Re: Patching TPU innertube

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:43:02 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:12:31 -0500, Catrike Rider
<soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>

Wow, 10 professional soloists. I wonder how much they were paid for
their part in "study."

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Look at the top of the page for the authors (not the musicians)
employer.  They're all universities and research organizations.
<https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1323367111?download=true>
My guess(tm) is that the musicians were very anxious to participate in
the study and likely were working for the cost of lunch and
transportation.  I couldn't find anything in the article or in the
supporting information that mentions payment.

Why would they disclose that?

They're professionals, are they not? They play violins for money.

Most likely, some modern violin manufacturer(s) foot the bill.

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I'm not so sure they would benefit from a test no matter that outcome:
<https://www.corilon.com/us/library/master-portraits/contemporary-violin-makers>
"Many contemporary violin makers feel as if they are overshadowed by
their famous predecessors, and as a matter of fact people’s
fascination with historic masterpieces can make it difficult to
appreciate the outstanding achievements of our times. But we do not
need any blind tests which pair of historic Italian violins against
contemporary violin makers' instruments to understand that we live in
a time of abundance. Our day and age may not be as strongly
characterized by trail-blazing innovations, but there is still a high
standard of artisanry amongst nowadays violin makers, and this
standard can hold its own against that of the golden days."
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It's not like the demand or market for rare historical violins is
going to disappear because of one test.  It's also risky funding such
a test.  If the test shows that modern violins are best in a test
funded by violin manufacturers, there would be immediate accusations
that it was rigged in favor of the manufacturers.  That's a great way
to instantly destroy their reputation. 

IMO, the test did exactly what it was set up to do..  indicate that
some unknown brand modern violins sound as good as the classics.

Who else would do it?

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Professional musicians, academics, teaching institutions,
universities, FundMe campaign, or authors of books on music.

Studies like that cost money. It costs money to publish and disburse
the data. People don't spend money unless they expect to get something
out of it.

Yeah, I'm a cynic.