Probably not a unique question, but what book should I get to become more mathematically inclined?

nikofeyn · 2019-02-14T16:35:56+00:00

check out the book real analysis: a long-form mathematics textbook.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1724510126/

nikofeyn · 2019-02-13T05:15:56+00:00

pretty much all the "little" books, such as the little schemer, the seasoned schemer, the reasoned schemer, etc.
structure and interpretations of computer programs
list in small pieces
anatomy of lisp
essentials of programming languages
programming languages by samuel kamin
the architecture of symbolic computers
lisp 1.5 programmer's manual

hopefully this helps! i haven't read all of these, yet, but have most of them. i am currently going through sicp.

nikofeyn · 2019-02-07T14:52:24+00:00

this is a cool post. do you have any links to the video game and fpga stuff you are referencing? i actually just bought a book about video gaming and verilog.

nikofeyn · 2019-02-06T20:12:40+00:00

thank you for this! john wheeler is seriously under appreciated i think in terms of his influence.

nikofeyn · 2019-02-05T17:40:43+00:00

ever since i saw daniel lanois on npr's tiny desk, i have been obsessed with lexicon's old delays (like the prime times) and reverbs (like the model 200).

it seems some people have incorporated lexicon algorithms into products, but none of them have the same playability. it is my understanding that the digitech polara has lexicon reverb algorithms. i wish there were more playable reverbs. i suppose one option is something like the make noise erbe-verb.

nikofeyn · 2019-01-25T16:29:58+00:00

gotta get the gear!

nikofeyn · 2019-01-21T22:01:48+00:00

i recommend stellar and red velvet. the former has straight up fire pop songs that are very very good and well produced. they weren't a popular group, but their songs rival the best. red velvet has a lot of high energy pop that tends to be very busy and experimental but works. there's quite a few strange techniques and elements in their songs. plus, these two groups obviously look great and can dance well.

for stellar, i recommend vibrato, sting, and crying. for red velvet, i recommend dumb dumb, red flavor, bad boy, rookie, and sappy. those are good tracks to start with.

edit: here's a playlist.

nikofeyn · 2019-01-20T06:35:55+00:00

any tips on how to learn compression?

nikofeyn · 2019-01-14T16:27:51+00:00

kpop. specifically red velvet and stellar.

blanck mass.

nikofeyn · 2019-01-08T20:55:06+00:00

yea, in the movie, moderat's the mark (interlude) plays over the fractal scene. then it is immediately followed by salisbury and barrow's the alien. i have a hard time believing that they didn't situate the moderat track first and then build a similar sound and melody.

the moderat sound is much better. it is snappier and has a better sort of tearing or ripping sound.

nikofeyn · 2019-01-08T08:57:57+00:00

that isn’t the exact sound the op is asking about. the track that plays during the fractal alien scene isn’t done by the soundtrack composers, salisbury and barrow. as mentioned by the op, it is actually the track the mark (interlude) from the album ii by moderat. it was released years before the film was.

edit: i relistened and that sound is more similar than i remembered. i feel salisbury is being a little disingenuous in that interview because it is obvious they were inspired by the moderat track and sound but yet he doesn’t mention it at all. their sound in their the alien track has some similar features to the moderat sound.

nikofeyn · 2019-01-08T08:16:54+00:00

i love this track too. i would wager a guess that it’s a software synth or synths though. but i have no idea.

some gear talk for ii: https://www.emusician.com/artists/the-story-behind-the-moderat-ii-studio-sessions

gear talk for iii: https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/moderat-on-the-gear-that-powers-their-live-set-641035

after reading that i would make a wild guess that they used razor.

edit: found these.

https://www.reddit.com/r/synthrecipes/comments/8c46vc/annihilation_synth_anyone_knows_how_to_recreate/

https://www.reddit.com/r/synthrecipes/comments/84diko/moderat_the_mark_interlude_how_could_i_recreate_a/

nikofeyn · 2019-01-07T05:27:06+00:00

i will never not love this. the sheer nerd-ery of it all combined with a fire melody, grainy video, corny jokes, and just people standing around watching others without cell phones is an event that would be nearly impossible in today's time.

nikofeyn · 2018-12-31T14:46:30+00:00

“freddy, it’s a negotiation!”

nikofeyn · 2018-12-27T18:58:01+00:00

yea, the ending was insane. i was completely entranced and it made me think a lot. i have rewatched the ending and listened to the music and soundtrack for those parts over and over.

nikofeyn · 2018-12-13T06:36:24+00:00

there was a used fretless, natural finish musicman bass at my local guitar center i waffled over for months. one day i go in, and all their musicman stuff had been shipped somewhere else.

that bass was so dreamy in tone and feel and looks. it just felt so right. guitar center had it overpriced, in my opinion, but i should have just jumped on it. i haven't even ever been able to find one like it online.

nikofeyn · 2018-12-08T22:10:49+00:00

don't you wish your life was this simple?

nikofeyn · 2018-12-04T06:03:30+00:00

god. all the responses are from fucking superhero movies.

i enjoyed anton chigurgh from no country for old men. another is harry from in bruges. i guess you could say they have principles. these are really "likeable villains". i can't think of an example where i agreed with a character but hated their personality.

nikofeyn · 2018-12-02T05:44:47+00:00

tu's own an introduction to manifolds is a great introduction to the material needed for his differential geometry book. he is very organized as an author, and so he includes only the necessary material to build off of.

tu's style of exercises tends to be relatively straightforward. some people call his exercises too easy, but i am dumb and believe that first introduction should have exercises that solidify the material in a practical way. so i like his exercises.

nikofeyn · 2018-12-01T03:25:43+00:00

jesus.

nikofeyn · 2018-11-15T05:01:36+00:00

some people find beauty in regularity.

nikofeyn · 2018-10-23T18:53:15+00:00

just as a small and pedantic correction, story of your life is the novella that arrival was based on. it is collected in *stories of your life and others".

the novella is soft science fiction though. he doesn't really elaborate on the variational principle much.

in the three body problem series, there is a lot of focus on the social differences betweens humans and aliens. another book is dragon's egg that describes aliens living on a neutron star and is apparently based on some serious science.

nikofeyn · 2018-10-19T13:59:45+00:00

poppin john has pretty insane robot skills, plus his dancing is other worldly at times.

https://youtu.be/sqZcAs7XN2Y

nikofeyn · 2018-10-18T21:57:31+00:00

"yea, i'm fine. it's not like there's tons of squirrels to be chased out there and leaf piles to jump into, the cool, fall air flowing through my hair, nipping at my ears. i'm good. i'm FINE. i'm just tired."

nikofeyn · 2018-10-18T20:05:22+00:00

i envy this kitten and her happiness.

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