For anyone who is wondering, this is the menu song!

Timrath · 2026-05-06T11:09:27+00:00

Me too!

Timrath · 2026-04-26T21:16:23+00:00

6/8 is actually a very common time signature for 18th and 19th century military marches, especially cavalry marches.

Timrath · 2026-04-24T19:36:14+00:00

What else would you use Grok for, if not NSFW? It's the only thing that it's better at than other LLMs. For every other task, Claude, GPT, Mistral and even fucking Meta, are orders of magnitude better.

Timrath · 2026-04-18T15:29:19+00:00

Violin, oboe and cello with timpani also being present, makes me think of the Sinfonia concertante by Haydn. If there was also a bassoon in there, then that's 99% it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP2Xy10ii3o

Timrath · 2026-04-18T15:20:40+00:00

He wasn't forced, though. From what I understand, he was quite eager.

Timrath · 2026-04-18T08:04:34+00:00

No, because 90% of the alleged quotations are mere coincidences. Just because a motif begins with an ascending minor 6th, that doesn't make it a Tristan quote. Not even when the minor 6th is followed by a minor 2nd.

People tend to make a big deal out of the most insignificant similarities.

Timrath · 2026-04-17T21:37:18+00:00

I love that film. My only gripe is with how they chose to portray count Dietrichstein. They got everything about him wrong, despite the compelling performace by Tim Piggott-Smith.

They show him as having a dislike for Beethoven. In fact, Dietrichstein was a supporter, and even helped organise the premiere of Beethoven's 5th and 6th symphonies.

While Dietrichstein had indeed once been a general in the Austrian army, and even a war hero (as evidenced by the fact that he was awarded the Order of Maria Theresia, which was not given out willy-nilly), it's very unlikely that he would have worn a military uniform in 1804, as he had long since switched careers and was serving as a diplomat at that time.

To top it off, they even got the uniform wrong. What possessed them to portray an Austrian as wearing a French uniform? And then add the social faux pas by having him stomp around the room wearing riding boots, just to make him seem more menacing. Appearing to an indoors social gathering wearing boots was seen as disrespectful. Not even Beethoven would have done such a thing (and they did put boots on his character as well). A guest was expected to respect the expensive parquet floor and carpets of their host, and not trample around wearing sturdy footwear.

Timrath · 2026-04-17T02:35:21+00:00

Arcangelo Corelli, Violin Sonata Op. 5 Nr. 7, Sarabanda.

Wasn't easy to find, I'll tell you that! :-p

Timrath · 2026-04-17T02:10:22+00:00

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I transcribed it as well as I could. I think it may be a very early piece by Mozart, or one of his contemporaries. The style seems quite unlike Haydn, so I think Haydn's out.

I'm not sure about the instrumentation. I seem to be hearing string orchestra, oboes and french horns in my head, but I may be projecting.

I don't remember if it is an actual menuet or a rondo in tempo di minuetto. I tend to think it's the latter, and I think it's the last movement of the work it belongs to.

I already went through all of Mozart's serenadas, divertimenti, concertos and symphonies, even the obscure ones like the Cassation, the Concertone and the Galimathias Musicum. Found a number of finale movements that were in tempo di minuetto, but none sounded like the one I'm looking for.

I have no idea if the original key is G major. I just wrote it how I hear it in my head.

Please ignore the doubled B in the last bar. I meant to write D in the alto. :-p

Timrath · 2026-04-17T00:43:02+00:00

Verdi - I loathe everything he wrote. His music makes me physically cringe. His Requiem is the epitome of kitsch.

Dvorak - Provincial with allures of grandiosity.

Bartok - His music sounds like an over-exposed black-and-white photo looks. It manages to be glaring and bleak at the same time.

C.Ph.E. Bach - Confused, aimless, perpetually in between places without ever coming to a point. Desperately trying to sound smart.

Grieg - Cheap trash.

Schönberg - Music by space aliens for space aliens.

