friendly reminder that you shouldn't nitpick the term "antisemitism". Yes, there are plenty of other Semitic groups, but Jews did not pick the term.
It was invented by German race scientists in the 19th century because "Judenhass", meaning "Jew-hatred", was getting bad press. So they coined antisemitism instead in order to switch to a more scientific-sounding justification for their bigotry, especially one that would fit into their racist categories.
"If a connection is novel enough to be patented, that really just means that the person filing the patent has a mental landscape different enough from the patent examiner that different connections seem obvious, but similar enough that these new connections can be communicated. (The relative nature of novelty is highlighted by the domain of software patents, wherein basic concepts or forty year old practices get approved by patent clerks whose background is generally in mechanical engineering.)"
So I have discovered that Adam Driver was being discussed because he is in a movie together with Scarlet JoImnotlookinguphowthatsspelled.
It is a movie called Marriage Story and is about two rich white people going through a divorce.
That is, like, so many layers of things that specifically do not appeal to me.
@Purrplenekoboi There's an entire genre dedicated to just that ;)
Some of them are like sci-fi background music, which is awesome
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=loop+cassette+mix
@fenwick67 You might enjoy this. These are some *wild* ambient noises (on par with movie special effects) made with loop cassettes
Bad idea; techbros don't actually do this; holiday mention
Non-techbros: Lol wouldn't it suck if [terrible idea]? Bahaha can you imagine
Techbros: Okay it took some work, but I read 1984 and I made your idea happen in real life. TV's record your convos now so they can be accessed without a warrant by law enforcement.
Look. I get it. Some folks are into lizards. I just think it's unfair that everyone else EXCEPT lizards masquerading as lanky white men are held to a different standard.
secrets of synthesis, Wendy Carlos, music
Took the time to listen to Secrets of Synthesis by Wendy Carlos, essentially her lecture CD about working with synthesizer timbres for good orchestration.
A few particularly interesting parts to me:
* I constantly heard timbres and sounds that reminded me of the Final Fantasy 6 soundtrack. This interests me mainly because I always thought of the SPC mostly as a sampler, but I really do have to conclude those sounds were synthesized then sampled.
Somebody once told me
There's a statue in the Gobi
That's mostly gone from over the knees
Visage lying in the sand
With a sneer of cold command
Cuz the sculptor knew how to please
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Empires falling and statues crumbling
Check out the words he left behind
On the statue in the desert that nobody can find:
Trans, guy of center, well over 18.
I'm in tech and it feels weird.