Just a heads up in Chromium version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) (64-bit) the midi's seem to be playing back at 10x or faster. In Firefox 61.0.1 (64-bit) at 2x or so. I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. Other generic web midi players play at the correct speed in either browser. Not sure if timidity has some timing issues that might be caused by the combo of OS and browser. Other than that, wonderful job and great idea!

Can confirm, Precision M5510 (facsimile of XPS15). I usually have headphones on and even without them the whine is tolerable and becomes part of the background noise, however your annoyance tolerance level will vary.

I grew up in Germany and my 7s (written with the slash through it) is recognized as a 3 or 8 :\

Weird, my 7 with a slash is consistently (2/2 times) recognised as a 7. Maybe you need to write the slash without connecting it to the bottom with a little loop? Otherwise it's a real shame that these networks are only trained on American handwriting (is it even handwriting? most Americans seem to print-write).

Hmmm... I don't connect with a loop. See the following: http://i.imgur.com/H7sYLNn.png I'd love to see what yours looks like.

Not the person you were talking to, but here's mine:

http://imgur.com/a/7OIgK

(American here). I did get it saying 3 a few times, but 7 most of the time.

This idea would unfortunately negate one of the top benefits of a high-bypass turbofan. Noise reduction.

Yes, but why is a high bypass turbofan quieter? If I understood correctly, it's because most of the thrust comes from the large slow moving fan, so you don't need to blast nearly so much air through the turbine as a turbojet to get the same thrust.

The whole purpose of decoupling the fans is to give you an even higher bypass ratio - two or three large electric fans driven from one turbine can have a larger swept area than a single large geared turbofan, so can run slower for the same thrust, and hence be quieter.

> Yes, but why is a high bypass turbofan quieter?

The noise comes from high speed air alongside slow moving air. A high bypass fan moves more air at slower speed to get the same push. The slower speed means less noise.

Actually would be a lot quieter, since the turbine wouldn't have a high velocity exhaust output. And the fans are fairly quiet.

One real advantage would be quick throttle response. Gas turbines are slow to ramp up output power which is a real problem when dealing with wind shear on takeoff and landing. A 30 knot wind shear turns your 140 knots air speed turns into 110 knots airspeed. An electric fan's response would be very fast, probably faster than a prop plane.

And noise reduction is actually a really important benefit of this engine as some airports have restrictions on noise.

I believe you are referring to Corn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_(emulator)

Running around in Mario 64 on a Celeron 233 with 3d being rendered in software blew my mind.

I remember UltraHLE, it came out in 99! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraHLE

I agree, the stylism that The Designers Republic brought to the table definitely was a cornerstone of the Wipeout series for me. The other part of the equation that got me hooked was the soundtrack Messij by Cold Storage and every other track by this Artist for that matter. For the nostalgic, the tracks can be found here: http://www.coldstorage.org.uk/music.html