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what about for blob storage too?

> Especially if you go beyond Type-I cassettes Yea, I use Type II cassettes to record on my Tascam 246. I did an experiment where I recorded a track I made digitally to tape and th…

There is a conceptual difference between a blob of text drafted by a person and a dynamically generated blob of text initiated by a human, generated through multiple LLM calls that…

I wonder if you can use an existing svg as a starting point. I would love to use the sketch approach and generate frame-by-frame animations to plot with my pen plotter.

This is somewhat validating to read as someone who started semi recently.

Also, the teensy audio library is great! https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_Audio.html

it's their unused treadmill in the living room they bought back in November

Get a degree in STEM, they said. Don't want to end up flipping burgers, they said.

Additionally, I would say more historical emphasis within STEM itself would be beneficial. Motivate through context. Show students that the concepts arose from people solving probl…

Similar camp. Two reasons I enjoy Python, both related to documentation: 1. docstrings 2. keyword arguments Docstrings mean I can do REPL experiments without the additional frictio…

> counterdiscombobulating what a discombobulating way to say "clarifying" :)

The feed used to be a simple chronological timeline. Then it evolved into whatever stochastic mess it is now in an attempt to maximize user engagement and ad views. So they've turn…

That's the first I've heard of the dead internet theory. Seems plausible. I deleted my social media around 2016. About a year ago, I created a new instagram account. My account is …

> - More gentleman layoffs at Google more in addition to what?

> Several alternative hypotheses were considered-that spices provide macronutrients, disguise the taste and smell of spoiled foods, or increase perspiration and thus evaporative co…

> Assuming it's not supposed to change how you feel (directly) - what is the purpose of being conscious of how you feel? Because it can manifest in how you communicate and treat ot…

> there's some politics at work in who is remembered politics, or do people have natural a bias towards giving attribution to a lone genius?

> Few people live in what can reasonably called a "community" any more, so the link between anonymous theft and the erosion of social culture doesn't make sense to everyone. What d…

seems like the actual problem is the meager space provided in the first place, not the scraps of free room we're forced to battle over

> Why that all happened, IDK. I'd reckon the parent's suspicion about the scientific community is correct in that it was a large influence. When ML and deep learning blew up, the a…

The meat of the question is, "where do you go when don't know how to do a thing?". The answer could potentially be "the docs", but that's not necessarily sufficient like you point …

I get what you're saying, but robustness through complexity feels like an odd argument nonetheless.

> Eno instead put randomness/chaos at play by using tape loops of different length, so they will never (or very hardly) repeat at the same interval again, or, in his own words It's…