dmention7

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky animals."

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I've got some disk space and bandwidth to spare. No idea what i personally would do with the data, but keeping it alive seems worthwhile!

Trust me, I hear you on the algorithmic shit.

I dont think i have a single playlist set up, and almost exclusivly listen to albums cover to cover. All I really want is for a service to occasionally say "Hey you spent 60 hours last month listening to these 3 bands... check out these guys if you want something fresh with a similar vibe"

Spotify did a semi decent job of that, and it's how I've discovered a few new bands, but paying $18/mo just to discover a few per year is not a great value proposition. I'd rather torrent a random album and then pick up some merch or concert tickets if I end up liking them.

There's a big difference between academically knowing how a person feels--in a disconnected way--and actually being able to relate to that feeling as if you were experiencing it yourself.

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings and emotions of another person.

You're right that it's trivial to find examples of bad people who understand the emotions and feelings of others, but it's a lot harder to be a bad person when you can share those emotions and feelings yourself.

I have not personally got to the point of trying any yet, but I have heard several times about plugins for Jellyfin that add discoverability and recommendation features.

You still have the issue of actually tracking down the music, which Jellyseer or similar can help with. But if one of those plug-ins were to interface with Spotify or YouTube for preview purposes, that would be pretty slick!

I have a pair of "WTF" coffee mugs I got from them probably 15 years ago, and still use regularly. Amazingly, for being free promo items, they are still in virtually perfect condition!

EDIT: it's this bad boy right here: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/announcement-get-the-mug

Dude is either having the absolute best time of his life or the absolute worst! There is no in-between when you're covered in that much mud.

I got lucky - just happened to randomly wake up and remembered a coworker mentioning there would be an eclipse tonight around 2am. Dragged the wife out of bed just in time to catch the tail end of totality.

First time for me too!

Awesome, appreciate the tips! My printer has been a bit neglected lately, and this is just the project I need to fire it back up again.

Hope you enjoy your ritual as well!

Thats dope! My wife and I are so amped to see them in Chicago this summer, and I bet she'd love one of those.

Man that looks good! Looks super tender, but still slicable.

I have taken to smoking my corned beef brisket (which technically makes them pastrami I think), but some years I'll buy a second and do more traditional corned beef and cabbage.

Hmm....