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[gfish]

I almost have all my graphs regenerated after the stereo snafu last week. Going a lot faster since I know what I want done this time, and switching to multi-process away from multi-thread has made a HUGE difference. Thesis status stands at 40 pages, without any significant advances made since the middle of last week. But my supervisor made me switch to an ugly new reference format which had the nice benefit of adding over half a page of length cumulatively. Getting into stylistic critiques of the thesis. I'm good at handling constructive criticism, but feeding enough resources to that 'don't be defensive, don't be defensive' background process can be draining.

Generally feeling in a fragile state. Had no desire for that last post to get so crazy, was moderately distressed when I realized how I came across. I need to be more careful of my language when discussing those issues. No one, including myself, can talk about them rationally, and they just aren't going to go away. It's applied science fiction: technology changes societies. I'd like to be ready for what's coming, but first I need to be able to talk about it without implying I don't want people to make money from art.

Still on my heavy metal kick after watching tfabris play Brütal Legend a couple weeks back. Suits my moods, recently. Never gotten into it at all before, so the change and expansion in perceptual quality is nice. Pretty happy with my Ümlaüt Pürgatory playlist.

There is a robot stumbling around behind me, slamming into the barriers in the test pen. So far it hasn't made a move towards me, so I'm just going to keep an eye on it in the reflection in the window and not reward it with attention. Ah, life in a robot lab.

Comments

[caladri.livejournal.com]

I'd like to be ready for what's coming, but first I need to be able to talk about it without implying I don't want people to make money from art.

I think it only comes across that way if one ignores your repeated assertions that you were discussing what you thought the next generation content model might be like, which is such an obviously-large problem space that nothing you said could really be construed as excluding payment.

You won't find a way to talk about anything revolutionary that doesn't upset and offend people heavily-invested in the current system. Perhaps you need to frame better, but you're always going to find people who ignore your framing and react to what they're afraid you're saying rather than what you're saying. Which isn't to say that that's what was going on in the last post, but that's the ultimate problem with taking responsibility for how other people react to what you're saying.

[tfabris.livejournal.com]

I'm amused that you went to the trouble to put the rock dots Ümlaüt Pürgatory, but not Brutal Legend. :-)

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I should have. I just copied the playlist name out of itunes, and didn't feel up to mucking around further.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Damn it, what kind of attitude is that? FIXED.

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

I'm not into metal enough to go anywhere with it, but I think Umlaüt would make a great metal band name, especially if they insist that it's pronounced "umloyt" (which is how that would be pronounced in German, but not how the word umlaut is actually spelled).

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Sorry--I didn't intend to pile on.

I just disagree with the idea that I thought you were promoting, that more amateur production will more than make up for less professional production. I'm sorry if I misinterpreted you, and I didn't mean to come across as angry or anything.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

No, not your fault. I shouldn't have tried responding in a hurry before I lost wifi on the bus. I really think the new system will be more or less as good as what we've got now -- better in some ways, worse in others. Being less centralized in nature, I'm generally supportive of the change. But fundamentally, I don't see it as something to be promoted, just dealt with.