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06:17

If you click on the post, it takes you to search results for the note on various online music stores.

Stephane

08:23

Aww... It's lonely in here...

Rory Alsop

08:48

morning @Stephane

Arperum

Morning.

AviD

@ColinCassidy @Simon whyy, you can just bring the donuts in to bed with you

to eat them in bed. not one of @Simon weird canadian donutsex acts.

kalina

09:09

select @readyForToday = case (@firedUpAndMotivated & 1) when 1 then 1 else 0 end;

update mug set coffee=1,withMilk=1,isFull=1 where mugOwner = 'kalina';

speaking of mugs

where is Simon?

Journeyman Geek

afternoon

kalina

salut

AviD

@kalina heh, nice

Journeyman Geek

Having a bookshop near work is awesome. Their selection leans towards bodice rippers, but they do have some terry prachett novels.

Rory Alsop

@kalina - I don't know if you hang out on Music.SE, and if you did, this guy's post is likely to be closed, but an amusing read for you?

kalina

09:17

books make excellent fuel

Rory Alsop

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Q: Where on earth do I begin?

This question has been answered sufficiently, and I have posted a new, more specific question as was suggested. So, this probably isn't the usual post you might expect going by the title - this isn't "how do I do what madeon/skrillex/etc do PS what's a DAW/VST" - it's a long one, but please bear...

kalina

@RoryAlsop I only hang out here

Rory Alsop

this was his updated one:

0

Q: Beating 'Blank Page Syndrome' and Projecting Intent

I posted a question earlier, which a number of people pointed out was coming off too broad to make for a good post, and it was suggested I boil it down to a smaller bite, so here goes. I have been a music nut for my whole life, more passionate about music than probably even some musicians - but ...

theory composition electronic-music daw

tl;dr: How do I notes?

kalina

sometimes nobody seems to care that I specifically chose you guys

Rory Alsop

:-)

Journeyman Geek

09:17

0_0

Rory Alsop

He has a nice setup:

@kalina yeah - we care :-)

Journeyman Geek

That he does.

kalina

@RoryAlsop hey I'm going to spend thousands on kit before I even work out how to use my DAW!

Rory Alsop

but can't write music

kalina

DJ'ing is simply a matter of purchasing some decks and a music collection

oh, and about 5000 hours of practice

but you can't buy the practice, so lets spend more money on decks

Rory Alsop

09:19

@kalina I use my DAW like a complete n00b. Mostly I use it as a drum sequencer :-)

for practicing

AviD

WHOA. @RoryAlsop this will blow.your.MIND.

45

Q: Are the Weeping Angels Timelords

In the End of Time the leader of the Timelords states: "The vote is taken, only two stand against and will stand as monument to their shame: the Weeping Angels of old!" (36 minutes into End of Time part 2) And the two Timelords and standing, covering their eyes like the Weeping Angels. The Docto...

doctor-who

kalina

@RoryAlsop you're not responsible for anything DAW related though in the final track, are you?

all you need to do is know how to strum your harp

@RoryAlsop only has one monitor, 0/10

Rory Alsop

@kalina correct, thankfully

@AviD Nah - they are just 'like' them

@kalina and set fire to things

and stomp on some flashy stuff

@kalina lol

kalina

@RoryAlsop I find this more sad than funny

Rоry McCune

did you musical types see the review of the pono player.. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/…

kalina

09:21

that somebody assumed they could buy their way in while still creating it themselves

should have just spent the money on engineering fees if he wanted in that badly

Rory Alsop

@kalina well, actually - yes. So desperate to be good now!

@RоryMcCune I had such high hopes...

kalina

he would have probably learned more from being sat next to somebody while they build his track for him, anyway

Rory Alsop

@kalina some of the answers are excellent. To summarise: unplug it all, and plink on a piano.

kalina

yeah

the fact he seems to have more buttons suitable for triggering samples and FX than actual controllers for inputting music is a good start (lol)

Journeyman Geek

Yeah. I did. And eh, as someone who takes music too seriously... I think the pono is an odd idea ;p

AviD

09:25

@JourneymanGeek who's making a porno?

