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chessert

@chessert@mastodon.online

Retired US Army musician and techno geek. Plays with antique toy trains.

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RickiTarr, to random
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You're not weird, some people just lie about themselves, and you don't.

chessert,
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@RickiTarr
"Most" people lie about themselves. I wish I could remember the exact quote and source (Mark Twain, IIRC?), but runs similar to:

"The best front you can present to others is your true self, for no one else will believe it."

rjblaskiewicz, to random
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At band practice today, I felt like a lead guitarist there for a few minutes. Something clicked and I was in the zone. It was a genuinely new experience for me.

I will now be an insufferable bastard all of the time.

chessert,
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@rjblaskiewicz
It's amazing (miraculous) what musicians can do when they lose the awareness of themselves (nerves, what do other people think, etc.). That was my own biggest limitation playing professionally. Some folks seem to be gifted without that self-awareness when they're playing.

chessert,
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@rjblaskiewicz
I'm not sure that it requires a bigger ego: just being more aware of the music/performance, and less aware of yourself. I guess that could be the same thing?

chessert,
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@rjblaskiewicz
Playing live regularly, and playing with musicians "better" than you is the fastest way to grow and mature as a musician, IMHO. 😀

SuitedUpDev, to random
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TOMORROW!!!

TOMORROW!!!

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY!!! 🇰🇷

chessert,
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@SuitedUpDev
Heading back to Seoul, or elsewhere?

chessert, to music
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My second favorite piece featuring the Horn in Chamber Music (small ensembles). An older recording. Very good recording, despite using primitive recording technology.

Johannes Brahms, Horn trio, Eb major, Op. 40 - Recorded in London, 13 November 1933

Adolf Busch, violin
Aubrey Brain, horn (Dennis Brain's father)
Rudolf Serkin, piano

I. Andante (0:00)
II. Scherzo. Allegro (8:11)
III. Adagio mesto (15:11)
IV. Allegro con brio (23:30)

https://youtu.be/Zt03Kn92Oho

benroyce, to threads
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the reticence of some to block is indeed disconcerting, but there is a solution

there are standards for responsible servers. if enough bigotry, hate, trolling etc emanates from a server, the problem is moved from blocking accounts, to blocking the server itself

we all know what is going to come from threads

and the inevitable outlined above will just play out

and those servers that choose not to block, will find themselves eaten alive by the toxicity that will result

chessert,
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@benroyce
My server (mastodon.online) isn't currently blocking... and that's concerning. I have added Meta to my personal domain block list. I may choose to move to a different Mastodon server in the future: keeping my options open. In any case, I'm not keen to react with Meta content on any level.

chessert, to music
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Oboe production. Quality musical instruments aren't cheap. Professional wind instruments are expensive, but nothing compared to professional (and historical) stringed instruments. Pipe organs, of course, are a separate entity, since they usually including an entire building. 😮

https://youtu.be/_xOj9bLkYVQ

chessert, to MLB
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@baseball
MLB Opening Day (in the USA) is tomorrow! ⚾ 😁

Here in NEPA, I have my choice of 2 minor league teams relatively close: the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (NY Mets AA) , and the Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders (NY Yankees AAA).

As a native Chicagoan, it distresses me to root for NY teams. But we'll see how I fare. 😉

Hoping to attend several games this season. It's been a while (years) - since COVID came to town.

FlockOfCats, to random
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b33f & n00dl3 s00p

chessert,
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@FlockOfCats
That looks nourishing and yummy! 😋

nixCraft, to random
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please rate this setup. k. thx. bye.

chessert,
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@nixCraft
1/10.
Your life is clearly starting to suck: it may be time to reevaluate your priorities. 🤷‍♂️

Wen, to journalism
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Julian Assange could be freed as US prosecutors ‘consider lesser charges’

http://archive.today/dekgZ (archived article, no paywall)

From The Times. I will believe it when I see it. This has gone on too long. I have no respect for much of Assange's behaviour and subsequent stupidity, but this has clearly been a malicious and dangerous prosecution/rendition with dangerous precedents for journalism and freedom of speech.

