Major Winchester from the TV show M.A.S.H.

I’ve reread a few most recently UoW (still blows my mind.) I think I want to reread Excession again next. I love all the mind-to-mind dialog.

But you’re right; I should do them all again since it’s been a decade!

You have many fine stories ahead of you; makes me jealous.

Ian M. Banks’ Culture Series?

Actually those things really are ubiquitous in NYC and environs.

F for respects (seriously, hope i never feel your pain, have known some with it too)

And have in fact stolen my broodje haring straight out of my fucking hands as I raised it to my mouth to take the first bite. Fucker hit me from behind and curved in at the last second. Zandvoort Summer 2010. Never forget, never forgive!

The entire population of Greater Haarlem would like a word about this.

Charles Stross has got you covered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laundry_Files

Excellent comment.

Are you my wife?

Found the Dutchie!

The real MPV. I rage quit long ago, thanks for the update!

Same!

Yes! Startpage rocks hard. I wish Safari would let it be the default search engine (FF does with a simple plug in).

You’re getting downvoted because of how you put it. Most people do not understand the difference between AI used for research (like protein sequencing) and LLMs.

Also, the people making LLMs are not making protein sequencers.

I’m not crying…

Fight the AfD my internet person! I’m fighting the PVV here. We can still win.

So oddly specific lol

Well, I’m a recovering musician. That particular setting on the MiniMoog and the Lesley rotating speakers on the Hammond B3 are super famous, used in a lot of recordings so easy to recognize.

When Floyd recored SIOYCD, it was just before digital hit (FM, sampling), and the band had made enough money that he could use pretty much any synth/organ/electric piano/piano and even more more exotic stuff that he wanted. Rabbit hole on the keys on that record here: https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/71945-full-demonstration-of-the-real-keyboards-on-shine-on-you-crazy-diamond/

Both songs share in common the fact that although the keyboard parts are not very difficult, you would miss them very much in the song; it really would not sound at all like the song you know despite these being mostly “background” instruments.

Cat’s think we are wizards, just incompetent and fickle ones.