Rory Alsop

@kalina heh

AviD

well, aside from Zak and Miri, obviously.

Journeyman Geek

@AviD Neil Young. That old fart.

Rоry McCune

@AviD you're a fan of Mr Smiths work then?

Rory Alsop

@JourneymanGeek the business case is odd too. If you are mobile, you aren't going to be in an ideal sound environment, so high quality may not be as necessary.

Journeyman Geek

09:26

precisely

AviD

@RоryMcCune who isnt.

Rory Alsop

@AviD I still haven't got round to watching that one

Rоry McCune

@AviD some people, weirdly enough

Rory Alsop

@JourneymanGeek My car stereo has better audio than the pono, but that works in a car environment - where you have better control over speakers, ambient sound etc

Journeyman Geek

I have good headphones and a decent/cheap setup for it. Outside? Mobile phone and fairly boring headphones.

Rory Alsop

09:28

@JourneymanGeek yup

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop and I just noticed from the review, they're using Android 2.3 ?!?!?

Journeyman Geek

yup.

kalina

wtf @ "How do I notes"

looooooooooooooool

so yeah, there's a reason I don't use Music.SE

Journeyman Geek

(Actually, I wouldn't mind paying for a good, solid, sensible oldschool mp3 player. I've been eyeing creative's new mobile phone Dacs instead...)

kalina

I can't tell you the reason, its out of line with my usual level of modesty

that's still too smug

I fail at this, I'll just be silent

Journeyman Geek

09:34

yay!

kalina

...

Rоry McCune

why would people want a portable headphone amplifier? (advancedmp3players.co.uk/shop/Gadgets.4/FiiO.406/5510053/…)

surely they're generally loud enough as it is

kalina

"When I try and compose my own tracks, I never even begin to feel as though I have traction. I come from a motion graphic design and programming background, so I'm used to having a pretty concrete and clear methodology for accomplishing certain things."

@RоryMcCune depends on the quality of the headphones, high range ones require amplification

Rоry McCune

@kalina ahh I C

Rory Alsop

@kalina normally it has a much better level of question - I just thought this was worth sharing as it is so out there

Journeyman Geek

09:35

Higher impedence headphones, and in some cases cause onboard head-amp stages suck

tho, if you really want to get the most out of an amp, line level outputs are nice

kalina

@RoryAlsop no I know, it was me over generalizing something that happens on all SE sites

impedance was the word I was trying to remember

Rory Alsop

@JourneymanGeek I still like my sony mini discman :-)

kalina

and then I couldn't work out how to fit it into a sentence

should have paid attention in physics instead of being stoned

Journeyman Geek

@RoryAlsop: at home I use a little maudio fastrack I 'borrowed' from my dad, and a cheap chinese headphone amp with switchable outputs

Barry Carlyon

'Timezone all. How goes it?

Rory Alsop

09:37

@JourneymanGeek I get the most out of an amp by stacking them on top of each other, cranking them up, standing back and hitting the strings:

►

Journeyman Geek

lol
different amp ;)

I'd like one of these in future jdslabs.com/products/48/o2-odac-combo

Probably after my monitor/video card upgrade

kalina

I feel that even once I have the goodies like the access virus I'm going to order soon(tm), etc, that my favorite piece of studio hardware will still be the big knob

Rоry McCune

@BarryCarlyon cold and clear so nice

Rory Alsop

@BarryCarlyon happy diurnal isomorphism!

Barry Carlyon

@RоryMcCune good to hear :-)

@RoryAlsop \o/

Rory Alsop

09:39

@RоryMcCune you'll have had a good view of the full moon this morning?

was awesome from here

Arperum

@BarryCarlyon Morning!

Barry Carlyon

@Arperum tips hat

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop it was super-bright last night, you could easily have gone walking about outside with just the moonlight

kalina

I keep being told that AKG K702s are nice

anybody here tried them?

