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New comment by Intermernet in "When Is "Next Friday"?"

Intermernet — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:33:51 +0000

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New comment by Intermernet in "When Is "Next Friday"?"

Intermernet — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:32:10 +0000

Isn't next Friday the Friday after this Friday? Which is the Friday after last Friday, even if it's Friday.

Simple as.

New comment by Intermernet in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

Intermernet — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:14:00 +0000

Google play store is only full of trash if you go hunting for trash. I'd like to see the actual stats of people affected by play store malware vs malware available on the play store.

I'm not saying it's not a problem, but I am saying it's not a problem that has caused any problems with any Android user I've ever met.

New comment by Intermernet in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

Intermernet — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:10:21 +0000

You're correct. You've just paid it on every app store purchase, and every in app purchase. That's because Apple, despite trying, have failed to completely lock in the payment infrastructure.

They really want to though. Maybe consider that.

New comment by Intermernet in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

Intermernet — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:24:07 +0000

You avon a chwerthin?

New comment by Intermernet in "New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming"

Intermernet — Sat, 02 May 2026 07:18:25 +0000

At least you now have a title for your autobiography!

New comment by Intermernet in "Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]"

Intermernet — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:05:52 +0000

I've been playing piano for over 40 years and other instruments almost as long. I'm a massive fan of classical music. If you think metal bands don't understand rhythm you obviously haven't listened to much.

I'm not claiming any band to be profound, but many have complex interplay between multiple rhythms, very non standard chord progressions, often non standard tunings, and even microtonal instrumentation.

You seem to be stuck in a world where everyone from Stockhausen suddenly stopped learning music theory. I'm telling you that you're wrong, and obviously not listening to enough modern music.

Stop being a music snob. You are free to like whatever you want but making glaringly incorrect statements about an entire time period encompassing many genres is going to get push back.

New comment by Intermernet in "Are We Idiocracy Yet?"

Intermernet — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:40:57 +0000

I couldn't watch Silicon Valley when I was working in tech. It constantly triggered rage as it was way too close to my actual experience. After I left tech, I found it to be amazing.

New comment by Intermernet in "Are We Idiocracy Yet?"

Intermernet — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:31:58 +0000

Many US citizens didn't get that Starship Troopers was a black comedy. There are serious video reviews taking it seriously as an action movie where the characters are true US heroes.

I have a feeling these people are the same as the ones you're talking about.

New comment by Intermernet in "Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]"

Intermernet — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:28:22 +0000

You don't have to agree. That's fine.

New comment by Intermernet in "Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth implementation"

Intermernet — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:35:27 +0000

The specific values of all of the settings on a synthesizer (including the inputs and outputs of any cables in a modular synth) have been referred to as a "patch" for a very long time. That's why the cables are known as "patch cables".

If you, for example, download sysex files for a DX7, they will often be referred to as "patches".

New comment by Intermernet in "Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]"

Intermernet — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:58:49 +0000

Many classical musicians have only a cursory understanding of mathematics. Many modern musicians are pushing the boundaries. There's a reason there's a genre named "math rock". Also, Jazz probably pushed the maths of music beyond classical music. As a last example, listen to some Meshuggah :-)

New comment by Intermernet in "Introduction to Computer Music (2009) [pdf]"

Intermernet — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:52:34 +0000

There aren't 8 subdivisions in an octave in western music either. Well, there are in any given scale, but there are also many scales. "Octave" is a misleading term. Given that it's just a doubling of frequency, the term is sort of as good as any other, and that douibling exists in pretty much all cultures that have developed string, pipe or other resonant body based music (including hitting hollow logs and plucking vibrating reeds / sticks / tines).

It's pretty much the foundational idea of any modality. No matter how you divide it up, the purest harmony is doubling or halving.

New comment by Intermernet in "Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth implementation"

Intermernet — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:46:06 +0000

The word "patch" has a naming conflict between the disciplines of synthesizers and software.

New comment by Intermernet in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"

Intermernet — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:25:44 +0000

Personally, I'd love to see / read / hear more about the way RME do what they do. I know they basically update the fpga on the devices in lock step with the drivers, which allows them to do all sorts of magic (low CPU usage, zero latency recording of each raw channel being one of them) but I'd love an interview or article from some of the hardware and software people from RME. They have been rock solid and basically future proof for decades and I think the entire hardware and software industries could learn something from the way they do things.

Incredible products, definitely worth the premium.

New comment by Intermernet in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

Intermernet — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:09:00 +0000

Thanks, I'll do some experimentation!

New comment by Intermernet in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

Intermernet — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:57:27 +0000

Problem is that ableton needs really low latency audio. Can't get that in a vm.

New comment by Intermernet in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

Intermernet — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:23:39 +0000

I dual boot LTSC and Fedora. I find myself using fedora more and more, but I need Windows for a couple of apps that don't play nicely with Wine/Proton (Ableton Live 12 mainly).

New comment by Intermernet in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

Intermernet — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:20:00 +0000

Now with new Plus++

New comment by Intermernet in "Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)"

Intermernet — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:36:27 +0000

Turns out that premature attribution is actually the root of all evil...