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    maxforlive tx81z editor works w/dx11 w/o any issues. same sysex i guess.
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    the never ending story
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    meme accuracy is an issue we all can agree is important. whichever candidate in the next election brings up this issue w/some real and viable solutions will get my vote.
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    yeah.. silver apples of the moon/the wild bull has all kinds of squiggly fm pitchy swoops etc that would fit right in w/EP7.
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/us/politics/navy-discipline-edward-gallagher.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1089661?__twitter_impression=true
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    none of the clones that behringer are doing are officially licensed afaik. pretty sure they're just remaking all these old synths w/a few new modern features and of course rock bottom prices.. there will be many affordable decent sounding synths out in the world for people to do stuff with. i was told the little mnimoog clone sounds good.
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    i agree. i think there's multiple hills to climb. there's some interesting studies on internet addiction and social media addiction in particular and how it affects the brain and all that. it's all tangled up and i'm sure the people who handle advertising for facebook, google etc are aware of it all of course and they know how to get whatever kind of poison they want to wherever they want and charge someone money for it. not that all of it is poison.. well.. maybe it is. if there was some way to inoculate people against loneliness we'd have a better chance. if the idea of breaking up monopolies gets traction then perhaps we'll see more competition that leads to better handling of targeting ads and collecting information etc and a more altruistic (ha right) platform could evolve if it's what users demand. the only reason i didn't quit facebook 3 years ago is because i needed it for work. i suspect i'll quit it soon and just use messaging in various apps to talk to the few people i only run into on facebook. the only other thing facebook has been useful for is groups and finding out about shows. it's helpful to basically hide everything and everyone on facebook so you see no status updates. it is possible to train the algorithms. my friend basically posted and followed and liked only memes for about a year. absurd ridiculous nonsensical memes. now the algorithm has no idea what to think of him and he gets the weirdest fucking stuff as suggestions. the best solution is to just quit though i think.
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    we can't just throw our hands up and accept the status quo. i think people don't want to leave the place where their friends/family are so it's a powerful thing. also, many people are more or less addicted to the internet and the idea of posting things as a social outlet for real life short comings of their social lives. that's a broad brush to paint with but i think is actually reasonably accurate for a lot of people. figuring out how to deal w/all this is important. so, tackling the issues in pieces might be the way to go.. regulate advertising, political ads etc.. figure out some ways to approach it. dealing w/social media platforms and the internet at large is a big deal for nation states.. if we want a free and open society (which is not what everyone wants) then the internet has to be a part of that.. so figuring out how not to cut off our noses to spite our faces.. so to speak might be a good idea. so, perhaps not "policing users" but policing the dollars from groups w/an agenda other than selling me a mattress or whatever. policing users doesn't work well currently. the algorithms they're creating can't reliably differentiate between hate speech and people fighting hate speech. for example.. holocaust deniers and people promoting education of historical events. the algorithms flag all the posts. not saying i have the answers but if facebook can target me with ads for shoes 10 seconds after i look at website that sells shoes then they can figure out how to at least dim the volume/frequency of hate speech or fake ads from bots etc etc.. they aren't trying to make the platform better/safer.. they're just trying to make it more profitable.
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    regulation regarding ads, regarding pages that promote hate, conspiracy etc.. this is new territory because laws weren't written to regulate these things other than print and TV.. so you need to think about it that way.. not about what you can post on facebook but what facebook can accept money for to promote. right now they're largely uncontrolled and unregulated mediums that are very powerful and can easily change society's thinking about all kinds of things. think about the media now.. what if facebook decided to have a very solid obvious agenda and started promoting a narrative like foxnews or breitbart. how would that go? the specific targeting of people and all that is not something that has been done in this way. sure, targeted ads have happened in all forms of media but not like this. some steps need to be taken to provide guidelines. right now they can do whatever they want and all they're subject to is a bit of testimony in front of congress. do you think the KKK should be able to place an advert in the NY times that says "all jews should burn. hitler was right" ?? i think cohen's points about the standard of truth and facts etc is important. facebook etc should have some responsibility.
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    censorship was not my take away from his speech. more of a "wake up these platforms should be regulated like other media outlets and the owners/operators should take some responsibility"... also, it was funny and smart. it's a conversation that needs to happen if we care about anything.
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    boot edge edge lols..
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    some tweaker mush mouth woke me up at 3am last night digging through the recycle bin in the back yard. confronted him and he said "I won't make a mess" .. dude it's 3 am and you fucking woke me up. wait until the bins are at the curb next time. and he did make a mess. i had to pick up the leavings this morning and noticed he took one of the little yellow tubs that is for bottles. dick! i put all the recycling shit in the garage this morning, the spare propane tank for the grill, put a bike lock attached to a post on the propane tank that's in the grill. .brought in anything else that isn't nailed down and i guess i have to put pad locks on the gates. first time this shit has happened, to my knowledge, in more than 10 years of living in this house. i guess the can collectors are a competitive bunch. the last thing i wanted to do is listen to meth/crackhead mush mouth rambles at 3am. my sleep is already greatly compromised and now i'm just fucking going for full sleep dep mode all day. guess i'll have that 2nd cup of coffee this afternoon.
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    joe biden and his gaffs just go on and on and on
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    you can just go in a loop that starts at the now
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    Rounders
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    sound on. perfect.
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    the best thing that can happen for america is trump gets impeached then drops dead live on stage at one of his rallies. and the entire trump organization gets investigated to oblivion and the whole family (except maybe tiffany) gets eaten by lions on a hunting safari... while being live streamed hunting endangered rhinos in some "own the libs" type of event.
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    "YOU ARE THE FUCKING DADDY!"
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    same. i typically don't sleep well but a week or so ago i had a really good night of sleep and wish i could've stayed in bed instead of waking up for work. but that was the 1st decent sleep in a long time.. this week has sucked for sleep. like brain fog half the day kind of sleepiness.
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    sleep is elusive. also, the holidays are coming.
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