Journeyman Geek

er. I remember someone had em on RA

AviD

09:45

@kalina AK 47's are ok. Dependable, but not really exciting.

kalina

well, they're not supposed to be exciting, they're supposed to have a flat response

Journeyman Geek

@kalina: I tend to like the fisher FA003s

AviD

@kalina yeah, you could flatten somebody, under the right circumstances.

kalina

@JourneymanGeek they're a strange shape

AviD

@kalina you're a strange shape. #simon

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kalina

09:48

why do no high end headphones come in pink

Journeyman Geek

I seem to recall AT did ;p

kalina

my ath m50s are a bit battered and it's time for a change

primarily prompted by me sitting on them yesterday

@AviD I am so offended by this that I was briefly unable to respond and I'm still struggling to compose myself

AviD

@kalina your sarcasm is weak.

kalina

I'm not being sarcastic

on a scale from 1 to 10 of how offended I am, that comment measured a 2.5

as comparison, your face is a 10

2

AviD

wooot!

@kalina which part is the offensive bit, the #simon hashtag?

Terry Chia

09:58

@kalina Custom in ears. :) Any color you want it in.

kalina

@TerryChia sure, in ear phones sound like the way forward for what I'm actually going to use them for -.-

Rory Alsop

@kalina heh - out of context that sounds really sweet and complimentary

kalina

@RoryAlsop is it still a double-entendre if the additional meaning is revealed through context?

Rory Alsop

@kalina taken literally, sure, I guess :-)

It reminds me of that song by the Beautiful South - Perfect Ten

kalina

@AviD because I'm more of a pear than an hourglass

like, might as well talk about how you actually do have a tiny penis

AviD

10:01

@kalina whats wrong with pears? they're delicious.

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop Then you realized a) it was said in DMZ, b) it was said in DMZ by @kalina c) it was said in DMZ by @kalina to @AviD, or d) it was said in DMZ by @kalina to @AviD and someone starred it?

AviD

@RoryAlsop inorite?

kalina

@TildalWave hey, are you saying that when I say things, they're mean?

are you saying that I am a mean person?

TildalWave

@kalina No, I didn't say which of the 4 options is the right answer :P

kalina

sure, but it's heavily weighted towards me

Rory Alsop

10:03

@TildalWave It will work on the star wall once @RоryMcCune shuffles 'em

TildalWave

@kalina or @AviD's face :)

kalina

news.sky.com/story/1420879/…

what the actual fuck

that plane looks like it's basically free falling

Tinned_Tuna

@kalina that's called a stall

:-p

kalina

the amount of very public plane incidents in the last year is making me paranoid

AviD

@kalina no it looks like a ballerina doing a pirouette

Tinned_Tuna

10:04

(Apologies, I couldn't pass up an opportunity of snark)

@kalina en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop well at the moment I've kind of got a bromance between @AviD and @Simon on the pinwall, need to see if I can fit that in. Unfortunately I can't re-order stuff (d'ya think SE would accept that as a change request)

Tinned_Tuna

what's likely to happen is that a few airliners will take a big financial hit (they know how much these things will cost them in terms of lost business, compensation), make and make no changes.

Malaysia Airlines will be thinking about changes, since the relationship isn't linear.

and accidents/incidents will start to become less prevalent again

TildalWave

it has to be clearly marked when you're purchasing tickets that the plane is a prop plane in EU

I'd personally never board a 2 prop passenger plane

unless it's a Cessna

kalina

I flew on one in Canada

TildalWave

or other small planes, but a 2-prop cow in the sky ... no way

kalina

10:12

it's the one and only I've ever been on

never ever again

I know air flight isn't exactly smooth, but there is a line that just leaves me in a paranoid daze

TildalWave

even Dash 7 is a 4-prop plane

which is prolly what you flew in in Canada

kalina

no it was more like a vibrating tube of death with only two rows of seats

definitely the closest I've ever been to involuntarily wetting myself

TildalWave

kalina

@TildalWave no it was smaller than this

AviD

@kalina as opposed to how often you voluntarily wet yourself?

kalina

10:14

@AviD ...

