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Listen, if you put a song in a mix tape for one person and then reuse that song in someone else's mix tape that's unethical. These are just the rules, I don't make them. Two songs by the same band can never be back to back, it's the law. Shit is complicated.

Hey all. Thanks for all the tips on some of my apps being offline. It is due to a change in how Spotify supports authorization in web apps. Hoping to dive in to fix soonish but it’s a busy few weeks so :shrug:

It has been pointed out to me that this means 2.5 billion-dollar AI music company Suno has spent less money on music than many individual music fans

@eelstretching.com someone finally built it - fulghum.io/album-cards

Tonight I got the director of Hackers (1994) to sign my copy of the novelisation and discovered it was the first time he'd ever signed one. It was also the first time he'd ever seen one, and in fact the first time he found out it existed.

80s - "I can't work because the power is down" 90s - "I can't work because the server is down" 00s - "I can't work because the internet is down" 10s - "I can't work because AWS is down" 20s - "I can't work because the AI is down" 30s - "I can't work because the AI is up"

I vibe coded the Periodic Table of Music. It took less than 10 minutes. Give it a go: plamere.github.io/periodic-tab...

#MusicSky #MayTheFourth

For PhD students working at the intersection of music and AI in any discipline, based *in and around London*, some last-minute slots have opened up for participation in an in-person seminar series hosted by QMUL’s Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) and run by Georgina Born’s MusAI project.

@eelstretching.com WTF?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ccq...

I had a wrestling match with mypy today. I finally turned to gpt-4.1 for help (it was really helpful). At the end of it all, when we finally got mypy to submit, gpt-4.1 celebrated our victory with this aphorism: "Remember: Static type checking is for you; you are not for it." Words of wisdom

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

In my best Tim Minchin voice: “only a non-nazi can call a Nazi “Nazi”.

Fun fact: A single Mac Studio with 512GB of memory has more memory than *ALL* 6 million Apple ][ family computers sold by Apple in its 15 year run

I miss DEI

20 Years ago I posted about the million song iPod. At that time, the enabling tech was Janus - Microsoft's DRM . Choice quote: "I wouldn't be surprised if Apple decides to roll out their own subscription-based iTunes based upon their own DRM." dukelistens.playlistmachinery.com/DukeListens/...

If you run a/b tests or user surveys to help you decide whether or not to launch a product, this New Coke article might give you pause. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke

cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

Oh right, I forgot about that. It's all the old school folks I could find at the time. go.bsky.app/LJbt1tc

Okdokie Bluesky. Where’s the music tech folk at?

Hello Sedona

Ergh.

Felt the earthquake in midcoast Maine too

Hmmm. Deepseek’s Terms of Service is a 404.

Following people on bluesky like it’s 2010.