That linked paper is a fantastic read
How popular was the DX7's sound? In 1986, over 40% of top hits used the DX7's electric piano sound. Other DX7 presets such as flute, calliope, and bass were also extremely popular. Prof. Lavengood studied the cultural impact of the DX7 and its sounds.
meganlavengood.com/wp-conten…
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Anthony's DX7 Technical Analysis page also has a bunch of interesting information: ajxs.me/blog/Yamaha_DX7_Tech…
And here's a famous 80s song using the DX7 bass and electric piano presets: tomorrowtides.com/dx7-bass-a…
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How many promoted tweets do y’all see on this hellsite here? I used to get them only very rarely, but suddenly it’s every fourth tweet, which will make me stop wasting my time here if it stays that way
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The Yamaha DX7 synthesizer (1983) defined the sound of 1980s pop music with its digital FM synthesis. I opened up the chip that powers it to take a look inside. With an estimated 45,000 transistors, this chip generated 16 notes at once. 🧵
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How popular was the DX7's sound? In 1986, over 40% of top hits used the DX7's electric piano sound. Other DX7 presets such as flute, calliope, and bass were also extremely popular. Prof. Lavengood studied the cultural impact of the DX7 and its sounds.
meganlavengood.com/wp-conten…
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👉🏼 “AMP Has Irreparably Damaged Publishers’ Trust in Google-led Initiatives”
🔗 wptavern.com/amp-has-irrepar…
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How about an SSH-based alternative?
New blog post: It's Now Possible To Sign Arbitrary Data With Your SSH Keys agwa.name/blog/post/ssh_sign…
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New blog post: It's Now Possible To Sign Arbitrary Data With Your SSH Keys agwa.name/blog/post/ssh_sign…
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John Hanke: ‘AR Is Where the Real Metaverse Is Going to Happen’
daringfireball.net/linked/20…
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Der Mangel an der nötigen Kompetenz in der Bundesregierung: Sämtliche Funktionalitäten in der Corona-Warn-App sind besser und schneller als die der #LucaApp. Sie wurden nur nicht schneller eingebaut blog.wdr.de/digitalistan/dre…
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Wenn ich hier von Leuten lese, die sich nicht impfen oder nicht boostern lassen wollen, weil der Staat Druck aufbaut, hoffe ich auf ein geduldiges und verständnisvolles Umfeld, das sich bereit erklärt, mit den Betroffenen an ihrer geistigen und emotionalen Reife zu arbeiten
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“Browsers render content and perform navigations, but if you’d rather recreate that functionality from scratch in JavaScript, you can.” Indeed.
“Adactio: Articles—The State Of The Web”
Gonna link to this again ‘cause it’s so good. adactio.com/articles/18580
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Sure, though once you include a mechanism for transferring ownership to a new owner, you’d have to build a more than trivial infrastructure.
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Neuer Tag, neuer Datenabfluss. Heute Folge 2 unserer #backtoschool Serie bei @zerforschung.
500k Datensätze von Schüler*innen. Völlig offen im Internet.
zerforschung.org/posts/learn…
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Hey @FAST_UI folks, why does something like this not simply wrap an existing HTML element? Why is your button not a button? explore.fast.design/componen… Why doesn’t a data grid simply wrap a table? explore.fast.design/componen… Why do you hate HTML so much?
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