TildalWave

ah OK then at least it was smaller ... which means it has a lot better chance of recovery with one engine burn out

kalina

I'm thinking about starting like a youtube weekly diary type thing

figured if I could get two drones with the auto follow functionality

Tinned_Tuna

Hm, I don't actually know if (turbo)props are less safe than jets. The impact of a major incident is less (lower speed, less fuel, less people involved); but I don't know about the likelihood of incidents involving props vs. jet.

Rory Alsop

@kalina yep - obviously hadn't got the airspeed in time, the climb to get over that block of flats dropped it into a stall, and everything else was uncontrolled

Tinned_Tuna

Oddly enough, props don't turn up a lot in the commonly recommended literature

Rory Alsop

10:17

@TildalWave I flew from the age of 4 in the co-pilot's seat of a twin turboprop plane, that my dad would fly at about 15 feet above the sea if seal-watching. Incredibly safe planes

Tinned_Tuna

private airlines and helicopters, yes. That shit'll kill the fuck out of you.

Rory Alsop

The single rotary engined Beaver floatplane he flew for a while was very scary, because water

Terry Chia

@kalina I have no idea what you want to use it for. I just popped into chat at the point you said you wanted pink ones. :)

Tinned_Tuna

props? No major mention. The worst I heard was a cessna pilot innapropriately keying his mic on ATC, contributing to an incident involving two other planes

Rory Alsop

like this

TildalWave

10:19

@RoryAlsop ah yes you see that's what I called "small planes" ... it's definitely not a "flying cow" category

I'm fine even with single engine small planes

the engine goes out and it becomes a glider ...

not exactly the case with 100+ passenger planes tho

Rory Alsop

Well, it all comes down to - aeroplanes are incredibly safe

Tinned_Tuna

@RoryAlsop commercial airliners are incredibly safe.

Rory Alsop

@Tinned_Tuna no, even the crappy self maintained ones in weird third world countries are safer than roads in developed countries

Journeyman Geek

I've flown in ATRs pretty often.

Rory Alsop

If you have a fear of death, driving should be the first thing you give up

flying is orders of magnitude safer

kalina

10:22

driving is only dangerous because of all of the men on the road, the women who do their makeup on the road, and the alcoholics

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop I blame oxygen :)

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave and that killer - DiHydrogen Monoxide!

TildalWave

hehe

kalina

I'm in talks with somebody at the moment to do something truly shocking

Barry Carlyon

I am scared.

Someone hold me

Tinned_Tuna

10:25

@RoryAlsop yes, in comparison to the road network, flying is generally safer, but if commercial airliners to private airliners, private helicopter services, etc, commercial airliners are, by a surprising margin, much safer

kalina

auditioning for five people to form a 1990s style girl group

Rory Alsop

@kalina o...kaaaaay

kalina

@RoryAlsop not to be in it

we would just write the music, produce the music, hold all of the copyrights...

TildalWave

@kalina How's that shocking? I thought you're giving up chocolate or plan on doing all you clothes shopping in H&M from now on ...

kalina

@TildalWave I gave up chocolate already

and I shop in the same shops as everybody else

TildalWave

10:27

Marks & Spencer?

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave who shops there

?

well - the over sixties, obviously

TildalWave

no idea, I'm a terrible shopper LOL

Rory Alsop

not mid-fifties truckers from Des Moines

kalina

@TildalWave Hennes & Mauritz obv

Rory Alsop

@kalina I don't even know who that is

kalina

10:28

I googled H&M

Rory Alsop

heh

kalina

it became obvious to me as it was in google's index

Barry Carlyon

Safe Search on or off?

kalina

'sif I turn safe search off

Barry Carlyon

hehe

TildalWave

10:31

@RoryAlsop you know I didn't know that when I went in one ... bought me some set of panties, I think they were size M ... came home and they were elephant size LOL

Rory Alsop

.... okay .... not sure I should ask ....

TildalWave

that explained why I was the only one under 60 in the shop :)

AviD

@RoryAlsop pimps

in Israel M&S is the main source of the fancy pink suit.

