Nostr notes by Semitones

So to me the main two musical artistic losses are: 1. The ...

2026-07-18T15:27:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…2mj8
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So to me the main two musical artistic losses are:

1. The physical need to flip the record: Abbey Road uses this to great effect between I Want You (She's So Heavy) and Here Comes The Sun.

2. The locked groove at the end of the side, which the Beatles also used at the end of Sgt. Peppers.

Let me know if there is something I'm still not getting about the difference in gapless playback. (2/2).

I guess I'm still not getting what the difference is. My ...

2026-07-18T15:23:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…xj07
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I guess I'm still not getting what the difference is. My parents' turntable can also select tracks on the vinyl record, just like a CD player. You can press "2" and it will start playing the 2nd track. I think it senses the physical smooth part of the vinyl where on track ends and the next track starts. On both vinyl or CD, you can listen to the tracks continuously with no gaps in the sound, or select which track you want to start at. (1/2)

E.g., you can listen to the Dark Side of the Moon on CD today, ...

2026-07-18T14:42:33Z

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E.g., you can listen to the Dark Side of the Moon on CD today, and unless you have a really weird CD player or faulty CD, it will be gapless.

AFAIK, gapless playback is possible with CD audio. You can have ...

2026-07-18T14:39:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…vwg3
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AFAIK, gapless playback *is* possible with CD audio. You can have track N flow seamlessly into track N+1 if you master the CD very carefully, such that the cut is placed exactly on the right boundary. So sometimes the cut has to be slightly before or after you want it to be. I have used this CD Writer software to make these: https://www.dbpoweramp.com/cdwriter

I am willing to believe that this was easier for producers to do in the vinyl days, although I don't know the details.

maybe more people will hack on plan9 ? Does it allow ai ...

2026-07-16T19:14:09Z

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maybe more people will hack on plan9 ? Does it allow ai contributions

I feel ew about it too. We had known each other for years. She ...

2026-06-05T02:59:03Z

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I feel ew about it too. We had known each other for years. She had confided in me that she liked women, and it had been a painful coming out and acceptance. I felt like if she dated me, I would be keeping her from having an experience she would like better... now, she has been dating a woman for years.

I was young then and I regret it. But I wonder if she could ever have truly loved me. That is the part of me that is still biphobic that I have to work on.

I was actually hoping she would like it. I didn't think she ...

2026-06-03T03:02:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…m9cy
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I was actually hoping she would like it. I didn't think she would really be happy with a man, which is bi erasure I guess.

hey so this is a hella tangent, but what is it called if a bi ...

2026-06-02T16:43:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…4hll
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hey so this is a hella tangent, but what is it called if a bi woman you've been attracted to for a long time is finally wanting to date you, but she's never been in a relationship with a woman before and wants to be monogamous, so you say I love you but no, hoping she can experience a wlw relationship first before committing to monogamy with a man? Asking for a friend. (Also now she is in a loving relationship with a woman, but this basically tanked the friendship :( )

its like that meme, "Everybody agrees with it until you say ...

2026-05-14T17:21:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…lavu
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its like that meme, "Everybody agrees with it until you say its name: socialism".

I did not know that ants help the garden! Is it from digging ...

2026-05-10T12:28:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…lcgm
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I did not know that ants help the garden! Is it from digging holes?

Compare this to Signal, who famously only gives out the date an ...

2026-03-08T00:18:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…t99k
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Compare this to Signal, who famously only gives out the date an account was registered, and the last time it was online, since that's all their organization knows about you.

I will have to figure out how to read Instagram comments. https://codeberg.org/proxigram/proxigram/wiki/Instances

if it says post pending does that mean I'm not following the ...

2026-02-12T01:41:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…3ry2
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if it says post pending does that mean I'm not following the person you quoted?

re: shutdown?

2025-11-09T23:38:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…6wg0
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re: shutdown?

what's the centaur reference?

2025-08-27T17:42:14Z

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what's the centaur reference?

I remember seeing soldiers like that in Europe (France, I think?) ...

2025-08-26T20:25:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…dmms
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I remember seeing soldiers like that in Europe (France, I think?) and thinking it was weird but getting used to it super fast.

(French people, do you have soldiers with big rifles in public places or am I misremembering?)

I like your videos, and I feel for you and all the other creators ...

2025-05-31T14:58:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…8g8k
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I like your videos, and I feel for you and all the other creators that have to deal with abuse and strangeness from the large Internet every day. There are plenty of people out there who only want to tear things down. As someone who has never achieved fame and is just trying to figure out my life, this take feels like arrogance, like punching down on anybody you deem "not successful". Maybe you do not care about my opinion, but it is disheartening to see this video.

it seems to me that GOS could choose between GPLv3 and accessible ...

2025-05-25T17:58:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…70g3
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it seems to me that GOS could choose between GPLv3 and accessible by default, or a less free license that makes them more compatible with Google play integrity -- and they are siding with Google. Is that an accurate read?

I've had similar experiences in the Adirondacks -- hike ...

2025-05-13T20:04:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…24mz
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I've had similar experiences in the Adirondacks -- hike ridges and summits and you'll see crowds of people. But hike along streams or in the forest and you can see almost no one.

we counselors had a rule at summer camp: no scary stories until ...

2025-05-09T20:21:11Z

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we counselors had a rule at summer camp: no scary stories until Friday (the kids left Friday evening).

I like Pocket Paint ...

2025-03-24T11:56:40Z

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I like Pocket Paint https://f-droid.org/packages/org.catrobat.paintroid

Reads really nicely now! Nice.

2025-01-24T18:10:37Z

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Reads really nicely now! Nice.

Rather than describe how it works in the intro paragraph, spend ...

2025-01-22T04:55:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…83cy
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Rather than describe how it works in the intro paragraph, spend some more time explaining what it is, tying into broader concepts people understand. Save the how it works for the body of the article. Imo that would make it more "encyclopedic".

another way to improve the intro paragraph would be to include a ...

2025-01-22T04:52:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…mg4f
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another way to improve the intro paragraph would be to include a sentence or two with a bird's eye view of what this is, which a technically-minded layperson could understand. With more [[blue links]] tying it in to larger concepts.

As it stands now, ("...is a computer processor technology designed to improve security. The hardware works by giving...)" I'm still confused about what it is. How does it relate to architectures like RISC or x86_64?

I've never been, but that's a cool bird!

2024-12-06T16:49:34Z

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I've never been, but that's a cool bird!

Isn't this the #1 reason people give up on the fediverse? ...

2024-11-13T16:27:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…w74f
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Isn't this the #1 reason people give up on the fediverse? They get all kinds of awful responses, and everyone else is like, "what do you mean? I don't see anything bad?"

@npub1ppe…qv2g I found some more Adirondack Ants on my latest ...

2024-08-20T01:00:53Z

myrmepropagandist (npub1ppe…qv2g) I found some more Adirondack Ants on my latest trip up there. Big ones!