#step forward

[chio-chan2artbox]

Step Forward - Part 3 They are going on a date!!! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Check out my tags for fun facts XD

Kofi

[vocaloidderivativeotd]

Today's Vocaloid derivative of the day is:

Hatsune Miku: Pieretta from Cat Food, Step Forward, and Let Me Lose Myself in the Black Note in Project DIVA!

[dimalink]

Every day with guitar - bass and electro

I continue my music exercises. Again, little step forward. So, now, I am doing 2 attemps about three hours each. I dedicate to electroguitar and bass guitar this time. And I start to play every day about 10 minutes. Well, except days, when I do it for a three hours. So, I try to have a result – everyday not big musical exercises. I need to practice a lot. To learn how to play.

This is main – positive move. And consistence. Now, I can say it. That it was a thing. That it was time, when i was like burned very fast. It was before, in the past. Not now.  For example, in the past. It was next. I take instrument in my hands. And ten minutes, few time, only do some primitive easy. To touch strings. And that’s all. It was a condition of heavy tired. Just like I was moving a heavy stones. And even worse - tears. I never understand it. But it was like this.

So, now, I have two attempts by three hours. And that’s cool! Yes, I am tired. But not that way. I just simply get tired. Simply tired. Most casual, because of a three hours of playing. And well, yes, I have few talent skills for music.

And I have no fear to take instrument with my hands. In other days. Well, let it be 10 minutes. But, it is everything all right. To play easy way. And everything is allright. Even some positive, I have already. Well, I say yes. I have even a positive. That I did it. And cool, wow.

By the way I play with pick. Which I bought a long time ago. This is not the first my attempt to learn music. But most positive for now. Picks are cheap ones I bought. And lots of them. With different colors. There is green one. Yellow. Red. And some other colors. And lots of them. Different colors and funny, joyful. I play with them. This is firm Alice. I am not a musician, I don’t know a lot. So, I select what I like. Art way. Alice. Picks. Cool! Colorful as autumn leaves. Whole heap.

And now, it is still same situation, with such results it is early to start to think about my own music material. But there is movement forward. This is main. Well, I want something not tricky, actually. Space rock like Hawkwind. And gothic rock like Sisters of Mercy. About sound. And something close. And by text. This is space.

By textbook astronomy. Yes, I read it for this purpose. To get ideas a little about stars and planets. About moon, to sing a song. By textbook. And artistic autumn. Fallen leaves. Tears on tape. Art way about autumn to sing. Autumn park with most different falling leaves.

This is a thing. I do steps forward!

Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, write stories, and some retro more.

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[houseofcharobones]

most recent cover

made for kazumi's tuning contest, theme was to cover a song from any project diva/mirai game with any free version of a paid voicebank

was originally gonna use either saki or tsuina but i liked maki's voice the best

deep-voiced women <3 <3 <3

svp plus soundcloud link are included in the description

[okochamasensou]

project diva song logos ripped from mm+

[verifiablebot]

'this property says it has nine acres but those neighbours look pretty clo-'

oh.

ohhhhhhhhh no

[stefanrybak]

[rosahorizon369]

Make today the day you take one bold step toward your dreams

[chio-chan2artbox]

Step forward - Part 2

Perry has made a decision.

Part 1, Part2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

[mindlessmutant]

I won't apologize for the things I've done or the path I chose in life. I know it's not what you said is best for me, but it's what I feel is fuckin' right

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

Do what nature requires at this moment. Start straight away, if that is in your power: don't look over your shoulder to see if people will know [...] be content with the smallest step forward, and regard even that result as no mean achievement.

from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Book 9.29)

[jkzworldofwonders]

🌟 The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity. 💪 Once you take that first step, perseverance carries you through. 🚀 What decision have you made recently that required courage? 🤔 Share your story and inspire others! 💬✨ #CourageToAct #Perseverance #Tenacity #Motivation #Inspiration #FirstStep #Bravery #KeepGoing #NeverGiveUp #Success #Determination #Fearless #BoldMoves #OvercomeObstacles #AchieveDreams #CourageousJourney

[xtruss]

Neuralink Rival Sets Brain-Chip Record With 4,096 Electrodes On Human Brain! Precision Expects Its Minimally Invasive Brain Implant To Hit The Market Next Year.

Brain-computer interface company Precision Neuroscience says that it has set a new world record for the number of neuron-tapping electrodes placed on a living human's brain—4,096, surpassing the previous record of 2,048 set last year, according to an announcement from the company on Tuesday.

