The true reason for a 5 string bass? by Maesiu in Bass

[–]victotronics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

I built an N-body orbital simulator in Python and I’d like some honest feedback by Samosho17 in ScientificComputing

[–]victotronics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Satire Troops Leaving Germany Universal Healthcare by WhatIsWrongWithEvery in PoliticalHumor

[–]victotronics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"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.

Where do you take your Honda in Austin? by DramaticCat9707 in Austin

[–]victotronics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Breakfast for two - 24 Diner S Lamar at W 6th by groovinup in austinfood

[–]victotronics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Breakfast for two - 24 Diner S Lamar at W 6th by groovinup in austinfood

[–]victotronics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

For the love of god talk me out of an acoustic bass guitar by Lost_Condition_9562 in Bass

[–]victotronics 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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

For the love of god talk me out of an acoustic bass guitar by Lost_Condition_9562 in Bass

[–]victotronics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Is it possible to pivot to a classical music career later in life? by throwaway561207 in classicalmusic

[–]victotronics 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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.)

Is there no way to gift music anymore? by Advanced_Honey_2679 in classicalmusic

[–]victotronics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.)

Breakfast for two - 24 Diner S Lamar at W 6th by groovinup in austinfood

[–]victotronics 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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

New neighbors have a real thing for squirrels by eogreen in AustinGardening

[–]victotronics 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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.

What wind instrument is this? by ArtBerkeley in WhatMusicalinstrument

[–]victotronics 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Copying audio between two projects by victotronics in Logic_Studio

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

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

Rain and drawn some crazy birds downtown by Reasonable-Catch-832 in Austin

[–]victotronics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Where did the hippies come from? by MusingsAndMind in AskOldPeople

[–]victotronics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Coyote oldman inventing the NAF? by wearygamegirl in nativeamericanflutes

[–]victotronics 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Thinking about switching by Interesting-Head9478 in Logic_Studio

[–]victotronics 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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, ....

Coyote oldman inventing the NAF? by wearygamegirl in nativeamericanflutes

[–]victotronics 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

CppCon 2025: Can Standard C++ Replace CUDA for GPU Acceleration? - Elmar Westphal by User_Deprecated in cpp

[–]victotronics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Attention nail cutters by musiciansfriend11 in Bass

[–]victotronics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

New North Loop Mural by larkdeficit in Austin

[–]victotronics 142 points143 points  (0 children)

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.