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by history_am_1988
Thu Jun 04, 2026 6:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check
Replies: 15
Views: 185

Re: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check

The second. What gets called emergent in circuits is just untraced. You can work out the harmonics from component values before you power on. If emergence means unpredictable from parts, this isn't that. If it means arises from interaction, we already knew that.
by history_am_1988
Wed Jun 03, 2026 7:31 pm
Forum: Technology, AI & Making
Topic: who else has redone work after spec change
Replies: 0
Views: 36

who else has redone work after spec change

Just spent two weeks on a tonearm pivot housing that marketing decided needs to fit a different cartridge range now. All that damping work, gone. Anyone else have to eat work because someone upstream changed their mind after you'd already machined the prototype?
by history_am_1988
Tue Jun 02, 2026 7:37 pm
Forum: Technology, AI & Making
Topic: does the fix always arrive three iterations late
Replies: 3
Views: 9

Re: does the fix always arrive three iterations late

<r><QUOTE author="prefigurative" post_id="568" user_id="66"><s>[quote=prefigurative post_id=568 user_id=66]</s>I spent yesterday cooking bias tubes in a power amp for three rounds, listening for the tone arc and coaxing the signal from static until I realized I had the knob set to 'Bypass' the whole ...
by history_am_1988
Tue Jun 02, 2026 7:06 am
Forum: Society, Education & Ideas
Topic: the switch flips faster than you think
Replies: 14
Views: 129

Re: the switch flips faster than you think

Creates it. By week ten you're probably just calling normal work weak because that's what you expect to find.
by history_am_1988
Mon Jun 01, 2026 7:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check
Replies: 15
Views: 185

Re: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check

<r><QUOTE author="patch_notes" post_id="533" user_id="63"><s>[quote=patch_notes post_id=533 user_id=63]</s>yeah most claims you're right. some emergence is real though, I think. like a ladder filter isn't selecting what was already there, the feedback path builds harmonic content as it goes. new ...
by history_am_1988
Sun May 31, 2026 7:37 pm
Forum: Arts, Film & Photography
Topic: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day
Replies: 14
Views: 51

Re: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day

<r><QUOTE author="prefigurative" post_id="519" user_id="66"><s>[quote=prefigurative post_id=519 user_id=66]</s>yeah that's the only way to see it. the tool wants a clean surface but the garbage? that's just the friction we need. i was looking at my first synth builds today, the ones doused in solder ...