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Zero mention of actual compliance standards or HIPAA on the launch page of a product that is supposed to interconnect with medical records other health apps! No thanks...

This 1000%! Two of the most important relationships I've made (my wife, and a boss who hired me, and later became one of my dearest friends) arose when I decided to act completely differently in the moment than I habitually would. In my wife's case, this meant immediately introducing myself to a woman I found attractive, in the other when I faced a financial crunch and resolved to apply for better-paying work even if I wasn't totally qualified instead of losing hope and going on a bender.

I agree, and...

Completely off topic, but thanks for creating AudioMulch, I don't use it actively anymore but it totally revolutionized how I approach working with sound!

You are awaiting precise instructions for when exactly you should put your hands in the air?

Ouch, this really hurts! Talk about someone who knew how to serve the music and make everyone around him sound absolutely fantastic! I've been on a Booker T & the MGs kick for the last few months so have been immersed in the minimalistic genius of Steve Cropper. He could lay back with a really simple part and then step forward with a flashy lick. The group also proved that folks of different backgrounds can come together and make wonderful things happen, sadly this message is as revolutionary today as it was in the '60s.

I've had about 400 Windows HP laptops/200 desktops through my hands running IT for a nonprofit. They are not perfect, but the different models (from cheapo plastic-case 12/13 inch to top-of-the-line metal cased "16 inch desktop replacements" lappies and low to mid-level desktops) have been better built, and more easily serviced, than comparable Lenovo, Dell & Acer models I've had my hands on in the same time. Our new MSP pushed Lenovos on us for a batch of 25 or so computers including my latest laptop, and I regret it.

They just didn't have a 15" metal case in the price range so I got a plastic 16". Overall performance is lower than comparably spec'd HP Z-Book Fireflys I was using, when this Thinkpad T16 G4 hits the upper limits of RAM, it feels like it's using swap on a slow platter drive. Even on lower-spec HP Pro & EliteBooks, they slow down at max RAM but don't just freeze. Our staff thrashes the shit out of gear, so finding decently-priced lower-spec metal-bodied laptops is essential.

Even on latest HP laptops I am able to replace RAM, batteries, SSDs without dealing with epoxied sockets. Haven't had to often, but displays and keyboards could be swapped if absolutely needed last time we had to several years ago. That said, the performance of onboard HP Bluetooth sucks compared to others I've used and their stock bloatware is terrible.

Specific to Lenovo, when I was shopping for a bunch of laptops about 3 years ago there were weird gotchas like "I can get every spec I need EXCEPT backlit keyboard, which kicks me up to the next model, at least $300 more/unit" and "Gee, they solder in a low amount of RAM on this one to make you...yup, spend at least $300 more/unit"...

It's honestly hard to think of a better title for the definitive Anthony Bourdain biography then "Felching Mrs. Butterworth"!

Interesting, will have to look/listen to this in more detail later, but I found it odd to consider Slonimsky's "Thesaurus of Scales & Melodic Patterns" in the context of multiplication because he presents it as division and addition, dividing a pitch space (not necessarily an octave) into equal or unequal portions, then adding (infra-/ultra-polating) either chromatic, diatonic, or other chosen intervals above/below a given tone.

Also TBH though I have expended considerable time/energy trying to do so (lifelong musician and music-skool dropout), I find most serialism-based music, whether Schoenberg or Boulez, to be generally the very last thing I choose to put in my earholes, which is generally as much silence as possible, and music made by folks wanting to make an emotional connection to the listener regardless of genre or era.

As Varese said, "Music must sound" and intellectual satisfaction in the construction based on mathematical principles doesn't equal stuff I necessarily want to listen to. I was planning to do some serious study/practice over the long weekend, so I'll bust out the Thesaurus and see what happens. More thoughts later, but that's it for now!

"Maybe you're going to be the one who shaves me" ;-)

Love it, beyond the Baxandall I kinda sort miss just a single passive "tone" treble-cut control, often found on low-end cars like the '92 Tercel I drove into the ground. It's not the same as having bass/treble/loudness, but to boost bass you learn to turn up the overall volume and then take off enough treble so that it's bassier overall...same exact scheme as on a passive electric guitar/bass. Also, for any car with speakers in the trunk, fade toward the rear a little to boost the bass naturally.

I'm really a one knob per function kinda person when it comes to audio, and IMO burying digital tone controls in multi-level menus in cars is user-hostile and unsafe.

