What’s wrong with privilege theory? • International Socialism
from http://isj.org.uk/whats-wrong-with-privilege-theory/
The long read: The possibility of a lasting deal seems as far away as ever – and the history of failed negotiations suggests it’s largely because Israel prefers the status quo
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
The elite are trying to whip everyone back to the office to avoid a commercial real estate crash.
Neeva was faster, simpler, and ad-free. But making something better than Google isn’t enough to beat Google.
Jak se ze skupiny Depeche Mode, zpívající o nerovnosti, chudobě a vykořisťování na Západě, která by bez problémů prošla cenzurou, stal v socialistických zemích underground? Depeche Mode dodnes těží z toho, že se ve správný čas ocitli ve správné studené válce.
Received Pronunciation: history and changes | Cambridge English
from https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2022/05/25/received-pronunciation-old-new/
This post is literally just me picking out a section from each book and adding in things to explicitly establish Murderbot’s pronouns, normalize the characters asking eachother what their pronouns are/listing them in their fucking brainchip social media profiles, and maybe even more importantly, making it so that sex is not equated with gender.Murderbot and all the other bots and constructs so far being agender because they’re all robots (shut up if you’re going to argue semantics) who don’t have genitals is transphobic.
The Yamaha Tenori-on is an electronic musical instrument designed and created by the Japanese artist Toshio Iwai and Yu Nishibori of the Music and Human Interface Group at the Yamaha Center for Advanced Sound Technology. Description The Tenori-on consists of a hand-held screen in which a sixteen-by-sixteen grid of LED switches are held within a magnesium plastic frame. Any of these switches may be activated in a number of different ways to create sounds. Two built-in speakers are located on the top of the frame, as well as a dial and buttons that control the type of sound and beats per minute produced. There are two versions of the device available. The original TNR-W (Tenori-On White) features a magnesium frame, 256 rear panel LEDs and can run on batteries whilst the more affordable TNR-O (Tenori-On Orange) features a white plastic frame, has no rear LEDs and does not take batteries. The modes and sound sets in these instruments are the same. Both devices have an LCD screen on the bottom edge of the frame. Using the connection function, it is possible to play a synchronized session, or to send and receive songs...
I came across a post on the 'verse recently that referenced Microsoft's business strategy of "embrace and extend" in reference to Twitter's future.…
The Billionaires’ Fantasia
from https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-billionaires-fantasia
440 Hz is widely used as the tuning standard for western music, but 432 Hz is on the rise. Why is this? And which standard should you choose?
The 2011 book wants to have it both ways — just like Mark Zuckerberg
Horizons and Power to Act
from https://fatwormoferror.wordpress.com/2021/07/20/covid-stagnation/
The HarmoniComb Matrix: A New Method for Visually Describing Music, based on an ancient division/multiplication table known as Pythagorean Lambdoma, presented here in logarithmic form so that What You See İs How You Hear.
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