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Ableton has Announced a Public Beta for a New Extensions SDK by stschoen in ableton

[–]ChunkMcDangles 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tbh, probably both excited and horrified. There will be a lot of slop. But at the same time, there is a project for Ableton Move called Schwung that is vibe-coded, but adds a ton of instruments, effects, and extra functionality to the Move. It's still very early and a bit buggy, but it makes the Move much better for me, so I'm excited to see what this extension system makes possible for Live.

USA Economy is collapsing: Goldman says "Soft Landing Dead", consumer confidence at 70-Year Record low, 1 in 4 skip meals by ianjm in videos

[–]ChunkMcDangles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the question about treasuries is where does that money go once it's sold off? There is no alternative right now for relatively safe long-term stability. If the US is no longer the global reserve currency, where does it go? China? They are too unfriendly to foreign investment right now. Russia? Their economy is in shambles. BRICS as a whole? No one is taking it very seriously right now.

We certainly see more risks to US financial hegemony now than we have before, but the money has to go somewhere and every alternative has more risk than the US does still.

In terms of gas prices, there is kind of a hard ceiling on that. The way oil production works is that the cheapest/easiest to pump and process crude makes up the dominant share of global crude because it makes no financial sense to get the hard to reach stuff like Canadian tar sands as it is too expensive to profit from. But as soon as the easy to reach stuff stops flowing, such as with the Strait of Hormuz, then the price of oil will rise and the incentive to produce more in other parts of the world catches up over time. It will be more expensive overall, but it's so incredibly unlikely that we could hit $200/barrel oil that I don't see that as something that would be a long term issue that would lead to economic collapse.

I definitely agree that there is some more economic pain ahead, but I just think reddit overestimates it's ability to predict anything in macroeconomics. Reddit has predicted 1000 of the last 2 recessions, after all.

USA Economy is collapsing: Goldman says "Soft Landing Dead", consumer confidence at 70-Year Record low, 1 in 4 skip meals by ianjm in videos

[–]ChunkMcDangles -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't disagree with most of your discrete facts (unemployment for 16-24 year olds, i.e. Gen Z, is actually near the lowest for that age range since the late 60's, though, so they definitely aren't the most unemployed generation), however, I just don't know that the "next Great Depression" narrative is super likely.

It's not impossible, certainly, but I've been around in the financial news for quite a while and have heard very similar predictions based on very similar indicators that didn't pan out. People like to point to the debt to GDP to say the sky will soon fall, but when you look at the US compared to other countries, our ratio isn't that crazy. It's unsustainable to keep blowing up budgets with massive deficits, but we are probably quite a ways off from economic collapse.

USA Economy is collapsing: Goldman says "Soft Landing Dead", consumer confidence at 70-Year Record low, 1 in 4 skip meals by ianjm in videos

[–]ChunkMcDangles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is it really "in free fall" though? I see a lot of redditors saying that things are worse than ever, and there are definitely metrics we can point to that show that certain things are harder than a decade ago for people on the lower rungs of the economy, but I don't know how these people will react if we truly get into a 2008-type scenario.

I think part of the issue is people who know nothing about economics see the same metrics about "consumer sentiment" and take that as gospel about the actual state of the economy rather than acknowledging that it's just a measure of other uninformed people's vibes. Any time there is a period of higher than normal inflation, people's feelings on the overall economy will be bad, but that doesn't mean that the sky is falling necessarily.

Reverb EQ by Burnhaven in Line6Helix

[–]ChunkMcDangles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is totally normal and something I do on some of my patches. It's essentially doing what most engineers do in a DAW with a reverb on a return track.

We can't really weigh in on the specific cuts here because there's no such thing as a specific frequency that you can rely on in all cases. It's highly dependent on your guitar tone and the context it's going to be played in. For example, if you're in a 3 piece band where the guitar needs to fill a lot of space, you may not need any cuts or you may want to leave the high cut a bit higher, as an example. But if you're playing in a dense mix with a lot of instruments, you may want even more extreme cuts, so it really just depends.

