Phenomephrene

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[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 5 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

Beta testing a system update. Lots of improvements here. This beta has been open for quite a while, and it seems to be catching on. It's already more or less stable. I expect mass adoption with somewhat regional distribution at the 1.0 release. Of course you'll have the stragglers insisting the out-dated version was better. In comparison I find it clunky, restrictive, and demanding. Our processing power has increased in orders of magnitude; why we'd want to keep using an archaic way of doing things like this is a head scratcher.

[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 21 points 14 hours ago

Taking SSRIs, I feel like I'm living with an anvil strapped to my back.

Before I started on them, I felt like I was wrapped around the singularity at the center of a massive black hole. Utterly, utterly crushed; reduced down to the size of something that may as well be nothing. So far past the event horizon that I couldn't even see it anymore.

At least an anvil can be useful for smithing something practical, hearty, and if one has the skill, something artful.

So you're saying Akira wasn't based on a true story?

[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It would be very on-brand, and probably entertaining, if these two send absolute bottom dollar lawyers to represent their case.

Yeah. While I think it unlikely enough that anyone from the Vatican is using the fediverse, I think I'm safe in completely dismissing out of hand that anyone with the official capacity to represent the Vatican is here posting about their dissatisfaction with the Olympics.

This is mostly me as well. The only difference is that I've pretty much stopped drinking soda. Everything else is accurate though.

Pro tip: Have other people do the scratching.

The only way to become a billionaire is to exploit the labor of others.

[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Excellent movie. A great one to sail the seas to find. Hasbro can still eat it for that horse hockey they tried pulling with the OGL. I haven't forgotten; I won't forget.

Absolutely. I've had two episodes of sleep paralysis in my life that we're accompanied by some intense dream imagery and audio hallucination. And I've had one extremely potent nightmare that easily could have otherwise passed as an alien abduction incident.

Those three were a rush to fully awake from. The abduction one woke me from a dead sleep as they were inserting an instrument into my navel. 10/10 would do again.

One is never satisfied, as I'm assuming you know. I have plans to swap some out, but my current lineup includes:

Novation Peak Casio CZ-1 Novation Ultranova Radikal Technologies Delta Cep-A Dreadbox Abyss Polyend Tracker and a couple other supplemental pieces

If you're a gearhound yourself I wouldn't mind a look into your setup if you care to oblige.

[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I have a mile long document of yet to be used ideas for song titles, synth patch names, lyric ideas, what have you...

I just harvested from that. It works.

The best place to go when you're looking to dish out some lil swimmers.

 

Tasty riffing, tasty vocals, TASTY guitar solo!

 

If this doesn't get you going I don't know what to tell you.

 

One of the most transcendent vocal passages I know of. Just as affective hearing it the hundredth time as it was the first.

 

I think Ron Jarzombek might be a cyborg, but I can't prove it.

Bandcamp

Edit: Sorry for the bum link. The original video is super cool, but Dailymotion apparently sucks. I'll try to see if I can get a work around and show it in the comments.

 

This album stands toe to toe with any of the most classic death metal albums you can name.

 

Gimme a bit o' that drum kit.

 

I don't recall having seen this pop up in this community. Give a rundown of your favorite albums. Top slot, top 3, top 5, 10... whatever's easiest to you since I know it can be tough to narrow things down to a specific degree.

It'll be interesting to see where everyone is coming from in this regard. Could create for a good opportunity to discuss albums, find people with similar tastes, argue that a different album from someone's catalog is better, etc.

I'll throw mine down in a separate comment once I get it figured out.

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