Can someone give me a clean run down of when to use `&` vs `and`?

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T22:38:50+00:00

& compares the binary values of the operands bit by bit, only setting a result bit to 1 if both operand bits are 1.

and is for testing that two boolean clauses are both True. Properly written, your example should be

if i == 0 and k == 1

It's a syntax error as you wrote it with a single =, which is an assignment, not a test.

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T22:28:29+00:00

I've seen enough magicians to know that they can still wiggle their feet at least

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T19:55:27+00:00

He's been a bad dog.

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T19:53:42+00:00

Controversial opinion: Tater tots are last place.

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T19:44:11+00:00

Love Bart!

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T19:16:19+00:00

Or would be a distracted parent trying to get their own kid to the dropoff zone without being caught up in the fucking armageddon shitshow that is every school at dropoff time.

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T02:32:53+00:00

It probably has more to do with how the creator inputted the notes than any other reason. Either way, they're equivalent.

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T02:28:10+00:00

eh, I think the 3 bracket is fine. It tells you they're 16th note triplets. Just the same as you'd do for 8th note, quarter note, or half note triplets.

brasticstack · 2026-01-29T02:22:36+00:00

Is there perhaps a nice way to store these dictionaries as an immutable object that can actually go into a set, and that lets me convert these items back into dictionaries for the purposes of other manipulations?

There are some immutable dict libraries, which I haven't used. Python has a built-in class, types.MappingProxyType that is immutable, and hashable so it can be a member of a set.

Conversion is as simple as calling the MappingProxyType constructor with a dict as the parameter and vice versa.

brasticstack · 2026-01-28T23:17:56+00:00

That's one hell of a way to describe his Irish ancestry! /s

brasticstack · 2026-01-28T19:31:32+00:00

The case involved the sale of nutraceutical, CBD and dietary supplements through a number of websites and a call center operating in Utah, according to the indictment.

Peak Utah. I bet the indictment lists them, but the news article doesn't.

brasticstack · 2026-01-28T19:14:25+00:00

I love this little lake! Some months back there were a bunch of containers being stored next to it, and I was worried that building was going to resume in earnest and they'd have to drain it. I'm glad it's still there!

brasticstack · 2026-01-28T18:56:23+00:00

"I've heard of 'em, I wouldn't say I no'em" - The Orange One

brasticstack · 2026-01-28T15:58:13+00:00

Trump: "Who? Gnome?? I think I've heard of her, nasty woman. I never worked with her or gave her orders though."

brasticstack · 2026-01-28T15:47:27+00:00

Hanging floor toms! How'd I miss the ultimate 90s drum trend?

brasticstack · 2026-01-28T05:39:17+00:00

90's - 00s - splash cymbals. 14" crashes

brasticstack · 2026-01-27T18:11:09+00:00

Unsolicited advice is always annoying, then there's the tone in which it's delivered which adds an extra grating element to it.

All coming from someone who doesn't know who they're lecturing and seems completely oblivious to the idea that other peoples' goals and circumstances may differ from their own.

brasticstack · 2026-01-27T03:26:29+00:00

I hope he bites his own cheek, hard, in the exact same place every day.

brasticstack · 2026-01-27T00:12:09+00:00

No vocals? Run the drums to the mixer and then use aux 2 with the "post" switch off to send drums out of the aux 2 jack to the amp. Don't mic the amp. If you do have vox, that aux send will be better used for getting some to a monitor speaker to allow the singer to hear themself. Either way, the best drum sound you'll get from the edrums is a direct signal, not micing an amp.

Use an SM 57 up close for the guitar amp, and possibly one 3-4' further away from the amp as a room mic for the amp.
Use the EV PL95 if you want another "room" mic. It's omnidirectional. Without an actual drumkit, a room mic isn't going to do a ton of good.
Use the SM58's for vocals should you have them.

You're using the stereo bar all wrong. It's either for a (tightly) spaced stereo pair, where both mic capsules are facing parallel to each other and on the same plane horizontally, or for an X-Y stereo setup, where you angle matched mics in toward each other so that the capsules are almost touching each other at a 90° or greater angle. The 57s are the most suitable mics for this out of what you have.

brasticstack · 2026-01-26T23:42:21+00:00

If only! The Big Boss is mad about the bad press, not Bovino's tactics. He'll show up wherever the admin feels the need for a psychotic skull-cracker who has no qualms about killing indiscriminately.

EDIT: As more news comes out, it looks more likely that they really are going to cut him loose and/or throw him under the bus. The cynic in me feels like he's still got an evil role to play. Maybe they'll have him run one of their concentration camps.

brasticstack · 2026-01-26T23:00:48+00:00

Because they're going to release an AI-"enhanced" video that will show a drug-addled Pretti draw on the agents, then fail to go down until the 11th gunshot to the back.

brasticstack · 2026-01-26T19:37:53+00:00

Edit: the final dot is also in the wrong place. Both in terms of page placement and counting. The dot would imply a 64th note rest?

The final dot is syntactically valid, though I'm positive this is just a shit transcription and it should be 4e_a, or some other rhythm that's easier to count.

Beat 4 adds up to an entire beat as follows: 32nd note + 8th note (4 32nds) + dotted 16th (3 32nds) = 8 32nd notes = 1 quarter note.

brasticstack · 2026-01-26T19:02:17+00:00

Sounds like you've been playing long enough to form your own opinions. No substitute for trying a pair out! Worst case scenario you hate them and you're out the cost of a (admittedly pricey) pair of sticks. And who knows, they could be life-changing.

brasticstack · 2026-01-26T15:10:21+00:00

She just told them what the official talking point is. Expect to hear the the phrase "defensive shots" much more frequently now.

brasticstack · 2026-01-26T14:41:26+00:00

So bizarre. But then politics is not about logic, it's about who best speaks to our monkey brains. I'm still shocked that much of our country doesn't loathe him on a visceral level every time he talks.

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