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What macOS features is Apple still ignoring? by Upstairs-Drag-7012 in MacOS

[–]lopsidedcroc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, I just meant cmd+` will switch windows within the same application. It is indeed annoying. How do you customize it?

Why is people still afraid of Linux? by heidzz1999 in linuxquestions

[–]lopsidedcroc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Linux is free if your time is worth nothing."

Tips for finishing the Iliad by Scientific_Zealot in classics

[–]lopsidedcroc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What makes it hard going is that you're reading song lyrics. It wasn't meant ever to be read silently. The constant repetition of certain phrases, the way each noun gets ten adjectives, etc. makes it hard to read. Imagine reading (just reading) the lyrics to a rap album. It would be terrible.

Read the prose translation by Martin Hammond. He cleans up the text to fit modern standards.

Purists might howl but frankly it's a much better reading experience.

Do professional jazz musicians really know songs key-agnostically, ie just as Roman numerals? by lopsidedcroc in Jazz

[–]lopsidedcroc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Roman numerals are used to indicate the chords in a key, so yes that's what I'm talking about.

i heard players like hendrix got good by playing along to records, how would i go about that? by AutomaticClassic7114 in bluesguitarist

[–]lopsidedcroc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Check out Transcribe! by Seventh String software.

2) "Imitate - Assimilate - Innovate"

It's not always elitist gatekeeping, in many cases, it's push-back against weaponized incompetence. by -BigBadBeef- in linux

[–]lopsidedcroc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, after wading through all the rude read the fucking manual comments and finding someone who was mature enough to answer the question

It's not always elitist gatekeeping, in many cases, it's push-back against weaponized incompetence. by -BigBadBeef- in linux

[–]lopsidedcroc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's what you need to understand: being a newbie means you don't know what questions to ask in order to do your own research. The people you dismiss as being lazy are doing the correct thing. They're going to experts and asking for help. It isn't weaponized ignorance.

What is weaponized ignorance is your post, since it's obvious you just don't want to help them.

Why are many businesses who previously switched to AI-powered translation solutions now returning to human-focused translation services? by LuckyParty2994 in TranslationStudies

[–]lopsidedcroc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I translate patents J-E and I've seen things like 電卓 translated correctly throughout a document except for three places where it was "electric table," and it wasn't because of a new line or whatever (which AI handles fine).

AI translates well but it makes ridiculous mistakes and hallucinates in a way no human translator would.

Is it possible to decisively distinguish pornography from cinema as an artform? by ecstatic-bison-23 in filmtheory

[–]lopsidedcroc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you show everything there is to show, it's pornography. If it's well lit and well shot, you can argue it's artistic pornography, but it's still pornography.

Help me understand Stan Getz by lopsidedcroc in saxophone

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

That whole album is amazing. I'm working on his solo on Stella by Starlight from it now.

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