@metacosm I should add that I was off sick for a long time last year, and my team-mates clubbed together and got me a voucher which paid for the Korg Minilogue XD. My team is awesome. IBM are lucky to be getting us.
@metacosm oh that's cool. The smaller one, the microfreak, was on my shortlist (https://jmtd.net/log/synths/microfreak/) — I might still pick it up one day, as it can be used portably with a powerbank
@revk Oh! I didn't notice (and I can't see the tag right now, in my client) — tagging is, I think, sufficient, so thank you.
@0xabad1dea @vaurora be it bias in a training dataset or a quirk of the implementation, it also affects other aspects of GenAI, which is pretty good because it helps to spot the slop.
@revk its convention to spoiler-tag toots like this “uspol”. Would you consider that in future please?
@gregoa_ tbh I'm still keen. Just not sure what my niche should be. I want to avoid doing something too package-centric. DPL time always depresses me, as most platforms (not picking on anyone in particular) are still very package-centric. IMHO our biggest problems are much more structural, social, high level…
What I'm listening to today: "ORCA 15092019", Compact Machine
Orca is a highly parallel two-dimensional programming language (like Befunge) created by 100 Rabbits (@neauoire / @rek). You build machines out of ASCII art and the machines make music. This lovely chill trance livecoding jam shows off Orca's strengths: Euclidean rhythms naturally falling out of the mechanics rather than as a "feature" you have to turn on; text editing as a method for realtime mix control.
@pndc I’ve been considering polite requests to use content filters but anticipate unpleasant consequences
@fred I am in a bit of a funny place… what with the current work chaos and being at the final crunch point for my thesis. But in less than two weeks I'll be full-time again, for the first time in 8 years! Imagine the things I could, er, contain!!
@lproven @masek Enjoy! It's this one: https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-discord/
THere are also plugins for WhatsApp (whatsmeow) which is currently working for me and Signal (libsignald) which is currently not.
THere are also plugins for WhatsApp (whatsmeow) which is currently working for me and Signal (libsignald) which is currently not.
or I could do something with this synthesizer I bought last Winter, gathering dust in front of me as a type. I might need to situate it somewhere away from my work desk/connotations
or maybe my hobby/leisure time could be hacking, again. Perhaps I should go down the management route at work so there's less overlap there. I could get back to being useful in Debian!