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Re: PHP in a Tweet

#4

Post by crucialfelix »

people have been creating 140 character music pieces in the supercollider music language for a while. its very tricky to make something that lasts and evolves and has structure and keeps your interest.

here are some great ones:

http://fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/?q=node/478

play{a=SinOscFB;sum({|i|a.ar(a.ar(a.ar(a.ar(i+1,1/9,999),1/9,a.ar(1/9,1,1/9)),a.ar(0.1,3),i+2999),a.ar(1/9,1/9),1/9)}!9)!2}//#SuperCollider

r{loop{x={GVerb.ar(MoogFF.ar(ClipNoise.ar0.4,LFPar.kr({0.3.rand}!2,0,600,990)),9,9,1)}.play(s,0,19);3.wait;x.release}}.play//#SuperCollider

audio examples on the page above

Re: PHP in a Tweet

#6

Post by crucialfelix »

crucialfelix wrote: post #4

people have been creating 140 character music pieces in the supercollider music language for a while. its very tricky to make something that lasts and evolves and has structure and keeps your interest. here are some great ones: http://fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/?q=node/478 play{a=SinOscFB;sum({|i|a.ar(a.ar(a.ar(a.ar(i+1,1/9,999),1/9,a.ar(1/9,1,1/9)),a.ar(0.1,3),i+2 999),a.ar(1/9,1/9),1/9)}!9)!2}//#SuperCollider r{loo…

this one is amazing:

play{a=LFPulse;b=(1..4);Mix(a.ar(a.ar(a.ar(a.ar(b/32)+1/8)+1b)+(Mix(a.ar(b/64))+a.ar(4/b)(a.ar(a.ar(b/8))2+b))100))/8!2}//#SuperCollider

audio:

http://fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/files/audio/tweet0020.mp3

"this tweet is also totally deterministic and without any randomness. here a lot of nested square wave oscillators creates the complexity. basically there are 4 channels/voices mixed down to one and then duplicated in left and right channel. there are three levels deep nesting of frequency modulation with another set of square waves mixed and added."

Re: PHP in a Tweet

#7

Post by whalesalad »

I enjoy PHP like I enjoy going home to see my family for the holidays. It's fun for a bit, the nostalgia makes me feel warm and fuzzy, and the familiarity of everything is very comforting. You quickly realize though that the grass really is a lot greener on the other side. You remember why you moved out of your parent's place and went out on your own.

It's hilarious looking at how cryptic these one-liners are, particularly when I consider that with languages like Ruby and Python you can do a LOT with a tiny little line if code.

As a side-note, one of my favorites is summing an array in Ruby:

  x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  x.inject &:+
  => 15

Re: PHP in a Tweet

#9

Post by eksith »

At the risk of arousing some people's ire, I really like these tidbits that try to squeeze maximum functionality (albeit a bit dangerous) into a minimum span of characters. It feels a bit like the underhanded C contest in a way since there are so many magnificent ways to self-destruct doing this, but at the same time it's a fun challenge.

A while ago, I put together a dirt-simple URL shortener https://twitter.com/eksith/statuses/275709375665037312

A bit of background: http://eksith.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/id-obfuscation

Re: PHP in a Tweet

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Post by dugmartin »

whalesalad wrote: post #7

I enjoy PHP like I enjoy going home to see my family for the holidays. It's fun for a bit, the nostalgia makes me feel warm and fuzzy, and the familiarity of everything is very comforting. You quickly realize though that the grass really is a lot greener on the other side. You remember why you moved out of your parent's place and went out on your own. It's hilarious looking at how cryptic these one-liners are, partic…

Or one true line in APL:

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