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  1. Comment on With YouTube Music, Google is holding my speakers for ransom in ~tech

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    I just tried the app today. Uninstalled after five minutes. This is horrendous. Apart from everything mentioned in the article, I played a single track from my own music and it was followed by an...

    I just tried the app today. Uninstalled after five minutes. This is horrendous. Apart from everything mentioned in the article, I played a single track from my own music and it was followed by an ad. Not even free mp3 players will do that!

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  2. Comment on Anybody here own cryptocurrency? in ~talk

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    Me too, long term I'm ok but the crash at the start of the year has been wearying. I've dropped about €250 since January -- per day. Still big supporter of crypto though. Market sentiment is...

    Me too, long term I'm ok but the crash at the start of the year has been wearying. I've dropped about €250 since January -- per day. Still big supporter of crypto though. Market sentiment is separate from fundamentals.

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    Can you give an example of a 'pulp novel'? I'm aware of thrillers, crime and romance novels but couldn't put my finger on pulp exactly.

    Can you give an example of a 'pulp novel'? I'm aware of thrillers, crime and romance novels but couldn't put my finger on pulp exactly.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Amber Enderton on why Wil Wheaton got chased off Mastodon in ~tech

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    I think his recent 'confession' about his mental health was pretty brave and has the hallmarks of someone trying their absolute best to improve themselves and the world, as much as they have...

    I think his recent 'confession' about his mental health was pretty brave and has the hallmarks of someone trying their absolute best to improve themselves and the world, as much as they have influence over anyway. Not to get too ad hominem but it sounds like Amber discovered gender politics, devoured it whole and now sees everything magnified through the lens of micro-aggressions and #metoo -- forgetting that life isn't so desperately black and white, that people need to spend more time understanding and being generous to their perceived opponents. And if i might blatantly engage in 'butter emails' level whataboutism for a second, of all the evil misogynists and genuine fascists in the world, she could probably find herself a more worthy target than Wil Wheaton on any page of today's NYT.

    http://wilwheaton.net/2018/05/my-name-is-wil-wheaton-i-live-with-chronic-depression-and-i-am-not-ashamed/

    7 votes

  5. Comment on real sad boi hours in ~talk

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    Early morning in Ireland. Say hello to all our lads below, will you.

    Early morning in Ireland. Say hello to all our lads below, will you.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What are you looking forward to right now? in ~talk

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    I'm kinda yes and no about this, personally. If the movie is something I've recommended, I would feel weird sitting next to someone -- just willing them to like it and trying not to talk, it's no...

    I'm kinda yes and no about this, personally. If the movie is something I've recommended, I would feel weird sitting next to someone -- just willing them to like it and trying not to talk, it's no fun! Maybe that's just me.

    Besides, it's a lot more fun to watch a crap movie and make jokes, if you're looking for a shared activity. I wouldn't ruin a decent movie by chatting, so we'd end up sitting in total silence for two hours.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Is the "Reddiquette" a good idea in principle? What do you think about it? in ~talk

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    Well you'll need a new compound word. I suggest Tildecorum.

    Well you'll need a new compound word. I suggest Tildecorum.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on What is the one album by a favorite band of yours that you love, but is criminally overlooked? in ~music

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    Van Morrison - St Dominic's Preview. Everyone talks about Astral Weeks and Moondance, but this and Tupelo Honey are absolutely incredible accomplishments. Or if you want to get a little more...

    Van Morrison - St Dominic's Preview.

    Everyone talks about Astral Weeks and Moondance, but this and Tupelo Honey are absolutely incredible accomplishments. Or if you want to get a little more obscure, Veedon Fleece is a stunning work unlike anything else he's done. Well worth investigating.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What is the one album by a favorite band of yours that you love, but is criminally overlooked? in ~music

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    Might as well say Sgt Pepper's.

    Might as well say Sgt Pepper's.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Tildes hierarchy structure in ~tildes

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    Yep, that about covers it. Thanks.

    Yep, that about covers it. Thanks.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

  12. Tildes hierarchy structure

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    Hi, first post - be gentle. I don't know whether this has been mentioned but I couldn't find it anywhere else. I worked on a hierarchical tree before (for customer support scripts) and after a...

    Hi, first post - be gentle. I don't know whether this has been mentioned but I couldn't find it anywhere else.

    I worked on a hierarchical tree before (for customer support scripts) and after a while the wealth of material became increasingly complex. One problem that presented itself was the difficulty of 'multiple points of entry'. There are many ways of approaching the same topic.

    In the context of Tildes, I would give a simple example of music (since that was used already). If you have a top level called ~music, your next level may be .folk, then say .Macedonia. This is how you categorise the topic.

    However, if I'm in ~Macedonia then I should be able to visit .music and then .folk but arrive at the same discussion group as above.

    By default, any two groups with the same set of identifiers, whatever the order, should point to the same location. In fact, there should be an infinite number of ways to get to any group, in theory.

    Do we want a group called ~history.Renaissance.artists.Italy.LeonardoDaVinci and also have a different group ~science.engineering.history.LeonardoDaVinci, along with 50 others about the same individual? An ability to merge disparate tildes might be useful.

    In addition, I would imagine trying to perfectly map the world of ideas and discussion into a single hierarchy is a Quixotic task, that way madness lies - especially for the nitpicky Reddit crowd. I've seen plenty discussion on this already. If it was a bit looser, we'd get to the discussion quicker, without all the 'meetings to decide on a working group name'.

    Just throwing it out there for discussion. Thanks.

    5 votes