Rory Alsop

Hahahahaha - I can't picture that

TildalWave

@AviD you sure you're not thinking of H&M?

that's the main source of Hello Kitty clothes

AviD

10:34

@TildalWave H&M?

@TildalWave ah no, thats for kids. I'm talking about fancy pink suits for manly men.

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave Here, I think the bottom tier is Primark, then BHS, then H&M... but I'm not 100% sure. I sit outside while Claire/kids shop for stuff.

TildalWave

huh? That's not how M&S looks like here

Rory Alsop

I'm not prepared to face almost Ikea levels of hell in order to buy something

TildalWave

that might be another reason why I even went into that shop ... it was not crowded

@RoryAlsop "Ikea levels of hell" :)

someone should make a song about that

Rory Alsop

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Tinned_Tuna

10:37

I have a friend who seems to enjoy going to Ikea.

I do not understand them.

Rory Alsop

that's just not right

It is the portal to hell - google.co.uk/…

Rоry McCune

mmm this morning I have Pi :)

Pi 2 to be precise

Barry Carlyon

\o/

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop Jesus!

Rory Alsop

@RоryMcCune yay

Barry Carlyon

10:38

2 Pi 2 or just Pi 2 @RоryMcCune

Rоry McCune

got two Pi2s one for the missus to put Win10 on and one for me to put linux on

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave I actually quite like that song. And the kids love his work - especially "Bacteria" and "Skullcrusher Mountain" - which is a wonderful love song, from the perspetive of an evil genius

Barry Carlyon

Ah yes I remember you saying :-)

Tinned_Tuna

2 Pi or not 2 Pi?

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop it doesn't really work for me, sorry :)

Rory Alsop

10:40

@TildalWave okay, how about this:

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TildalWave

when I think "Ikea levels of hell" I hear thrash metal

@RoryAlsop Diabetes!!

what I want is Diabolic

kalina

I love ikea

it's like doing DIY but only doing a third of the job

and it's all simple enough that even I can assemble it

TildalWave

I don't mind it as long as someone else does the shopping

kalina

well yeah, I guess

TildalWave

not really what I'd call quality but hey we now live in the age of fashionable furniture so you don't buy to last anyway

kalina

10:44

not a fan of public places

@TildalWave meh, it's not about quality

I'd much rather be able to leave glasses around without worrying about marks

or randomly drawing on my desk

CodesInChaos

@CodesInChaos Does this means, there are several things depending on RSA algorithm ? — bhagwanparge 8 mins ago

I think somebody is trolling me.

TildalWave

I still want things to actually stay stable once assembled. I can change the top surface

kalina

sure, stability is important

but I don't buy things with a view to them lasting more than a few years

Rory Alsop

@kalina I prefer to design and build furniture from sratch - and would do that all the time if I had the time

kalina

sounds like too much effort

I mean, ultimately it's not different from any other creative process

but the learning curve to master woodworking makes it too much effort

Rory Alsop

10:48

So I tend to use decent quality wood - especially for beds

can't beat a sturdy bed

or table

TildalWave

@CodesInChaos On SE? Noooo! Impossible!

Rory Alsop

@kalina learning curve is short and sweet

kalina

also, I prefer my hands to remain nice and soft

and not covered in cuts and bruises

me with a hammer sounds like a bad idea

Rory Alsop

@kalina ah - yes, that does happen a bit :-)

CodesInChaos

@TildalWave encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/…

Rory Alsop

10:50

@CodesInChaos I'm guessing stupid

TildalWave

@CodesInChaos have you considered suggesting migration to Worldbuilding? :D

> I wants know which institutions / organizations / services will be affected by this ?

love this ^

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop heh at the insider Threat thing, looks like I'm on right after Emma

TildalWave

This one has a good answer, the other one has two outstanding and a good one. Why close the better one, just because the other is newer? — Jens Erat 17 mins ago

@RoryAlsop wanna take that?

