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whitneymcn

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Have enjoyed making and doing stuff on the majority of the webs thus far. Now working on web-related stuff for a book publisher. I like music. Brooklyn gardener. May or may not be notable.

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jacobydave, to random

So, before picks were cellulose, they were tortoiseshell. You don't see real tortoiseshell much, outside of antique shops and such because endangered.

But some players, in my experience bluegrass players, will cut up old combs for picks because, for what they play and in their tradition, tortoise sounds best. I play Ultex after hearing it's the next best thing.

And now I see these. I'm curious, and suspicious.

https://reverb.com/item/3119149-real-turtle-shell-guitar-pick-tortoise-shell-guitar-pick-tone-acoustic-guitar

whitneymcn,
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@jacobydave Given that tortoiseshell has been illegal for picks in the US for about 40 years now, I wonder how many musicians, regardless of focus, have done side-by-side testing of sound for the picks, specifically, independent of other factors.

I respect having a respect for history, but if I, personally, can't hear a difference, then I don't particularly care whether there is a difference, you know?

SteveBellovin, to random
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I can never keep track of whether it's the fifth or the sixth of November I’m supposed to remember.

whitneymcn,
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@SteveBellovin Wait, what? It goes like this:

Remember, remember November Fourteenth /
Melville published Moby Dick /
So that American high school students /
Would have to read it forever /
Even though his short works were kind of better

whitneymcn, to random
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Making chili.

jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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My name is Jan Wildeboer, I own a Brother laser printer that JustPrints(tm) since many years and I support this message :)

(and should you think that screenshot is fake — it isn't: https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine )

H/T https://0w0.is/objects/6827014a-a2be-457f-bab8-af8c4ce51b8a

whitneymcn,
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@jwildeboer Seconded, and here's mine, in need of dusting -- possibly the only home printer that I've never hated.

ai6yr, to ai
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Rapper blames AI-written closing arguments for conviction https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/fugees-rapper-blames-conviction-on-his-lawyers-ai-fueled-closing-argument/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

whitneymcn,
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@ai6yr It's sad that "somebody is going to prison because lazy," but I also think that we might as well get all this shit out into consideration, legally, ASAP.

ElleGray, to random
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If your english teacher said you could be a writer but now you just post on mastodon you may be entitled to financial compensation.

whitneymcn,
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@ElleGray Oh, flashbacks, okay!

My English teacher, senior year of high school, introducing me to a student teacher: "and this is Whitney, he can really write up a storm...[mock angry look at me]...even about nothing!"

Me, 17 years old: "No, that's not true -- ESPECIALLY about nothing!"

[Entire class, including teacher, bursts into laugher.]

While -- to be fair to me -- that comeback was brilliant, in hindsight maybe I should have thought more about the advice offered in the subtext.

historyofpunkrock, to punk
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38 years ago today
The Descendents, Sun Valley Sportsman's Hall, September 27, 1985.

Photo by Alison Braun

Notes
The flyer is from a gig 14 days earlier

image/jpeg

whitneymcn,
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@historyofpunkrock

No age limit
No fights

HeavenlyPossum, to random

One of the worst cons ever pulled on me in my adolescence and early adulthood was the idea that there exists such a thing as “good debt.”

whitneymcn,
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@HeavenlyPossum It exists, but only when you already have so much money that your financial advisors are the ones actually worrying about the issue, rather than you.

misc, to random
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New chef's knife, maybe my fav wedding gift, already has some rust/discoloration. 😦 gotta up my knife care game

whitneymcn,
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@misc On the plus side: the knife will very likely forgive you.

I haven't always been careful with the chef's knife I received for college graduation, 30 years ago, and even with "I usually try to remember to treat it well" as the baseline it's still in good shape today.

ai6yr, to random
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Literally, these folks are flying around in their private jets more than I drive my car to the store. Every day...

Flight showing Marc Benioff landing in San Jose area.

whitneymcn,
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@ai6yr But it's also important to consider how much less successful and important these dudes would feel if they weren't taking private jet flights that could be emails.

(Emails sent by one of their personal assistants.)

misc, to random
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So, hypothetically, if one spills beer on a MacBook Air that's covered by AppleCare Plus, that's still a $300 "copay" huh? (hypothetically)

whitneymcn,
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@misc I have definitely never looked a corporate IT person dead in the eyes and said "yeah, I don't know what could have happened, it just started acting weird" in exactly that situation.

GottaLaff, to random
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I'm adding the screen grab, FYI.

Via Josh Gerstein: 1/...

JUST IN: Former Attorney General Ed submits court declaration calling prosecution of Trump and ex-DOJ official Jeff Clark 'a major affront to
federal supremacy never before seen in the history of our country.' https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.319419/gov.uscourts.gand.319419.48.0.pdf

whitneymcn,
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@GottaLaff I try not to actively wish anyone ill, but at the same time, I can't bring myself to wish Ed Meese well.

ekuber, to random
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Conferences for projects and communities that mainly communicate online over text should always have badges with space for an avatar and a username.

whitneymcn,
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@ekuber I like this approach.

ernie, to random
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“Honey, can we remortgage the house?”

“What for?”

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186072286633

whitneymcn,
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@ernie If we might be able to negotiate an east coast location for this, I'll kick in some dollars.

whitneymcn,
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@ernie Yesssssssssss

scribandotcom, to Yankees

I have to credit the for finding even dumber ways of losing games this deep into a season.

whitneymcn,
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@scribandotcom Soon, George, soon.

You're almost ready. I can feel it.

whitneymcn,
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@Jonathanglick @scribandotcom I agree! We can all do it in our own ways, but the important thing is that we all hate the Yankees.

😀

whitneymcn,
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@Jonathanglick @scribandotcom I may have been sitting next to George at the final Expos game.

I don't happen to recall the final score off the top of my head, though...

ChrisPirillo, to LEGO
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vs

video/mp4

whitneymcn,
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@ChrisPirillo Both!

mekkaokereke, to random
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Ugh!

I sang "1135809" to the tune of "867-5309" making a silly joke an hour ago, and just now realized that I still remember the number. I've accidentally memorized his prisoner number! And now you have too*. Sorry!

The human brain works in weird ways.

(*Your only hope is if you don't sing it. Sing it even once and you're doomed! We still know Mike Jones' Sprint mobile number.)

whitneymcn,
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@mekkaokereke Also works nicely to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star.

whitneymcn, to random
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As a 50+ music nerd, I'm making the most of having teenage children at this moment: yes, I saw all of those bands, at least twice, back when none of us were old yet.

Also: no I don't know who that is, why are bringing up things that happened in the past couple of decades?

whitneymcn, to Bloomscrolling
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Governor's Island, a lovely sunny day; some sort of phlox.

chrismessina, to random
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🆕 The news is out!

Excited to j̶o̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶r̶k̶s̶i̶d̶e̶- become a VC alongside my Techmeme Ride Home podcast collaborator Brian McCullough to find and support the next generation of AI founders!

Is that you?

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/09/messina-joins-ride-home-funds-new-15m-ai-vehicle-backed-by-andreessen-dixon-crowley/

whitneymcn,
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@chrismessina That's excellent! Make thoughtful decisions!

misc, to random
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Fedi app feature idea: break long posts up so they look like threads

*not actually suggesting this

whitneymcn,
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@misc You are large, you contain multitudes.

whitneymcn, to Bloomscrolling
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Trailing nasturtium in the front windows.

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