Isn’t it both - ROI must exceed whatever cost benchmark?

"..is more of a function of cash flow potential "

"more of".

If you wanna finesse the discount rate by a few percentage points go ahead. Cash flows contribute more toward the end value number.

in b4 some numpty writes about the fed changing a market set rate.

Not if the actual vs stated reasons for the layoffs have nothing to do with AI.

As you note, most people aren’t power users. That core functionality is enough for 80%+ of users.

Even I, a definite though intermittent power user, am fine with the Google versions most of the time.

Collaboration also just feels faster in Google.

They let others run that costly costly costly race. It's not where Apple is most competitive.

We in the US can't hide forever.

Forever is a long time.

Once FSD, we will make rules about the software that will have the effect of excluding Chinese companies. I seriously doubt that I'll see Chinese cars here in my lifetime.

Cool, we can be like Cuba except we did it to ourselves

I read this as: how you can motivate yourself to do something you're currently not motivated to do but "ultimately" believe is worth doing.

I’m not in those communities anymore, but is stem separation not legit useful?

Kinda? The biggest thing is that it's been done by so many other places already that it's sort of a waste of time to spend any time on it when there's already a number of other services. It doesn't really fit into the rest of the design and purpose of Bitwig, so it would really just be a gimmick, or at least seen as one by the core community.

Also, they're sort of an legal-ethics dilemma in that The only time you would really use stim separation is if you don't have the stems already, and therefore almost certainly don't have clearance and can't really use them for anything commercial. Probably not as big of a concern but definitely something to consider.

Really the big one is that a lot the creative online community and especially the kind of community around Bitwig has a pretty strong opinion against generative AI, which includes things like stem separation.

Still strange to advertise it as a feature. Only reason I can see essentially would be virtue signaling to people who are afraid or mad at AI

It wasn't advertised by the company. The post is a third party reporting news about Bitwig and inserted its own opinion.

I've never actually seen Bitwig the company refer to "AI" in any capacity, probably be cause it's not relevant to what they do or make, so no "virtue signalling".

The third party reporting site is maybe the one doing the virtual signaling.

I think it is, before it was built into Logic I had a little script setup that would use Meta Demucs. I would use it on my own tracks so I could remix (especially old ones which I had no stems for). It’s also great for sampling and experimentation

I'd expect most cases of stem separation to be handled well by applying specialized software to source music, exporting the stems as audio files, and importing them as individual tracks or samples in the DAW. Are there workflows that benefit from integrating stem separation in a DAW?

It's like a lot of other feature; ease of use. Imagine your DAW only supports import of wav files, you could argue that there are already services / programs that convert * to .wav, so no need to implement that. But if it's build in not only is it one less program to install, it's also convenient.

I must be missing something - didn’t we all learn how to apologize and take responsibility in kindergarten? Granted, easier said than done.

You move in better circles than I do.

I find most people struggle to do this, and the rest don't even try.

Do you follow their lead, or do you try to set a better example? Does it become harder to do what you know is best?

Your question is massively generalized. A little bit in every bucket, but obviously I think I'm aiming for better.

One of my newish mantras is: "Apologizing is what we expect of 9-year-olds. Older children are expected to make compensations or repairs. Adults are expected to modify their own behavior in the future."

I like that.

So... was it the blacks, the Jews, or the trans people who ruined it all? Just curious.

Sad if you think so, but no - democracy perhaps.

Edit: Perhaps it's the native danish that tricks me, but by "inclusion" I refer to the practice of forcing and keeping people together - no matter their behaviour. Especially in public schools. Consequences of bad behaviour is not felt on the person doing it, but the ones around having to accept it.

Don't be racist, please.

Brilliant! Looks like you’ve recently started shipping, too. How are your unit economics?

Dogs need space, and locking up a dog for 10 hours in a 1 bedroom apartment while you're at work is borderline cruel.

About a quarter of dogs in the US are adopted. Their alternative to apartment life is often death.

Large, high-energy dogs definitely need space. Smaller and lower-energy dogs can do well with at home stimulation and consistent exercise.

I also don’t know why you’re assuming any of this: 10 hours locked up in 1 bedroom.