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Non-academic #UKRIFLF research fellow at non-profit org @thentrythis, working on algorithmic patterns (@alpaca). Instigator of @tidalcycles, and co-founder of […] [bridged from https://post.lurk.org/@yaxu on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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I'm working on the open call for @alpaca conference talks, and trying to make it accessible for practitioners and researchers alike.. I'd really appreciate any insights in terms of anything being confusing or unclear! https://2025.algorithmicpattern.org/

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Just Russian assets paying people in Sheffield and Rotherham to commit acts of violence. I wonder if this could possibly be linked to the rise of arson attacks, conspiracy culture, far-right hatred, devastating referendum results etc […]

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I had fun at the PIFCamp in Slovenia last year, this year's call is open: https://pif.camp/how-to-apply/

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A reminder that if you understand that you're trying to make something complex, then that is a total failure for a musician https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rotjwfryXW4

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"Some patterns I keep coming back to in livecoding" by @satyarth https://satyarth.me/articles/livecoding-patterns/

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The strudel/tidal/uzulang community is mostly on discord, but it would be nice to move or bridge it elsewhere. My main question is, does matrix/discord bridging actually work reliably? All opinions welcome..

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Sorry to keep going on about it but the strange thing about this dorky manifesto is that it now reads like a live coding manifesto, but afaik live coding didn't exist as an independent idea or community then, we certainly weren't aware of it. We were just listening to a lot of Autechre and […]

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Looking back at some of the research proposals I've written and co-written for projects, thinking about the ones that didn't get funded. Each proposal was a _lot_ of work to write. A lot of it I managed to do anyway, but there are some old ideas hanging around […] [Original post on post.lurk.org]

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Lots of workshops coming up in March! * 04 Mar 2025 - supporting @nebogeo in a workshop exploring tablet-weaving algorithms with maths eductors. - Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) 11 Mar 2025 - live coding Workshops in two different schools up in Rotherham, exploring musical algorithmic […]

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As part of my de-googling I bought a couple of 1TB drives (HDD) to store/backup things instead of google drive. I could either have them both in the same place using something like RAID, or have them in two different places (home + studio) synced over a network. Any recommendations? I've not […]

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Bill Drummond and Siraj Izhar changed my life.. Make space for weird things! https://slab.org/2016/09/01/icfdbtt/

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Thing the algorave guidelines say: [x] Algorave is not a protected brand or franchise, you are free to do what you like with it. However it is a community, and these are some community-sourced guidelines for taking part. Things the guidelines don't say: [ ] Live coding only [ ] From-scratch […]

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I like the look of the research catalogue (https://www.researchcatalogue.net/) but struggle to get over the requirement to send them a scan of your personal ID (passport, id card or driving license) by email. Academics are allowed to send their university photo card, but no-one else is allowed […]

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This is why I don't try to correct people when they mispronounce my surname.. Strictly speaking it should be something like 'machgillain'.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-s4ZAuRDQ&t=5s

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When working at <multinational tech company> I was surprised, (and a bit amused tbh) how terrified "Legal" were of the GPL. This is part of the reason we've used it (and similar) at @thentrythis since the start. Big tech does not need your help, for free - especially now.

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I'd totally forgotten that the foundational text on Critical Technical Practice was ostensibly about AI. As @amcpherson points out over on bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/apmcpherson.bsky.social/post/3lifvm4ahb222) it's an extremely prescient text, written nearly 30 years ago.. When I last […]

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You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all. We don't want to be on any list. And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]

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#uspol: "Do Not Obey In Advance" is a great lesson from Timothy Snyder (book "On Tyranny"). It's rule #1! What I don't understand is why so many institutions and businesses seem to be rushing to obey in advance. Is it the race to be in the in-group? […]

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Live footage of me thinking about tidal's representation of time

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Really recommend this vlog of a sisyphian hero walking from London to New Zealand. It's best to watch from day one, his life story is intricately woven into the journey, a real inspiration. Plus beautiful glimpses of the scenery of kent. I'm not sure if he's going to manage to get beyond Dover […]

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Remembering briefly joining a cross-cultural roots band, trying to live code vocals while thinking about computer language and human rights. https://soundcloud.com/rafiki-jazz/declarationkriol https://slab.org/2013/06/30/declaration-kriol/

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My kingdom for a world where academics don't automatically talk down to people when they can't work out where they fit on their strange hierarchy.

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Happy that Wataru Uegaki and I have some funding for a mini-project "Heritage language as natural code", investigating the boundaries between natural languages and programming languages.. Connecting e.g. multi-lingual poetry, drumming languages, live coding, language universals, ...

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Users of the non-profit github alternative @Codeberg got spammed with hateful messages via the platform. Codeberg responded with a heartful apology (although I wouldn't blame them for a second) and call to action against far-right forces […]

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Up Fairbrook Naize with the extreme computer music fashion originator

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Channeling my inner Mary Hallock-Greenewalt https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HJPBuB1cVDQ https://slab.org/2009/03/24/mary-hallock-greenewalt/ #nourathar

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If you write research papers/articles mentioning tidal or strudel, you can reference them directly: Strudel: https://zenodo.org/records/11436758 Tidal: https://zenodo.org/records/10938838

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Oh wow Paola Torres Nuñez del Prado joined the fediverse >> @Khipumancer

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Sitting down at the intersection of art and technology, horns blaring, no traffic shall pass

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I've just made some new stepwise stuff live in @strudel ! (probably needs hard refresh) https://strudel.cc/learn/stepwise/ I'll improve on the docs over the next days.. There's some gold to be found in these functions though for sure..

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I finally switched my email to fastmail and deleted my google workspace subscription. This is probably going to cause me some pain at some point but feeling good about it for now!

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Off to Düsseldorf for a few days, to work out situated universality with Dhuv Raina, Tzuchien Tho, @flordefuego and @julian. Here's a draft programme of what we'll be up to.

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Always a nice feeling to see @tidalcycles in the wild !

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What individual comes to mind when someone starts talking about silence in music? Who do you think about on the topic of clapping rhythms? About chance operations? About phasing patterns? About gamelan? If it's a single old white man in all cases then we have a problem. Music discussions […]

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After getting frustrated with the burstiness of MQTT messages, I just added this to mosquitto.conf and suddenly it becomes a nice snappy protocol! set_tcp_nodelay true Nagle can take his algorithm out for a long walk

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Bonkers puff piece continuing the whitewashing of the proto-fascist Italian futurist movement https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/16/noise-intoner-futurist-strangest-orchestra It does mention in passing that their manifesto pledged to "destroy the museums", the full line was "We want to […]

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