the number of times I’ve seen people say they used an LLM to write ffmpeg scripts is higher than for any other individual program, and I find that both fascinating and completely understandable. it’s hard to find something that ubiquitous, all-powerful, and full of suffering these days.

working on a live setup with an iPad brain. DT2 and SM58 -> L6max as iPad audio interface -> iPad applies effects -> L6max master out AUM is hosting the plugins, including Turnado for performance effects, and sending clock to the DT2. it’s fun and stable so far.

Back on my bullsh

I say as I type from an iPad, a platform on which I effectively own nothing

I don’t want this point to be lost in the discourse. Going digital-only means inequity for people who cannot afford internet or constantly purchasing new games. Libraries provide opportunities for people to experience games they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and that will be lost.

sometimes it's really tempting to set a year and say "I'm not using technology made after this point" because everything is just getting worse (yes this is sony discourse)

apparently I’m getting a V-Synth XT. this despite being unworthy of its magnificence.

love logging into things on a new device and dealing with a deluge of IS THIS DEVICE YOURS emails like I get it but man

I literally cannot overstate how much anyone who cares about stories in games needs to play this. I adore this game and still think about it years after playing it.

bought a $299 iPad from Amazon because Apple had to jack up prices due to the memory fuckery, whee. really wasn’t planning on that expense right now.

thinking about when I realized someone whose Patreon I had subscribed to was writing all of their newsletters with ChatGPT that just doesn’t seem like a great idea on a platform built for connection between creators and people invested in their creations

as a predominantly PC gamer, watching console gamers lose their shit over gta6 being a code in a box feels like stepping through a portal to fifteen years ago

prices going up sucks, but it’s still wild comparing budget/mid-range synth hardware to what was available ten years ago. still feels like a golden age.

My solution is to organize, unlike the people who have put together a choir and are encouraging other people to vote, which is not organizing, for reasons

one of the things that kinda sucks about the laion data set stuff is that there are legitimate reasons to want that beyond genAI that predate genAI. anything ML relies on massive data sets, but similarity search doesn’t compete with artists. genAI wasn’t the point before and where we are is a shame.

look I’d let people use my music for a mere $15K/song, that’s a 90% discount

is paying $300 billion to restore the status quo winning

nest protect notification: yeah I'm going to expire in September and I'm going to bother you about it when it gets close me: ok I'll replace you in a month or two nest protect, tonight, outside my kids' room, at max volume: I AM EXPIRING IN SEPTEMBER me: ok you're in the trash now

there are worse ways to go I guess

o shit

bluesky really needs twitter's old "turn off retweets" option

need more PC-98 style artists out there. are they summoned by making mahjong games?

hope mitch isn't in the hospital for too long is this gonna get me banned

o shit

can’t overstate how ready I am to enter my cursed noises era

ordered this wacky thing and I’m pretty excited. the manual is styled after a D&D rulebook, so it must be cool.

A music store sent out a newsletter with the subject line “Pencils Down, Savings Up!” and my brain autocompleted with the sage wisdom of 2 Live Crew.

They got BlueSky representation in Dragon Quest V

if you order pizza on instacart it could be both delivery AND digiorno

Learned today that my iPhone can essentially act as an effects pedal via my Zoom L6max and it’s stupidly easy to set up. My iPad is ancient and I don’t trust it with much, but my phone can definitely handle some vocal effects or whatever.

glad the new Evanescence album was mixed and mastered by professionals, as opposed to whatever the hell happened with the last one

new budget Alienware models? bring back the M11X, you cowards.

you’re actually required to have Utena playing on at least one screen in your home for four hours each day during pride month. look, I don’t make the rules.

happy pride 💕

polygon called final fantasy 6 underrated in a facebook post and I instantly turned to dust

Happy Pride! I'm queer, but if you were following me on here, you probably knew that already. Anyways, cheers to everyone else across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum!

the number of people on Facebook asking why the government wasn’t aware of a three foot wide space rock is really concerning

“What was that boom in Boston” bsky solidifies my belief that the last post on this site will be “hey did anyone else hear that?”

why is React so bad and why did we standardize on it

Nicole from Genshin would make the best GPS voice.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

ever sit down in front of a mirror and just go “who the fuck are you”

not proud but

Happy World Goth Day to that one Beaker in particular

The Oatmeal comic from a while back put it really well - there's just something so incredibly disappointing about finding a piece of art was made by AI. "...consuming AI art is like eating Styrofoam." It's just such nothingness.

hell yeah, in bed before 8 AM to take a quick nap between the kids going to daycare and work

how did Microsoft fuck this up so badly

they got utterly annihilated in the comments so I feel vindicated

finally got a Reddit thread from someone mad at me for banning them from a Discord, lol