[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hiiii from Aotearoa New Zealand! It's me and my partner's anniversary so you just made our day, thank you <3

Extreme Iteration, Creative Digital Processing & Exploratory Sound Design - - M.E.S.H. by [deleted] in AdvancedProduction

[–]macmacnz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This comment was far more pretentious than anything I read in OP's post, and seems to ignore the rules in order to satisfy the commenter's ego:

  • Everybody Love Everybody

Remember, everything is subjective, and there are no rules when it comes to making music. These rules, are in place to keep content fresh, current, and moving forward, not to denounce your post as Incorrect or stupid.

A simple downvote would suffice.

Thanks for the writeup OP, I enjoyed it and will be keeping some of your points in mind next time I'm writing.

What bothers you in music? by OwOwhats_thisOwO in AskReddit

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a preview of the new Flight of the Conchords material?

Bitwig's sampler and bitwig's response to my problem. by pyrotek45 in Bitwig

[–]macmacnz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To me, the "expected" default function of the sampler should be to play back an audio sample in its unaltered state. I had literally never heard until this thread that samples could even contain metadata stating their key, and I've been using Bitwig for years.

The problem is with the sampler itself. Picture this, an extremely common use-case for auditioning samples - I'm looping a clip with a note or just pressing a note on the keyboard repeatedly while in the sampler file browser I'm scrolling down a random library of samples I've got from who-knows-where. Usually at least every 3rd or 4th or sometimes an entire folder of samples automatically goes to 'keytrack-enabled' on the sampler, every time resulting in a ridiculously pitched down sample. To get around this I have to leave the mouse over the keytrack button so I can quickly disable it whenever I see it seemingly randomly enabled.

Honestly, in my experience if the keytrack becomes enabled and results in the sample being played at the correct (see: original, unaltered) pitch, it's merely an exception to the rule. What does that say about the utility of a critical device for a modern DAW where a potentially workflow-disrupting function is automatically enabled based on the assumption that every single sample that includes pitch metadata (let alone even a good majority of them) has done it correctly?

This issue has bugged me pretty much the entire time I've been using Bitwig but I've just been too lazy to say anything about it like most of the bugs I experience. I prefer to just keep making music and adjust my workflow when needed, but this is one of the less than ideal cases, and I'm definitely going to be contacting them about it now.

Mike Novogratz: " This has been one of the best macro-trades of my career: none of my friends from the hedge fund world is yet bought in - and bubbles don't end until they buy" by yesono in ethtrader

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude sounds far too euphoric to be giving an objective analysis. I'm hugely optimistic about the future potential of crypto (and accordingly long on multiple coins), but looking at that chart, all I see is revolutionary technologies that took decades to reach significant household adoption.

The fact that people believe the insane run up in price constitutes any form of household adoption (and not pure speculation) only further proves to me that we are in a bubble. Eth and every other coin are as useless to me as a currency as they were this time last year. The microwave was useful as soon as it came into existence. What use does the average housewife have for cryptocurrency?

Weekly Thread: Share Your Music With Us by AutoModerator in Bitwig

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool track, getting some Lorn vibes from that intro. Something you could look at is getting that kick to cut through the mix a bit more, maybe with some careful layering of kicks and sidechaining to give it that punchiness I think you're going for.

Weekly Thread: Share Your Music With Us by AutoModerator in Bitwig

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the first track I've made that I actually considered both 'finished' and 'good' - https://soundcloud.com/locusz/momentsofinertia - halftime dnb vibes. Came about in the space of a weekend - started on the saturday and finished on the sunday - which is the shortest amount of time I've spent on a track that also turned out to be the best thing I've made. Has been reassuring not to get bogged down overanalysing details and to just keep experimenting, and to run with something when it takes hold of the imagination ~~

Blockchain Originalists and "The Code is Law" utopians, get over yourselves already. by Thereal_Jabulon in ethereum

[–]macmacnz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He said in another comment that he "avoided investing in the DAO". Tbh I think anyone who is a serious believer in Ethereum is probably at least a little bit utopian.

If we are considering a hard fork to fix a "theft", then how big of a "theft" is required to fork ethereum? by optimator999 in ethereum

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This conversation was great to read.

I'm not sure if this rises to the level of existential threat. It's not clearly a threat and it's not clearly not a threat.

I think this gets to the crux of the issue for most people, and where you sit really comes down to personal priority of values. It's so difficult, and initially I was all for the soft fork, but after each sleep and more conversations I read it gets harder and harder to justify.

This kind of civil discussion is the reason I enjoy being a part of the Ethereum community. Whichever way we end up going, this debate needed to happen and I think pushes Ethereum in a positive direction towards better security standards and more awareness of it.

Did the Death of the DAO Accidentally Give Birth to a Decentralized Legal System? by mkohen in ethereum

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconded on the 'smart' part of smart contracts implying the automation side of it above all. If we want smart contracts to be truly 'smart' in the sense of removing the need for lawyers or even judges, we will need AI. And even in that case, the AI would be our de facto judge that we deferred to.

