My personal favorite example of composition for robots was the project Squarepusher did for Zima (yes, the defunct drink that tasted like alcoholic diet Sprite) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkUq4sO4LQM]. That being said, there's a long history of music being sequenced for machines to play. Automated calliopes and orchestrions go back over a hundred years. Also, Conlon Nancarrow should be credited with being the first modern composer to write music purely for machines using techniques and speeds that would be impossible for a human to replicate [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gVhBxwRqg]. I really like how the One Hacker Band took a lot of these preexisting ideas, but added things that I haven't seen applied to sequenced physical instruments, namely using machine learning to allow the band to compose music.
There's a set of string lights in my apartment that were left installed when I moved in. They look pretty nice and they provide decent illumination in an area that's difficult to light, but I virtually never used them because I needed to plug them into an outlet in order to turn them on. I finally bought a device that goes between the plug and outlet with a cord to a pushbutton switch. I now use the lights daily and I have no idea why it took me 6 years to fix a problem that could be solved for around $10.
A bluetooth OBD2 monitor for my car. It can read engine codes and other diagnostics, and it can clear a lot of check engine warnings. It less than a single visit to a mechanic.
This one is way less general, but I finally bought a treadle feeder for our chickens. There were several bird flu scares over the past year and our old open-tube feeder would attract a ton of wild birds (plus the occasional rat). The treadle feeder requires the chickens to stand on a treadle which opens a cover over their feed, and they learned how to use it pretty quickly. I'm amazed at how effective it's been; we're going through significantly less chicken feed now because the wild birds were eating nearly as much as our chickens were.
#55 is 20 Jazz Funk Greats, and I thought it was suggesting that (industrial noise group) Throbbing Gristle would be good programming music. However, it just looks like that's just the name of a blog that they used to find the music.
To piggyback off of your comment on escolar, the article's description of toothfish being passed off as Chilean sea bass is also rather misleading. "Chilean sea bass" is just a marketing term for toothfish, which means they're the same thing. All Chilean sea bass is a type of toothfish, but the article makes it sound like there may be a way to get 'real' Chilean sea bass.
Does this assume that the keyboard is qwerty, or is it able to identify typing patterns regardless of the keyboard layout? I use Dvorak and I couldn't get any of the demos to work for me, but that may just be my fault.
I skimmed the readme but a chunk of it is admittedly over my head, however I would expect something based on letter frequency and n-grams to work regardless of layout, while something that relies on the acoustics of the individual keys to be layout-dependent.
Based on the readme it seems to need training data, so assuming you train it with the same layout you want to use later to capture from. i don't see why it wouldn't work.
It does not require training data - instead it uses statistical information about the frequencies of the letters and n-grams in the English language.
and from this it should also be noted that it won't apparently be able to extract passwords, as least those which aren't "n-grams in the English language".
And for the $2000 MSRP of the OP-1 Field you could buy a brand new 13" MacBook Pro, an Ableton Live Standard 11 license, a Scarlett Solo audio interface, an M-Audio Keystation 49 USB MIDI controller, and still have some money left over.
That's like telling someone that for the price of a new BMW S1000RR motorcycle, they can instead buy a really good Honda Civic, because a Honda Civic can carry more passengers, you can sleep in it, it is more reliable, safer, cheaper to service, holds resale value better, more versatile when it comes to different weather conditions, etc. You are missing the point that those in the market for BMW S1000RR are often aware of all those factual advantages that a Honda Civic has, they just prioritize different factors in their choices than you might. Someone who is looking to buy a motorcycle isn't gonna suddenly be swayed by looking into all the factual advantages a Honda Civic can provide over a motorcycle.
Despite both items serving fundamentally the same base purpose (getting from point A to point B for cars/motorcycles; making music for OP-1/your list), and one of them is cheaper overall and on paper has a lot of factual advantages, they might simply prioritize different things and both be extremely good at different things they prioritize. I, personally, love the workflow of the original OP-1 way more than almost the exact list you produced (because it used to be pretty much my setup, except I used a different midi controller).
