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New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today"

BaculumMeumEst — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:48:08 +0000

Why did Denis have to fuck up Jimi's headstock like that

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Claude 4"

BaculumMeumEst — Thu, 22 May 2025 17:09:03 +0000

Same! Rock and roll!

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Claude 4"

BaculumMeumEst — Thu, 22 May 2025 16:59:36 +0000

Anyone see news of when it’s planned to go live in copilot?

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Claude can now search the web"

BaculumMeumEst — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:50:39 +0000

Can you search the web for probable corrections to broken links? Has anyone had luck doing this with a web enabled model?

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian Acquire Digg"

BaculumMeumEst — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:40:38 +0000

Holy shit!

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Music and Geometry: Intervals and Scales"

BaculumMeumEst — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:34:11 +0000

I've seen a few complaints about the limitations of CAGED so I've been trying to focus on theory rather than just mindlessly learn tricks and regurgitate songs. Having a lot of fun so far.

The book I'm reading (recommended in another comment) does talk about minor forms of CAGED forms, though - pentatonic scale patterns, arpeggio patterns, and chord forms.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Introducing S2"

BaculumMeumEst — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:45:10 +0000

S2 is, in my opinion, the sweet spot of PRS's lineup.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Music and Geometry: Intervals and Scales"

BaculumMeumEst — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:56:44 +0000

Thanks, this is exactly what I needed. It's amazing how much of this information other people decided to omit.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "A comparison to Waymo’s auto liability insurance claims at 25M miles"

BaculumMeumEst — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:13:19 +0000

It seems contradictory to care immensely about traffic safety but lament the idea of wearing a vest to cross the street. It seems like something that logically we should probably already be doing. Self driving cars are just making it more obvious.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Music and Geometry: Intervals and Scales"

BaculumMeumEst — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:53:44 +0000

Somewhat unrelated: I’m looking for a comprehensive overview of why the CAGED system works on guitar. I see lots of mechanical explanations of how to use it to play various chords down the neck, but nothing explaining the theory behind it.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "What we know about CEO shooting suspect"

BaculumMeumEst — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 23:05:59 +0000

My guess is that initially he intended to avoid being caught, but at some point changed his mind and embraced it.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "gptel: a simple LLM client for Emacs"

BaculumMeumEst — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:22:45 +0000

Yeah, I like a lot about VS code and it feels far less annoying to use. It just sucks that there's no undo equivalent to undo-tree, the Git equivalents are not up to snuff (I just end up using CLI, which is fine I guess). But gptel is also super useful, and there's no good VS code equivalent I've found for that either.

wgrep is nice, I use it very rarely but its useful. I did not know about wdired, looking that up now, looks very cool, you are NOT helping me escape this damned editor..

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "gptel: a simple LLM client for Emacs"

BaculumMeumEst — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:37:36 +0000

gptel is great because it does exactly what you would expect and stays up to date with new models from anthropic and openai. Before settling on gptel, I went through FOUR programs that had a lot of buzz but were not being kept up to date with new models!

gptel has joined magit and undo-tree in being so damn useful and reliable that they are keeping me from ditching emacs, even though I want to.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris"

BaculumMeumEst — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:07:01 +0000

She came from wealth, dude, her parents manufactured her success at a young age. Did you seriously listen to that music and think it was grassroots success from raw talent?

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "The Anvil Text Editor"

BaculumMeumEst — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 23:37:37 +0000

I’ve spent a fair amount of time with Acme because it’s fun, but you’re not misunderstanding anything. Anyone who unironically tries assert the superiority of their niche editor is delusional and/or full of shit. It’s just personal preference.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Ozempic linked to lower Alzheimer's risk in people with Type 2 diabetes"

BaculumMeumEst — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:59:26 +0000

- Significantly increased mortality risk

- Higher rates of cardiovascular disease

- Type 2 diabetes

- Sleep apnea and breathing problems

- Osteoarthritis due to excess pressure on joints

- Multiple types of cancers (colon, breast, endometrial)

- Depression and anxiety from social stigma

- Reduced mobility and quality of life

- Higher medical costs (~$1,429 more annually per person)[1]

- Decreased workplace productivity

- Shorter life expectancy (can reduce by 5-10 years)

Oh no wait, sorry, those are the effects of obesity.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19635784/

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Ozempic linked to lower Alzheimer's risk in people with Type 2 diabetes"

BaculumMeumEst — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:54:40 +0000

It is such a fucking no-brainer. The costs of obesity, both monetary and in terms of human suffering, are staggering. Absolutely fucking staggering. We should be making this as available as humanly possible, NOW.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Rider is now free for non-commercial use"

BaculumMeumEst — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:53:36 +0000

It means a wink, a nod, and perhaps a nudge nudge.

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "A new artificial intelligence tool for cancer"

BaculumMeumEst — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:16:57 +0000

Expecting the code to be plagiarized and for the results to fail to replicate

New comment by BaculumMeumEst in "Commonly used arm positions can overestimate blood pressure readings: study"

BaculumMeumEst — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:04:52 +0000

The goal is to get a clinically relevant measurement, captured at rest under specific conditions, not a measurement that's representative of a random moment during everyday life.