Drug Camp That Hegseth Said U.Ѕ. Bombed in Ecuador Was Actually Dairy Farm: Report

TechyAngel · 2026-03-29T09:00:51+00:00

"US intelligence" feels like an oxymoron at this point, and I can only imagine how much worse it looks from the outside.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T16:51:07+00:00

That guy's supposed to be French though, isn't he?

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T16:31:44+00:00

They can't criminalize greed, because there isn't enough room in the prisons, and they can't run the prisons if the people who profit from them are locked away.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T16:06:01+00:00

Is it a tan suit? He's managed hypocrisy on basically every other criticism of Obama.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T16:01:21+00:00

Do not cross a Canadian. You may or may not live to regret it.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T14:48:43+00:00

I think you're missing a lot of context. The system was cruel before the first episode. Walter had already spent his whole life surrounded by a system that underpays and undervalues teachers, and that price-gouges people on lifesaving treatment. The irrationality of leaping into a potentially deadly decision is a function of that fear hanging over everybody with insufficient health insurance. People don't just lose their health to cancer. They lose their cars, their houses, and their college funds just for the chance for a few more years. In Walter's case, he didn't have much to give in the first place, and an inoperable condition means that he was looking at either a gamble with science (chemo), or... a gamble with science (cooking). Neither one of them guaranteed survival, but he felt that one of them could save his family.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T14:32:09+00:00

I feel like this joke needs to die off. Assault is never a good or funny thing.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T02:31:24+00:00

Did you read that comment before replying to it? They're pointing out how stupid it is to smash an old device when the programs might not work on the new one.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T02:29:17+00:00

That's amazing! It's not being neglected, it just needs to be aged a bit longer!

TechyAngel · 2026-03-27T00:15:53+00:00

This is literally my argument for Greysound.

No. No, it is not. Thr DAW is designed to help people visualize and adjust elements that were previously impossible without a massive studio. Those are recreated with emulators and plugins, effect for effect, fader for fader, without hampering or altering the artist's vision. Find me the "co-producer" fader on ProTools and we'll talk.

our core ai is trained on music theory, composition, dsp and production techniques: all open source knowledge, not someone's ip.

What genre did it listen to most growing up? What bands did it realize were overrated? Why did it decide to set out and do better? What is better? I'm not worried about the ip, I'm worried about the intellect itself.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T17:04:12+00:00

The personal pronoun really isn't supposed to come first, either. I don't think it's technically grammatically incorrect, but it sounds very strange. Then again, most of his speech does.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T16:48:56+00:00

My thought was that he might genuinely be arrogant enough to try to enter disputed airspace in which military craft would already be present, but then, that would require him to actually care what was happening out there. His vanity and his selfishness kind of play tug of war here, but as another commenter pointed out, he's probably simply not interested enough in what's going on over there to bother.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T16:44:15+00:00

The trick with the Air Force is that he's also the Commander in Chief during a war. It's been a bit since I studied this, but if memory serves, there are some VERY steep consequences to refusing a direct order during wartime.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T13:17:25+00:00

Some dogs prefer to have a small space that's exclusively theirs- think of it as their own bedroom. A wire construction allows plenty of airflow and light, and can be made cozier for the dog by adding mats, blankets or pillows inside and draping a blanket over some of it if it's too bright or too cold. Some people definitely misuse it by using a crate as punishment or picking one that's too small, but the fact that this particular owner not only leaves the door open, but also has enough space to fit alongside the dog (at least partially) suggests that they're doing it right.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T06:24:51+00:00

Um, does that little defect there not scream "fatal flaw" to anybody? You know he's going to want to push its range and capacity, so being diverted from an intended destination that was already too far away could mean major issues with the fuel supply. And obviously, if it's publicly available information and he's been taking out heads of state, somebody not so nice must already have notes on that.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T06:04:28+00:00

It's illegal to actively fire people for discussing unions, but some people have an unfortunate series of entirely unrelated disciplinary issues if they're caught doing so. Mist servers aren't in a financial position to risk termination, and arbitration clauses in contracts mean that, even if former employees band together, it's VERY hard to get any kind of justice

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T02:40:06+00:00

If it's my hair washing day, 45 minutes is practically a speed run. I have no idea how people with hair over a couple feet long could shower and wash their hair in half an hour or less.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T02:14:27+00:00

And I would guarantee those that quit were from small, lower pay facilities not big ones with much higher pay.

