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  1. Comment on Mark Zuckerberg envisions a billion people in the metaverse spending hundreds of dollars each in ~tech

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    Devil's advocate, the same could have been said for expensive phones 20 years ago, but the financing these days has made it where people who can barely pay rent have $1000 iPhones. I was one of...

    People are struggling to afford basic essentials like fuel and energy and food but sure a billion people are just itching to spend hundreds of pounds on VR hardware so they can spend hundreds more pounds on virtual hats. Get in the fuckin' sea, Mark.

    Devil's advocate, the same could have been said for expensive phones 20 years ago, but the financing these days has made it where people who can barely pay rent have $1000 iPhones. I was one of those people 6 years ago.

    14 votes

  2. Comment on Where do I start with _____? in ~talk

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    gouache darn it... I have a very small amount of experience with watercolors—I could get away with my sloppiness by using ink pen sketches and painting over them aka "line and wash" and the...

    gouache darn it...

    I have a very small amount of experience with watercolors—I could get away with my sloppiness by using ink pen sketches and painting over them aka "line and wash" and the resulting mistakes had a cute look to them. With gouache it was very gauche & the mistakes were NOT endearing...

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Where do I start with _____? in ~talk

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    If you are ok with non-English lyrics, Mid-air Thief is pretty great IMO. Some others: Parcels is an up-and-coming funk/pop band that's worked with Daft Punk. They have 2 very solid and mature...

    If you are ok with non-English lyrics, Mid-air Thief is pretty great IMO.

    Some others:

    • Parcels is an up-and-coming funk/pop band that's worked with Daft Punk. They have 2 very solid and mature albums out atm
    • MGMT has made some very interesting indie and psychedelic rock that diverges from some of their earlier electro-pop hits
    • Mac Demarco has dominated indie music lately.
    • BADBADNOTGOOD is a nice jazz group. Mostly instrumental with occasional guest singer's
    3 votes

  4. Comment on Where do I start with _____? in ~talk

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    How do I get started with gauche paints if I have basically no art skills? I got some as a gift and neglected to use them again after I completely botched a tutorial that I thought would be easy.

    How do I get started with gauche paints if I have basically no art skills? I got some as a gift and neglected to use them again after I completely botched a tutorial that I thought would be easy.

    6 votes