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Post by cynical1 on Mar 12, 2023 7:46:29 GMT -5
There is no explanation of what it does to get to its answer. There's the rub. We all know it's an artificial construct. We can assume it has little to no tactile sense either. It performs information dissemination based on code and algorithms. At least my cat ponders gravity...before he knocks the porcelain figurines on the floor... I don't know how far you can take this argument as strictly an AI problem. Human can't agree on facts...observe any legislative body in action...or their supporters. Some geopolitical entities decide facts on a "consensus" basis. Confirmation bias and event perception are just two "human" conditions that effect what we value as true or false. It's inevitable if you live in any type of social structure. Most of it is unconscious on the part of the individual...but we all experience it. What strikes me as humorous is all the alleged effort put into these "AI" entities to eliminate this from the "answer" part of any exchange. Noble thought, but if humans developed it, it will reflect human nature...through a lens, but it's there.. It seems like the marketing and legal side of the development team has the final say on released product so far. Morality seems to be one of those things that keeps honest people honest...like locks on screen doors... It shifts shape and rears it's righteous head whenever survival isn't part of the equation...just ask anyone who's been to war... It would be a better world if we all shared a common sense of morality...but we just aren't wired that way. Xenophobia is instinctive...just another survival mechanism developed over 200 million odd years of evolution. That's what makes us human. Regulating morality to fit a mold will always present issues and disenfranchise or alienate some group in the process. We are taught so many things from infancy until we reach old age...then essentially stop processing at a high functioning level. During those early years so much of our development is shaped by events, interactions and outcomes that we form instinctive reactions to events\stimuli before we develop memory. These perceptions effect how we react and function with other individuals, within social groups, or society as a whole. The question, as I see it, is not "what" defines morality, but "who" defines it. At least you have a brain. Think of all those poor bastards in Congress who might benefit from one... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 12, 2023 5:58:50 GMT -5
The horizontal adjustment looks very easy on this one. I found that a pencil eraser is the best way to move them into position... According to Schaller, the 3 way adjustment works like this: String Spacing E-e: 50 - 56.5mm (1-31⁄32" - 2-7⁄32")
String Spacing Individual: 10 - 11.3mm (25⁄64" - 7⁄16")
String Radius: 7 - 20“
Height Adjustment: 3.5mm (9⁄64")
Maximum String Gauge: 52 (I have a 56 E string on one guitar...and it never acted up)
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 11, 2023 17:03:49 GMT -5
I can't speak for their guitar bridges, but the Babicz bass bridges are nice. It's a big chunk of metal, but not obscenely so. As sumgai says, Hipshot never disappoints. My personal favorite is the Schaller 3D-6. These things may not look like much, but the roller saddles allow a clean breakover, as well as allow you to fine tune string spacing\location over pickup poles. I have these on two basses and three guitars. No issues with sustain or intonation. HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 10, 2023 8:34:43 GMT -5
I wasn't about to cough up the subscription, so I found someone else who did and read their synopsis...and found a few more articles regarding AI and Chomsky. He is always educational. I found another one, but lost it, that points to a boom in language skills in young children over the past few years. They attribute this to the children using personal digital assistants, like Alexa, or other devices that utilize voice recognition to achieve a desired outcome. The more you think about that, the more sobering it becomes.
This smells a lot like the Internet Boom from the 90's. The promise of ridiculous wealth eclipses any sense of judgement. You begin to think that AI≠Artifical Intelligence, rather AI=Attracting Investors. When this begins to underwhelm, as it will, it might be entertaining seeing how this all shakes out.
