Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks
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@Axtremus this is just wonderful stuff. I never had the patience, or the correct tools to do this.
Japanese joinery is a wonder to behold.
(slight aside)
After moving into the condo, I decided I needed to purchase a saw. I decided on a cheapo Japanese pull-type saw. It was inexpensive and very effective. Since it cuts on the pull stroke, the blade is thinner. That means you remove less wood with each stroke. That means it's easier and more accurate.
The Japanese approach to sharpening cutting tools (planes and chisels) is also very different. In my opinion, better, too.
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Peter Bence :
Link to video Link to videoEDIT: Adding one more, because I like the original song:
Link to videoNotice that he taped over the piano brandname on the fallboard, not sure why he did that.
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The original was composed as a violin concerto.
Just stumbled upon an arrangement for two erhus and a piano:
Link to videoFor comparison, a performance of the original composition as a violin concerto:
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Skip to the 1:40 mark to get to the music.
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@Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
What an odd time signature!
Depends on what you're looking at, I suppose.
Link to videoAnd if you can't stand that, go for every other measure.
Link to video"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
@Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
What an odd time signature!
Depends on what you're looking at, I suppose.
That was supposed to be a word play on the fact that 5/4 is commonly classified as an "odd" meter.
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Historical progression to finding the “fastest” way to multiply two numbers:
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@Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
Historical progression to finding the “fastest” way to multiply two numbers:
My undergraduate teacher for theoretical computer science was Arnold Schönhage. And of course he taught us the Schönhage Strassen multiplication algorithm, which is way faster than Kamasutra's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schönhage–Strassen_algorithm?wprov=sfla1
I remember being a little overwhelmed by the math around the FFT.
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@Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
My undergraduate teacher for theoretical computer science was Arnold Schönhage. And of course he taught us the Schönhage Strassen multiplication algorithm, which is way faster than Kamasutra's.
Of course, it should be noted that the Kamasutra more broadly deals with many aspects of love rather than to merely multiply quickly.
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I’ve been quite impressed by Peter Bence’s many virtuosic piano covers of popular tunes. He struck me as someone with extraordinary technique as well as extraordinary creativity. I have been wondering what his original composition would be like, and now I have come across an example:
Link to videoIgnore the Fibonacci thing … it may have been the inspiration at first but the music can stand apart from the (rather trivial) math just fine.
