skybrian @skybrian@schelling.pt

@tindall@cybre.space Many things we typically think of as "experimentation on people" would be unethical without consent, but there are a lot of abstract nouns in your question, so hard to say. What counts as research?

A musician could try playing a song a different way at each gig and see which one the crowd likes better. I don't think they have to say "I'm doing research, is that okay?"

Also I don't think a store owner needs permission to try a new window display and see if it increases sales.

@tindall@cybre.space Doesn't it seem a little odd when just doing A is ethical and just doing B is ethical, and flipping a coin to make one choice for everyone is ethical, to then say randomly choosing per-user is unethical? Would it be okay if you have random UI elements just for fun and don't collect the data?

https://youtu.be/hKO6L2Vrc-w

@tindall@cybre.space Impressive!

@tindall@cybre.space Do you mean the O'Reilly book? How are you contributing?

@jdp Which problems? What’s an example?

@tindall@cybre.space perhaps relevant to your interests?

Here are three C scales played on the treble side of my accordion, using different switches. (L, then M, then LMM.)

Here's a spectrogram of a chromatic ascending scale played on my melodica.

From: https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/the-best-accordion-bus-ad-youll-see-all-day

@InvaderXan sometimes, but this is going to depend on local climate. It seems harder in China?

I’m reminded of the “it was raining on planet Mongo” problem in science fiction where we pretend that an entire planet is the same. Ice planet, desert planet, forest planet.

Here's a page that shows a real-time spectrogram of audio recorded from your microphone:
https://observablehq.com/@skybrian/microphone-audio-spectrogram

@jdp Did I pick the wrong instance again? The local timeline doesn’t seem too weird, though.

I don’t know if it’s better than other microcontrollers but the Raspberry Pi Pico documentation seems pretty well-written so far.

Things I would have learned earlier if I had listened better: just because it's called a Raspberry Pi doesn't mean it runs Linux.

@ifixcoinops Simplified: memes are bad.

My dad repaired computers for DEC. Mom calls me up to ask how to forward an email. Different relationships to computers and both work.

@tindall@cybre.space more generally, why is 4k video even a thing? I remember when HDTV came out and it seemed impressive but unimportant. (I guess I'm just old?)

@tindall@cybre.space wow is that yours? It seems to have escalated.

@ifixcoinops it seems ambiguous enough that you need to clarify with “left side of the picture” versus “on your left,” if it matters. For a car you could say “sitting in the left seat.”