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zeruch

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Silicon Valley native, tech, artist, wonk, raconteur. I'll veer from topic to topic, and change stylistically on a whim. Curious about stuff and things.

UCD alum (PoliSci/IR & Tech Policy). Strong interests in the arts, actual political science, cliodynamics, systems theory, and seeking a bit of adventure at even the smallest scale.

I own more albums than you have had changes of underpants since birth.

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kevbob, to random
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Ok the collection between me and Munchkin is down to 4 guitars, 3 basses, 6 ukuleles, a mandolin, a melodica, a piano, a MIDI keyboard controller, a few amps, parts to build 3 more guitars and I am not looking forward to moving it all a thousand miles. Gear acquisition syndrome is a real disease that was exacerbated by the pandemic but little discussed by the medical community at large.

zeruch,
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@kevbob Where you off to now?

kissane, to random
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That Jackie West debut album that just dropped is very beautiful.

zeruch,
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@kissane CJ were always such an interesting entity (I still remember when Kurt Loder did a short segment on them during peak MTV, and I was kind of piqued over their take on "Sweet Jane, but I think the last album I had/have of theirs is from the 90s (Pale Sun, Crescent Moon) but I know they've been at it since....I feel a rabbit hole approaching.

zeruch, to random
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: "I'm Catholic in my complications and Buddhist in my aspirations." - Boy George

johnmark, to random
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I love how absolutely none of the biz articles about Led Robster mention the private equity shenanigans.

On the bright side: time for a Long John Silver's rebirth! Ahoy!

zeruch,
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@johnmark "On the bright side: time for a Long John Silver's rebirth! " Leave the corpse alone plz

bart, to random
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Seriously pissed about this. Offering $10,000 in seed funding for a Deviant Art alternative built on ActivityPub. Q&A below or email your pitch to info@moth.social. https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html

zeruch,
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@Crell @derickr @MisterMoo @bart IG and DA are as far apart (if not moreso) than current Twitter and the Fediverse.

glynmoody, to random
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#Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at #NRA convention - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/19/trump-nra-convention-dallas just gets better and better, doesn't it...?

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@glynmoody the only thing trump could ever actually float is his turd in a punchbowl

zeruch, to random
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  1. All Noisey From the Wankers Front.
  2. Nap-hoeleon.
  3. Acrapopants Now.
  4. Full Hefty Diaper.
  5. Tropic Blunder.
  6. Operation Lunchmeat.
  7. Dumbkirk.
  8. Run Loudly, Run Shallow.
  9. Prattleship Potrumpkin.
  10. Wanker, Traitor, Bloviator, Spy.
  11. From Here to Pomposity.
  12. Poltroon.
  13. The Turd Locker.
  14. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (didn't even have to change that one)
zeruch, to beer
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May 2024. Even when I'm on another leg of , I try to keep a drawing practice going as best as I can. In this case a bit of a session in an absolutely spectacular boutique Hotel I found in San Luis Obispo, called The Granada. I basically broke out a few old sketchbooks and if I couldn't think of anything new to draw I started painting in very skeletal from the semi distant past. by brewery in SLO.

kevbob, to random
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Took my breath away. I’m not gonna tell you where to find this article it doesn’t matter. 🤡

zeruch,
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@kevbob satire or stupid?

zeruch, to art
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Playing with flame is a perennial joy (and also confusing as hell, as all the tools I've tried over the years are great for exploring ideas in an open ended fashion but I've never found a really linear/'predictable' approach to using them, regardless of how much fun it is, it still feels a lot like video game "button-mashing".)

kevbob, to random
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Oh ffs

zeruch,
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@kevbob no. Just...... absolutely not.

zeruch,
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@johnmark @kevbob I grew up eating proper cuisine.

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@johnmark @kevbob ...most of it was verboten for me too (e.g. We had Hansen's soda at home, not Coke or Pepsi...which may be why I find La Croix a criminal offense)

I just realized that by high-school I absolutely loathed most fast food because I liked "real" food a lot more.

kevbob, to random
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    zeruch,
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    @kevbob One is starting to get the impression that Boeing is not too sharp on the quality assurance part of the build process.

    mxtthxw, to random
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    I think the 4th track now has a shape I'm happy with.

    I still need the money to pay a couple of musicians I want for specific parts (wind, cello and bass)and also one track I'm collaborating with a long time friend but I don't know how he's getting on (we're both very reclusive by nature).

    Anyway, I'm happy with progress so far which probably means I'll be riddled with self doubt and hatred tomorrow...

    zeruch,
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    @mxtthxw if you're looking for a cellist that can work remotely, I know of one that's quite decent. She's in LA.

    zeruch, to art
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    April 2024. Math rock guitarist wunderkind of Covet, drawn in ink.

    kevbob, to random
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    zeruch,
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    @kevbob well, TS is awful so that tracks.

    zeruch, to usenet
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    ", or NetNews, is a text-only social discussions forum, or rather a set of a great many forums, called "newsgroups," carried by multiple servers around the world. Although the original developers closed down their instance in 2010, that was just one server out of hundreds, and many are still running just fine. It never went away – it's still alive, you can get on it for free, and there is a choice of client apps for most OSes to help you navigate."

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/30/usenet_revival/

    zeruch,
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    @nicholas_saunders sometimes I really do miss Usenet and IRC to most everything in common use today

    zeruch,
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    @ChrisWere it's still a PITA to manage, and most options out there are security nightmares IIRC.

    mxtthxw, to random
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    @mxtthxw I have that album and I think it's follow-up although I'm not sure how many albums they ultimately made, but they were a great bit of Northern soul. The occasional cut would show up on multiple acid jazz comps, but those guys and Corduroy I feel never quite got their due.

    zeruch, to random
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    has an autobiography of sorts. It's actually a pretty decent read so far, and it confirms two things I've long thought about horn. One, he's a musically talented producer with a seemingly endless ability to make a hit song who understands how to make something sound good. And two, he's a narcissistic self-absorbed bell end and not always artist friendly. It's a reputation he seems happy to have earned.

    zeruch, to art
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    which started from the working title project of "thermonuclear cassette" has been something I've been obsessing over off and on for the last two plus weeks and I've rebuilt and re-obliterated it several times. I actually released a version of this as part of the series (number 46) last week, but I'm still not happy with it.

    zeruch, to random
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    "I admit I had no idea who was when I first heard it. I was 10 or 11, and it played a few times on college radio, which I was only just starting to tune into, but for which so much of the messaging in the music was alien."

    This track by was probably the first solo track of his I ever heard, and it still is as listenable as it was in the mid 80s:

    https://zeruch.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/sounds-that-have-been-made-ep-112-keith-leblanc-malcolm-x-no-sell-out/

    zeruch,
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    @mxtthxw I just kind of realized (or maybe I'm just delu-gin-al) but Keith is the J Dilla of the classic/electro era of hip hop, just far less known among the public.

    dangillmor, to random
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    Reddit's CEO is now comparing the people who've done the most to make the site popular to "landed gentry" -- demonstrating that he's both over-the-top arrogant and ignorant.

    He's also threatening to change the rules of the site to make it easier to remove moderators. Yes, that'll definitely encourage more people to build communities there.

    If anyone should be removed, it's him.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/reddit-ceo-slams-protest-leaders-says-hell-change-rules-that-could-end-rebellion/ar-AA1cBP7f

    zeruch,
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    @dangillmor Spez went from a fairly even-handed sensible choice when he came back in 2015 to spending the last couple of years making himself out to be a milquetoast version of Andreessen/Musk/Rabois, themselves already quite tasteless and tone-deaf. These people are making themselves rich while breaking the spine of the industry itself.

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