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I'm a composer who pretends to code programs that pretend to compose.

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Of course I have. I need to keep $3000+ in my checking account. Either way I'm paying for the account either by lending them the $3000 or by a $15 a month fee. Either way I lose out especially since I don't think I'm getting any value from my bank. I'm planning on switching banks.

I have some money in other investments but I just think banks are a rip off.

The more that I think about banks the more I realize they are no longer relevant. Why do I need to pay a "bank" to keep my money that is simply stored as a digital record? Seems absurd once you stop and think about it.

The main issue with bluetooth is latency.

I actually started working on a modern take of Soundflower. Soundflower doesn't work on the latest versions of macOS without a little TLC. I've managed to create up to 512 channels with no added latency and next to no cpu usage. 512 is overkill but is useful for me.

Haven't messed around with audio on iOS much. AudioKit is a nice swift framework that I've contributed to a few times. Worth checking that out.

From what I remember from the book it was pretty clear what Deckard is. But I agree, I liked the movie ending.

Is there more than one book? I've only read the first.

I've always loved Dystopian novels. Even in the late 90's when I was in high school I thought Brave New World and 1984 were awesome. I'm glad the trend is back.

Aside from a good read, I feel that dystopian fiction is an excellent political commentary and an great view into our future. Books that make me think are my favourite.

Super excited about the upcoming Blade Runner movie.

I think your app looks nice and clean but I just don't see it making a foothold along with the plethora of midi apps available. The midi velocity seem to be your biggest differentiator from competitors but I'm not sure it's enough to gain traction.

Since it's an MVP you're working on I'm going to give you some insight that will hopefully help you out. I'm a composer who mostly works on film and tv. I'm also a hobbyist programmer so I usually end up making our own apps if needed. In the composer community we mostly use TouchOSC and Lemur but both of those apps haven't been updated recently. Lemur is pretty powerful but requires quite a bit of knowledge for non-tech oriented folks. If you'd be able to create interactive and dynamic midi/osc interface like people do with Lemur but much more user friendly I think you'd have an audience.

Dropbox has a great product. Before dropbox I had a special email account to store files to share with people. It was annoying if I needed to update stuff. Dropbox has without a doubt saved me time and money.

Maybe one day. From my understanding we're not even close. We don't even have the computing power available to simulate a human brain. But yeah, scary applications. Minority Report anyone?