Thanks for that - wasn’t aware of this and looks good

To be fair, this has been pretty standard corporate-speak in most industries for a long time. It’s (typically) referring to giving people a reason to stay with your product - we used to use this exact phrase in reference to our complementary training programmes that were included with the product.

But, this is HP, so locked in means LOCKED IN. So, fuck HP 😂

Pretty sure they’re asking for software FOR Windows, rather than Windows itself.

The *arr suite all have web front ends - so you open the page from your phone or laptop etc, add the show you want and off they go with the download, rename, cataloging etc. It it is generally quite elegant in the way it works.

I like the comparisons with synthesizers, digital cameras, Photoshop etc. Not an aspect I’d considered before, so it will be interesting if we do in fact see a “creativity boom” as a result of these new techs…

Personally, I’ve found the text based LLMs to be invaluable in parts of my professional life - for example, churning out boilerplate type text for procedural documents. It’s a tool to be used when appropriate, but currently it’s new and shiny…

It’s a conspiracy by the Big Pipette cartel to sell more tips to labs.

Massive fan here. Not holding my breath unfortunately but we can live in hope. Saw them at the Prince of Wales hotel in Bunbury of all places, when we just happened to be passing through. What a show

Arrrrr!

Fascinating read, cheers.

West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

There are stairs to the cave itself, but inside is a completely natural pathway. Nothing between you and the speleothems except a rope on the ground. Lights are an LED system worn on each individual’s helmet. And about a bazillion glowworms down in the lower levels over a lake.

Not always. I run a commercial tour (approx 5k visitors per annum, so fairly small in the great scheme of things) - one of the things we pride ourselves on is keeping the cave in its largely unmodified state. It’s really special to be able to share that with people.

Yes, generally seen as a last resort to provide access past a squeeze but I know of several caves that have had Kilometers of passageway added to their surveys through the enlargement of a single point.

The more I listen to Asymmetry the more it grows on me. I think the reason I still prefer SA though is largely due to the production, rather than the songs themselves. SA is just more smooth and easier to listen to. It’s like Asymmetry has all these jagged edges that just makes it harder to consume aurally for me…

That said, ‘We Are’ remains my favourite Vool song by a long way.

There’s really nothing other than Bitwig and Ableton that deals well with loops/clips, or has that clip-based workflow.

Just FYI, I’ve not had much luck with cracked Bitwig - its clever enough to detect the protection is bypassed and blasts static for a few seconds every few minutes. Not usable. Granted this was a year or three back, so things may have changed.

Nice one - whole family enjoyed that! Two of us found glitches that got us through at least 3 levels in a row. Level 7 was tough tho!