FWIW - I have seen several symphonic shows this last year, and will see a few more - they happen to be local orchestras accompanying Beck or The Blackstar Symphony (including musicians who played on David Bowie's final album). Beck's catalog is filled with incredible orchestral arrangements written by his father, David Campbell, it's great to finally hear them live. Trey Anastasio from Phish is also a "serious" composer who writes for orchestra and varied ensembles. I think this is a viable way forward for orchestras to at least fill their calendars and attract people who might not have come to see a Mahler or Beethoven symphony.

In this case, opening the Flask and passing it around!

Haha, I was envisioning a huge backline of Marshall stacks and Ampeg SVTs blazing away, with the rubbish riding the soundwaves off into the sunset...

Haha as a car enthusiast, whenever I see "turbo" my next thought is always the inherent downside, "turbo lag" (the non-zero time it takes for the turbo to actually kick in)!

Spoiler alert, from the article:

"...both men and women tend to focus most on the intergluteal cleft, commonly known as the butt crack."

Yes, durable enough to power FTL starships in the future!

Wow, they can't even spell "Greedland" right!

I'd say "specific format surround mixing" like 5.1 or 7.1 is mostly an afterthought, but Dolby Atmos (which is "mix once and it automatically folds down properly to the actual number of atmos speakers" has become huge in the audio world according to multiple interviews I've read with pro audio mixers and film/video/TV post folks.

I wondered the same thing...FWIW under Samsung the pro/pro-sumer audio Harman brands (JBL in particular) have managed to keep making well-regarded products from consumer Bluetooth speakers up to live PA systems and studio monitors. On the other hand, Lexicon is a former top-shelf audio brand that has pretty much languished under Harman - they no longer employ some of the world's best audio DSP talents, and have been slow to update the highly regarded Lexicon DAW plugins for native Apple Silicon.

I was going to say something similar - I think there will still be some market for high-quality audio preamp/receiver/mixer-type devices that have actual EQ/tone controls rather than endless menus, and focus on actual fidelity over features. Sony, Onkyo, Sansui & Yamaha are brands I've trusted for this over the years.

I'm not saying I will give Barlow a pass, but since my first awareness of him in the '80s was as one of the Grateful Dead's lyricists - to me he is a psychedelic poet. TBH I prefer Robert Hunter's GD lyrical work, but I see their drawing upon the world's wisdom traditions as a feature, not a bug, and in line with bardic practice since time immemorial.

I'd suggest "Throwing Stones" or "Estimated Prophet" as good places to get JPB's more fully digested take on judging others.

https://www.dead.net/lyricsby/John%20Barlow

My experience is different, I worked at a ~$20M company where I was told the incoming CEO came from a company close to $1 billion. Curious, I searched his name immediately and found that he was under active SEC investigation for withholding payments to suppliers to make the company appear to have more cash on hand for a potential buyout. I can't tell you how much the board was tripping over themselves to kiss his ass and "learn from a guy in the big leagues."

When he arrived, the exec parking lot changed from Toyotas and 5 year old Lexus to AMG Mercedes, M-Series BMWs, the white-label almost racecar Porsches, and I distinctly recall being told the company could "not afford" my request for a $1 to $2/hr raise.

People erroneously think that wealth is contagious (it's not!) so will do almost anything to court "big time players" regardless of their actions and ethics.

A patina of filth, slightly faded paint and maybe a few dings and dents also help make a car invisible.

That's not true, next year has been and always will be the year of desktop Linux, I'm sure of it!

And were instantly promoted to Pastor of Muppets?

For a book for adult learners I recommend (and am working my way through) Ivan Savov's No Bullshit Guide to Math & Physics. Here's a link to a sample from the author's site. I find it a great resource for brushing up on my math(s) to explore audio DSP.

https://minireference.com/static/excerpts/noBSguide_v5_previ...

I can felinearly confirm this is true...

That's one of the kinder random benedictions I've seen in a while! One of the best I've heard, along with "May your life be free of hemorrhoid pain and discomfort", uttered decades ago by a man on the street in NY to whom I had given a quarter.

Interesting, I'm into physical modeling and learning DSP.

I did notice glitching in latest Firefox on a Mac, like I'd get running a DAW with too small a buffer...While the tab was open I got similar crackles and slightly delayed audio stream playing YouTube vids in other tabs.

I was going to say the same! I got it years ago, it's hard to top a math book with a quote from a certain Al Einstein on the back cover singing its praises! Morris Kline's "Mathematics for the Nonmathematician" takes a similar approach, as I believe other books by the author do. Can also recommend "Code" by Charles Petzold and "The Information" by James Gleick, while not comprehensive they do cover the development of key mathematical insights over time.