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While I am a diehard fan of modern Casio electric pianos, I got my start on a brand new Yamaha electric piano my dad kept in the basement. I would go down there as a kinder ~1990 and mess around on it, not understanding the patterns. The keyboard is HEAVY and built like a tank. Every component still works 33 years later. I'm not the biggest fan of the built-in sounds, but then we attached an aftermarket external midi-box that had better piano sounds. Today I'm keyboard proficient, with a bachelor's in music and a teaching career. Funny how it never would h... (read more)

I am a complete layperson. Thank you for helping me to visualize how LLMs operate, in general.

Fantastically concise for a topic where it is tempting to get into the weeds.

I would argue that cheap computing since the debut of MIDI has poached players from the organ, although computer keyboard music does encompass both the piano & the organ. Piano has lost popularity over time (just take a look at the used piano market for evidence of this) but not as much as organ (see church attendance in decline). An organ console for the home is more expensive to produce and house than a PC with a MIDI keyboard. The PC expands the capabilities of what one key... (read more)

Vox Day (I imagine most readers here do/would despise him) theorized a more nuanced socio-sexual hierarchy than the simple Alpha/Beta dichotomy. In his hierarchy there exists the Gamma male.

In my understanding, it would be the Gamma who glorifies his flaws as if they make him especially unique and therefore misunderstood - when really it's more the function of an injured ego.

7S. Verona Lišková
His political views aside, it's well-known that the alpha/beta dynamic doesn't even apply to wolves, let alone humans, except for the ones that care a great deal about performing it.