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Comment Re:Old and funny subject (Score 1) 243

Anecdotally there is no connection between internal vision ability and artistic skills. :-)

Can confirm. I'm definitely a 1. I can rotate the apple, make it any color I choose, divide it into slices, and watch them teeter on the surface... or in mid air.

I have the same ability with sound, too. I can hear the sound of my little brother's voice from when he was very young, or present day. I can play entire songs in my head, and even isolate instruments -- I often have a song playing in the background as I dream, and it lingers for a brief moment after I wake up. In a quiet place, I can remix songs by changing the tempo, or the entire genre of music.
But, I'm an engineer (mostly firmware) by trade. I can't draw worth a darn, and the only musical instrument I can play is the kitchen table (hand drumming), and I'm a pretty good whistler. (Also, I drum rhythms with my teeth, and was surprised to recently find out that one of my kids does as well.)

Comment Re:... towards legal platforms such as Spotify ... (Score 1) 106

...also, very poor returns for content creators

Oh, such virtue. As a user/listener, I actually don't even care about this.

I used to see people complain about how little the artist would make from the sale of a CD, and now the complaints are about properly compensating the artist per stream. Why should I care? As a consumer, why is this my problem to solve? Also, do most artists really even care? It's no secret that the real revenue is with ticket sales to live performances, and that streaming (just like radio playing) facilitates the promotion of the artist.

Comment Re:720p "high definition"? (Score 1) 64

I think there's something more going on with that second video. It's not the original Broderbund release -- the boot-up says it's a color version. Also, there are more colors than just the three (white, orange and blue). I think the version in the second video is not graphics mode 8, but maybe mode 15, or some DLI hybrid?

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