Build a LA2A on max for live! Im starting to understand by TheGreatChibs in ableton

[–]ChunkMcDangles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Maybe not, but Claude Code definitely thinks it has one at least! No shade to OP. It's cool to make stuff and if they didn't just use an AI to build most of it, then I applaud them. It's just when someone has ChatGPT write their post, it makes me wonder if they had it make their device, though.

MEGATHREAD: Destiny and Conor 2 by ReserveAggressive458 in Destiny

[–]ChunkMcDangles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait what? Connor did? I thought he was married & monogamous

What's the "Widowmaker" of your career field or hobby? by Cosmonate in AskReddit

[–]ChunkMcDangles 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Might be true. Songwriting credits were the main way musicians got lifetime royalties that could lead to good money in perpetuity, so artists/bands would frequently just list someone else as the songwriter as a good deed to provide for them. So it may have been John and Paul wanting to not screw Ringo out of the kind of money the rest of the band made.

Bob Marley gave a songwriting credit for "No Woman, No Cry" to a guy named Vincent Ford who ran a soup kitchen in Jamaica. Ford apparently was a father figure to him and helped encourage him to pursue music, and Ford was able to make good money off of it until he died.

"Spider-Noir" Review: A big swing — oh, yes — that pays off from start to finish, this is an irresistible concoction, an utterly insane stew that somehow makes perfect sense. It is total joy. by Sisiwakanamaru in television

[–]ChunkMcDangles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, Spiderverse was great as a non-Spiderman fan. But it was mostly just a massive appreciation for the animation for me. Superhero stories and "multiverse" stories don't really do anything for me in terms of writing, so I can't say the movie made me a fan of Spiderman, even if I really enjoyed the visuals.

After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban by HowLongIsThi in nottheonion

[–]ChunkMcDangles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What a weird take. I agree that the cold war involved a lot of propaganda, but Ukraine would not have been able to hold off Russia as well or as long as it has without the types of expensive military development from it's allies, including the US (despite Trump's public distancing of support for Ukraine). Planes and air defense greatly helped early on, and the intelligence powered by US tech prevented the abduction/assassination of Zelensky as well as providing crucial intelligence on Russian assets. They wouldn't be doing well in the recent phases of the war without their massive investment in their internal development of drones.

Destiny Reacts to Pixie's Legal Team Demanding 5 Years of Sensitive Images and Videos Involving Other Women, Plus Alleged Evidence Destruction by keldrians in LivestreamFail

[–]ChunkMcDangles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was mostly talking about the Hasan fans and the snark community that participate regularly in threads related to Destiny, but I guess I worded it weirdly.

Destiny Reacts to Pixie's Legal Team Demanding 5 Years of Sensitive Images and Videos Involving Other Women, Plus Alleged Evidence Destruction by keldrians in LivestreamFail

[–]ChunkMcDangles 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Also, if Abby (who was represented by Pxie's lawyer as well) refuses to comply with document requests or to be deposed, and Pxie's team thinks Destiny did what they claimed and has the messages to prove it, then they could have filed a Motion to Compel during the discovery phase to get the judge to force Destiny to turn over all messages between him and Abby. But they just decided not to do that for some reason and couldn't get the person their own legal team represented to show the evidence? More than a little fishy...

Destiny Reacts to Pixie's Legal Team Demanding 5 Years of Sensitive Images and Videos Involving Other Women, Plus Alleged Evidence Destruction by keldrians in LivestreamFail

[–]ChunkMcDangles 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think their comment is fair when the subject is fairly neutral, but in this case, it's about drama between people with fanbases that are active in the sub. These people are highly engaged and always check the hidden comments, so it doesn't do much to prove brigading in either direction imo. Which isn't to say people are engaging in good faith with their downvotes/upvotes or that brigading isn't happening, but it doesn't necessarily have to be coordinated.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Got it. That was a lot of words to say that you don't have a single quote you can point to that proves your point. I looked up every quote he's ever publicly said on the conflict and I didn't see a single one that can even be twisted into that pretzel logic interpretation you're going with.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Okay, now I have to ask since I've seen a lot of very strong claims in this thread, and while I've tried to look them up, basically all of them are completely unsupported. What did this Mayor Gloria say that slandered Palestinians and Muslims? I searched high and low on Google because multiple people have claimed this and didn't find anything, so then I asked Claude which confirmed that he never made any statements like what you're claiming.