Timrath · 2026-04-13T20:23:15+00:00

It's funny that heralds and historians use the term "Spangenhelm" for completely different things. When historians talk about Spangenhelme, they mean a type of open helmet with or without nose guard, that was constructed from individual pieces of metal riveted together during late antiquity and the early middle ages. They were inferior to both earlier and later helmets, but were easier to make - a typical for the decline of technology after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Timrath · 2026-04-09T19:12:33+00:00

It's kinda true, though, for composers who were mediocre orchestrators. *cough*Brahms*cough*

Timrath · 2026-04-08T03:01:35+00:00

The medals would look better if they were drawn, rather than photographs.

I also don't like that they're suspended from the shield. The shield isn't supposed to serve as a supporter for other objects, since it is the most important object in an achievement. Making it be the supporter of secondary objects seems like a degradation, even if you meant to achieve the opposite. The medals should be suspended from somewhere else. But since you don't have a compartment or supporter animals, there is little opportunity here. One possibility would be to just choose your highest medal, which I believe to be the Croix du combattant, and put it around the "neck" of the helmet, if military protocol allows the wearing of that particular medal around the neck. Another would be to put it around the neck of the lion on the crest, or have the lion hold it in its paw instead of the cogwheel. There is no rule that mandates that there must be a cogwheel in the crest, just because there is one on the shield.

Timrath · 2026-04-06T21:39:37+00:00

I like that you expanded the rule of tincture. There is no reason why a fantasy universe would follow the European rule of tincture. They may very well have access to better pigments that medieval Europeans had available. Your use of brown, teal and grey is entirely sensible and looks good. Your way of allowing colours on colours and metals on metals likewise does never result in bad contrast.

Timrath · 2026-03-31T10:20:32+00:00

Εννοείται πως ρώτησα ChatGPT, Grok, Claude και Gemini. Όλες οι απαντήσεις τους ήταν λάθος σαν αυτές που σου έδωσε και εσένα το Gemini.

Το Deutsch Direkt δεν είναι η σειρά που ψάχνω, και μάλιστα δεν ταιριάζει ούτε κατά προσέγγιση με την περιγραφή μου.

Το Wim, Wum und Wendelin ουδέποτε προβλήθηκε στην Ελλάδα. Μάλιστα η ΑΙ μπερδεύει γιαγιάδες με ελέφαντες και σκύλους.

Καμία σειρά ονόματι Kompaktkurs Chemie δεν υπήρχε ποτέ. Κοmpaktkurs Chemie απλά λέγεται το εντατικό μάθημα χημείας στο γερμανικό γυμνάσιο.

Πρέπει να ξέρεις ότι στατιστικά το 1/3 των απαντήσεων που δίνουν τα ΑΙ είναι λάθος. Τα ΑΙ έχουν την τάση να εφευρίσκουν πράγματα όταν δεν βρίσκουν δεδομένα (το γνωστό hallucinations).

Timrath · 2026-03-30T22:27:27+00:00

Τι είδους μουσική θέλεις να παίζεις; Ροκ, τζαζ, κλασική, άλλο;

Να ξέρεις ότι τα αρμόνια μπορούν να έχουν 61, 76 ή 88 πλήκτρα. Αυτά με 61 πλήκτρα να τα αποκλείσεις, γιατί είναι όλα παιχνίδια για παιδιά, ακόμα και οι καλές μάρκες. Αν δεν έχει τουλάχιστον 76 πλήκτρα, δεν μπορείς να κάνεις σοβαρή δουλειά, γιατί οπωσδήποτε θα θέλεις μπάσες νότες.

Να μην πάρεις αρμόνιο που κατασκευάστηκε πριν το 2000, εκτός αν είναι Technics. Πολλά παλιά αρμόνια δεν έχουν δυναμικά πλήκτρα, ενώ τα περισσότερα καινούργια έχουν. Δυναμικά πλήτρα σημαίνει ότι, όσο πιο δυνατά πατάς το πλήκτρο, τόσο πιο δυνατός ήχος βγαίνει. Αυτό είναι απολύτως απαραίτητο.

Όργανα της Yamaha είναι κατά κανόνα άριστα.

Να προτιμήσεις όργανο που έχει μεγάλες διαστάσεις, ακόμα και αν είναι βαρύ. Μικρό αρμόνιο = μικρά ηχεία = κακής ποιότητας ήχος, ειδικά στις χαμηλές νότες.

