Dayvan Cowboy @dayvancowboy@qoto.org

Coil - Triple Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Ra2bxZsGk

a harrowing (and beautiful) song.

@freemo Which song is that?

@design_RG Ah, that's one of their live albums I believe. Explains why I didn't recognize it. Yes are definitely a great band, and their album covers are wonderful! I would say Relayer probably has the most beautiful art, also designed by Dean. The music of that album is good as well, especially Gates of Delirium.

@trevdev@mastodon.technology Not a Rust expert, but `<char> as u8` just results in the numerical unicode value of that character, in the form of an unsigned 8-bit integer, right? So `'a' as u8` should be greater than `'z' as u8`, and it will continue to iterate until the unicode value of the character is greater than that of z is.

@design_RG @Sphinx Seems very pleasant. Would you say it has a nice flavor?

@arteteco My taste is pretty all over the place to be honest. I'd say I'm especially fond of electronic music, though. My username actually comes from a song by Boards of Canada. If you haven't listened to them, you definitely should, they've made some pretty wonderful albums!

Anyone ever tried a cup of lapsang souchong? It's a Chinese tea that's usually smoked. Tastes as if I'm drinking the essence of a barbeque.

@raining_night I've had an Echo for quite some time now. I agree, however, that it is most concerning in terms of privacy. I've found that most of the things I do with- setting alarms, reminders, timers- could be done with my phone, almost more efficiently, considering the voice recognition can occasionally be a little infuriating. But I keep it around, at least partly because I dream of one day making an IoT device of my own and writing an Alexa skill for it.

@Sphinx I screwed up on my first driving exam as well. It was funny, actually, I would've passed had I not messed up on the easiest part, where I had to park alongside the curb in a residential area. Somehow I managed to accidentally go over the curb. So, y'know, it's good that you didn't do something that embarrassing.

@design_RG Which album is that? I'm assuming it's the inside cover of one of their releases, as I haven't seen it before.

@freemo I too need to reread 1984. It has been about 2 years since I read it, and my worldview has changed quite a bit in that time. I think it would almost be like reading an entirely different book.

@design_RG Thank you! On a first impression, this community seems to be home to many knowledgeable people. I think I'll like it here.

hello strangers.