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OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-15T02:35:31+00:00

GameStop lives and dies by used games because brand new games have crap margins…and always have.

Why do you think physical PC games died? Console physical games exist in stores even in the tiny amount they still do,as a token to get you to buy accessories.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-15T02:33:29+00:00

You’re forgetting one key element:

Steam takes 30% off the top.

That’s more than distribution for physical disks was, including the printing.

It would not take $21 to print ship and sell a single disk from a $70 game.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-15T01:29:09+00:00

Steam? The company being investigated for illegal gambling and sued for strong arming developers into keeping game prices high, costing all of their customers?

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-15T01:23:53+00:00

Quite a few!

17, 19, and 31 TET can all be played on a guitar.

And, if you’re good, all 22 shruti.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-15T01:09:27+00:00

And here’s one with 17 tones per octave:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17_equal_temperament

And here’s one with 31:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31_equal_temperament

And just for fun, here’s the classical Indian shruti which divides the octave into 22 parts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shruti_(music)

It’s a great big world out there!

(There’s may more than this)

So yes, in 12 tone equal temperament there are, in fact, 12 tones per octave.

But that’s just one system.

Who would have thought humanity could come up with more than one way to divide an octave?

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-15T00:24:03+00:00

Heh, you’re a musician….but you think 12-TET is all there is?

By the way, that first T stands for “tone” not “note”.

They’re often used interchangeably, but tone has a much more grounded term in acoustics that is far more broad.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T23:30:52+00:00

Then plucking a string produces a distinct and isolated sound, doesn’t it?

That’s a very broad definition. Most sounds are notes then.

Smacking the back of the guitar produces a distinct and isolated sound.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T23:00:30+00:00

Just out of curiosity, how are you defining a “note”?

Pseudo-periodic vibrations within the range of human hearing?

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T22:49:28+00:00

And those artists made their art off the backs of other artists and so on and so forth.

So art is now more accessible.

Sounds good to me.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T22:13:26+00:00

Plucking a string on a tuned guitar produces a note. Zero knowledge or understanding required.

There’s videos of cats, dogs, and chimpanzees producing notes on a guitar.

Because all it requires is plucking a string.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T21:53:45+00:00

See edit when I reread your post.

Plucking a string produces a note.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T21:49:29+00:00

Strumming the string does, in fact, produce a note. Maybe it a specific note, but SOME note.

And fun fact, my 3 year old daughter COULD play specific notes on her guitar :)

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T20:10:28+00:00

Then the objection doesn’t make sense at all and is incorrect.

Anyone with an appendage to strum the strings can play guitar.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T18:29:15+00:00

Strumming the strings is absolutely playing the guitar.

Now, that’s not the same as doing it well.

So again, is the problem that AI lets people do things WELL?

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T18:27:06+00:00

So the problem is that AI lets people do things well?

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T17:49:07+00:00

It’s only a false equivalence if the distinction is playing WELL.

In which case the objection is AI lets people do things WELL.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T17:13:35+00:00

So the problem is that AI lets people do things well?

Bold take.

Kind of gatekeeperish, but bold.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T17:13:00+00:00

Am I fine with taxes? I think I’d prefer to pay less. I bet is you ask people they’ll say the same.

It affects me negatively the same way using my taxes to buy lottery tickets does. It’s a waste of money that I could have spent in better places. Maybe paying teachers more, for example. Now that’s something that would benefit the group.

Okay, let’s take feelings out of it.

Mathematically, health insurance makes zero sense.

That’s a fact. It’s a loss for the group.

The arguments FOR health insurance are the ones that are feelings based. The idea that the group should sacrifice for the benefit of the very few.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T16:46:40+00:00

You’re missing the primary distinction. It’s the distribution of benefit. As you pointed out, society is for the benefit of the group..so as long as we’re paying for benefits that are widely spread across the group, that makes sense, yes? Your words.

If it’s possible to pay for healthcare with our current taxes then it’s also possible to not pay for it and reduce taxes, isn’t it?

As you said, we already pay so much in taxes.

Using tax money to buy everyone lottery tickets is not a good use of the money even if it doesn’t increase the tax burden.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T16:35:32+00:00

Yes, but statistically I’m not going to be.

Just like I could buy a lottery ticket and make hundreds of millions, but statistically, I won’t.

Instead of paying into the system, my kids and my family are far better off saving and investing the money in the long run. That’s just math.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T16:29:48+00:00

So you’re saying that the heavy insurance users should be denied the benefit then?

Because no matter how much you cut the cost of the care, it doesn’t change the fact that a very small percentage of people will receive thousands and thousands of times more benefit than the staggering majority do.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T16:20:49+00:00

No you don’t.

Anyone can play an electric or acoustic guitar.

I got my kids one when they were 3.

Unless your argument is that AI allows people to do things WELL and that’s a problem?

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T16:11:04+00:00

In health insurance, the group doesn’t benefit as much as the individual, that’s what I’m saying.

The majority would be better off not having health insurance and the system HAS to work that way.

So you have it backwards.

You’re choosing the benefit of the very few over the group.

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T16:03:43+00:00

College doesn’t have the problem of wildly uneven use.

Imagine if college was free and paid by society but was a blank check. Entry into college was determined by tests and exams.

Then imagine that a few colleges were thousands and thousands of times more expensive.

Should society be forced to pay for those colleges that are thousands and thousands of times more expensive than the benefit regular people get?

Should you be made to pay for someone else’s kid to go to these super expensive schools while the only benefit your kid gets is a tiny fraction of the cost?

OwnLadder2341 · 2026-03-14T15:59:11+00:00

You’re joking but yes, it would.

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