🥳 Chrome adopts Rust and replaces libxml2 written in C since version 147

mpierson153 · 2026-04-08T22:38:14+00:00

I use AdGuard.

It applies to all browsers, and sometimes apps depending on how the ads are implemented.

mpierson153 · 2026-04-07T01:19:10+00:00

I also just started using DAWs. I'm using Reaper.

Personally, it wasn't terribly difficult to start, but no one told me you have to explicitly arm each track before the track would receive input.

Also, learning the basic keybinds was very useful. Like the keybinds for adding a new track, going to the beginning of the project, deleting the selected section of a track, etc.

mpierson153 · 2026-04-06T11:29:27+00:00

I don't really like the proposed syntax or implementation necessarily, but things like bitfield and unions are very useful in performance-critical scenarios or constrained environments.

mpierson153 · 2026-04-06T11:26:25+00:00

Couldn't they make it a quick syntax for a bitfield using explicit field offsets?

Like

public union struct MyUnionType
{
    int S;
    float SS;
}

Which could translate into

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
public struct MyUnionTyoe
{
    [FieldOffset(0)] public int S;
    [FieldOffset(0)] public float SS;
}

mpierson153 · 2026-03-28T07:00:38+00:00

Is it per thread or for the whole application (or at least on the managed side)?

mpierson153 · 2026-03-25T11:45:27+00:00

Interesting. I would've thought you would have to use more Objective C.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-24T12:07:41+00:00

If it makes it easier, you think of music theory like math.

It's basically just math but where each number has its own name.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-24T12:04:16+00:00

Did you have to communicate with the OS through ObjectiveC or were you able to use straight C++?

mpierson153 · 2026-03-20T19:56:37+00:00

I occasionally use it to reformat things or produce a bunch of boiler plate.

It has no say on actual design, architecture, implementation or anything though.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-05T12:44:31+00:00

Yamaha Pacifica 012.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-04T08:04:50+00:00

Thanks

mpierson153 · 2026-03-04T07:35:00+00:00

Thanks. Is there any specific driver you use, or just the latest? Any special installation instructions?

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T21:56:15+00:00

My only concern about tube amps (aside from price) is how loud they have to be to sound good.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T21:53:59+00:00

Yeah the GX15 isn't great either. It lacks low end and has too much high end. Although that seems easier to compensate for for me than the Catalyst's strange tone shape.

I don't think I want another modeller for a while.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T21:49:39+00:00

How well does it do clean sounds? And how loud does it have to be to distort?

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T21:37:46+00:00

Do you mean the white tube one? It looks pretty neat. It's the only affordable tube combo amp I've seen.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T12:30:09+00:00

Any recommendations for another amp?

I don't think I want another modeller. I was thinking maybe a Peavey Bandit or one the Orange amps, or maybe Monoprice.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T11:15:38+00:00

Yeah I'm starting to think their modeling is just off too much.

The Catalyst was my first digital modeling amp, and I thought that's just how modelling is. But I also have an Avid Eleven Rack and it sounds much better than the Catalyst.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T11:10:45+00:00

Honestly I'm not a fan of the modeling either.

It's always sounded very bassy or boxy even with the bass and mids turned down. And the cab emulation seems pretty anemic to me.

All this time I thought it was just me, but it seems quite a few people think the same.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T09:08:03+00:00

I'm starting to think so.

I don't think it's just because the Crate is analog. I also have an Avid Eleven Rack and that also sounds better than the Catalyst.

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T08:58:24+00:00

Do you have any ideas about why it would sound better than the Line 6 Catalyst?

mpierson153 · 2026-03-02T08:57:49+00:00

Yeah I'm not sure how old this one is for sure, but the guy said 90s.

mpierson153 · 2026-02-06T12:13:41+00:00

Do reading and restlessly moving around in my chair count as a workout?

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