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Using ChatGPT to make a JavaScript bookmarklet: leftuseless.net

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Please do this one thing to start the new year: leftuseless.net

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MuseScore 4 is Huge: leftuseless.net

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CS 101 with Jerry Seinfeld: leftuseless.net

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Better Feedback on Compositions Using Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process : leftuseless.net

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For students: Notation software and when (not) to use it: leftuseless.net

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You got Finale in my Dorico: leftuseless.net

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Steinberg: “The future will be dongle free.”: leftuseless.net

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Teaching Tech: My home teaching setup: leftuseless.net

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Teaching Tech: Timed fundamentals quizzes with MusicTheory.net: leftuseless.net

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Teaching Tech: Recyclable Zoom polls for sustainable lessons: leftuseless.net

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Teaching Tech: Zoom’s “High fidelity music mode”: leftuseless.net

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Writing music for, rather than against, the technological limits of social distancing: leftuseless.net

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Teaching Tech: Live keyboard overlay in Zoom: leftuseless.net

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Teaching Tech: Watch2gether: leftuseless.net

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Teaching Tech: Calendly: leftuseless.net

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New Piece: Music for Social Distancing (2020): leftuseless.net

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Thoughts on audio gear for remote music lessons: leftuseless.net

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Online classes are not campus classes plus webcams: leftuseless.net

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Tactile major scales: leftuseless.net

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Tactile major scales: leftuseless.net

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@manton cool. Just installed Icro after reading about it there and seeing your interview. Very slick.

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@donmelton @verso Westworld S2E3 spoilers🚨🚨🚨 Did you catch the tune in the credits? Westworld theme on a shakuhachi flute.

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@donmelton I think that’s going to come up more as we start to see some of the hosts get injured in one timeframe. I'll have to start paying closer attention to such things. // cc: @Verso

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@Verso @donmelton listening now. One thing I've been thinking that may not rise to the specificity of \"theory”: If they can print a Bernard, why couldn't they print two? Ditto for Teddy, Dolores, Maeve, etc. It seems that in addition to jumping timeframes, we might actually be seeing different Bernards in the different timeframes.

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Anybody have a good Westworld season 1 recap video to recommend? I’m excited about the S2 premiere but fear it’s been too long. I could use a refresher. (@donmelton? @verso?)

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@verso I like the new Uncanny Valley's discussion of the season 2 trailer, but the panning of the audio was really weird. Please consider returning to normal stereo next time.

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@manton thanks for looking into it. I find that I'm taken back if I either swipe to the right (as though trying to reach something to the left of the conversation) or if I scroll past the bottom. I have \"\"\"Natural Scrolling\"\"\" off because I'm not a monster.

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@manton I may be alone in this, but I find myself accidentally exiting conversation views with the swipe gesture pretty consistently on the Mac. Would you ever consider removing this gesture, or maybe adjusting the threshold?

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@kerim I don’t know about spam, but it’s definitely not being ranked as highly in the algo as automated posts from my WordPress blog.

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@manton I guess my main concern is cross-posting to Twitter (sorry). I want the full text to show still, and I'm not sure what will happen with the longer post.

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@ronguest I don’t know if I need a shortener, just some nicer way to deal with URLs in the composer’s character count. A shortener would do, but there might be a more elegant and transparent solution.

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@manton is there a way to shorten links? Right now, linking to certain sites (like Reuters stories) blows up my character account and moves me into the longer post format, which isn't ideal for cross-posting.

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@daiwei Agreed. (Also, It warms my heart to read that from a UCF IT employee!)

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@daiwei I don't think there's any indication that the iMac Pro is going to replace the iMac. (Also, as I'm sure you've seen, these 5k screens are gorgeous!) Definitely worth the cost. Hackintoshes are really interesting as projects, but I don't know if I could ever trust one.

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@daiwei what’s wrong with the Macs from Apple?

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@verso Did you watch Heroes on NBC? They did a lot of that supplemental ARG material like you described for Lost.

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@daiwei I’m still delighted by my near-maxed 2017 iMac 5k. I got everything but the biggest SSD for a little over $4k.

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@ismh Congrats on launching Subnet! I like the micro-podcast format. I'm really curious about Anchor, but I don't see myself moving my listening time out of Overcast anytime soon. Even if I'm not using it, it's great to see a company trying new things with the medium.

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@Aleen This is the thing that bugs me the most about FB. All the annoying people and business practices aside, it's an objectively bad product. If you play a GIF on mobile Safari, it will try to take over the whole display with black every few seconds until you refresh the page.

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@Aleen I can’t believe you’ve made it this far without picking something out!

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@Verso If all the people cool enough to be into both Westworld and podcasts are here, I think I'll stick around. ;-)

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@Aleen Agreed. It's worth the slight discomfort and imposter syndrome. I've taught at places where first-name is the norm and other places where it's forbidden. There's a difference between students liking and respecting me and students being my buddy.

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@Aleen Yep. I put my most official signatures on \"no\" emails to students. Signed, Dr. MacDonald.

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@donmelton your and @verso's rewatch is the thing that got me to give micro.blog another shot after being a Kickstarter backer and just letting it hang for a while. Can't wait to listen to the new episode!

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@mikehaynes thanks! The tip about Civil War has been near unanimous, much like the praise for Black Panther.

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@Aleen You'd better be sure you really want to know how much time you spend scrolling social media! 😬 🙈

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