Mastodawn

my friend just randomly sent me this picture of me from almost 20 years ago ha... ahhh memories

it's important to note that the root note does not change on this diagram: all of the 12 o'clock positions on all of the pitch constellations represent the same exact note (e.g. a letter name, like C). therefore, this picture aligns with a pitch-axis theoretic viewpoint.

katch wreck 12h ago

"modal compass" diagram. see alt text for a description.

#musicTheory #musicalScale #scales #lydian #dorian #ionian #phrygian #mixolydian #locrian #diatonic #diatonicMode

katch wreck 12h ago

Julie Howlin 13h ago

The most heinous crime in the eyes of the Furies is murdering one’s father or mother. However, any murder, or the harbouring of a murderer would be subject to their wrath.

Happy Feast of the Furies!

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/08/23-august-furies.html

#GreekMythology

23 August: The Furies

In ancient Greece, today was the Feast of the Furies. 10 things you might not know about the Furies: The furies are goddesses of v...

Topical Tens

katch wreck 18h ago

"This work presents a network of injection-locked, coupled oscillators whose phase dynamics follow the Kuramoto model and demonstrates that such coupled quantum oscillators naturally evolve to a ground state capable of solving combinatorial optimization problems. The coupled oscillators based on charge-density-wave condensate phases can efficiently solve NP-hard max-cut benchmark problems, offering advantages over other leading oscillator-based approaches."

https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/zmlj-6nn7

Charge-density-wave quantum oscillator networks for solving combinatorial optimization problems

The authors demonstrate an approach for solving an NP-hard problem, based on coupled-oscillator networks implemented with charge-density-wave-condensate devices. Prototype hardware based on $1T$-TaS${}_{2}$ enables room-temperature operation of the network. The oscillator operation relies on hysteresis in I-V characteristics and bistability triggered by applied electrical bias. The nature of the transitions between the charge-density-wave phases creates the potential for low-power operation and compatibility with conventional silicon technology.

Physical Review Applied

katch wreck 19h ago

`1916 Play A Simple Melody - Billy Murray & Elsie Baker (as ‘Edna Brown’)`

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K2K2i9VRHI

(written by Irving Berlin)