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stevefoerster, to classicalmusic
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Western Music Isn't What You Think

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/western-music-isnt-what-you-think

I don't know enough to agree or disagree with this, but either way it's fascinating.

@classicalmusic

gdp,
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@stevefoerster @classicalmusic Two degrees in music (admittedly they’re in conducting and not history or musicology). This looks quite legitimate and worthy of study. Thanks for posting this.

grammargirl, to Podcast
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This week, I learned all about audiobook narration from David H. Lawrence, a professional actor and audiobook narrator who helps authors narrate their own books.

If you've ever dreamed of being a narrator — or wondered what it's like — this episode is for you!

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/nyob/transcript

WATCH: https://youtu.be/HwbE-MF4eQ8

WATCH: https://youtu.be/HwbE-MF4eQ8

gdp,
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@grammargirl Curiosity required me to look into why he’s the seventeenth David H. Lawrence.

gdp, to random
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Maps now shows details of a local golf course. That’s impressive.

Saltssaltgirl, to random
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Student: When does spring break start?

Me: Next Friday.

Student: When do we come back?

Me: April 8th.

Student: That's a long time to have off.

Me: Yeah, it's a pretty good break.

Student: I didn't mean it like that.

Me: How did you mean it?

Student: (quietly) Would it be possible for me to bring snacks home for me and my brother?

Me: Of course! We'll pack up all your favorites!

Me: (remembering not everyone looks forward to school breaks) We'll pack up your brother's favorites too.

gdp,
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@Saltssaltgirl I'm an administrator. So much is wrong in education in America. But you're part of what's right. Thank you.

matt, (edited ) to random
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We've known forever that Apple works with Google (by taking $10+ billion per year) to be the default search engine on iPhones and to help flesh out Spotlight/Siri search results, but today people are shocked by a rumor that Apple would consider a deal with Google to enhance their AI offerings...

If true, I bet Apple has their own LLM tools for local and personal stuff, and Gemini is harnessed in some way for web related requests.

gdp,
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@matt Other way around. Google pays Apple.

gdp, to random
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So, a fun new feature in iOS 17.4: after CarPlay reads an incoming text, Music plays a random song.

maique, to random
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🙅🏻‍♂️ Guess which one I picked?

gdp,
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@maique I set that mute a couple of weeks ago. Plenty of posts about it still make it through, though.

gdp, to random
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I’m giving the server setup for Beluga a try purely out of curiosity. It’s a pretty painful process so far.

josh, to random
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I’m not about to switch to the shit show that is Android or anything, but christ, this shit from Apple is really indefensible.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-app-stores-and-more-ipad-changes/

gdp,
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@josh @cory I hate Android, too, but the new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra looks pretty sweet. I’ve been toying with getting one as a work device.

gdp, to random
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🤙 What a week this has been! And Friday tried to hold on with its cold, dead hands.

maique, to random
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🏤 Standing in line at the post office. I’ll probably sleep here tonight too, if I take the speed of said line as reference.

gdp,
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@maique I was unaware the United States Postal Service operated in Portugal.

kev, to random
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I’ve been testing for the last week or so (yes I know about the Brave drama, but I don't want to go there).

So far I'm impressed with the results and I'm considering subscribing. But they had an outage yesterday which lasted HOURS, and because their extension basically intercepts and redirect any search traffic, I couldn't just visit DDG and search. I had to disable the ext first (which is a pain in Safari).

This has me questioning whether a fledgling search engine is the right choice…

gdp,
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@kev That was the first time I’ve noticed a Kagi outage so I’m hoping it was a one-off. As for the Brave drama, DDG is in the same boat, so there really is no drama (or there’s unavoidable drama all around) if you ask me.

gdp, to random
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Weather is supposed to be severe today, and more than half of the school districts in the state have transitioned to an e-learning day. That makes me worry for students in schools like mine. Eighty percent of our students would be safer in school, but there’s no safe way to get them there.

gdp,
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@Saltssaltgirl I’m in the Midlands of South Carolina. Eighty percent of the students in my district live in single wide mobile homes. We could actually probably get them to school but then we wouldn’t be able to get them home later. Winds will be too high to put buses on the road.

gdp,
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@Saltssaltgirl I’ve thought that many times in similar situations. We have more of these types of e-learning days now than snow or ice days.

gdp,
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@Saltssaltgirl Most of our students do have internet at home. But they have five school days to submit the work for both attendance and grading purposes. So there’s grace built into the system in case there are power outages or a student is one of the few that doesn’t have internet access.

appleinsider, to random
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In order to spite Apple with a simple feature, Hey decided to give away a digital Apple history calendar for free, inspired by the successful Kickstarter campaign for a physical Apple history calendar.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/01/08/hey-calendar-resubmitted-with-spiteful-apple-history-feature-inspired-by-successful-kickstarter?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

gdp,
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@mlevison @appleinsider @ismh Make no mistake. He wasn’t trying to be clever. He was absolutely, 100% trying to be a jerk.

gdp, to random
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People upset with Kagi for partnering with Brave are going back to DuckDuckGo. But DDG also partners with Brave, and has for a while. There is no other option, really. It’s the enshitificatiom of search. They’re all poisonous in some way and users have to pick their poison.

gdp, to random
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I received a random email message telling me that the email address listed on my omg.lol page could be scraped and gave me the link for a veiled email service. The email listed on my omg.lol page is a masked email address and is clearly marked as such.

Em0nM4stodon, (edited ) to random

2024 Resolutions:

Do not adopt a raccoon :blobraccoon:​

Do not pet grizzly bears 🧸​

Do not let the geese see you :blobcatsweat:​​

Do not steal gold from dragons :dragn_head:​

Do not expect friendships from orcas :black_sparkling_heart_black:​

Stop trying to teach Python to snakes 🐍

gdp,
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@Em0nM4stodon If you break any one of these resolutions, we expect a full and detailed report as soon as fate allows.

gdp, to random
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When boredom kicks in at the end of an extended break from school, things like this can of happen. I added a Uses page to pair with my Now page. @robb, I suppose this can serve as my entry to the @hemisphericviews App Defaults list. https://golfdeltapapa.blog/uses/

grammargirl, to random
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Despite drinking coffee for decades, I have no idea what I like, and my grocery store had a coffee sale, so I did my own taste test this morning:

So far Dunkin' Original Blend > Starbucks Breakfast Blend > Starbucks Veranda.

Veranda was so bitter! I'm hoping I can rescue it by using it to make cold brew.

gdp,
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@grammargirl I can’t recommend a coffee subscription service highly enough. Trade and Atlas are great choices. Beans are roasted specifically for your order and that makes a huge difference. If you have a Lowe’s Foods nearby, you can usually find relatively fresh roasted beans there, too.

inkeduprunner, to random
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If iMessage was on Android, I might consider making a Pixel my daily driver.

gdp,
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@inkeduprunner @andycarolan Same here. While I love the Samsung hardware, and would immediately buy a Samsung device with iOS if such a creature existed, I despise Android OS. I’m all in on the Apple ecosystem.

gdp, to random
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In @MonaApp, is there a way to get media to display centered? Seems like that should be the default because left justified media just looks wrong. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

matt, to random
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Movie #18: Old

I hadn't considered changing servers would break my movies thread, but here we are 🙃

gdp,
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@matt What app are you using to catalog your movie watching? I haven’t seen that UI anywhere.

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