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gigastasio

@ gigastasio @sh.itjust.works

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    What do you think of the book Fahrenheit 451?

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  • It was a quick read - pretty sure I burned through it in a weekend. Message was right up front, poignant, and unmistakable. Most importantly, it’s not “heady” literature. It’s written in a clear, accessible way, which is a good way to make sure your message reaches the widest audience possible.

  • What's a fun piece of free software I should learn to use this week?

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  • That’s perfect! Thank you.

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  • What are your thoughts on fate/destiny ?

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  • Fate/destiny is nothing more than the intersections of the choices that we make that affect each other. It’s what you call it when what happens to you is out of your control and you cannot freely choose your way out of it. For example, you choose to get in my car and I choose to drive you somewhere. My free choice on where to go and how fast becomes your fate. You are fated to exist because two people chose to fuck. Scale that relationship to encompass a society and the complex ways in which we make choices, and it becomes evident that free will and fate/destiny are two sides of the same coin.

  • What's a fun piece of free software I should learn to use this week?

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  • Well the problem is that I can no longer install Finale on my system and from what I’ve read, you’d need to use Finale to convert .musx files to Xtml for import. I might have to find another way or bug a friend of mine who might still have Finale to do it for me.

  • What's a fun piece of free software I should learn to use this week?

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  • Do you know if MuseScore is able to import old files from Finale? That’s what used to use and not Finale is defunct and I’m not able to get at any of my old scores. Don’t see a FAQ on their page.

  • What are your favorite joke/insult names for corporations?

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  • Whole Foods -> Whole Paycheck

    Walmart is its own insult.

  • Art on the walls

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  • Artist: Cat

    Medium: Cat

    Title: Cat

  • Random cat I found

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  • “So there I was, randomly and innocently walking on people’s roofs, when suddenly…”

  • In your opinion is reading War and Peace the same accomplishment as listening to the audiobook? Why or why not?

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  • I feel like there’s an analytical factor that comes with reading that doesn’t quite translate as effectively with audiobooks. Yes you can listen to a story on audiobook and understand the subtext and that’s great. But when you really want to pause and sit with a passage and ponder it further, or you’re trying to really dig into the way it’s constructed, I find that easier with a written page. It’s not impossible with an audiobook, just strikes me as maybe a little clunkier.

  • Going out of town for a few days next week. What are some good ways to keep my cat occupied and happy while I'm gone?

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  • My little idiot attacks the TV whenever I put those on so as much as I wish I could I fear the worst. But I thought about like one of those automatic wand or laser toys. Is there one I can operate remotely?

  • What's that thing the internet insists you be outraged about but you just can't bring yourself to care?

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  • Let’s go all the way back to TMP with people indignant about how the Klingons looked. And somehow that got around before there was an internet to go crying to.

  • What's that thing the internet insists you be outraged about but you just can't bring yourself to care?

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  • Same here. In fact I own almost no physical media anymore except for a few rare CD’s and vinyl. All my games are digital.

    The argument that this damages the preowned game market is valid to a point. Though anymore any time I shop for preowned games they’re close enough in price to new games that I don’t see the point. And if that level of greed has infiltrated that market, maybe it deserves to die.

    I know someone is going to yell at me about that but that’s kinda how I see it.

  • Sounds about right

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  • Reminds me of this:

  • What are your best dating stories?

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  • Back when I was in college I went on a blind date. I drove all the way to NYC to meet her. All I knew about her at the time was she said she was a writer. I get there, we meet up, and it turns out she really was a writer…for DC Comics.

    So in addition to dinner and a movie, I was treated to a tour of the Manhattan DC Comics offices, saw some cool props like the Catwoman costume that Michelle Pfeiffer wore. I also took the opportunity to pick her brain a little about how writers and artists collaborate to bring a comic to life. The following morning we met up for breakfast before I headed home.

    It never went further than that single date but damn what a memory.

  • People who still use Reddit, why?

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  • Unfortunately the music communities here aren’t active enough. By which I mean the ones dedicated to music production, songwriting, etc. The Reddit communities aren’t what they used to be but they’re still fairly active, so after about six months of Reddit detox I made an account that’s the same name as my music project, strictly for the purpose of feedback, promotion, and networking with the artists that are still there.

    And even in those communities, once robust discussions among pros and semi-pros have given way to bickering about AI, worthless “listen for listen” posts that don’t get you actual followers, and amateurs who can’t understand why their video of them poorly singing their dogshit song on their Walmart guitar didn’t instantly get 1000 streams.

    But still, it’s someplace to go for now. I’d love nothing more than to learn of the existence of other active communities where one can talk with competent musicians, get meaningful criticism, and obtain followers who actually appreciate you as an artist.

    I don’t venture outside of the music communities. At. All. Aside from this, Reddit is dead to me.

  • Looking fabulous

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  • Me listening to our project manager explain in excruciating detail the lab procedures that I’ve already been using for eight years.

  • AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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  • What is your favourite hobby and what do you value it for?

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  • Music production

    I was a professional musician most of my adult life, but it was all performance and I never really got to experience the recording/audio engineering side. So I’m semi-retired out of that now, and I built a little recording studio in my house and have been slowly studying production while continuing to write and record music. It’s a good hobby for me because it allows me to keep scratching that musical itch I’ve always had and gets me out of my own head after working in a lab all damn day.