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murat124··on A complete MIDI-based framework for automatic backing tracks generation
I've found this while looking for a backing track. Amateur musicians may find it useful.
murat124··on The Deported
It's a joke. They mean they have experience in dealing with shit Turks have to deal all the time having to live in a Turkish society. The implication is that the experience that is naturally gained just by being in such society is intangible and is worth something. TBH, the joke is narcissist and it sucks.
murat124··on The Deported
> Because, we didn't do it.

It's not you, you know? Not even your parents were alive to do it. I hope one day you learn to see it this way so when you claim to be an experienced Turk, it actually doesn't sound like bullshit.

murat124··on The Deported
After almost a century of doubling down too much for too long it has become a societal character issue that can not even be questioned, let alone admitted. From Turk's point of view, Armenians asked for it when they worked together with foreign forces and rebelled, and all Turks did was to relocate them to safer locations so they don't get killed. If some Armenians ended up dead then it's because of problems related to transportation, lack of resources, etc, but definitely not a genocide, and even it if was, it's not intentional.

You can see the narcissist's prayer somewhere in there and it is sad that it has become (long ago) an easily noticeable character trait of average Mehmet. You can only move on as a society/nation if you looked back in your past and learned from your mistakes. Turks have been denied of this opportunity by a century of identity politics and now sadly it's too late.

murat124··on As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick
The thing with cannabis (with THC) is that it makes doing nothing OK so you may realize after some time of daily use that you have accepted doing nothing as a legit activity, contrarily when not high you'd either do something to utilize that time or may feel bad that you have nothing to do (bored). Cannabis has not much of physical addiction properties which is great yet one day you may find 10 years have got behind you and you have done not much. Perhaps no one told you to stop consuming it daily or you have just drifted upon losing the handles on your life.

If you want to be a daily user, or already are, do try to still feel the need to do something when there's nothing to do and consume it responsibly. You probably will be fine health-wise but remember that doing-nothing-is-ok is not ok especially when it's become routine.

murat124··on Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy
This image apparently has not captured as much attention as the image of M87, but anyway, I have a question, maybe someone with the knowledge can answer:

Between the images of M87 and Sgr A, one noticeable difference is that the image of M87 appears to have a single cluster of light "below" the blackhole whereas the image of Sgr A has three surrounding the blackhole. Is this because of the mass and spin differences between the two blackholes?

murat124··on Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pushback
Netherlands is only behind US in agricultural export because of those open spaces. Of course there's money to be made and latency improvement would be great for EU but if the usage of the land takes more from the locals and the peoples of importer countries than it gives then it's not worth it. Company being FB seems to be just making this argument stronger.
murat124··on 1.0 USD = 158.3 Rub
Yeah his current motivation is not getting whacked.
murat124··on Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine
Ukraine crisis has a long history, we're only witnessing and recalling the last 40 years or so. Putin views Ukraine as a country which should not exist at all. This is a position that Stalin took almost a century ago before causing 5 millions Ukrainians to die from starvation. We have to understand this: West can not make Russia to change this view. With our without the support of West, whether Ukrainians want to join EU/NATO or not, no matter what West or Ukrainians do, Putin will never leave Ukraine or any other Brezhnev doctrine[1] countries alone.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brezhnev_Doctrine

murat124··on Huawei MatePad Paper – eInk Tablet
You mean CCP (Chinese Communist Party).

Edit: Turns out officially it is CPC. English abbreviation is CCP.

murat124··on Huawei MatePad Paper – eInk Tablet
Looks great but I have trust issues. I would consider if it didn't have microphone (it has 4) and if it supported working offline.
murat124··on Twitter misses ad revenue and user growth estimates
Not related to said beating but I opened https://www.clover.com and umatrix icon showed the number 258. This many requests to 3rd party resources at start usually mean there is too much tracking. A good reason to just close the tab. By the way, Square had only 2.
murat124··on My First Impressions of Web3
Well the flaw being they claim it is decentralized when it really isn't. How can a blockchain based web be more decentralized than what I run on my vps? In any case, all the things I read about this cryptoweb technology screams bullshit (and scam/moneygrab - possibly by investors).
murat124··on My First Impressions of Web3
I don't like that when an actually good successor to web2 comes along it won't be called web3 because of this bullshit that they call web3.
murat124··on Using a mild Twitter addiction to get things done
With the nicotine addiction the best method fighting it was Alan Carr's in which you don't rely on your willpower but on your perception. There's a monster in you that feeds on nicotine and it wants more nicotine. With each cigarette you make it happy and you depend on it more. Or you're just a fly falling down the tube of a carnivorous plant and with each cigarette you keep saying it's fine. Such analogies change your perception on how you look at nicotine addiction and helps you overcome it. Of course brain's rewarding mechanism and all the other related neurological/psychological concepts are important too but basically when you try to stop yourself from doing something (like, not smoking) then willpower kicks in and the success rate drops significantly whereas with perception you'll have a better chance.