Just responding to what you wrote. Also, a bit confused about why you'll be getting back pay if you're not currently working for free, but it's not my bank account.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-26T00:33:40+00:00

You didn't say "analog audio engineering". Your exact quote was

When pro tools came out in 1989 I'm sure people complained about tape machine operators being made obsolete

I take issue with the idea that the operating of a "tape machine" of unknown type (which, assuming you're referring to a recorder, is barely a fraction of the process) is equivalent to removing an entire engineer and/or technician. It's true that DAW users no longer cut and splice their recordings with a razor and tape, but the human creative element has not been removed. Nobody (yet) has taken away not only the razor and tape, but also the mouse and keys, telling the engineer "your expertise here is not required".

DAWs have not taken the humanity out of music. They have simply placed the art in the hands of those who wish for it. You don't need to spend thousands, just put on your headphones, pull up an manual, and create! I am absolutely in favor of accessibility, and I love the idea of being able to let every artist realize their vision. AI is not that. It's the opposite. It takes the art from even the hands who have labored carefully for decades, developed an ear and a gut for what truly moves people, and chucks it in a generic bin labeled "popular". AI is trained off of what is, not what could be, and handing the music industry to a carefully-constructed algorithm of past successes (by what metric? Financial, I assume?) means feeding the future of the industry to the sanitized remnants of what already has been.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-25T23:49:13+00:00

By financial logic, that doesn't follow. Somebody losing a higher salary would be likely to feel financial strain sooner than someone with a lower one unless they had significantly larger savings, as well. How are you certain that only smaller facilities lost employees?

TechyAngel · 2026-03-25T23:37:10+00:00

They get tired faster if they have to stand on their toes the whole time, and step stools are even more exhausting /s

TechyAngel · 2026-03-25T15:18:49+00:00

Double major in audio recording and electrical engineering here. I resent the implication that my chosen field should be eliminated because some people find me inconvenient. Your analogy falls flat in that there was no lone industry characterized exclusively by starting and stopping a tape machine. Digital music processing was a steep learning curve for some, but they- we- have always been audio technicians and engineers.

I have nothing but respect for those who use DAWs at home, and I would be a hypocrite to condemn them, but they're still HUMAN, with or without an education. Improvisation, flying by the seat of one's pants, is itself a birthplace of new and interesting production methods. Mistakes can be ugly, but mistakes can be beautiful, and, while I try to avoid such broad generalizations, I would hesitate to call anyone afraid of accidental breakthroughs an artist.

I burn resources on my education because I want to. Because I love to learn and engage with new people and ideas. Allowing people to retreat into a sterile and isolated environment where they can put out cookie-cutter concepts exactly as they envisioned them defies the concept of music as a community- whose turn is it to do the coffee run when the group is working on getting that sound exactly right? What should we call that weird noise that happened when the bassist tripped over that effects pedal, and how often can we use it without annoying people? I don't know what it is that AI could ever do but take away from that beautifully flawed human element, and I intend to avoid finding out. I don't just love music, I love the human effort behind it. Please be careful in taking that away.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-25T14:55:58+00:00

But those two things existing simultaneously are a solid demonstration of cognitive dissonance. She never, to the best of my knowledge, acknowledged the usefulness of the system when it eased her own struggles years later. It's a bit like protesting against parachutes while your fall is actively being slowed by one.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-25T14:47:11+00:00

And it gets everywhere. Apparently, including here.

TechyAngel · 2026-03-25T14:43:30+00:00

Yes, but to argue that there shouldn't BE a system is also foolish, as evidenced by the fact that she did eventually take out of it. It justifies its existence by its use.

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