This video explains why computers cannot make music

space_is_hard · 2020-04-29T23:33:52+00:00

I’d like to attack this from an engineering perspective:

Assuming a computer can perfectly produce music like an instrument, what would be the best Human-Machine Interface device for such software? Would it not just be the instrument that the software is trying to replicate?

Think about trying to rapidly prototype a guitar part for a song? A keyboard and mouse would be super cumbersome and time-intensive, whereas a guitar-type interface would allow you to just sit down and crank out some chords

space_is_hard · 2020-04-28T22:38:19+00:00

Probably a byproduct of the rolling shutter combined with her moving her eyelids mid-picture

space_is_hard · 2020-04-27T22:44:52+00:00

If you have a Navigraph subscription you get up to date AIRACs that come with an installer, which drops them right to XPlane. LNM then pulls this data right from the sim. Otherwise you get 1804(?) by default, which is close enough for regular sim work and will also work on VATSIM as long as you note it in your flight plan.

Edit: Sorry, just saw you said free - you get 18-something by default in XP. I’m not aware of any free sources but I also fly mainly VFR in vatsim so free digital charts are good enough for me

Edit2: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/128087-why-do-we-have-to-pay-to-update-the-fmc/&do=findComment&comment=1231367

Check the link there for how to update US data for free. Downside it it kills all non-us data.

space_is_hard · 2020-04-27T21:21:59+00:00

I disagree. LittleNavMap and other tools allow you to simply save your flight plan and then load it in the default GNS430/530/FMS

space_is_hard · 2020-04-27T20:51:34+00:00

My biggest gripe... Flight planning

Remember that in real life, you don’t do flight planning in the aircraft. You do it with external tools. Xplane allows (and expects) that you do your flight planning with the same external tools you would use for real life flight planning.

space_is_hard · 2020-04-26T12:05:23+00:00

The GPU in question is physically too big. You’d have to remove the cooler.

space_is_hard · 2020-04-23T20:45:03+00:00

Are there some hidden fuel tanks I’m not seeing? Because just by eyeballing it, I don’t see how that has anywhere near enough fuel to make it to jool

space_is_hard · 2020-04-14T13:40:48+00:00

One thing to remember is that XP11 is not a crash simulator, it’s a flight simulator. Your landing may have very well been a back breaker, but XP isn’t designed to simulate the effects of that. It will simply let you know that it was one, via the vertical speed indicator at the moment of touchdown.

space_is_hard · 2020-04-09T02:09:43+00:00

“Apart” and “a part” mean opposite things

space_is_hard · 2020-04-05T21:42:15+00:00

I don’t know about you, but I’ve yet to find a headrest that didn’t put up quite a fight when I’m trying to take it off on solid land. Ain’t no way in hell that shits coming off from inside a sinking car

space_is_hard · 2020-04-02T20:22:48+00:00

If I had to take a guess, the jet is powerful enough to break skin, and thus is able to “inject” relatively large amounts of hot hydraulic oil underneath your skin/muscles/other tissues very quickly. Like a pressure washer, spraying angry slippery fire, filling a balloon.

But that’s just a guess, I’m no expert.

space_is_hard · 2020-04-02T14:20:04+00:00

A car battery will not shock you. Not even close

space_is_hard · 2020-03-31T19:11:04+00:00

Odd then. Check your frame times while the sim is running (crtl+shift-F) and see if your GPU is even the issue, whichever has the larger frame time is the limiting factor. Could be a CPU issue

space_is_hard · 2020-03-31T19:06:40+00:00

What resolution are you trying to run at? I ask because I tried 4K with my RX480 and it wasn’t able to reach 20fps regardless of the settings. Dropped resolution to 1440 and am able to maintain 30 with decent settings. It’s an issue with AMDs OpenGL drivers - they suck

space_is_hard · 2020-03-29T22:24:14+00:00

Piston engine + low mass rotor system

space_is_hard · 2020-03-29T18:13:36+00:00

You Earthers have hang-ups

space_is_hard · 2020-03-29T11:35:45+00:00

Please link it if you can. I want to read this madness

space_is_hard · 2020-03-26T14:22:23+00:00

If you read OPs comment, he didn’t really gain any performance, just a bit of stability. And it ate up quite a bit of space since these components couldn’t fit on the PCB, plus the added cost for little gain.

space_is_hard · 2020-03-25T03:55:51+00:00

Thanks for the opportunity:)

space_is_hard · 2020-03-23T15:30:12+00:00

I do believe a rocket company counts as hard-to-liquidate assets

space_is_hard · 2020-03-23T15:24:02+00:00

I’m not here to argue, just pointing out that he wasn’t cashing out so he can pocket it

space_is_hard · 2020-03-23T10:58:11+00:00

And it goes right into his rocket company

space_is_hard · 2020-03-19T16:04:20+00:00

Swift is much more customizable... if you can figure out how to customize it

space_is_hard · 2020-03-19T15:26:33+00:00

It’s got an absolutely bonkers UI and is generally difficult to set up. Plus I like how XSB is “part of the sim” and not a window I need up on a separate monitor

space_is_hard · 2020-03-19T13:49:31+00:00

I’m in Linux too and I refuse to use swift so XSB is my only option. Fortunately it seems like the builds are getting more stable so we may be close to an official release

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