You can always register the domain for 10 years, and then just keep renewing it every year so you always maintain 9 to 10 years of future paid registration.
> What is the use case for music generation models?
New types of electronic instruments.
We’ve been able to use analog circuits, digital logic, and then computers to generate sounds for decades… aka synthesizers.
I would love to see synthesizers which use music generation models under the hood to create new sounds. And / or new interfaces to create different types of instruments.
There’s a lot to explore here, in the same way there was (is) lots of exploration of electronic music starting I suppose with the Theremin in the 1930s.
Surprised nobody has mentioned the PARA method. After years of ad-hoc organizing setups I started using it for both home and work (separately).
Best thing is it’s simple and gets out of the way, so I focus on what I’m trying to do and not on the metawork of maintaining some complex hierarchy. I looked at more complicated schemes like Johnny Decimal and they were not for me.
I organize my filesystem, notes app, and todo app in the same way. It works really well for me and has stopped the nagging desire to periodically optimize the system. It just gets out of the way so I can focus more.
I’m actually pretty neutral on Tiago Forte overall, not a big fan for various reasons. But his PARA system has been super useful for me. https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/
> I just can not fathom the level of greed I saw hiding behind people’s eyes at Google as they try to build empires.
That’s very well written. Poetic even.
> I’m in Silicon Valley to learn about and work with computers.
The industry used to be more like that. Never entirely, of course - Microsoft made a bunch of people millionaires in the 80s and 90s, turned some heads. A few others did too.
Even in the early 2000s almost none of the MBA types were going to the Bay Area after graduating.
But things changed. It basically had to. There were too many companies making too much money - and making their employees too wealthy - for people to ignore it. Zero interest rates added fuel to the fire and everyone who could jumped on it. Late stage capitalism, everyone gotta get theirs. And here we are.
> I have realized I spend a lot of time trying to keep managing projects rather than doing the project itself.
> Do you use JIRA for life, or Linear, or Obsidian, or pen and paper? Yearly goals, monthly+weekly breakdowns?
The tool doesn’t matter. Just pick a simple one and be done with it. The reminders app built into your phone works great. You sure as hell don’t need JIRA to manage your life.
You are procrastinating doing the work. Sit down, make a list of everything you have to do. Then pick one thing and do it. Then, choose the next thing to do and do that. Rinse and repeat.
I don’t know. I’ve been using this setup for 7+ years, daily backups, and never had this problem.
I have about 80 GB or so of data being backed up. The daily backups upload only new files plus files that are changed. The largest monthly AWS bill I ever got was $6. The next month it went back to the usual ~$2 range.
Local vs cloud backups each have their own tradeoffs. I use both.
For cloud backup I use Arq backing up daily to AWS (no affiliation with Arq other than being a happy customer). You get client side encryption and the daily backup directly mitigates your concern, if there’s an AWS account issue you will know immediately and can fix it. For my storage amount and use it only costs about $2 a month.
Things has a nice watch app and it works well with Siri too. Granted the watch app isn’t as flexible as Reminders, but that may not matter for a given persons usage.
I use Amplifi Aliens. They are expensive but have been rock solid for me. I do way more videoconferencing than gaming and it’s been a great experience.
Mesh with wired backhaul is a great sweet spot if you can manage it. When we renovated our house I had Ethernet run just from the router location to the spots where the WiFi meshes would be. Bandwidth, latency, and coverage are all excellent, with minimal wiring.