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That's a great point. Even if the AI we have right now is not really "intelligence", it can and will disrupt the job market. This has been the case with computers and software for decades already. And before then with all forms of mechanized labor. The conventional economic/political wisdom has...

It's fun to see many mentions of the Golden Ratio here, which makes sense for room dimensions. There is more legend/hype than I like about the golden ratio; I had to quit the Mario Livio book after 20 pages, just so much :facepalm:. But there's a brilliant video by Ben Sparks for Numberphile...

BTW the takes of the sort "If we don't do it, the Chinese will". I love the US, which I consider my second home. But, ay, those kinds of takes ...

Here was the thread I meant, by Yann LeCun:

I took an AI course in grad school. What is considered "AI" is a very arbitrary boundary. Many modern search algorithms originated solving AI problems. But we (humanity) are too stuck on human intelligence as the measuring stick. The famous (for a computer scientist) Edsger Dijkstra has a great...

Risky Business (1983) Paul Brickman has only made two movies, both great, both with great music and dialog (sometimes monologue). Risky Business just popped into my mind today when my music streaming site started playing Tangerine Dream. It's just such a cool movie, in the best sense of "cool"...

Had a return of traumatic memories from Andrew Lloyd Webber music. Don't get how Phantom of the Opera or Cats could be as popular as they are. Ah, so much music to strongly dislike. I think I'm going to burn my hifi system to the ground.

Interesting... is that because it helps reduce ceiling and floor interference?

Left this thread a while back, as my conclusion overall was that no, *there is no single measurement that describes vocal clarity*. Read many many threads at ASR, and there are people with preferences for stereo and for multi-channel, even after having done A/B comparisons. Personally, I do...

As you've responded three times to my post: you seem to be implying some stuff I didn't say in it. Not making the point for louder, and was already making tests with a center channel.

The Smile. I say this half in jest, because "The Smile" is none other than Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. What brilliant guys. The Smile - The Same

That was great, thanks. Nino Rota was a great. "8 1/2", Fellini also does magic simply with the dialog. Most of the movie the dialog is chaotic, frantic. Then towards the end, Mastroianni has a monologue. Completely alters the pace of the movie. It's startling, and part of what makes that...

There can be quite a lot of that; great "strong dislike". But, have you listened to the Mozart Requiem? I played it once for an anti-Mozart friend and he ended buying the album.

hahaha, there it is, there it is! More Than Words by Extreme. This compilation would sound great in a bonfire. I would rescue Is This Love by Whitesnake which I like even if it is maudlin metal. Different genre, but I can't stand REM.

I cannot hear More Than Words by Extreme without wincing. Gosh, when metal goes maudlin ... is that a genre?

I'll echo others that advise against abandoning stereo altogether. For music, a single speaker really does miss out. But, as you mentioned "I wouldn't mind a bit better audio than the TV puts out", well, a single speaker would likely be better than the TV speakers, yes. If you're set on single...

meh. Let's move on.

No. Kris Kristofferson is in the scene. But Jeff Bridges is there skating at times with Isabelle Huppert and then playing the violin, then telling her something as she's helping him out to get some air as he's drunk. I very much meant Jeff Bridges.

strongly disagree. Malick is possibly my favorite director, and part of what I love about him is that often, he simply looks. This drives some of his actors crazy, as their closeups get edited out in favor of something else like a crooked tree or a dog. Malick probably appeals to me because my...

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