#Assange #Extradition #Journalism #FreedomOfSpeech

chessert,
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@Wen
I initially sided with him. But subsequent revelations make it clear he's not an "innocent victim". At this point, I have no problem seeing him defend his actions in US courts. And if he doesn't have to, best wishes to him. He's not a Saint, and I'm not going to care what he says, or thinks in the future.

emarktaylor, to MLB
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⚾ @baseball @baseball

Also very good ...

Via Joel Beall @JoelMBeall
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If professional golf has taught us anything it’s that these Ohtani rumors will eventually lead to a new rival baseball league backed by a sovereign wealth fund

chessert,
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@emarktaylor @baseball @baseball
🤮

chessert, to chicago
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I think most folks would be surprised to learn the USA had two coal burning, paddle-wheeled aircraft carriers operating out of Chicago in WWII. 😀

https://youtu.be/2FaIc4qRdLI

chessert, to music
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Another of those 1970s songs that still haunts me, and helped form me. Partly responsible for 11yo me becoming a hopeless romantic.

"Baby I'm a Want You" by David Gates & Bread (1972).

https://youtu.be/3RQcFbjjEMM?si=V_g3cX2NgExPY4NF

mjgardner, to random
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Correlation may not imply causation but it can still smack people down pretty hard.

Shot: https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/112125580954786791

Chaser: https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/112125802723575089

chessert,
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@mjgardner
There were warnings about using this even when I was an active Perl programmer (2009-2016). Not sure why you’d choose to put such code in production, at the time? Kinda like hooking your business to Google or Microsoft: nope — none for me, thanks. 🤷🏻‍♂️

chessert,
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@mjgardner
Yes. I had a couple unpleasant encounters with the ~~ operator when we were forced to upgrade our production Perl libraries, due to Debian releases.

The company's entire online (web app) codebase was in Perl, well after it should have been retired. It probably still is??? I tried to push them toward Python, or even PHP, but the "head shed" had been there since the 1990s, and any significant change was viewed as a loss of control. 🙄

chessert, to AppleMusic
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Apparently an Apple Music subscription is now included in my Verizon wireless plan. Is this worth signing on to? Your thoughts, please! 😀

Nonilex, to Law
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The -friendly federal judge who keeps siding w/ in his case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow to see a huge trove of or let him go.

US District Judge ’s ultimatum Mon night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors & Trump’s lawyers for proposed at the upcoming .


https://www.thedailybeast.com/mar-a-lago-judge-rules-jury-sees-top-secret-files-or-trump-wins

chessert,
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@Nonilex
I think the 11th Circuit is gonna smoke her ass right off this case entirely, possibly before the end of this week.

chessert,
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@Nonilex
Yeah, I really can't figure her game out... unless it was just to stall proceedings as long as possible? She didn't even do a great job at that. Wonder if her academic life was just as impressive as DJT's?

larsibacken, to trumpet
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@classicalmusic
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1658 – 1709

in D Major, complete ()

I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIHzxgJAC-I

chessert,
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@larsibacken @classicalmusic @baroquemusic
You Sir, have excellent taste in music! 😀

chessert, to linguistics
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One of the things I'd love to see technology address, is providing automatic language translation, for both documents and particularly videos.

The language translation features of Mastodon work well, but I still find toots that don't have a "translate" link/button... especially Asian languages.

chessert, to music
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Q: What do you call a drummer in a three-piece suit?

A: "The Defendant"

From a drummer friend on FB this afternoon. 😀

emarktaylor, to NFL
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🏈 @nfl

Via ANTIFAldo @ANTIFAldo
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after Favre and Rodgers, just think of the fruit baskets and rare whiskies the Flat Earthers have sent to Jordan Love to secure his allegiance

chessert,
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@emarktaylor @nfl
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chessert, to music
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A fun dissection of the James Bond theme. Geek out a little with some music theory and analysis. 😀

https://youtu.be/BGln_d078UA

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