kalina

Deep purple walls with bright lighting looks awesomely pink

I can't wait

Rоry McCune

^need to relish my moment in the sun

kalina

10:58

@RоryMcCune first time for everything

Rоry McCune

@kalina one reptrain and away I go

kalina

sec, upvoting @ThomasPornin

Rоry McCune

@kalina :op

kalina

<wikipediaAds> If everybody upvoted me once today, I'd be rep capped already </wikipediaAds>

can we have it as a big pink obtrusive bar and make it so that when somebody clicks the X to remove it, it upvotes one of my posts at random

AHMAHGADIAMSOBORED

Taylor Swift writes lyrics based upon what's going on in her life

I wonder if you could write lyrics about what Taylor Swift is writing lyrics about

maybe if you wrote lyrics about all the things Taylor Swift doesn't write lyrics about

maybe you could go completely meta and write lyrics about Taylor Swift writing lyrics

Rоry McCune

@kalina I thought you did dance music, didn't realise lyrics were a feature...

kalina

11:10

@RоryMcCune diversification

you're right though, dance music lyrics are all like "WHEN DARKNESS COVERS THE SUN... THERE'S STILL A LIGHT TO SAVE MY SOUL - SEND ME AN ANGEL"

Rоry McCune

@kalina ahh. I'd go all (early) arctic monkeys then and do stories of nights out and the like

kalina

whereas I'm currently talking about "a-zig-a-zig... ah"

Rоry McCune

@kalina ahh well the DMZ is a bad place to find inspiration for lyrics that teenage girls will like I fear

unless you want to write songs about Doughnuts and irritable security people

which may not work well with that demographic

kalina

@RоryMcCune oh sure, I dropped six pills my brain went to the hills and still I'm standing here with my heart feeling ill

not sure it's really tween rated

Rоry McCune

@kalina well they seem to let kids looks at things like Nicky Minaj, I can't imagine it gets much less kid friendly than that

kalina

11:16

Nicki Minaj is just a singing ass, though

psh

let's just recreate the greatest hits of All Saints, to the backing tracks of the greatest hits of the Spice Girls, with music videos like Backstreet

Terry Chia

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kalina

and call ourselves the KLF

deed02392

@kalina hai

kalina

hello

Rоry McCune

@kalina it's 3a3am it's 3a3am it's 3a3am eternalllll

Rory Alsop

11:22

@TildalWave I think merge works here

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop not sure, because the older one already has an accepted answer

I'm not opposed to merging them tho

OP of the older question is active on the site so he'd see it

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave yep - I'll maybe add a comment too - to make sure he sees it

TildalWave

if it was up to me I'd merge while the other one doesn't have an accepted answer too

Rory Alsop

@RоryMcCune heh

@kalina that sounds like heavy metal

TildalWave

thanks @RoryA ;)

Rory Alsop

11:29

@TildalWave np - your guidance helped, and hopefully my comment will let the OP update as needed

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop what's funny is that the original question now still has 4 close votes as a dupe of the one that was closed as a dupe of the original one and now merged with it :)

Want me to close with some bogus reason just so you can reopen?

actually ... you can do that on your own,... I need coffee LOL

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave Weird - I went into the review queueueueue and said 'leave open'

will see if it will let me now close and reopen. it should

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop try first closing it as a dupe of that one ... to see what happens

maybe we all get 10,000 rep

worth trying :)

Rory Alsop

@TildalWave pfffft - it wouldn't let me. So I chose 'offtopic'

TildalWave

@RoryAlsop does OP get now two notifications? "Your questions was closed ..." and "Your question was reopened" ones?

kalina

11:37

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Terry Chia

I wonder why this got downvoted so much: security.stackexchange.com/a/80830/10211

kalina

oh my I'm absolutely starving

severe munchies

I don't even really fancy eating anything, I just know I need to insert food

Journeyman Geek

Oo

Rory Alsop

I wanted to star @kalina, but it's funnier if I star you, @JourneymanGeek :-)

kalina

I prefer it if you star him, too

TildalWave

11:56

@TerryChia No idea, but I lost track of why certain things are voted on the way they are long time ago.

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