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    Comment #47344657

    Max/MSP (or Pure Data) ended up being a good middle ground for me. With that said, it's easy to get lost in the coding and forget to make music, if that is the ultimate goal. I als…

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    Comment #47344577

    Interesting, I'd be curious to read a technical analysis of the differences. DIN provides by far the tightest sync we've ever seen in hardware, so I question the idea that lag and …

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    Comment #46840905

    If corrugated metal were not associated with shacks, would it be so concerning? Most materials can look good with the right execution. The difference comes from form and detailing.…

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    Comment #46549747

    Why would anyone use SuperCollider or a computer music framework to make something resembling a pop song?

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    Comment #46373386

    Generative subterfuge aside, the information being "uncovered" through copy-and-paste could have been modified and we would never know. I'm leaning towards negligence though.

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    Comment #46143427

    It's not going away, but I remain hopeful it will be refined. macOS is the real casualty this upgrade cycle—iOS has problems but isn't fundamentally broken.

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    Comment #44414595

    Your colleague is wrong and this is a tired debate, but neither are easy. Engineering deals mostly with objective outcomes. Space shuttle designers have a clear goal and measurable…

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    Comment #44047023

    Failed classes are not specific enough; it could simply be an IQ-related or something else entirely. Many people with ADHD-related symptoms are able to pass courses, especially pre…

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    Comment #43262249

    The United States needs to establish a crypto reserve to prepare for a permanent Martian settlement with an independent economy 100 years from now? It's difficult to think of somet…

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    Comment #41762449

    Despite minor grievances (primarily UI related, and likely inconsequential to others), I also prefer Sequoia over previous iterations. The future of mac/iOS is visible on the horiz…

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    Comment #41607252

    Thank you for linking to this – before noticing the date, I was initially disappointed to see the gifs were merely canonical examples and assumed the project was new/minor or aband…

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    Comment #39328743

    Not all industries are as location agnostic as tech. Cities offer jobs, clients, and collaborators that may be thinly distributed elsewhere.

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    Comment #39126363

    Everything is a file :)

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    Comment #37476516

    Apologies for the rambling post, but hopefully it sheds some light on the continued existence of the site: Gaia has been a bizarre and largely unwelcome fixture in my life for almo…

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    Comment #36277438

    One solution would be to nest sub-tasks into items in the MAYBE column, which could increase the chances of the larger task being accomplished/initiated. If a MAYBE task is insurmo…

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    Comment #36153147

    Apple's strategy suddenly became clear to me while watching the Quest 3 promo video: they are delivering a platform, xrOS – an operating system – and not simply a high-spec VR head…

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    Comment #23597152

    Can you unpack your reasoning here? The likelihood of civilizations occurring/existing in parallel leads me to a similar conclusion.