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 10, 2023 6:31:50 GMT -5
Well, slap me and call me Sally... I just found a flatpack for it in a Linux repository... Anyways, I never had much luck with the Linux version on anything past a .gp5 format. It isn't that much of an issue, as most of the GPTAB sites have whatever tabs I'm looking for in a format I can open. sumgai mentioned YouTube. There is no shortage of people providing content and mini-lessons. While I admit to being hooked on a few of these folks, I can't say they've offered anything substantial to advance my skill level...but I have learned some cool tricks and a little theory along the way... The exception, for me, is this guy: MusicTheoryForGuitarYeah, it's theory, but it can be interesting: In all fairness, the better ones all have a "system" to sell outside of YouTube. I assume the value of any of these systems lies on how well you connect with the instructor, so if nothing else it allows you to "test drive" the instructor before you drop your coin. I don't have one to recommend, but one thing I would advise anyone starting out on an instrument is to find a program, or teacher, and lock on. Looking back, it was the structure, or lack of aforementioned, in my self-teaching that created all the holes in my playing. One last thing. Drum machine. Why, you ask? Anyone remember metronomes? Well, a drum machine is your best friend when practicing. I've been using this one for a while. Online Drum MachineIt has a RANDOM pattern feature that can make things interesting. There is no shortage of on-line free drum machines. It's not just for bass players, either. I've used one since the mid 80's for practicing scales...it doesn't have to be boring... While developing an ear is expected, too many folks ignore developing an innate sense of time. HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 9, 2023 17:22:56 GMT -5
I found a great freebie for Linux: TuxGuitarIt's a Linux clone of the old GuitarPro for Windows. You can take any .gp3 to gp5 Guitar Pro tab and it'll open it. Granted, the playback is a little lame, but you can change tunings and it will re-write the "score" with the new tuning. No extra charge... You can also export drum tracks into MIDI to load into a sequencer...just like the old Guitar Pro. Sorry, got nothing for Windows...I've been away too long to know what's good...or still active... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 7, 2023 7:26:31 GMT -5
Chat Gpt: 42 is the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" from the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Did it say anything about it being a tough assignment? HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 5, 2023 18:22:27 GMT -5
So, the 'language model' still can't 'infer meaning'.. or actually 'understand' in a human way. Let's be honest here, the better contestant here is the human. We can lose the meaning quicker than it would take George Santos to tell you he's the Emperor of Mars. If humans react to predicable "dog whistles", imagine the directions a conversation could go if someone wrote that into the model...for something as simple as punching up site traffic... Imagine where the rabbit hole could go next. Social media has twisted perceptions in some people to the point that a Gucci belt has taken on the same critical importance as food used to... gotta have those 15 minutes. But that's only as far as humans can take it. So, human builds better tool. Target whatever you want based on language, dialect...whatever...and employ a tool that can interpret and adjust on the fly to any trend or commonality. The shepherd builds a 24\7 shepherd surrogate that never asks for weekends off. It's a funny mental image to think of when some script kiddie figures out a way to give the AI a tourette's moment... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 5, 2023 16:21:37 GMT -5
Somewhere along the line I recall hearing the phrase, "it's never as bad as it seems, nor as good as it looks..."
I don't believe we have now, as far as I know, a true AI loose in the wild. It won't stop certain entities from attempting to cash in on the primitive variant we do have, though. Once they do successfully commercialize it, Skynet fails to be economically viable...but video games are sure to improve exponentially...
Remember when the Internet was going to revolutionize the world and empower the common human? Well, that turned into Facebook, Twitter and Pornhub fast, didn't it? I don't see AI being much more than that in 20 years. It will be significant when perfected, but it's not going to be a panacea, or Armageddon, either...
In the short term I believe the most dramatic thing AI will bring is a re-distribution of corporate wealth. These days, it seems like giving the entitled and idle more time to ponder a cloistered reality is a sure payday. Who gets there first with the most fingers remains to be seen.
It's always the merdo you don't see coming that gets you. 250,000 plus years of biological evolution have brought us to where we are now as a species...for better or worse... Can a human, or small collections of humans, successfully translate all of the unspoken moments which created our shared homo sapien instincts into a non-corporeal artificial entity? Especially in time to hit the peak of the market...
