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TIL: If you set the height of an SVG to 26,000,000, it won't render on Firefox.Comments
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In this episodeof Ones and Tooze, Tooze says in passing that conservative elites regard climate change as a form of “liberal wokery.”Comments
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Substack was happy to let the assumption live that subscriptions meant that they were profitable. I rolled with that assumption without thinking about it.Comments
They do have revenue, but they are suspiciously not mentioning profit.Doubled their revenue in a year! Not too bad. I might have some other feelings if I knew anything about their cost basis, but unfortunately, I don’t. So I don’t know if the company is profitable, but I am going to take a flying leap and assume not — because in this environment, profitability is something to brag about.
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Well, we messed up planning April Break travel, so I just planned out the rest of the trips for the year. I don't know why, but it took hours. Hours of not accepting conditions that are inconvenient!Comments
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Does GPT-4 have common sense?(You know the answer.)Comments
Scoop and sip: Tilt the bowl and try to scoop as much soup as you can with the fork, then sip the soup from the fork. This might be time-consuming and not as effective as using a spoon, but it can work in a pinch.
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Eating a lunch of ramen and cornichons at 4:19 because I have it together!Comments
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The guy tried Mario Teaches Typing yesterday. We were both underwhelmed. VGA Mario looks weird, and I think they used an off-brand voice actor.Comments
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Just realized I've sort of completely stopped home improvement.Comments
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I tend to think of RSS as a technology that's not harmful, but anything can be wrecked by a company thirsty to increase its perceived value.Comments
How to track the protests posing a risk to your company’s assets with Feedly AI
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Four-minute run (was cleared to try tiny runs as long as they don’t cause pain), fourteen pull-ups, PT exercises.Comments
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Just had a Jolly Rancher for the first time in decades. (A lot of first time in decades stuff for me lately.) Really good!Comments
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It's weird to realize at 5 PM that things have been hard to do during the day because I had trouble sleeping last night.Comments
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There's this problem with not knowing how long a project will take, so you end up either tired from trying to finish it or discouraged because it's not as far along as you'd like. But if you know how long a project will take, you can end up not doing any projects.Comments
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PT, 14 pull-ups.Comments
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Just learned from Alex that they celebrate Dyngus Day in Buffalo! Dyngus Day! (“Śmigus-dyngus” sounds like it could be Polish for Smidgeo-Wily.)Comments
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It's weird to post a LinkedIn thing here, but Henry, president of the Swedish Spotify Workers Union, has been demoted by Spotify management, predictably. It's easier to have a union in Sweden than in the US (for now), but Spotify and other tech companies like it are really hostile places for worker organizing generally, so I'm impressed that it's happening.Comments
People working in software always seem to assume they'll have some perceived upper hand when dealing with companies, but as we've seen, they can be laid off easily if there is a layoff trend that executives have decided is cool. Not to mention the thing where companies make tech workers work against their own values.
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ChatGPT knows how to talk up a riff! My prompt was "Create a brutal technical death metal riff that is suitable for opening a song and give me the tab for it."Comments
The response:Here's a possible brutal technical death metal riff that could be suitable for opening a song:
That is accidentally complex because the model can't make any correlations related to rhythm. Presumably, the first eight notes are sixteenth notes, but it says that the F#s and Gs are (sixteenth note?) triplets. Yet, there are eight of each of them. So, those sixteen notes cover 2 and 2/3 beats. Then, there's two sixteenth notes at the end.
This riff features complex and technical guitar playing, with rapid-fire notes played in a precise and tight manner. The riff starts with palm-muted open strings, then moves into a series of rapid triplets played on the second and third frets of the low E string. The riff ends on the fifth fret of the low E string, creating a sense of tension and anticipation for the rest of the song.
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5--|
Note that this is just one example of a possible brutal technical death metal riff, and there are many different variations and styles within the genre.
So, this riff covers 5 and 1/6 beats. That is quite prog!
Still, melodically, walking the first four degrees of E minor isn't brutal.
Bonus! "Create a sick technical death metal solo and give me the tab for it."Here's a possible technical death metal solo with a sick, fast-paced style:
There's no strings used in the tab, other than the low E or any ascending, despite it often finding this kind of tab in the vicinity of that kind of description.e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
In this solo, the guitarist plays a series of fast and complex legato runs, moving up and down the neck with lightning speed. The solo starts with a descending run on the low E string, then moves into a series of ascending and descending runs played on the higher strings. The guitarist uses a combination of hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides to create a fluid and seamless sound, with notes flowing into each other in a continuous stream.
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-22-20-19-20-19-17-19-17-15-17-15-14-15-14-12-14-12-10-12-10-|
Note that this is just one example of a possible technical death metal solo, and there are many different variations and styles within the genre. It's also worth noting that playing a technically advanced solo like this requires a lot of skill and practice, and it's important to build up your technical abilities gradually over time.
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OK, Flooding has an ending instead of just holding the last chord forever, and I started generating a solo for a piece I've had almost done for a few months.Comments
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If there was a guy that got rich and powerful by selling configurable meals, they would be the A La Carte Oligarch.Comments
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