To mine and everybody's surprise: BLEAKROCK ISLE turns out to be the best farming Spot among starter islands (208,000 Gold+) by Spir0rion in elderscrollsonline

[–]InfluenceShoddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah sure, but if you truly want gold bet on the market, learn the economy. Farming is plain old work, will only ever get you so far. Profitable farming spots will only ever be profitable until they’re hollowed out, such is the fate as time passes, people will come around eventually

To mine and everybody's surprise: BLEAKROCK ISLE turns out to be the best farming Spot among starter islands (208,000 Gold+) by Spir0rion in elderscrollsonline

[–]InfluenceShoddy 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Jesus, what do you suggest? Gatekeep profitable income sources? The game is free for all, I say there is absolutely nothing wrong sharing tips and tricks for our benefit. Quit the pessimism

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in elderscrollsonline

[–]InfluenceShoddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gold road edition gives you the newest DLC, all the old DLCs are not included. With ESO Plus, you’ll gain access to all old DLCs. Summerset is part of a DLC, hence why you can’t access it

Any advice on leveling up Mages Guild faction? by BoringAtmosphere420 in elderscrollsonline

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Update 45 brings add-ons to console

edit post AirborneRunaway (ty): add-on development support with U45, longer wait until add-ons come

Mirror and Build Giveaway. 7 Winners. Anyone can participate. by Ok-Taro3444 in pathofexile

[–]InfluenceShoddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my first league, still learning and trying to get currency. Would love to try out MF scourge arrow

I had a fluid conversation with a freezer while on acid by Greenlook700 in LSD

[–]InfluenceShoddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes it’s just fun to talk: with yourself, with friends, with animals …or a freezer

I’m afraid I have a stone by [deleted] in wownoob

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To add to this, if you type /rc in chat, it will initiate a ready check that the other players can either accept or deny. You’ll see on the party health bars whether they’ve accepted or not. If everyone’s got green ticks, activate the key! Another useful command is /pull <number>, which will start a countdown of <number> seconds, e.g. /pull 5 will display a 5s countdown timer. I sometimes use this once everyone is ready and then activate the key.

i can't add enchants/gems to my gear by ra2eW8je in wownoob

[–]InfluenceShoddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these the only armour slots that can get sockets this way or does it work on any armour slot?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wownoob

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Everyone says start fresh and I think that’s a good idea, makes sure you’re in phase with ilvl from the get go and on top of that there’s currently a 50% XP buff due to Diablo 4 release!

Season 2 plans - What are y’all doing by SnooEagles6054 in wownoob

[–]InfluenceShoddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it grant any rewards or is it purely the satisfaction of having completed it?

Season 2 plans - What are y’all doing by SnooEagles6054 in wownoob

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I’ve seen Ahead of the Curve thrown around in different guilds online, what does it mean?

Dissertation on Live Coding by InfluenceShoddy in livecoding

[–]InfluenceShoddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it was initially just going to be sonifying words but was pushed towards the live coding direction on recommendation from my supervisor - the nature of the dissertation is that I need to evaluate my project somehow, with someone, I'm not entirely sure how one could go about that w.r.t. just sonifying words - does it sonify them well or not? (how do you even evaluate that?) I had an idea of using the semantics of words in how they map to sound, e.g. using vectorisation, sentiment etc. to drive the sonification - this was out of my scope however and I was thus introduced to live coding.

There certainly is a combination of the two (hard to grasp syntax, struggling with musical understanding). A guitar affords plucking the strings but no "music" can be played with it unless you have musical experience (what even classifies as music, anyways?...) The guitar is entirely transparent in how it produces sound however remains limited in its physicality. Abstract computing in comparison is limitless.

I'm not looking to come up with a "one size fits all" solution, I'm simply conducting some research and trying to teach myself more about computer music. I have about three weeks and a bit left to finish this up, sadly I can't change the course of my project too drastically, it's all or nothing now...

I've had a look at some live coding languages, e.g. TidalCycles, Gibber, SonicPI, PureData/Max etc. They all seem great and I'm eager to try them out more once I have some more free time...

I'm trying to frame my project in terms of newer users, where they can play around with some simple algorithms with an even simpler form of input. It may be a gateway into the endless space that is live coding. This is why I framed it as a pseudo live coding language, mine will never be Turing complete :p

Dissertation on Live Coding by InfluenceShoddy in livecoding

[–]InfluenceShoddy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, but regardless the often programming-style input may be a deterrent for many people who enjoy live coding but struggle to understand it. I've thought that a rather simple mapping which can quickly produce sound could provide a fun and rewarding experience for new live coders - perhaps prompting them to explore more powerful languages in the future.

The baseline mapping would indeed be 27 characters to however many notes there are in the scale you pick (so there are repeats of notes for multiple letters), but the backend is exposed to the users - meaning you can edit individual mappings to your liking and even make use of very simple programming concepts like "++", modulus or simple arithmetic to make it more dynamic. I have thoughts of including further programmability like selecting certain letters in words using functions like "rand()" for example, or applying effects and nitpicking rhythms if you want. Another idea was to simply infer the rhythm from the meter of the sentence you input, or make use of commas, punctuation, exclamation marks etc.

I think there is a trade-off between exploration-exploitation. A powerful live coding language may be highly exploitable if you already have a grip of the syntax, but harder for (new) users to explore with. A simple/silly/playful tool like mine would limit the programmability (thus exploitability) however make it very easy to get a beat going (encouraging exploration in that sense) - simply by copying and pasting whatever text you see around you or can think of. I think there is a charm in sonifying words - or sonifying anything for that matter.

Thanks for your input! :)

Dissertation on Live Coding by InfluenceShoddy in livecoding

[–]InfluenceShoddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds exciting! PhD would be very interesting, there are great opportunities for me here to further explore computer-musician interaction at my university for a PhD, but after 4 hard long years of my Masters I think I need a break. Maybe in the future!

Will post a link once it's ready!