Absolutely fair point, and I agree with you to some degree. I imagine that it’s somewhere in the middle, where bands have flooded the space so that if no technical means exists for discovery, we’ve traded off friction points. Instead of the 90’s version where people would drive 40 minutes to the cool reord store in the next town over, now discerning listeners looking for gems have to wade through more and more bands they don’t like. It’s no one’s fault, it’s just how it is.
Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when MP3s were new. If it wasn’t for a HD crash in 2003, I would still have MP3s from the 90s.
Plus, I was agreeing with you. WTF?
I’m not talking about sharing in particular, I’m talking about friction involved in discovery. You have to know someone to share the link, even today. So someone is out there spending 10 hours a day listening to random stuff on YT just to get something to share, not waiting around for the algorithm to give them music.
So you’re saying that no one listens to music that isn’t spoon-fed to them?
My friend, algos won’t show me Swedish power metal, I gotta go find it. No one waited for Rage to come on the radio, you sought it out at the record store or from friends that had copied demo tapes and mix tapes.
You’re exactly right.
WTF algorithm was there to serve us on demand copying mix and demo tapes? We had to touch physical media to get the songs. It took effort, sometimes $5 in gas money, a stack of blank tapes at home, and working two-deck stereo.
Not just for Rage-type alt music and punk, but the entire early hip-hop and rap scenes were almost exclusively bootlegged and home-made.
This isn’t about “kids today have it so easy” - this is about good songs overcoming massive headwinds to get popular and simply heard. Music discovery was word of mouth, rumors, and who had what on hand. The thrill of the hunt got you amazing results.
Right now there’s probably someone making killer music and posting to YT or peertube with like 3 views because everyone just accepts the algo slop and no one looks for the gems.
Someone was posting on I think PrivacyGuides about Eich also being part of developing JS, which is why I mentioned it. I’m not a dev, so great, he also did Rust? OK. Well, great for him I guess?
I don’t like Chromium browsers, so I use Vivaldi rarely when I need one.
I hate to get all conspiracy theory, but the guy knew that a Congressional hearing on the Epstein Files was happening. He is a skilled manipulator. So what does he do to suck all the air out of DC? Nothing. He takes a few days off, his social media goons see the “is he dead?” stuff on X - I’m not even sure that they didn’t push it - and then anything he did at any point would be the lead news. So he trots out a super-size nothingburger and the media can. not. get. enough.
Did that hearing make the “Breaking!” Fox News chiron? Nope. Totally drown out by this guy.
I generally don’t care about personalities involved in tech. I mean, Peter Theil money also started Brave. If that’s not a dealbreaker, then I don’t know what is. But tech people get weird at a certain point, and until they do something like sieg heil someone a couple times in a room full of wannabe Nazis, I’m pretty ambivalent if the product works.
That being said, Brave doesn’t spoof or mask canvas info when I’ve tested it, and IIRC audio info, leaving very specific aspects of browser fingerprinting open. It does spoof fonts, which is great, so maybe they’ll get there one day. So it’s not a silver bullet or Tor by any means.
Speaking of which, JS is a very easy way to track people across the internet as well. So I have to manage JS exposure when I need real privacy. So nothing’s perfect. No one is superhuman, and everything is subjective. If Brave works for you, cool. I’ve never trusted it, but I’ll use it when the moment demands something more than Vivaldi.
I’m also on Mint, and love it.
-Actual client testimonial
OK, then it’s definitely your blank email from a .sn TLD with an empty message body. That’s like 3 huge red flags. The .sn TLD shouldn’t be a deal breaker, but it means you will always be scrutinized and need to make any emails with links or attachments look like they’re not spam unless the sender and you have some established back and forth already.
If it were me, I would start up as many free temp addresses as I can and send test emails to them that don’t look sketchy AF (text in the body only, then text with a link, then text with a PDF attachment) and see if you get the same results. If you have gmail addresses you can can access to use as well, be sure you use that. The problem with Gmail (in my experience at least) is that once an address pings for spam, it’s spam until someone else manually says “oh, no, not spam.” Possibly person by person. I’ve had to rescue more emails from spam than received spam to my inbox I had to dump to the spam folder. I have no idea, but other filters might work the same way.
Done. Never used it much anyway.
First off, are your DMARC, DKIM, and SPF all setup right?
Next, see of you can test any delays, like if you have another account, have someone email both and see if there’s any difference.
“Welcome to my TED talk about me.”
That’s like 98% of TED talks
“Lol, this is the best qualification I have now.”
-RFKJ
Please. PLEEEEEEEEASE!
Buddhist monk mediating: I am but an empty vessel.
You: Bro, you had rice for lunch.
Yes, but I love oysters.
Hearing them scream as I scarf a dozen of them? Not opposed, but seems like that’s going to ruin the meal.
I’ve been trying it out, and it’s solid. Startpage seems to get me where I need to go a bit quicker, but this is still a good backup and I’m thrilled to have another frontend for Brave search.
Entirely possible. It’s not a very good index, all things considered.
There’s also a 1,000% spike at Pizzato’s, but others far below average. Seems like 2 or 3 offices working over the weekend, not everyone.
Are you looking for the gems? Or making the gems? Either way, you’re doing the Lord’s work.