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I've been thinking of and briefly working on a similar project.

One idea is to analyze timing as well, and "trigger" things after certain sequences (so play 1-3-5 as say eighth notes and then get an in-rhythm arpeggio one octave higher) or detect the beat and play on the upbeat.

I haven't done any Rust, but this might give me a good reason to give a try.

Have you considered making it a plugin? (makes replay easier in my opinion, but brings other pain like relaunching the DAW between builds...)

I like this fairytale as an analogy for AGI, but this article misses the point.

We are the mouse.

I don’t really believe in the threat of AGI Just like the mouse doesn't believe in the Gruffalo (until it shows up).

The mouse goes through the woods scaring the hypothetically-more-dangerous creatures with its stories (us, using our intellect, weapons, destroying habitats) until the real Gruffalo shows up.

For a bit, the mouse "uses" the new tool to scare the animals even more (as alluded, human with tool, scarier than without).

Eventually the mouse scares the Gruffalo away (analogous to the brief window when we think we have AGI under control).

The next (unwritten) chapter probably doesn't look so good for the mouse (when the gruffalo grows to enormous size, eats him and all the other animals in the woods on a sandwich, and sucks up the rest of the resources on the planet.)

As late teenagers a few friends and I dumpster dived a circuit of retail stores and got some good and interesting odds and ends: fishing reels, acrylic displays, partial set of wine glasses, various tools, a small aquarium…

I worked in a grocery store so didn’t have the need or gumption to dive for food (I was usually the driver…but all aspects were fun), except for one spot: the town Krispy Kreme. Sneaking around back was so much better than waiting in line, and often there was a fresh looking box nestled on top of pillows of old donuts in garbage bags.

Sneaking them into the cheap movie theater was the next challenge.

One day, my parents were having a party and we were playing video games in my room. My aunt burst in, indignantly shouting at us for eating out of a dumpster…we laughed and hatched a plan: sneak out my window so they thought we were still playing games, zip to town, grab some donuts and offer them to the party. Except one problem: when we got there the dumpster was bone dry. The cleanest we had ever seen it. Puzzled for a minute I suck it up and went to the drive through to buy a box of donuts at long last. But then I took the sharpie in my glove box and largely scrawled yesterday’s date. We snuck back in the window, popped back into the party, proceeded to display the “expired” box of donuts, and I pulled one and took a big bite. My aunt was exasperated! We passed the box around and it was fun to see which of my parents’ friends were willing to taste the “dumpster donuts”.

In-laws have gone this route. I helped them install dense-pack-cellulose in the walls (like 8" of it or so). They have plenty of windows and tall ceilings. Doesn't feel dark or dank. I'm not sure what they have done in terms of indoor air quality but I'd definitely recommend an ERV.

I don't think they've had a mold issue, but it's only been a couple years. (I think with a lot of insulation there won't be condensation on the metal, but suppose bridging could still cause a way around this.)

A corollary that helped me take criticism less personally: a friend once said “I ONLY like negative feedback”.

They went on to explain that positive feedback/compliments weren’t helpful to them because they couldn’t grow from it. The starkness of the statement was what I needed to recognize it.

Probably not quite what you're looking for but perhaps along the right lines (and it looks like they've added some products and maybe features) https://traefik.io/traefik/

The gist of it is Traefik is a reverse proxy that learns about your containers via configuration in the container only, so you can stand up additional services without rebooting everything. Still config heavy, but maybe less than some other approaches.

I just started reading this which covers some similar topics: https://beautiful-programmers-stone.netlify.app/

If I had to give a one-sentence synopsis of the first chapters it would be that there are 2 ways of thinking about things/working: “packing” memorizing facts and following routine, and “mapping” compressing facts into truths via reflection.

The latter is what leads to the 10x programmer because they are able to move pieces of the map around in their brain and solve problems more creatively-and seems to be linked to the study component of this approach.

I’m still not really sure what the difference between the study and act steps are, but I like the philosophy in general.

Oh, and to add, pre-installation the CO2 would hover around 2500ppm if the door and window were closed which was definitely noticeable.

I put a Fantech SE704N in my WFH shed, which is 10x20 feet with 6-7 foot ceilings: Newer ERV: https://www.supplyhouse.com/Fantech-FIT70E-SE-Series-Energy-... In stock HRV: https://www.supplyhouse.com/Fantech-SH704-SH-Series-Heat-Rec... You can buy the core and swap HRV->ERV (not sure if FIT70E uses the same core).

I put it behind a Lutron Caseta Fan Speed controller, it struggles a bit to communicate due to range, but at the low settings I can barely hear it and it keeps CO2 PPM to ~1k if it's just me in here (usually), I turn it up to 3 if I want a gentle wind noise and rarely go to 4 (but would if I wanted to freshen it up). I used the Fantech 4" ducts and it was pretty easy to self-install.

Another good resource: https://homediagnosis.tv

Their youtube channel/resources focus a lot on testing/verification.

If anyone near San Jose / Santa Cruz wants to borrow a blower door and some testing tools for a few days or a week I'll make you a good deal =) -- If you want a non-professional evaluation I'd probably have a day or two of availability in the next few months as well. (I don't have duct testing tools yet, but with notice would probably get them.)

Sound 4 years ago

Would love some additional info on this if you are aware of any. My intuition says (and could very well be very wrong) sound at one frequency would only damage that or very nearby frequencies hearing range? If wrong I'm curious what the range of damage is (I'm interested in exploring ultrasound data protocols, so curious what frequency I have to go to to avoid damaging anyone's - and potentially animals as well - hearing).

I also assume if you are starting at a reasonable (laptop, small desktop speakers) at a low-to-medium level (say 50-60dB), increasing a bit won't cause immediate damage even if you can't hear the sound?