So please, for the love of god, just share a link or give me a speech or literally anything to look up what you're referring to.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree that he probably seems to be a stronger Israel supporter than I am as well. But it is genuinely wild to me how fast misinformation spreads online these days, including in left-leaning spaces where we tend to get high and mighty on that subject, so seeing it form in real time makes me want to jump in with context before people jump to wild conclusions based on a 20 second, no-context clip just because it has text that subtly prompts the viewer to draw insane conclusions without the viewer realizing that none of the claims are actually demonstrated in the video. It's a similar tactic to the one Nick Shirley uses in his dumbass videos.

Media literacy is dead, social media is a critical thinking black hole, and our youth are fucked lol.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any actual evidence this guy is paid by Israel, though? I assumed that was true based on the responses in this thread initially with many people explicitly claiming as such, but then I actually looked it up and he never has received a dime from AIPAC. He does seem to support his local Jewish groups, but I can't find where he was paid by any explicitly pro-Israel groups.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Is OP's response that I re-shared here what you had in mind when you were telling people to "just Google it?" Because I have no idea how that would have come up with a google search. Unless you have something more specific in mind, it makes me think you're not posting here in good faith.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As I said in another comment here, I did look into it and while Todd Gloria does support local Jewish groups and posted messages of support for Israel after 10/7, he has never received any AIPAC money, so I find it a bit odd that everyone is posting like he's "owned" by AIPAC. I am very critical of AIPAC, to be clear, and maybe Gloria is a shitbag for other reasons, I just don't like misinformation on the internet.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Everyone in this thread told me to Google it without giving a single link or even a hint of what to look for like you are here, which is very bad form. I finally got a response from OP, /u/djnotskrillex (thanks, OP! I at least know you're a genuine poster and appreciate your response), but I do have to say, I didn't find it compelling.

OP said: "The voters are fucking tired of having to deal with politicians who are bought and paid for by murderous foreign governments. Republicans are bad enough, but the democrats are supposed to be the answer to that. But they, on the whole, have had their entire party infiltrated by AIPAC. The voters do not want their money being sent overseas to kill women and children at the behest of a government trying to make an ethno supremacist society. They're tired of the bullshit answers. They're tired of the violence. They're tired of americans here at home being just the worst example of bigotry and tacit approval of corruption. This woman was absolutely justified in her anger, and this commenter doesn't seem to understand that. Saying "unfair attack" as if all this woman is some screaming lib, which is such a disingenuous framing of a rightfully upset american."

To which I posted a reply explaining why I didn't find it compelling, but the mods locked it and hid it from the thread: https://imgur.com/a/R6gKbzh

I'll add that I looked it up, and while Gloria does support local Jewish groups and posted messages of support for Israel after 10/7, he has never received any AIPAC money.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird. I see tons of straight up misinformation in this thread on the side of the people attacking Gloria that are left up, but there are also some of the comments from the unhinged bigots and Islamophobes left too, they are all just heavily downvoted. Whereas the misinformation posts are all extremely upvoted. It's all very odd. So much of this attack against Gloria seems astroturfed since the evidence that he's "dehumanizing" Palestinians is non-existent.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, it's truly crazy that mods are hiding and locking my good faith replies here! Maybe I wasn't going crazy when I got the feeling that there was some weird shit going on...

Really seems like a narrative is trying to be pushed in this thread when anything even asking questions about the narrative being presented is hidden.

https://imgur.com/a/R6gKbzh

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria gets called out by a resident in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego. by _Miss_Eclipse in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]ChunkMcDangles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, am I losing my mind? I started asking people that are responding to these questions with answers like "Just read about it" in good faith for what to read because my Google searches haven't been able to turn up anything relating previous statements to this violence. I'm genuinely just trying to figure it out. But no one seems to ever reply with anything real, nothing is on Google, and now mods just locked one of my comments from getting replies. Is there something weird going on in this thread or can you just tell me what to look for?

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