Correct. In this case the laptop+audio interface is a lot closer to the BMW S1000RR if we're using this analogy for music production.
The OP-1 if we're using motorcycle analogies is like a Zero. Really cool, new tech, quirky, doesn't use gas (a traditional DAW) but also comes with a bunch of limitations (can't load any of your normal synths into it, have to work around sampling) kind of like the limited range of electric motorcycles.
Totally fine if what you want is an electric bike for city commuting or short trips, until you want to go on a weekend trip or a track day. Now you're waiting on charging, and limited in power.
I think we've stretched this analogy far enough. I wouldn't call a laptop with an audio interface and Ableton a Honda Civic. OP-1 fills a niche, but it certainly isn't high end performance in terms of audio quality or malleability. They're really cool, creative, unique ways of making music if you like the interface, but ultimately a quirky niche in terms of actual production.
The choice of state symbols is really interesting. I like the orange with the silhouette of Florida. I also really like how New Hampshire's license plate depicts the state's iconic gradient fill tool.
Does anybody know if it's possible to watch the entire movie anywhere? It looks like Milestone Films did a 4k restoration in 2019 but the link to watch it doesn't seem to work any more and their web page indicates that physical copies are "not currently available for home use".
When I first read this I was 100% on the author's side, but after visiting CookUnity's site I have some reservations. Unless CU changed their website since this was posted (which was about an hour ago according to Github), they mention quite a few times that it's a subscription service. The banner at the very top of the page say "Subscribe now". One of the four entries in the FAQ is "My Subscription". The "How it works" page talks about how you can pause your subscription. Even the URL that the author links in the first paragraph is subscription.cookunity.com.
All this being said, the solution to "how to handle a user that hasn't chosen their meals" should be to email them with a reminder instead of just choosing random things and charging their card. Also, sending the email after the cutoff to cancel the order is irresponsible, if not outright malicious. I'm not sure if this was illegal, but it definitely seems immoral.
Author here. I admit I might be missing the subscription part (perhaps because I don't know about how meal plan companies work). But my impression when I issued my first order is simply "this is just Amazon except that item is shipped weekly". That the company would "pick something for me" if I don't act is just beyond my imagination.
And as you have pointed out, they intentionally not email any notification and only emailed me when I cannot cancel the order is immoral, which is another reason I was annoyed.
You don’t really have to be familiar with meal plan services. Their website makes it 100% clear that it is a subscription. That’s how subscriptions work; they keep going periodically without intervention.
How did you arrive at “So I decided that I will not order again given the poor cost-efficiency. And I never logged back in to their account.” as the correct course of action for a subscription? You can’t cancel a subscription by just ignoring it.
I did not realize it was a subscription, and I was expecting that even if it was a subscription, I wouldn't be charged since this subscription contains action items (the food item to buy), or at least I will have a chance to cancel. Which, both turns out to be wrong.
At the very least, if they just ship me my last week's selection, I wouldn't complain either.. But they choose to ship me random food.
The signup form makes it clear it's a subscription.
The TOS makes it clear it's a subscription.
The "how it works" page makes it's clear it's a subscription.
And they tell you beforehand that they rotate meals in and out of the selection and pick for you if you do not select your meals by a certain date.
You're bent out of shape for not paying attention to what you were signing up for. You've brought negative attention to a company because you couldn't be bothered to pay attention to literally every customer facing page on the site.
That the company would "pick something for you" was explained under "How does CookUnity Work" on the first page of the signup flow. The same page that says it's a subscription multiple times.
I just checked this "How does CookUnity Work" thing again [1] .. So you are right, "pick something for you" is there. But it's hidden in a bunch of text, and the phrasing is unclear to me:
> Our Chefs cook the meals available on each day’s menu in our community kitchen, every morning. Choose your meals or let our auto-pilot ordering select meals for you (you'll be notified of the selections in advance).
I actually recall I reading this sentence on my first order. And my impression is "what? they are using auto-piloted cars to do delivery? I should go watch how that works when it comes" and I just overlooked what it actually meant :)
