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  • In the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, there was mention of a Shawken Device which, if operable, could destroy the universe.

    This has led me to conclude that the universe probably isn’t infinite.

    In an infinite universe, all possible things should be happening at the same time. This would necessarily mean that someone invented a device/mechanism/reaction that could destroy the universe, and successfully activated it, thus ending the universe.

    There are only two possible conclusions that I can draw from this thought experiment, which are not mutually exclusive:

    1. The universe is not infinite, and/or
    2. It is not possible to destroy the universe.

  • Whatever the most recent one at the moment is.

    But seriously, my wife and I watched all of the Marvel movies in release order from Iron Man through Infinity War. I watched a sone of Endgame and turned it off after a bit. Sounds like we made the right choice.

    We also stopped Game of Thrones after season 7 episode 4, which appears to be the ideal place to stop to maintain good memories of the show.


  • If you’re interested in something that doesn’t even exist, and should be more-or-less straightforward:

    Music/podcast app that will accept VST plugins (there are many FOSS ones, as well as non-FOSS ones) so that we can compress/limit the sound range on podcasts while in the car. Or even a built-in compressor/limiter that’s based on FOSS compressors.

    I was listening to a hysterical podcast episode between three people, but one of mics was way louder than the other two. I had to take it into Pro Tools and fix it myself before listening to it.

    There are apps that allow EQ, but none that do actual compression, from what I can tell.



  • Gentoo. Not an Arch fork, and uses OpenRC by default. I use it and love it. Portage is the best package manager out there, imo.

    You can still get binaries of the really annoying things to compile, like Firefox. Otherwise, it’s all source-based.

    I’d advise installing it in a VM or on a spare computer first to get your hands around what it is.

    In your case, you’ll want to specify the following flags in you makefile:

    OpenRC, -systemd

    You’ll add a bunch of others in there too depending on architecture and personal priorities.

    Follow the handbook. https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/

    There’s also Calculate Linux, which is basically Gentoo with a graphical front end, but I think it’s Intel only. CLI is more fun anyway.




  • I work in music and audio post, and everyone I work with would love to be able to use Reaper (or Logic, or Nuendo) instead of Pro Tools, if Pro Tools didn’t have the post industry completely captured in the US.

    Reaper is a world-class product, and the team could easily charge 10x as much for the pro licenses, and get it. Stick with Reaper.

    There are alternative drum triggers for Linux, I’m sure. Even SPL makes a drum exchanger. There’s got to be one out there.

    VMR shouldn’t be a problem to run, I just don’t know what the install process would look like.

    I’m pretty sure Airwindows plugs are Linux compatible, probably Audio Obsession too.

    In any case, Reaper’s stock plugins are awesome. My only real complaint about them is the EQ cramping in the hi-end, which is typical for stock plugins.