I see a similar problem with Twitter/TikTok/etc addiction. Only with them the issue is, the more you give from yourself to the platform the more you are addicted to it. I'm not addicted to Twitter, for instance. I follow 70-80 folks and am followed as similar but every time I post something I feel the need/urgency (such as nicotine withdrawal) to follow up, either to check the likes or the replies or whatever. Our brains are so dumb and our egos are so fragile keeping the distance becomes a challenge of its own.

I don't recommend anything. Just keep your minds free.

murat124··on Yo mama's mama's mama's mama: our understanding of human origins
Well, who do you suppose created Allah, then? Hint: It's the same god that was created by the exiled Jews who were later invited back to their lands by Cyrus. And this Allah you're referring to is the same deity that hebrews, christians and muslims are all viewing from different angles.

And this single god is the consolidated version of all the deities that had come before then and understandably it's a deity that loves violence and has little to no mercy to those who oppose it. You wouldn't expect people who were oppressed for centuries to create a god that has never-ending love for all humans.

God is an extension of human consciousness that replaces conscience. It's a way to easily delegate responsibilities and defer wrongdoings. It's there so you can contain compartmentalized conflicting thoughts in your head so you don't go insane. You have your god because you can't tell right from wrong. It's like a tick that's attached to your skull and feeds off of your thoughts. Obviously like with any other tick, it's hard to rid of it.

murat124··on Improving GitHub Code Search
Not sure if it's good enough to replace https://grep.app/
murat124··on Spiders are much smarter than you think
Spiders are amazing. Of course you should stay away from some of them, like blackwidow, the brown recluse, or the brazilian wandering spider but for the most part, house spiders (unless you're in Australia), and jumping spiders are usually friendly.

David Attenborough covered Portias in one of the documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDtlvZGmHYk -- It's fascinating that they can strategize their attack.

murat124··on Meta: A Social Technology Company
Is that what we call to "Advertisement Company" now?
murat124··on The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
Does anyone know the AT&T equivalent of this URL?
murat124··on Netflix fires organizer of trans employee walkout
> I'm not going to explain this to you all, but yeah, the language used by Chappelle has specific and very serious consequences for people like me.

I watched his latest special and perhaps I didn't catch it but could you give examples about the specific language he used? I'd like go back and watch again.

murat124··on Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?
That would be a great EPIC: Follow Truth, Love, And Freedom, if only we had a consensus of what they mean.
murat124··on Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?
> The only time Fear is more powerful than Love

I think I get what you're saying but above sentence is not correct. Evolution favored fear over love on short term gains and fear very much assisted survival skills for billions of years and love is only new (a few million years?). Not saying that love doesn't have a chance against fear but it is true that negativity (hate, fear, etc) spreads faster than positivity (love, hope, etc). No idea what the solution might be to this fundamental feature(bug?) of our existence.

murat124··on Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?
Pantheism is a compromise between the existence of an Abrahamic monotheistic god and lack thereof. It's a belief system without submission nor worship which are the cornerstones of judeo-christian religions including islam by extension. You might argue that the psychological need for a superhuman all-powerful deity is in our genes and it may well be the case, but canalizing the need it onto nature/universe while cutting down submission sometimes is not enough because submission (intimacy, feeling vulnerable in the company of a powerful being) is as much a powerful need as believing in something.
murat124··on Norm Macdonald's story about the first time he met Bob Dylan
Norm had a way of telling jokes. He usually inserted himself into jokes and told them as they were stories from his life. Plus he was an expert at turning silly jokes to great ones and improvizing. For example, the Swedish-German Andy Richter joke[1] where you can see the moment he decided to seize an opportunity to turn something not-funny into funny. I'll miss his way of storytelling and delivery.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv67QgVSqkk

murat124··on Why don’t the French celebrate Lafayette?
If you're interested in French revolution I highly recommend watching the movie made in 1989. It's in 2 parts, both are on YT, and Lafayette is played by Sam Neill. AFAIK it was the most expensive French movie until some time ago.

1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofCqCc3S1s

2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgtK2BnMmUM

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098238/

murat124··on The iPhone 13 Does Not Have Satellite Internet, Band N53 and Globalstar
That's ok but give us back Touch Id. Lack of it is a deal breaker for many.
murat124··on Forward and Reverse Proxies Explained
It's interesting that 20-30 years ago when someone mentioned setting up a proxy, they meant forward proxy. Now the default is the reverse one.
murat124··on Typography in Alien (2014)
I'm fascinated by the work that was put into making this legendary movie. Is there a specific genre name given to movies that have only a few people throughout the entirety of the movie in a closed environment? If there was, Alien would definitely top the list.
murat124··on The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman (2015)
Excuse my GIMP skills. https://i.imgur.com/MW90pVZ.jpg
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