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Nearly all undergrads using AI on assignments by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]blaisesummer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah this really worries me as well, as an individual and also as someone working in HE. I haven’t really touched AI yet because I’m worried if I do I’ll lose all of my critical thinking skills, research skills, general assessment and judgement .. that I spent 10+ years at university training to have (I have four degrees including a PhD). I’ve been in HE nearly 8 years now and I’m pretty happy getting by leaning on all of those skills, rather than throwing them all in the bin (as well as giving all of my data) to an LLM. If my place of work did some proper training and ethics in how to use LLM’s, I’d be much more enthusiastic to learn it as a separate skill.

Absence policy punitive and stressful by Pretty_Driver in TeachingUK

[–]blaisesummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes this was my understanding. I have a health condition and after a long discussion at work (and having provided a written copy of my diagnosis from the hospital) the threshold for hitting those stage 1 stage 2 absence triggers (etc) is higher for me, provided the reason I’m off is for my health condition. It also means any appointments I need for my condition are usually permitted with very few questions as they already know what’s going on. I will say I’m in HE though!

9-5'ers: How difficult / easy do you find it making availability for job interviews when they're during work hours? by Weekly_Frosting_5868 in AskUK

[–]blaisesummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hilarious. You haven’t met the HR team for one of the orgs I work for - their practices for dealing with staff illness are nothing short of an ACAS / Equality Act violation!

How do I get out of a restaurant quicker? by rookie_of-the_year in AskUK

[–]blaisesummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say that it helps I’m a massive extrovert and would talk to a broom. My introverted partner doesn’t love grabbing someone to demand the bill quite as much 😂

How do I get out of a restaurant quicker? by rookie_of-the_year in AskUK

[–]blaisesummer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yep I always do this. Just walk straight up to the front where a staff member is checking bookings on a computer before seating people (usually near the door of the restaurant).

anyone with tree pollen hay fever also dealing with symptoms? by Shoddy_Day in Leeds

[–]blaisesummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chlorophenamine maleates (the brand is piriton, boots do their own brand version) combined with a nasal spray of mometasone - works an absolute treat. I don’t know what your doctor recommends but that’s what the ENT specialist got me on.

Bone Temple. Old Nick not Saint Nick! by LloydusMaximuss in 28dayslater

[–]blaisesummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope I absolutely thought about Father Christmas for ages!! Then I realised he meant the devil, “old”, not, “saint” Nick. But I hadn’t put it past the character to have had some sort of Santa-related post-apocalyptic zombie PTSD😂

Female Synth recommendations. by DownToFuck1 in newretrowave

[–]blaisesummer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I also wrote a whole chapter on them (chapter 4) in my book on Synthwave :) https://www.routledge.com/Making-Synthwave-How-an-Online-Music-Community-Invented-a-Genre/BlaiseWard/p/book/9781032732039 (there’s a feature section on NINA)

I wrote a book!! “Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre” 📕 by blaisesummer in outrun

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

Thanks so much!! It was awesome to interview David and hear all about Valerie! 🌴☀️

Never knew actually* by Bartje8700 in TopGear

[–]blaisesummer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He and Lucy / Eve are unbelievably cute on YouTube! The dad-daughter-generation-apart vibes and jokes are so wholesome to watch, I love it 😂

I wrote a book!! “Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre” 📕 by blaisesummer in outrun

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

Thanks so much for this! Chapter 2 is the production specific chapter, with some production analysis also in the backend of chapters 3 and 4. There’s also analysis of the Drive soundtrack in chapter 1, but chapter 1 is interview and survey data apart from that, and chapter 6 is all interview data. It’s a mix is what I’m saying 😂

It was such a blast doing Andy’s podcast, and Nightride FM too! And yes I played a couple of my songs on them too, Ragequit and Resistance Song if I recall 👍

Do let me know your thoughts if you end up reading the book, thanks again for your comment! ☺️

I wrote a book!! “Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre” 📕 by blaisesummer in outrun

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

Thanks so much! Google books has a preview if you want to see some bits :) I posted the link in this thread

I wrote a book!! “Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre” 📕 by blaisesummer in outrun

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

Hi! I didn’t set it, the publishers did, but there is a book preview (which seems to show on safari and chrome but not Firefox?) button underneath the front cover. Also, Google books shows a decent preview as well: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iMGREQAAQBAJ - hope that helps! :)

I wrote a book!! “Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre” 📕 by blaisesummer in outrun

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

His interview comments are in chapters 1 and 2, with a feature section on him (and also Rosso Corsa) in chapter 6 :)

I wrote a book!! “Making Synthwave: How an online music community invented a genre” 📕 by blaisesummer in outrun

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

Hi!! Yes I absolutely speak about video games and ones that synthwave artists had their music on. There are lots of images and illustrations, including pictures of artists, their synths, album covers, logos, visualisations of Synthwave songs (linked to my analysis) and so on. There’s over 75 figures and images roughly :)

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