Depending on the era and genre, the most ubiquitous drum machine would be a Linn Drum (late 70s & early 80s pop, e.g. ABBA), Roland TR-808 (80s soft pop, e.g. Phil Collins), or Roland TR-909 (90s House/Dance/Trance, e.g. Scooter).

There are many others, of course, and even if the actual machine wasn’t used, these sounds have been sampled and reused countless times, e.g. using a Fairlight CMI.

Interestingly, the 808 is the only one of the three that does NOT use samples itself but synthesizes all of its percussion sounds, which gives it a rather distinct character. Perhaps that is what led you to believe that it is the most ubiquitous drum machine - it’s easier to recognize than the others, even in a crowded mix.

Or just wishlist/buy Airborne Empire. I’m still waiting for it to come out of Early Access but the demo I played half a year ago was excellent.

That correction makes you sound like a pedomorphic binoclard. 😅

Yeah what’s up with those lately? I’ve noticed them taking longer and longer to solve as well as being more difficult.

Even a dedicated lab might not be able to read your data once you’ve hammered nails through the platters.
Usually what they do is they take out the platters in a clean-room environment and place them in an otherwise identical drive, then read from that. But a deformed platter with a hole in it will cause extreme oscillations once you start rotating it at thousands of RPM. Which will crash the head(s) pretty much instantly.
So realistically, outside of an MI6-style lab with Q and his team using custom-built equipment dedicated to reading data from purposely destroyed drives, I don’t see how anyone could do it. Would love to hear from someone who works in data recovery or is in contact with people who do, though.
One thing we haven’t talked about, by the way, is how to prevent SSDs from having their data recovered. That should be straightforward though, just schwack the NAND chips with a hammer until they’re all broken. As with the HDD, be sure to wear appropriate PPE to protect against eye injury and dust inhalation.

Regarding #5, don’t bother with the wiring. No data stored there. It’s all in the magnetic coating of the platters.

Hey, at least the music was good.

Isn’t the tension between Gatsby’s great image and his complex, problematic actuality kind of the point of the story?

(My bonus interpretation: it’s also about how America looks like Gatsby’s lavish party spot from afar with its green pier light beckoning, yet once you get close it’s more like the valley of ashes, its people downtrodden and consumed by jealousy to the point of violence)

I’ve read about K-9 becoming Thunderbird on smartphones but mine still says K-9.

I was also wondering if this is a continuation of the socks as a social construct thread.

Unlike you, however, I don’t consider the idea to be “hippy shit” at all. In fact, I’ve often thought that we might be better off without corporations. Entrepreneurship is what we need, not impersonal investment.

Probably downvoted by the same people that would downvote my above comment. 🙄

Yes but only on YouTube and for the most harmless of comments.

'tis the season, I guess?

Same.

Sweet sleep. Speaking of which, back to bed I go. 😴💤

Ads are a brainwashing technique designed to turn my baser instincts against myself for someone else’s gain. And they’re unwanted content that disrupts the flow of the content I’ve chosen to watch.

What is it with those USB dongles? Mine also just died after a while. But yeah, the Xbox controller is great and since it uses regular Bluetooth, the dongle isn’t the only way to connect it.

I feel like they’ve gotten better over time. And some settings you’re really only supposed to be changing if you know what you’re doing.

Dialogues that don’t require clicking OK to apply my selection. What if I change my mind or click the wrong thing?

Here’s a past annoyance: help text for BIOS settings that was like

Tronic memory catalyst conversion ratio: Sets the ratio of tronic memory catalyst conversion.

O RLY? 🤔

Blue LEDs are eye piercing, especially when they are always on and you are trying to sleep in the same room.