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New comment by quaverquaver in "EFF is leaving X"

quaverquaver — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:06:12 +0000

X is a rare platform where an individual manipulates the algorithm per his own personal political whims. And, yes he is explicitly racist and anti-democratic. No org that cares about freedom should contribute to what is really a personal effort to commandeer the information environment.

New comment by quaverquaver in "America could have $4 lunch bowls like Japan but for zoning laws"

quaverquaver — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:00:08 +0000

In the US per official data ~5% have more than one job (and that includes lawyers doing consultancy for example) https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620

New comment by quaverquaver in "Factor 0.101 now available"

quaverquaver — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:05:26 +0000

I got my start programming in Forth - we were making PC games for the Japanese market in the early 80s - Epson and Sharp machines... and Forth was just magic - I've missed it - must check Factor out!ppl interested in a concatenate audio synthesis DSL should check out SAPF https://github.com/lfnoise/sapf

New comment by quaverquaver in "Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness"

quaverquaver — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 03:48:31 +0000

also this explains squirrels

New comment by quaverquaver in "Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness"

quaverquaver — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 03:47:48 +0000

these things are 100% true. I eat one hazelnut per hour and have lived already 230 years.

New comment by quaverquaver in "Adenosine on the common path of rapid antidepressant action: The coffee paradox"

quaverquaver — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 02:50:54 +0000

suggest many many cups of 1/3 caffeinated and 2/3 decaf. There are some observed health benefits to even decaf coffee... and its got potassium besides. I drink around 10 of these. lower longer peak. Joy!

New comment by quaverquaver in "How to Synthesize a House Loop"

quaverquaver — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:39:29 +0000

the great advantage over DAWs etc is that you can name things and slowly build your own bespoke tools... for this work all timing was done in reference to the words rather than beats and bars - I can re-flow the whole piece by tapping through the syllables on my space-key. Something that would be totally impossible in a traditional platform!

New comment by quaverquaver in "How to Synthesize a House Loop"

quaverquaver — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:36:34 +0000

here's a whole opera from a Star Trek episode I coded in Supercollider - can indeed code things other than EDM... (its a screen grab - being synthesized in real time)

https://vimeo.com/944533415?fl=ip&fe=ec