I'm not going to live long enough to see it. Attachment is one primary survival mechanism in mammals. We are one of those mammals that takes a long time to grow from coyote fodder to self-sufficient being. We require nurturing and a sense we are safe, or we may develop in potentially anti-social ways as an adult.
We are attempting to develop an artificial intelligence detached from any sense of a safe refuge, or safe harbor to explore and develop from, where the AI is allowed nothing but a verbal "conversation" with sentient beings whose communication style is 90% non-verbal. This is a relatively one sided experience for the AI, as it is only required to perform the rote recitation of facts, or perform tasks on command. With no common evolutionary or societal experience...this is just asking for a collection of dysfunctional sociopaths.
I do have to admit, I am a bit intrigued at how far the Law of Unintended Consequences can be bent moving forward.
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 2, 2023 18:42:12 GMT -5
*** So, a “ derailer understudy” refers to one who is taking classes to become a rope enthusiast? ot: Are these classes expensive? :?: I believe he has taken your derailed thread and triple dog derailed it... Two guys walk into a building. You’d think one of them would have seen it... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 1, 2023 17:45:23 GMT -5
Yes, when gumbo hasn't been around, I'm the derailer understudy . . . I just digress... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 1, 2023 14:50:11 GMT -5
...it's what I hear after I've finished playing . . . And all this time I thought they were just in awe... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 1, 2023 8:31:20 GMT -5
...it's almost like a Zen koan. ...Hear that? Guess which hand is doing the clapping.... Ahhh... It's that one hand clapping thing again... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 27, 2023 13:13:00 GMT -5
He plays a mean shovel, too...
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 26, 2023 5:50:09 GMT -5
so the PickPocket arrived today and works wonderfully. Interesting little tool. It looks like it makes life a bit easier with a Floyd. How did you find this thing? HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 23, 2023 10:54:38 GMT -5
Oh yeah..gonna start that now, huh...
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 22, 2023 14:13:03 GMT -5
...The Derek Trucks Band... ...It was the "Free" bit to which I was attracted... Two things I can appreciate. It's why I gutted it out with Linux after Windows 7..but I digress... Tedeschi Trucks Band is going to be at the Chicago Theater next month for 4 days...but I digress some more... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 22, 2023 12:08:29 GMT -5
OK, so what kind of material were you two testing with? Morphine - Murder for the Money Primus - Tommy the Cat The vocal track actually sounded better than the musical track on both...if that makes any sense... It didn't like bass double stops...or anything the bass plays above the octave...it throws a portion of them into the vocal track. It did get most of it right. It seems, though, like whatever the AI is uncertain about, it just applies -12db...or it drops it from the track. I liked it more than I dislike it. It never griped about processing or too many requests when I tried it. You're not using that kerosene powered laptop again, are you? HTC1 P.S.: When I used the SPLITTER, which makes 4 tracks instead of 2, like the VOCAL REMOVER, it gave me this: Too many requests from your IP address. Please try again later or become a patron Perhaps it's not an issue with the technology, but rather one with funding...
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 22, 2023 7:51:30 GMT -5
Still 'n' all, you get what you pay for, theoretically. These day, if you're not the customer, you must be the product... I thought it was better than most vocal removing tools. It did muffle the vocal-less track, but if I was just using it to figure out the song it would be good enough. HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 22, 2023 2:56:37 GMT -5
...and there were no specs on it (and I am frustrated to see that many vendors - including StewMac - do not always give the mounting hole spacing, just the dimensions of the inside surfaces). Again, that could be said about quite a few things in the guitar aftermarket. There are sites that provide detailed drawing of their offerings: ...and then it has some vague description along the lines of, "Fits Jackson and many other models of guitars"...like it was a pair of socks... The aftermarket retailers know that "standardization" within the industry is a crapshoot. It's worse on a bad day... If the seller doesn't know what they're selling, what chance do you have? I would add, buying cheap frequently leads to buying it again. I don't use pickup rings, as a rule, unless they came with the pickup. If I need them, I buy them from Luthier's Mercantile International. I've never had a problem with these folks...unless I ordered the wrong part... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 21, 2023 7:08:31 GMT -5
Yeah, but after a few decades you have a drawer full of these things...so finding the right one no longer becomes an issue... This rhymes with quite a few issues on guitars. Saddle spacing...width at bridge...related pickup spacing... scale length...width at nut...pickguards...don't get me started on pickguards... It also speaks to why you really NEED those two Sucrets boxes of full of screws laying around... Just rig up a DIY pin router, grab a small drill press, some sandpaper and you can just make your own... This way, if they don't fit...you sell them online... HTC1 P.S.: Just to add something useful...if you still have a small non-chained guitar store in town, wander in and ask if they have some old pickup rings laying around. Dollars to donuts they pull out a book box of them. Typically $5.00 (Adj. for inflation\region...?) and you walk out with a ring that fits, in the color you needed...and maybe some strings...
