You’re not wrong, but why wouldn’t you just post that stuff to global news/politics communities? Wouldn’t it make.more sense to focus on what differentiates the Europe lemmy community?

Presumably they see it as somehow affecting their bottom line? Guess it could just be outright bigotry though.

Shadow is a favourite, I’ve been listening to him for nearly 20 years. I went to see him last year. He’s fucking next level though, I can’t comprehend the patience it would require to do what he does. Blockhead is similar.

If you’re in to that stuff, you REALLY should check out Kognitif’s Soul Food Album - IMO the most under-rated instrumental hip-hop album ever, I love it so much.

I’ve been really digging El-P’s production lately. It seems a little bit simpler, less going on, but it hits super hard. Still requires years to develop that that taste for what samples should go where, I think.

Instances are websites. Federation just means that they can automatically communicate directly between multiple intakes, and share information without requiring user interaction.

All this happens via APIs. Any website that implements ActivityPub APIs properly can federate with other sites as part of the fediverse.

Lots of good stuff in here!

The point about separating out sample finding time from making music is really good. I often find myself in the middle of making a track, and think “I really could use a sample of X here”, and then go off down a rabbit hole of search (and rarely finding something appropriate).

Actually grabbing and using the samples is much easier than finding them, IMO… crate-digging style sampling is more miss than hit for me so far. I do get the feeling that I should be trying to slow down, and approach each potential sample-source track more deliberately though…

I did find https://samplette.io/ recently, which is pretty cool. Like an automated youtube crate digger, and you can filter by lots of parameters, like genre, number of views, etc.

Pretty good analysis, for sure.

I agree that just dumping progressive policies on top of that is a recipe for failure. I don’t know the best way forward, but I’m sure a better way forward is possible, and I’m also sure that existing Dem policy platforms haven’t managed it… I suspect the answer lies in embracing and communicating different core values, but I’m not sure which combination would work with (or against) America’s crazy slant toward individualism…

FWIW, I DO think the brat vibe was a good thing to try, even if it didn’t pan out. I wonder if it might have with a man (e.g. dark Brandon vibes)…

Haha, yeah, it’s way beyond what could currently do - I have barely used a router. I was thinking you could trace the line for a spiral jig by having a a peg the right diameter in the middle, wrapping some non-stretchy string around it, and tying a pencil to it. But yeah, actually cutting it neatly would be a bitch. I guess a jigsaw and a lot of patience and clean up.

But yeah, probably way more suited to CNC :)

I think you meant to say chapter?

Don’t ask me why not

Seems like this is something the democrats really need to put a lot of work into figuring out. But it doesn’t really seem like the mainstream of the DNC is all that interested. It seems like they think they already have it worked out, and that people should just follow along…

Re: “progressive” and “socialism”, sure, I get you. I think that there’s potentially a LOT of scope for simple reframing that would resonate though, like Gary’s Economics’ “tax wealth not work” frame. But I don’t think the DNC would pick that up, because too many of them are wealthy, or mates with wealthy people…

Yeah, for sure. It’s been gamed before, but it’s been gradually improving over the last few decades

What do you think WOULD make more people turn out for the democrats, if not more progressive policies?

If you have bitwig, you really don’t need much else. Other things can be nice to have, but focusing on new gear/software is a never ending rabbit hole that has a near-complete reduction in productivity at the bottom. Bitwig’s included synths, samplers, and effects are WILDLY powerful, and you can do basically anything you can do in any other synth, with few exceptions.

I would focus on trying to make specific things. Like, try to recreate a section of a track you like. If you can’t see an obvious way to do a specific part in bitwig, look up a tutorial, or download a sample. That way you’ll focus on doing stuff you like, and on learning how to do it better.

Perhaps. Personally I think the causality is the other way around. If the left within the Dems had more influence, the party would be more inspiring, and more people would get out to vote…

But yeah, either way, unless you’re inside the dems making that happen (and that’s hard, because the neoliberals within the dems have lots of money and power), then you don’t have much influence over electoral politics. Better and easier to get involved in other forms of politics, IMO. And work on the voting stuff when you’re near an election, if you want.

It’s AI in so far as any ML is AI.

TBH, it’s mostly the corporate control and misinformation/hype that’s the problem. And the fact that they can require substantial energy use and are used for such trivial shit. And that that use is actively degrading people’s capacity for critical thinking.

ML in general can be super useful, and is an excellent tool for complex data analysis that can lead to really useful insights…

So yeah, uh… Eat the rich? And the marketing departments. And incorporate emissions into pricing, or regulate them to the point where it only becomes viable to non-trivial use cases.

Mmm… I would have voted democrats, if I was american (we have a similar situation here in aus).

But I’m under no illusion that they will save us. Both of our centrist parties (Dems, Labor) are still completely on board with neoliberalism and are still expanding environmentally destructive industries. Yes, they are clearly less fucked than the right wing parties, but they also aren’t going to save us. We need to do more than just vote.

Cooool. Now do one with opposing spirals!

Teamsters Canada? They have a freight division: https://teamsters.ca/about/union-profile/

What country?

Good point