I find the realtime effects in Audacity 3 pretty handy, though they're a rather limited selection. For example, I use a separate Nyquist plugin for nicer compression, which means it's not realtime. I try not to rely too much on a single piece of software, as they seem to come and go, and maintaining old versions on up-to-date distributions is not fun.

Real Men (TM) use Ecasound for multitrack processing on the command line, like I did back in the 00s.

Inflammations in teeth and gums are a serious risk factor for heart issues, besides having other systemic ill effects on the body. People with tooth issues are usually ordered to get them fixed before heart surgeries or other major operations. And as we all know (at least here in Finland), xylitol is good for your teeth. So I'll take the study of this article with a pinch of pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol. https://thecomfortdentistry.co...

+1 Nice, I'm adding this to my collection of sig quotes.

If touch screens are so great, automakers should ditch obsolete input devices such as steering wheels, pedals and gear sticks:

It's so much simpler and cheaper to make than those ancient steering wheels. There's also a small safety benefit, as the wheel won't push into your chest during a crash.

Nice post and an interesting comparison, but I think there's one big difference: live music remains hugely popular and a big business despite recording technology, but you don't see a lot of people showing off their arithmetic skills for profit. Today's mathematicians are more akin to composers.

There's also an interesting historical side to the analogy, as the separation between composers and performing musicians is relatively modern (and only really applies to classical art music genres anyway). And as you pointed out about Euler et al, modern math started out as a way to simplify practical calculations, such as the geometry of farming and city planning, or accounting. But this also shows a crucial difference: music has never been so much about practical utility as it's about esthetic or emotional experience. So while modern math has become a thing with its own sense of beauty, simply adding up numbers isn't very fun — though some might disagree.

FTFY.

"NOAA" sounds like a Biblical character, the kind that would build an ark to save the believers when the global deluge hits. So it should be right up the MAGA alley. Then again, how would the deluge come about if you don't believe in global warming?

From what I've heard, viola players often die young, so they never have time to develop Alzheimer's. Their main cause of death seems to be violins.

Scheduling and file management — apparently, kids these days need a heavy AI box for basic computing tasks we've been doing for over half a century. I keep seeing quite a lot of "AI solutions" to other basic automation tasks, probably because the typical Windows/Mac user has no idea how to automate things beyond interactive clicking.

This is Microsoft so it's more like Suxxxmaxxxing.

How about copyright strikes on neighbours and car drivers that play music loud enough for me to hear it? I'd be happy with that, and the necessary technology has been around for much longer (a couple of decades for musical pattern recognition).

This is particularly noteworthy given that CUPS was developed by Apple. But it's still not surprising how a big company can screw things up compared to "hobby" projects.

Printing is a good example how Linux works well with standards. Traditionally, if the printer understood Postscript, you wouldn't need much of a printer driver. Meanwhile, Windows users were instructed to download a very specific driver for that printer model, even if it would just pass PS through.

It looks like the GP did exactly as you suggested: he got out early while he was sure the coin still had some value. Maybe he needed the money for something at the time — something he values more than money. I personally sold a considerable amount of bitcoin in the mid 2010s to buy my own apartment. I know I could have made more money by holding it, but that would have meant renting someone else's apartment, which means higher running costs and less control over my life. So I remain quite happy with this decision, even if I'm not filthy rich.

In Europe, we use kW for power and kWh for energy, so we count things like km per kWh.

Seriously, though, it looks like your standard outlets are fused for 10 A current, which is what we use here too. But we use double the voltage, thus doubling the power to about 2.3 kW.

Remember the Royal Anthem of the Kilted Yaksmen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?...