I absolutely don’t need (nor can I afford) another QAZ but this is just too good and I must have it 🤤

Streaming my own music was the reason I got into self-hosting in the first place and I’ve been satisfied with Navidrome for over a year now. My preference is to stream via an app on my phone but I’ve made accounts for a couple friends and they stream happily on multiple devices using the browser interface.

As stated, my reason is that I was paying Spotify more money for less music and I was unhappy with that. You pointed out yourself that musicians barely get by in the streaming era so I would rather support them on Bandcamp (I know it has it’s own issues) or buying physical media whenever possible rather than pirating. Streaming platforms may make music you want to listen to seemingly affordable and accessible but that’s not the case for everyone. This is my personal experience.

it’s easier to just sub to something like Apple Music… literally $110/yr for all the music that exists.

As others have stated, not all music exists on every streaming platform. That alone is enough of a reason for me. I recently canceled my longtime Spotify subscription because the price kept increasing while my library kept decreasing. I actually don’t pirate music when I can help it because I’d rather support artists on Bandcamp or purchasing physical media directly. If I can’t do that then I head to Soulseek!

This. This is a good list.

Violet Cold goes so hard. What's your favorite album?

I've never gotten too deep into symphonic metal but Blackwater Park is a masterpiece

Many of these bands are new to me so I'm making my way down your list and Murmuüre is blowing my mind

I saw them live last month and Morning Star was a transcendent experience!!!

Hard to narrow down favorites because my feelings change often, but these 5 have been in rotation most often lately (in no particular order)

• King Woman - Celestial Blues [doom]
• System of a Down - Toxicity [alt metal? nu metal?]
• Violet Cold - Empire of Love [post-black metal]
• Liturgy - 93696 [black metal]
• Thou - Magus [sludge]

And I'll say that I don't necessarily think these are the best albums ever... I don't think I could ever make up my mind about that! Looking forward to seeing everyone else's picks.

GIMP is fine but who can find me replacements for After Effects and Premiere Pro? I need software for video editing/motion graphics and these are the two apps keeping me shackled to Adobe for now…

Always love seeing the back! Both sides look fantastic

I forgot all about Babymetal, this slaps!

I love this! Where do you find inspiration?

My best was 110. This was my first time participating in Eggstra Work so I wasn’t sure what to expect but I had a lot of fun!

Guess it’s time to find some brella skills…

This is absolutely ridiculous and I LOVE it

I was convinced that bunnies would win until I realized the Grizzco/bearcub conspiracy that was taking place lol

All in all I had fun, this was my 2nd Splatfest and it was rough getting beaten by better players every game but I managed to get 21 snails so I can’t be too upset.

This looks sick you did an amazing job!

Nebulous

I love this! The style reminds me a bit of Peter Draws and your freehand line quality is impressive!

I’m a MacBook user and I’ve been very happy with AlDente. It took some reading to understand all the features but I really believe it’s made a difference in the health of my battery.

I’ve been searching for music recommendation and playlist generator alternatives to Spotify and this looks great!

I love your work! I’m curious about your process: do you have a concept in mind when you create these? Are you sketching a thumbnail first or just drawing freehand? What kinds of markers are you using? It looks like at least some are paint-based.

I wouldn’t recommend it based on this experience. My other Pilot pens have been a real treat to use (Kakuno, Petit, Explorer) but the Metropolitan was a huge disappointment 😕

Not a playlist per se but Datafruits.fm is a cooperative online radio station

Agreed!

A mask mandate was recently reinstated for New York City's public hospitals due to an increase in flu/COVID/RSV infections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently warned that respiratory illnesses are on the rise across the country. Just before Christmas, national COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped 17% in one week.

"I think that's a major reason why we're seeing this rise in not only cases, but also hospitalizations. Because we've just had Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, so a lot of people are gathering from all over the country," Roy told NY1.

Oh how dare you get it stuck in my head 🤣

I've been doing this for a few years using AirVPN but it seems like that stopped working after January 1st. Videos would not play unless I used the NordVPN browser plugin, this seems to be a workaround for some VPN restrictions. I do enjoy the commercials!

For what it’s worth, I have this problem sometimes when an album has multiple releases and you can choose which release to pull tags from via the context menu in Picard. There’s also a pretty powerful scripting language that you can use to specify the directory and file re-naming structure as well. It took me a while to get my structure set up properly but once I did it’s been a life saver in keeping my files organized.

If there’s something in particular you’re trying to achieve that’s not working I’d be happy to try and help!

I’ll be taking on graphic design, branding, and motion graphics projects. I don’t have an online portfolio at the moment as I’m still getting everything together but if anyone is in need of design work they can certainly send me a message.

I quit my awful office job in September after 10 years to focus on recovery from acute health issues. I’ll be freelancing in 2024 and even though I know I made the right decision I’m secretly terrified that I will fail. Just gotta keep going!

Keycaps that came in boxes are labeled and stored on a shelf. Loose caps and switches in bags are sorted into 6.2qt. storage bins with colored lids and I have a note in my notes app with a master list of profiles (eg "Teal lid - DSS Shale, DCS Input" "Yellow lid - Gateron Pink Linear, Tecsee Carrot Linear" etc) because I was having trouble keeping track of everything.

Sorry I’m not sure if casting works or not, our TV is connected directly to the computer via HDMI.

We stream content on the Channel4 website using a VPN without issue as long as the browser ad-block is disabled. I created a free account and all I need to do is sign in.

boredreading.com is a blog feed with hashtag/topic subscriptions but it sounds like that’s not really what you’re looking for?

If you're printing PLA then 80°C bed temp is way too hot and probably contributing to warping, lower the temp to 60°C or so. The filament roll should have suggested temperatures labeled on it somewhere.

Masking tape + a Sharpie has never failed me

Yes! Access to my files via web browser from any machine without having to install software was what initially drew me in, but it’s replaced almost all the CAD software I’ve tried including Fusion260 and Freecad.