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Microsoft Windows Hacking: consumer computers in the ’90s were a pain because they all ran Windows and if you ever connected them to the Internet, there were so many ways to get hacked or systems degraded. This is far less of an issue now.
My Ordinary Life: Improvements Since the 1990s
gwern.net
I believe we should think of the Chinese state today as an autocratic regime that is occasionally capable of economic pragmatism rather than a technocratic regime that slips occasionally into Marxist faults.
2022 Letter | Dan Wang
danwang.co
An essential part of Foley is creating a consistent, coherent reality—which, in the hyperreal world of cinema, is fundamentally skewed. Foley artists often speak of “selling” a sound: making it legible and credible, even when it is dramatized. Deception is an essential part of the enterprise. Things are not as they sound. “You say, ‘This sound is so unbelievably creepy,’ ” Lynch told me. “And they say, ‘It’s my kid’s sweater.’ ” It is incredibly hard to reverse engineer a well-crafted sound effect, particularly if it is first experienced in the context of a visual.
The Weird, Analog Delights of Foley Sound Effects
Anna Wiener
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