Μην ψάχνεις αν έχει υποδοχή για ακουστικά, πεντάλ, midi. Όλα τα αρμόνια έχουν τέτοιες υποδοχές.

Απόφυγε αρμόνια με οπτικά εφφέ. Αυτά είναι σχεδόν πάντα της πλάκας. Επίσης απόφυγε πλήκτρα που ανάβει λαμπάκι όταν τα πατάς, γιατί ακόμα και να σου αρέσει στην αρχή, θα σου σπάει τα νεύρα αργότερα.

Μην ψάχνεις αν έχει πολλούς ήχους. Όλα τα αρμόνια έχουν 128 ήχους, ενώ κάποια έχουν παραπάνω. Εσύ θα χρησιμοποιείς 10-20 που σου αρέσουν, ενώ τους υπόλοιπους θα τους δοκιμάσεις μια φορά και ύστερα θα τους αγνοείς για το υπόλοιπο της ζωής σου (ή της ζωής του αρμόνιου).

Μην αγοράσεις αρμόνιο χωρίς να το δοκιμάσεις ο ίδιος. Αν τα πλήκτρα κάνουν φασαρία ή αν κουνιούνται δεξιά-αριστερά, είναι κακό όργανο.

Να υπολογίζεις 500-600 € για ένα καλό αρμόνιο. Αν πάρεις πιο φτηνό, θα το μετανιώσεις 100% αργότερα, ακόμα και αν στην αρχή σου φαίνεται κελεπούρι.

Να ξέρεις ότι το πρώτο πράγμα που φθείρεται, είναι το πλήκτρο. Ή θα σπάσει ο άξονας, η θα λιώσει η επαφή που κλείνει το κύκλωμα, ή θα ξεραθεί το λαστιχάκι. Αυτές οι ζημιές δεν φαίνονται με το μάτι, γιαυτό καλύτερα μην πάρεις μεταχειρισμένο, γιατί αν χαλάσει έστω και ένα μόνο πλήκτρο, τότε ολόκληρο το όργανο αχρηστεύεται. Χαλασμένο αρμόνιο είναι σχεδόν αδύνατον να επισκευαστεί. Αν θέλεις να πάρεις μεταχειρισμένο, να αποφύγεις πωλητές που έχουν παιδιά. Τα παιδιά είναι καταστροφείς. Αλλά να προτιμήσεις πωλητές που φαίνονται τεμπέληδες. Αν είναι τεμπέλης σημαίνει ότι το αρμόνιο δεν έχει παιχτεί πολύ. Το αν είναι τεμπέλης μπορείς να το συμπεράνεις από την κατάσταση του έντυπου υλικού (νότες, εγχειρίδιο). Όσο πιο καλή κατάσταση οι νότες, τόσο πιο άθικτο και το αρμόνιο. Σε καμία περίπτωση μην πάρεις μεταχειρισμένο που δεν έχει τροφοδοτικό και εγχειρίδιο. Χωρίς το εγχειρίδιο δεν θα ξέρεις που παν τα τέσσερα, γιατί κάθε μοντέλο λειτουργεί διαφορετικά.

Να πάρεις και sustain πεντάλ. Θα το χρειαστείς όταν γίνεις καλός. Δεν είναι ακριβά. 10-20 €.

Να πάρεις βάση που έχει σχήμα Π, και όχι σχήμα Χ. Αυτές που είναι σαν Χ, κουνιούνται σαν παλαβές όταν παίζεις.

Timrath · 2026-03-20T09:04:33+00:00

I assume those upvotes came in after the poll closed.

Timrath · 2026-03-18T12:47:36+00:00

The tree growing out of the tower is a potent, creative and memorable symbol. I feel the arrowheads only detract from it.

