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paul (paul@post.lurk.org)'s status on Friday, 03-Nov-2023 21:50:12 JST paul
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More looning around this morning. This time I'm trying to build a crude model around the "cry" of the loon. (Recording: reference, synthesized (wet), synthesized (dry))
The pitch curve of the cry is both jumping and rising. The jumps (which sound like voice cracks) remind me of yodeling.
Since my loon call yesterday, I've added a bit more grit to the sine oscillator spectrum. I've also added a bit of ambience noise using filtered white noise and sparse noise for pops.
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1. 3 loon calls: A real loon call recording. A synthesized loon call inside of a synthesized environment. A synthesized loon call without the synthesized environment.
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paul (paul@post.lurk.org)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 22:36:12 JST paul

Sometimes I get asked "Should I watch the Nightmare Before Christmas at Halloween or Christmas?"
The answer is "yes".

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paul (paul@post.lurk.org)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 01:58:11 JST paul

"Because of concurrent programming errors (also known as race conditions), it sometimes gave its patients radiation doses that were hundreds of times greater than normal, resulting in death or serious injury."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
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  The Therac-25 was a computer-controlled radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in 1982 after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units (the earlier units had been produced in partnership with Compagnie générale de radiologie (CGR) of France). It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987, in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation.: 425 Because of concurrent programming errors (also known as race conditions), it sometimes gave its patients radiation doses that were hundreds of times greater than normal, resulting in death or serious injury. These accidents highlighted the dangers of software control of safety-critical systems, and they have become a standard case study in health informatics, software engineering, and computer ethics. Additionally, the overconfidence of the engineers: 428 and lack of proper due diligence to resolve reported software bugs are highlighted as an extreme case where the engineers...
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paul (paul@post.lurk.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 21:08:54 JST paul

Squirrels on the roof?

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paul (paul@post.lurk.org)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 23:33:33 JST paul

Saw Oppenheimer last night. Opp was great as to be expected. Heimer ended up only making a brief cameo, which was disappointing. I guess they don't get along like they used to.

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Sound artist exploring the human voice, simulacrum, and mechanisms for lyricism.These are some of my favorite things: vocal synthesis, generative music, Palestrina, audio DSP, baking, croissants, tea, dogs, grids, retrogaming, computer graphics, powers of 2, 1-bit art/sound.Over the years, I've developed several audio engines and music software ecosystems, and like to talk about them here. I also have a quieter account where I mainly talk about vocal synthesis: @patchlore

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