For those who like old school campaigns, I'm happy to report that there's an active community supporting his original campaign, Greyhawk. Stranger Things fans, this is where Vecna got his start.
This is only going to compound the gang problem in the long run. An innocent sent to an El Salvadoran prison has no choice but to join a gang to survive. I can only see this leading to further social destabilization and human rights abuses.
It's also textbook fascism on a whole 'nother level. This is the kind of thing that can start a revolution.
Just hell no. Sounds like a spray paint campaign is in order. I'm gonna go post this on the anarchy subs and see how they feel about it (unless you already got there first).
I'm going to take your request seriously, so bear with me. Grusch isn't the only whistleblower that recently came forward. He's just one going through the proper channels.
About two weeks ago, someone with incredible detail claiming to be a molecular biologist wrote the most detailed breakdown of alien biology I've ever read on Reddit. I archived the original on kbin here, as there was a lot of odd mod activity around the post (comments deleted, author disappears, etc).
I suggest you take a look. If it's a LARP, it's the best I've ever read.
That being said, there is a significantly substantial body of evidence involved in disclosure efforts up to this point. Many government officials have come forward with variations of this story - Grusch is just the latest and the one with the most stature. His accounts are also the least wide-ranging and in my humble opinion, some of the most credible. Secondly, disclosure has been in-process by whistleblowers in other governments as well for multiple decades - there's a lot of credible evidence to suggest this isn't a new phenomena.
Having witnessed a few UAP at a distance myself (including some before drones took over the skies), I think that it's pretty clear that something we don't understand is here, and has been here for awhile now. I think the jury is out on whether or not they are intelligent, alive,or a phenomena related to physics we don't understand, but there's simply too much evidence to deny their reality, and I gotta confess, especially after seeing them in the sky, I really want to find out.
Grusch's actions are the first step in really figuring out if the DoD knows anything. He went through the proper legal routes, and he's whistleblowing on obvious obstruction that prevented him from performing the Congressional mandate of his job. He has everything to lose here, and nothing to gain. I'm inclined to believe him.
Gotcha - makes sense. Hadn't heard of MPE yet - thanks, I'll check it out.
Regarding the construction of the algorithm to dictate the tuning through the bass input, this sounds very similar to what arpeggiators do - set the tonic note and the scale type, octaves to travel and melodic direction and you're good to go. While I had a hard time finding a readily available example of an actual algorithm, here's a list of free arpeggiator vst plugins that may have developer pages or files you might be able to use as a starting point. I'm thinking that the bass sets the tonic note, reseting the middle C on the melodic keyboard and arranging the subsequent notes in the scale - just like an arpeggiator does, except rather than playing your notes for you, it's arranging the pitch of your inputs.
But then, I'm not familiar with the stradella bass layout at all, so I may be just talking out my ass. Nonetheless, cool project, and I look forward to seeing it when you've got it complete!
Is there a reason why you're looking at firmware rather than using a USB port to send midi to a DAW?
I love the design, and as someone who's been using FL Studio for a long time with keyboard controllers, I'd look at developing a midi specification that it or similar software can read. Then you have access to their algorithms for any sort of tone/sound modification you need. If there's not what you're looking for in the basic software package, you can look at 3rd party .vst plugins (or write your own).
Yeah, I know, it's just not really worth the time, as it's gonna be a completely unscientific poll anyway. Plus, looks like they're tying your vote to the email address via the submission form - I'm guessing that's a single post to the database, so not terribly convinced they have privacy in mind. That they've got a checkmark to confirm that you're not an EU citizen means the submission form doesn't meet GDPR privacy standards.
"Redditors went to Reddit to tell Reddit to fuck off" would be the more accurate statement. The engagement they're touting is like your ex getting your "Dear John" letter and gushing about how much you really care because you took the time to say goodbye.
Spacey's had a bad rep in the industry for his behavior for awhile - he was a well known bully on set, and it was a running joke in LA in the 2000s that if you're young and male, you don't get in a cab with Kevin. That being said, I'm not surprised the verdict came down this way - male sexual assault victims are marginalized to the point of invisibility, and mocked when they make a stand.
I have no doubt that he's guilty of what he was accused of and suspect there are probably more victims. The results of this trial speak more to his wealth and power than to his innocence.
On a separate note, anyone else finding Wired to suddenly be like the Boomer of tech publications? Ars Technica and Techdirt are vastly superior sources these days. Seems like Wired does nothing but pump out stale conglomerated opinion pieces that smell vaguely like Larry Ellison's sweat socks.
Lol - my family being on Facebook is one of the reasons I post here instead.
I actually think the dynamic you speak of helps the quality of the Fediverse specifically. I've seen it in play with other emerging platforms, where the adventurous sorts leap onto the new software and start creating content, while the more social sorts like to hang on to what they're familiar with because they value the community... up until the content begins to dry out, because all the adventurous sorts are usually the ones driving the creative soul of a platform.
Then the real migration begins (which I believe we're at the beginning of with Reddit & Twitter), and you see an influx of the social sorts. This is the point at which you and I chuckle and say "cool, you've got a new Fediverse account? I've been posting there for awhile - I'll follow you - can't wait to see what you've got".
Then you have that sweet spot where both the creative/adventurous sorts live in harmony with the social sorts and that's what makes a vibrant internet community, until Spez spazzes or Elon buys it out, making the community miserable. That is until, like Leif Erikson seeking a warm land to grow grapes on to make wine to have a fuckin' raging party, the adventurous sorts once again venture out into the great wide expanse of Open Source to find the next digital kegger.
They didn't eat it up, although they certainly want you to think they did, and it's clear they convinced you.
I've been on the internet since the BBS days. Centralized services rise and fall, and people said the internet was dead when AOL became the big portal, and then they said it with Yahoo, and Digg, and Facebook, and now Reddit and Twitter. It's kinda like people who are always saying the world is gonna end - it never ends - it just changes.
I'd actually argue that we're at a point of an internet renaissance spurred by the combined failures of Reddit, Twitter, and Meta to maintain contributor trust. They can't control the flow of human imagination that pulses through the internet, they can only channel it. If they try to dam it, well, it's just gonna overflow into fuckSpezicles all over /r/place and carry the cream to the Fediverse and beyond.
I'm not saying that big corporations aren't a problem, I'm saying they don't have to be our problem now that we're here, and anyone who says the internet is dead isn't looking in the right places.
I mean if I had an advertisement for my organization, I would pay to keep it from appearing on Twitter. The potential brand damage from the association far outweighs any benefit from the additional audience.
Happy Birthday, Gary!
For those who like old school campaigns, I'm happy to report that there's an active community supporting his original campaign, Greyhawk. Stranger Things fans, this is where Vecna got his start.