@lucifargundam Very cool. Yeah, I also got my start in software tinkering with things. It definitely taught me that the stuff I use isn't magical and I can understand systems and build things myself if I really want to (which I usually don't 😁).
I remember discovering the song when it appeared in the show Legion, perfectly scoring one of the more visually stunning scenes in Season 1.
I remember thinking, this song is amazing and sounds like Radiohead, but surely such an amazing Radiohead song couldn't have escaped my notice. Wrong!
https://youtu.be/52T0M3stFUI (if you don't like scenes of destruction, don't watch)
Radiohead is a rare album-oriented band who creates masterpiece songs that aren't even on their albums.
I'm currently marveling over the song The Daily Mail.
It goes from kind of mournful to dripping with venom in the breakdown. I love the composition, the drums, the vocal delivery, and the lyrics. Like so many Radiohead songs, my biggest problem with it is that there isn't enough of it.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Kwg1epDRFLyXFq09t7MtB?si=ByhPuYjRS7WEYeuz21c6hA&utm_source=copy-link
@lucifargundam Your profile says to ask about your keyboard. What's up with your keyboard? 😁
@lucifargundam yeah, I agree. I'm great at things where considering things broadly and deeply is advantageous. But I want it all!
I admire/envy people who can think of something they want to accomplish, just do it, and then reap the benefits.
For whatever reason, I don't seem to be built that way. I'm good at many other things, but churning out completed work is just not one of them.
@chancethedev Don't know if you could download it if you wanted. I initiated the download like 3 days ago, and I'm still waiting.
@seldo @rockerest Agree. I've heard a couple people with big Twitter followings be like "tried Mastodon, couldn't understand it". And it's hard for me to imagine how that is.
If someone's holding on to your money for you or guaranteeing the value of some token you're using, and they're not rigorously audited or regulated, there's a pretty good chance they're going to lose your money.
I feel like this lesson is going to continue to be taught every couple years.
Apropos of nothing, I suddenly realized in Super Troopers, the man who gets pulled over by the cop playing the meow game is played by Jim Gaffigan. I haven't watched this movie in 10+ years.
@WhatYouMcCallit I totally get that. I eventually got enough followers (~1500) to be able to treat it as a place to have edifying discussions, but yeah, the incentives there are to fire off hot takes to get followers.
@april yeah, that's too chaotic for me tho
@april working on that, but finding people is helped by having a good feed to work from
I have to say, my initial experience on here is much better, in most ways, than my initial experience on Twitter.
I don't think most people who have a Twitter following know how hard it is to get any sort of interaction on there from a fresh start, if you're not prominent already.
Anyone have a really good cross-platform Fediverse browser? Ideally, it let's me follow several servers as though they were my local instance and also post/reply from this account.
@cryptovest Realistically, it seems like this is a bring-your-own-moderation platform, which is why I feel like should give individuals better tools
@anildash who'd've thunk it
@acjay@qoto.orrg has moved
boosted
When it came time to reckon with social media’s failings, nobody ran to the “web3” platforms. Nobody asked “can I get paid per message”? Nobody asked about the blockchain. The community of people who’ve been quietly doing this work for years (decades!) ended up being the ones who welcomed everyone over, as always.
FTX blowing up shouldn't be really shocking. At this point, people should assume that nearly all centralized platforms will eventually blow up and nearly all decentralized platforms will eventually be hacked or rug-pulled.
I am now @acjay
Joined Oct 2022