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 19, 2023 11:01:31 GMT -5
But remuneration helps one survive, too. If I am the one who first gets a wolf to curl up by the fire and help me hunt the next day (granted, this oversimplifies a process that probably took thousands of years), then I can expect remuneration 'cause I'm bringing home the meat more consistently with my dog- the others in my family/tribal group will give me a larger portion. (And, there is no such thing as a human without a social group- we were social way before we were human). remuneration \rih-myoo-nuh-RAY-shun\ noun. : the act or fact of paying an equivalent to for a service, loss, or expense : recompense, pay. You're moving to the Enterprise phase of this. You point your finger to the path we find ourselves on now. Once your basic needs are met...all that's left is wants. Wants require profit...which precipitates over production and over consumption....bubbles and crashes...rinse, lather, repeat... I was referring to the survival phase...before Locke showed up...the one we seem to have divorced ourselves from. Somewhere in the Foundation Trilogy, Asimov forwards the argument that all great change in civilization\society is politically* based. Technology is not the primary driver in social change. Anyone who's read these in this century, please feel free to help me out here. Assuming the premise that capitalism only works until the envelope has been reached, and we find ourselves in a largely capitalist world economy, how will the desire for profits hinder or eclipse legislative\ethical boundaries being imposed on the development and\or deployment of this new technology? Agreed. Wolves are the master recording that dogs all get pressed out of. What traits would wolves have that humans could observe? Great sense of smell? Ability to run fast and long to chase down prey? The ability to kill without hesitation? Now, what traits might a humans want to promote...and which traits would they care to eliminate? Whichever way they chose, they only bred the animals displaying traits they wanted to encourage. Size, speed, color, coat, sense of smell... Those traits were artificially selected and chosen to advance at human discretion. We did it with bovines, equines...you get the idea... Yeah, that whole natural selection thing. In your case it might be seen as just another hybrid, but this is not all that uncommon in nature. Polar bears appear to be breeding with grizzly bears and wolves and coyotes have been known to breed within a stressed environment. The natural program is survival. Byproduct of civilization and leisure time...well, that and an inherent xenophobia... They weren't. They were doing what humans always do. Screw with things they barely understood, completely unconcerned with the consequences. There's that damned poodle again... Yeah, there's that... HTC1 * : Politics (from Greek: Πολιτικά, politiká, 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 19, 2023 7:38:07 GMT -5
According to an article in National Geographic: Artificial Selection"Artificial selection is the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations. Artificial selection works the same way as natural selection, except that with natural selection it is nature, not human interference, that makes these decisions."
