Mixxx is a great piece of software, even better that it's OSS and runs linux. Exciting to see a new major release.
I've been using it lately (2.x) just mixing internally and with cue points set up in my tracks, and using the laptop keyboard for shortcuts. Works really well. For the occasional xfade etc I do have an external MIDI controller mapped to the xfade, levels, and eq but could get away without it for my style of mixing.
Been DJing off and on for 25y and producing electronic music for 30y.
FYI this is not a new major release, this is work starting on a new major release. At least two more versions of 2.x are planned and 3.0 is not yet actually scheduled.
May not have been what you meant, but I wanted to clarify for others reading this comment: 3.0 is quite a ways off.
Their point is that an increased housing supply should shift it to a buyer's market - it's not just how many tenants there are but how many housing units vs how many tennants.
FYI in case you didn't read the article - it's not about LLM coding but about a blind software developer who uses a screenreader at 800wpm to read code. It's really astounding to hear how fast that is I recommend checking it out!
I understand it's about LLM coding, but if I don't put that disclaimer there'll be tons of comments telling me how programming skills are obsolete in the LLM age.
Facebook's hook was that at first it was only at certain colleges, and then it expanded but I think you still needed an invite to join. In the early days it wasn't full of high schoolers and junior high kids like MySpace was. Facebook really used exclusivity and FOMO to drive viral growth.
If you are interested, one of the novels is in fact open to the public: https://w.mearie.org/maidens/. But it's written in Korean and no English version is available yet.
I think a really valuable feature in a photo library app would be something that can identify sets of very similar or identical photos and decide which one is the "best" and offer to discard the rest.
I must be wasting so much storage on the 4 photos I took in a row of the family pose, or derivatives that got shared on whatsapp and then stored back to my gallery, and so on, and I know I'm not the only one.
Do either of these offer suggestions on which of the duplicates to keep? That to me is the killer feature - it can be paralyzing trying to assess which one is "best" and I think a well-trained AI could do a good job of it.
I 100% agree with you on the "signal feedback inside an analog signalling system".
I've done a lot of tripping, and I've come to this same hypothesis independently. I believe this explains a great deal about the visual geometric and fractal patterns you can see on psychedelics and also that analogous things happen within the auditory processing system, memory, emotions, and so on when you trip.
So much of tripping comes down to turning up the gain on signalling in your brain, which causes feedback pathways to start resonating. This results in colour saturation, tracers, geometry, exaggerated patterns and edge detection, echoing, reverbs, increased impact of thoughts, and following thoughts down deep rabbit holes etc.
None of this is to reduce the experience, I love psychedelics and think they are super important. But that's whole other discussion.
If this topic lights you up, you have to watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0itlgBZAA.
It dives deep into the geometry of hallucinations, the mechanics of feedback loops in the brain, and how altered states might just be us tuning into the signal of ourselves. It bridges neuroscience, pattern recognition, and philosophy in a way that makes the whole psychedelic experience feel less like “woo” and more like elegant system dynamics.
Whether you’re team “signal feedback” or leaning toward the mystical—this video gives both sides something to chew on. I promise, it’s not just trippy visuals—it’s insightfully grounded.
I've been using it lately (2.x) just mixing internally and with cue points set up in my tracks, and using the laptop keyboard for shortcuts. Works really well. For the occasional xfade etc I do have an external MIDI controller mapped to the xfade, levels, and eq but could get away without it for my style of mixing.
Been DJing off and on for 25y and producing electronic music for 30y.