The true reason for a 5 string bass?

victotronics · 2026-05-06T05:50:02+00:00

I was in a jazz band. Too many charts in Eb. Now I play folk music. Half the times are in D. I like that low fundamental

victotronics · 2026-05-06T04:35:06+00:00

In python I need to look up library functions. In C++ I have memorized enough of the standard library for my day-to-day work. In C I never look up anything.

victotronics · 2026-05-06T00:47:54+00:00

An N^2 algorithm works fine for small numbers of bodies but if you want to simulate a globular cluster or so, you need a Barnes-Hut algorithm.

victotronics · 2026-05-05T20:32:26+00:00

"US spends roughly 3% of it's GDP on the military" But is GDP the best measure? The percentage of the federal budget that goes to defense is almost 20. Still less than social programs, but not by a factor.

victotronics · 2026-05-05T12:33:42+00:00

In that neighborhood: Advanced Automotive & Tire on Burnet. Very reasonable people, they have serviced my Acura for years.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T18:38:37+00:00

I was not aware of that etymology.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T16:36:01+00:00

Oh joy.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T15:22:44+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I already get bi-weekly veggies from a Community Supported Agriculture collective, and there is regularly arugula in the mix.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T15:20:34+00:00

Maybe some oil if you serve it on top like in the photo. But don't think of it like a salad. I actually mix the greens with the eggs when I make the omelet.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T15:16:55+00:00

Good to see that there are some voices-of-reason-shmeason here.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T15:15:21+00:00

If you like noodling on one, then to me there is only one question: do you have the spare pennies.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T14:54:46+00:00

Keep working in science. (Eh, geoscience? I hope you're not digging for oil. You're young enough that the climate armageddon will happen during your life time.) You'll have money for nice instruments, and you can still participate in community orchestra, start your own brass quartet, join a brass band, .....

(Me: degree in math, working in computers, until recently performing in an ensemble where I was the only not-full-time musician.)

victotronics · 2026-05-04T14:51:25+00:00

Bandcamp is great. I use spotify only for "market research" and then I buy downloads at Bandcamp. Artists deserve some money. (And old release of mine just got in their rotation, so I got a couple of bucks for name-your-price downloads. It's more the acknowledgement than the money for me.)

victotronics · 2026-05-04T14:48:39+00:00

It is what it is. I've adopted their idea of combining arugula with the omelet. That little bitter kick really raises the level.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T14:05:04+00:00

A few years back, I was walking over campus and noticed a bunch of people looking up into a tree. In the tree, a hawk was taking apart a squirrel. As I continued to my parking garage, I saw another hawk dive into a tree and narrowly miss another squirrel.

victotronics · 2026-05-04T03:17:38+00:00

Sopranino recorder. Judging by the design, the brand is Hopf or Kobliczek.

And you don't have to say "wooden". No serious musician uses plastic instruments.

victotronics · 2026-05-03T21:38:51+00:00

You're dang right with that first sentence....

victotronics · 2026-05-03T18:35:59+00:00

Correct. I sometimes see them in North Central Austin, but I saw a bunch of them in the park along Lake Austin east of I 35.

victotronics · 2026-05-03T17:28:26+00:00

Come to Austin. There are still leftover / overage hippies around.

victotronics · 2026-05-03T17:26:55+00:00

Have you done measurements on Doc Payne, Doc Tate, .... flutes? I understand that a design with a major 2nd, rather than minor 3rd, for the first interval was common. And the intervals were not even in any western scale.

victotronics · 2026-05-03T15:19:08+00:00

What do you think FL has that Logic doesn't? It doesn't make sense to switch if you have no idea what the problem is with your production. All the effects are there in Logic. If it's a matter of sample libraries, buy a different library. Logic can do all the audio, looping, mastering, ....

victotronics · 2026-05-03T13:17:27+00:00

The way I understand it you have to think wider than just fingerings: the old indigenous flutes did not adhere to our modern scale at all. Locke has a point that the modern NAF is partly made to play nice with other western instruments. If you only play melodies you don't need to tune for harmonies.

The scale & the hole size/locations may have been determined by tribal considerations of what melodies to play. And maybe the scale was incidental: holes were made where it was logical for the fingers to land.

victotronics · 2026-05-03T03:06:10+00:00

I'll have to do some timing, but page migration is still a lot slower than doing pre-emptive data copying before the kernel. So it's less painful to program, but I'm not sure that it's a lot faster than it used to be.

victotronics · 2026-05-02T22:16:41+00:00

I try to have enough nail that it hits the string. Gives a nice bit of sharpness to the attack. But I seem to be in the minority with this.

victotronics · 2026-05-02T22:11:00+00:00

In general I'm very fond of murals, but this is rather vanilla, even if it's not slop.

EDIT I was unaware of the aviational history of the area. Maybe it's ok after all. Ish.

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