gbraad

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[ Open to Work | Manager, Software Engineering | Principal Software Engineer | https://linkedin.com/in/gbraad ]
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Comment · 1 month ago
Things have improved a lot, like nuked sc55 but also Mame adding mu50/80. In short, this is very subjective... Though most games were accounting for the GM standard anf sounds used by the MT32. Overall XG was better, and so wtere those sounds, but we're for a different usecase and that is why they can sound slightly off. This is mostly that the games were dealing with the limits and quirky sounds of the mt32 and related period devices, like the sound canvas.

Personally I never liked most dos game soundtracks, as sample based sounds on the Amiga were overall better (unless they were Sierra games who sampled pretty bad mt32 sounds and blips and bleeps). I made music with the DB50XG over MIDI with my Amiga if I needed 'professional' sounding instruments. XG and a DR660 sounded better.

Comment · 1 month ago
But you do browse through listings to find that car you like.
Comment · 1 month ago
Same thought here: FSOL, 1991. Classic

Off-topic

Comment · 1 month ago
Off topic: 1991 Future Sound of London, great song!
Comment · 1 month ago
Expect the 6AM layoff email to get rid of all meatbags, sent by the agent.

J/K, scary as several studies have indicated they werent able to keep a vending machine profitable. Anyway, ...

I do think a large amounf of tasks can be automated, though i believe supervision remains necessary for most. Especially when process can be externally influenced by injection. People can be influenced, but are (slightly) more judgemental

Comment · 1 month ago
Devices that connect to open wifi networks is insane; not sure if LG does, but other devices do. Scary, as this is illegal/leads to legal liability, exposure, leakage, etc when you are close to a neighbors open network.
Comment · 1 month ago
"Public opinion has been affected. we need a reset. Let me announce it on X."
Comment · 1 month ago
Out of curiosity; what do you run, and how? And yes, I noticed DeepSeek stayed on track way more than Claude.
Comment · 1 month ago
I think it gives the wrong impression, as they actually abandoned it.
Comment · 1 month ago
Why the pony with the hat if they do not sponsor it.
Comment · 1 month ago
.. and often the only solution for a VM/hosted machine. It gives you a flexibility you otherwise not have, expand/shrink when needed; a partition is static/fixed in place. Often used them, and still do; `dd of=/swapfile if/dev/zero bs=1M count=1024`/`mkswap`, and `swapon`.
Comment · 1 month ago
That is ≈0.043 token p/s. Impressive!
Comment · 1 month ago
This is why I also suspect them to waste tokens on purpose.

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