If you have a dog, or have ever seen one, then you know what Artificial Selection can expedite over time...just ask the wolf... The critical difference with AI is that we're not starting out with something found in the natural world. The clay they're working has no evolutionary instinct database to draw from. All must be provided... Don't take this to infer that I am elevating AI, in its current iterations, or any likely reiterations, to anything remotely approaching the sentience of a wolf. AI, as I see it, is something akin to Disneyland. You marvel at how it does it, but most of that wonder comes from a profound lack of knowledge or understanding of the topic...or, the GeeWhiz Factor. Who hasn't cocked their head like a canine at a card trick. According to the theory, modern humans first started darkening the towels around here about 200,00 to 300,000 years ago. We don't appear to have developed the capacity for language until about 50,000 years ago. It took us between 150,000 to 250,000 years to develop enough of an instinctive survival basis and attachment to each other to have a need to speak...or have anything to say... It wasn't until around 5000 years ago that we decided to write it down. For a species who predominantly communicates non-verbally, we seem absorbed in what an artificial construct is writing down... It's always fun to play the SkyNet game. I can't help but think of the line from Jurassic Park: “Yeah, but John, If the pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists!" whenever I here the apocalyptic scenarios regarding AI. I think that just minimizes the other real side of the issue. Back in the 70's Sears & Roebucks was the dominant retailer in the US. They employed around 350,000 people...and had enough coin to build a 108 story headquarters in Chicago back in 1974. Today they are almost a non-entity. Amazon looks a lot like Sears did 50 years ago and could be seen as the one "Selected" to advance past GO. This could be interpreted as an evolution of trade\commerce due to a new technology emerging within a society. It also left a significant displacement of workers in an industry that changed faster than they could adjust. Then there's the whole redistribution of wealth thing...but I digress... My point is this. We initially domesticated animals to aid and assist us in our survival as a species. Remuneration was not the initial motivation. Once profit was introduced into the scheme we got miniature poodles. Think about it... HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 18, 2023 19:16:57 GMT -5
You're entirely welcome.
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 18, 2023 16:26:48 GMT -5
EMG recommends against bridge grounding on their EMG 81,60,85,89, etc active models. That's interesting. What about the Livewires? HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 18, 2023 4:14:50 GMT -5
Hemingway would appreciate the title... Three guitar players, or just two with the vocalist strumming an acoustic?
Give your self a little pat on the back. You took parts, previously unacquainted, and built something that worked live...with no one bleeding from the eyes of losing a finger... So, now that you've got one guitar ready for the show, what's next on the list?
I wouldn't obsess too much on the sustain. I would bet dollars to donuts that nothing has changed mechanically on this guitar. We discussed this in the other thread, in that by trading off the unpredictable nature of the SD pickups for a more usable output from the EMG's, you had to sacrifice some sustain. You have to have a compressor pedal that can make up that difference...I mean, you're a metal guy...I thought they issued one to each of you at birth...
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 18, 2023 3:51:40 GMT -5
Usually you solder the bridge ground to the claw. Like this: You may need to sand it a bit for the solder to stick. Worse comes to worse, a crimp wire ring terminal on the claw screw works, too. HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 17, 2023 13:29:25 GMT -5
In Crete they dont use olive tree for their traditional stringed instruments : pls look here!Those are acoustic instruments. The cedar and cypress over there is perfect for that. We are not talking about acoustic instruments...at least I doubt I'm talking acoustic instruments anytime I talk with you. This is beautiful: HTC1
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 17, 2023 13:20:19 GMT -5
Ahhh...bias. So, to follow that thought a step further, we have an allegedly "sentient" being created from the bias' of it's developer. So, it is learning, in essence, a proxy societal attachment. And what could go wrong there?
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Post by cynical1 on Feb 17, 2023 10:10:12 GMT -5
For me, I would make a wish list of all the crazy stuff I wanted to do with a mod. Then I'd survey the real estate in the control cavity and go from there. The nice thing with keeping things in modules is that you can put it together like Legos. If you find room for one more switch, it's just a matter of dropping it in the circuit.
Example: On Project #2 I wanted a series option for all three pickups in an HSS guitar. I was warned off of it, but I had never done it and wanted to see what it sounded like. Well, everyone else was right...it sounded like the worlds largest dental drill going through sheet metal... Since it was just another link in the chain, I was able to pull it and use the toggle for a phase switch...which I like much better that full series mode.
Two thoughts come to mind. Shielding and bridge ground. Does the noise change when you touch the strings?
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