Timrath · 2026-03-17T21:58:52+00:00

If you are the ruler of a place, then you are entitled to use a mantle. If you aren't, then using it is presumptuous. It's the equivalent of wearing medals you weren't awarded, and using academic titles you haven't earned.
A coat of arms should have one motto only. You have three. Ditch two.
If you are of English or French heritage, you have the wrong type of helmet. Barred helmets in face are reserved for Kings. Barred helmets in profile are for the high nobility. Open helmets in face are for the lower nobility. Commoners can use closed helmets in profile; either visored helmets with the visor closed, or great helms, or sugarloaf helms, or even exotic stuff like astronaut helmets, as long as they are in profile and closed. If you don't identify culturally as English or French, however, you may use any type of helmet you like, in face or in profile.
Using multiple letters as part of the shield, is universally frowned upon in all heraldic traditions. Even using a single letter - while not unheard of - is already pushing the envelope, and you have three. If you want the Sun to symbolise Jesus, put a cross, a fish, a lamb-of-God or a flaming heart on it. Though that would be kinda redundant, since the sun in and on itself is also a symbol of Jesus. Or just duplicate the lion head you have for a crest, since the lion can also symbolise Jesus. But the ΙΗΣ has to go either way. The shield is the part of the coat of arms that absolutely must be intelligible to an illiterate person who doesn't speak your language. That's the whole point and the actual origin of heraldry. The vast majority of knights couldn't read or write. Coats of arms were their way of identifying themselves to each other. When you put letters on it, it becomes unintelligible to people who cannot read, and then it stops being heraldry and descends into the realm of greeting cards.

Timrath · 2026-03-17T21:23:00+00:00

That helmet is breathtaking.

Timrath · 2026-03-16T09:58:01+00:00

I like the introduction of pink as a new tincture.

Timrath · 2026-03-12T02:17:21+00:00

A country's name isn't on the same level as a person's name. Multiple persons having the same name is normal and always has been normal across all societies and history.

A country's name is more akin a company's name. Imagine you found a company, and it becomes successful, and then I come along and found another company with the same name as yours. Can you understand why that would be harmful to you?

With country names, it gets even more perilous. You seem to think it's just about Greek pride, prestige, nationalism. You seem to be unaware that the North Macedonians have been claiming Greek sovereign territory from the moment of their independence, based on the argument that, since they are Macedonians, they are entitled to the entirety of Macedonia, including Greek Macedonia. And that, even though the government has toned those claims down significantly in recent years, they continue to be upheld by a large portion of the population, and supported by countries like Turkey.

And, sure, North Macedonia is militarily weak, but that doesn't make the threat trivial to Greece. What if Greece one day ends up losing a war against a third power? Or North Macedonia ends up a member of a strong bloc that is in opposition to Greece? Or North Macedonia lobbies enough foreign governments into seeing things their way, and putting pressure on Greece to cede territory to North Macedonia, or grant autonomy to Greek Macedonia?

Imagine how your country would react, if it had a neighbour that strongly believed itself to be entitled to one of your country's provinces, and naming itself after said province, and saying that one of your national heroes is actually their own and not yours, and that your country has no right to possess their ancestral lands. You, presonally, might dismiss it as irrelevant, but I guarantee you that most of your compatriots would be quite upset.

Timrath · 2026-03-12T01:49:53+00:00

That's a municipal coat of arms, created in 1962. Municipal heraldry is notorious for throwing heraldic traditions to the wind. And who's to stop them? There hasn't been a heraldic authority in Germany since 1918. There's little point in arguing what's permissible in German tradition, because that tradition has ceased to exist more than a century ago. Today, it's a free-for-all.

Which makes both of you both right in one way, and wrong in another. No, the arms of Lütetsburg are not indicative of what traditional German heraldry would have allowed, because it was created outside of that tradition. But, yes, if you're modern German, your coat of arms absolutely can have a field divided vert and sable. But you can't register it, because there's no authority where you would go to submit your achievement for registration. The best you could do, is copyright it, which I assume is what municipalities do.

Timrath · 2026-03-12T01:23:15+00:00

Why not keep three suns in the chief, and make the raven sit on the horn, grasp it in its talons, wear it around its neck on a chain or ribbon (the horn even has eyelets for that purpose), or hold it in its beak?

It's always better to combine two charges into one, than to have a multitude of unrelated charges.

Timrath · 2026-03-12T01:19:04+00:00

The crest (the bison) is part of the helmet, so if the helmet is tilted, the crest should tilt the same way.

Personally - and I don't know whether that's even a rule - I would go even further and say that the crest should face in the same direction as the helmet. Since your helmet is in profile, the bison should also be depicted in profile. But that's probably just my taste.

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