart amateur) audio engineers to actually listen to the effect of different dig…