— Beth Mole | May 28th, 2024

Each of Precision's microelectrode arrays comprises 1,024 electrodes ranging in diameter from 50 to 380 microns, connected to a customized hardware interface.

The high density of electrodes allows neuroscientists to map the activity of neurons at unprecedented resolution, which will ultimately help them to better decode thoughts into intended actions.

Precision, like many of its rivals, has the preliminary goal of using its brain-computer interface (BCI) to restore speech and movement in patients, particularly those who have suffered a stroke or spinal cord injury. But Precision stands out from its competitors due to a notable split from one of the most high-profile BCI companies, Neuralink, owned by controversial billionaire Elon Musk.

Precision was co-founded by neurosurgeon and engineer Ben Rapoport, who was also a co-founder of Neuralink back in 2016. Rapoport later left the company and, in 2021, started rival Precision with three colleagues, two of whom had also been involved with Neuralink.

In a May 3 episode of The Wall Street Journal podcast "The Future of Everything," Rapoport suggested he left Neuralink over safety concerns for the company's more invasive BCI implants.

To move neural interfaces from the world of science to the world of medicine, "safety is paramount," Rapoport said. "For a medical device, safety often implies minimal invasiveness," he added. Rapoport noted that in the early days of BCI development—including the use of the Utah Array—"there was this notion that in order to extract information-rich data from the brain, one needed to penetrate the brain with tiny little needlelike electrodes," he said. "And those have the drawback of doing some amount of brain damage when they're inserted into the brain. I felt that it was possible to extract information-rich data from the brain without damaging the brain." Precision was formed with that philosophy in mind—minimal invasiveness, scalability, and safety, he said.

Neuralink's current BCI device contains 1,024 electrodes across 64 thinner-than-hair wires that are implanted into the brain by a surgical robot. In the first patient to receive an implant, the wires were inserted 3 millimeters to 5 mm into the brain tissue. But, 85 percent of those wires retracted from the patient's brain in the weeks after the surgery, and some of the electrodes were shut off due to the displacement. Neuralink is reportedly planning to implant the wires deeper—8 mm—in its second patient. The Food and Drug Administration has reportedly given the green light for that surgery. The Utah Array, meanwhile, can penetrate up to 1.5 mm into the brain.

Precision's device does not penetrate the brain at all, but sits on top of the brain. The device contains at least one yellow film, said to be a fifth the thickness of a human hair, that contains 1,024 electrodes embedded in a lattice pattern. The device is modular, allowing for multiple films to be added to each device. The films can be slipped onto the brain in a minimally invasive surgery that requires cutting only a thin slit in the skull, which the yellow ribbon-like device can slide through, according to Precision. The film then conforms to the surface of the brain. The processing unit that collects data from the electrodes is designed to sit between the skull and the scalp. If the implant needs to be removed, the film is designed to slide off the brain without causing damage.

In April, a neurosurgery team from the Mount Sinai Health System placed one of Precision's devices containing four electrode-containing films—totaling 4,096 electrodes—onto the brain of a patient who was having surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. While the patient was asleep with their skull opened, Precision researchers used their four electrode arrays to successfully record detailed neuronal activity from an area of approximately 8 square centimeters of the brain.

"This record is a significant step towards a new era," Rapoport said in a press release Tuesday. "The ability to capture cortical information of this magnitude and scale could allow us to understand the brain in a much deeper way."

The test of the implant marks the 14th time Precision has placed its device on a human brain, according to CNBC, which was present for the surgery in New York. Precision says that it expects to have its first device on the commercial market in 2025.

[lectern-fullcauldron]

my thoughts on this are that if one (former) hermit has let us and his community down majorly, the rest of the hermits have done themselves proud in their response. they were accessible for the victims to reach out to with their complaints. they then sought to verify them, and once they had, they directly addressed the situation in a swift and efficient manner. their statement allowed for the victims to offer their perspectives with their own voices, on their own terms, whilst preemptively warning us that they would be coming, and they had been confirmed and acted upon.

this has been dealt with extremely professionally, with care to protect the victims, and with clear decisiveness (especially from a server that is so famously indecisive, it required a coup to start its second season). this was not dragged out. allegations were not dragged through the mud and victims ripped apart by the jury of the internet. the hermits brought us a situation already resolved and within one day, we are already in the aftermath

[bimmyjimmy]

Jimmy loved the balcony today, he didn’t want to come inside