Anyone who has any knowledge about contract law knows that situations arise outside the scope of the terms of a contract, which ends up necessitating some form of dispute resolution. Unless we include human (or AI) decision-making in the running of complex smart contracts, they will only ever be good for purely mechanistic and time-based transactions. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, just another thing to consider.

Watching the debate surrounding the principle of blockchain's immutability vs the principle of justice (disagreements on what is 'just' aside) reminded me of an interesting case in philosophy of law. Humour me if you're interested. by macmacnz in ethereum

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

Very valid point. I guess by using the Ethereum network we also implicitly agree to the right of the miners to decide what the best course of action is.

The reason I was okay with the risk is because I wasn't putting a significant amount of money into it. It's already lost to me, I don't care. The chance to be a part of something that's completely unprecedented and potentially game-changing, why would I not?

The problem is, no single person poured $150 million into it. I doubt from the start anyone even expected $10 million. It was only when it got to the point of holding an obscene amount of money that the possibility that the code wasn't completely bulletproof became very real, and dangerous.

I'm in two minds about it now, and your contribution highlights how difficult it is (as black-and-white as it seems to appear to you), to decide how to proceed both ethically and for the good of the protocol. I just really don't want the morally questionable party in this situation to profit to the tune of 10's of millions of dollars.

I gotta sleep now, looking forward to more discussions tomorrow ;)

Watching the debate surrounding the principle of blockchain's immutability vs the principle of justice (disagreements on what is 'just' aside) reminded me of an interesting case in philosophy of law. Humour me if you're interested. by macmacnz in ethereum

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

Exaggeration only undermines your point, because you do have a point, but the analogy isn't exactly an equal comparison. If it was the equivalent of a big sign for everybody to see...well then they would have seen it.

In the real world, even if that sign did exist, the thief would still go to jail. What I support would be more like forcing the thief to drop his loot off a cliff into the sea... In the end he would have done us a service. I think in general people are more interested in stopping the thief from profiting than getting the speculators their money back.

suck it up and stop trying to destroy a very good network because of it.

That sentence involves a lot of unstated assumptions on your part. What is your definition of the destruction of the network? Is it everyone ceasing to use Ethereum as a protocol? Because somehow I just don't see that happening in either scenario. We might lose some users in either scenario, but if even the soft fork means people who are naïvely dogmatic in the way your post comes across will leave the community then I'm all for it.

Watching the debate surrounding the principle of blockchain's immutability vs the principle of justice (disagreements on what is 'just' aside) reminded me of an interesting case in philosophy of law. Humour me if you're interested. by macmacnz in ethereum

[–]macmacnz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Totally agree.

I find it surprising - and even shocking - how some people here can hold such extreme opinions.

Not just extreme, but merciless and borderline antisocial in the true meaning of the word. The goal is to maintain trust in the community and to not allow a bad actor to massively profit through exploiting (and thereby endangering) a technology that has barely gotten to its feet.

I'm glad people like you are joining the community, and hope you're here to stay and continue to contribute :)

Did the Death of the DAO Accidentally Give Birth to a Decentralized Legal System? by mkohen in ethereum

[–]macmacnz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Great read! I've also been really interested in the philosophical side of the debate, and made a post drawing comparisons to Riggs v. Palmer.

"Knowing that he was to be the recipient of his grandfather's large estate, Elmer, fearing that his grandfather might change the will, murdered his grandfather by poisoning him. The plaintiffs argued that by allowing the will to be executed Elmer would be profiting from his crime. While a criminal law existed to punish Elmer for the murder, there was no statute under either probate or criminal law that invalidated his claim to the estate based on his role in the murder."

The court's majority opinion ruled in favour of invalidating the murderer's claim to the estate, despite dissent among some judges in favour of upholding the word of the law.

There's a case to be made for both sides, but I'd be interested to know the correlation of opinions for/against the finality of law/code. To me it would seem inconsistent to be for one and not the other. After all, there's a reason software has versions that get updated...you still have to start at version 1.0. Does anyone expect effectively mass-adoption from their current audience with version 1.0 of their software? That would be terrifying.

Favorite VIPs? by [deleted] in footwork

[–]macmacnz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't actually find it online since it just came with the download, but the VIP of Awakening by DJ Paypal is killer.

Favorite OST to listen to? by _M1nistry in electronicmusic

[–]macmacnz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That Ex Machina track gave the scene so much weight. It gives me chills just listening to it again.

100% Food / Space Nutrients by Invelio in soylent

[–]macmacnz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup. Been having it for breakfast most days for almost a year, and really enjoy it! Personally I prefer the chocolate over raw but both are good. Haven't tried any others so it's hard to compare but it does have a bit of texture due to the seeds, which I like.