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rudyharrelson

@ rudyharrelson @lemmy.radio

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  • Why do I never hear about an artist "selling out" anymore?

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  • Adding on to this, I'll say the term is likely used less now because, for the reasons you mentioned, the common person actually aspires to get famous for the specific purpose of selling out and making a big payday to escape the hellscape of everyday wage-slavery.

    But then there are also "sell outs" that are totally situational. For example, a content creator (who I won't name because that's not the point) who's an OG that's been around for over 20 years now, constantly putting out content, never had sponsors until a few years ago. Initially I was annoyed at suddenly seeing "Sponsored by NordVPN!" and "Sponsored by RAID Shadow Legends!" in every video, but then I learned he'd had a child with his wife. And his child had a bad birth defect that required a lot of expensive surgeries.

    After that, I was like, "Get that paycheck, my guy." It's hard out there.

  • What are some tips for acting straight?

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  • I don't wanna be a buzzkill, but if you've only been practicing for a month so far, I'm not sure there's gonna be any particular resource that's going to make you improve faster, short of taking formal lessons. It sounds like you're already making good progress, so just keep doing what you're doing! Read that book you downloaded, add new finger exercises to your daily routine, and drill the chords and scales and such into your muscle memory so you can do them in your sleep. But this all takes time.

    The biggest factor, at least for me, was consistently practicing for years. I've been playing for about 17 years now and, by the end of the first year, I had spent hundreds of hours with the guitar in my hand (it was my primary hobby). I'm no rock star, but I got pretty decent by just practicing the stuff I wanted to play and learning the basic fundamental concepts like scales, arpeggios, chord structure, etc.

    One good piece of advice my old man gave me: even when you're not actively practicing, just having the guitar in your lap when you're working on other stuff winds up making it extremely comfortable to handle. I'd sit with the guitar in my lap while doing homework, or using the computer, and would end up fiddling with it here and there, gradually getting better at navigating the neck, getting more familiar with the distances between the strings, etc.

    And use. the. pinky. A lot of guitarists shy away from fretting with the pinky finger if they can avoid it, but they're doing themselves a disservice. Put in the effort to train your pinky to fret and it will pay dividends when you start tackling more advanced stuff. Even if you can easily hit a note with your ring finger, hit it with the pinky to give the pinky more practice so it becomes second nature.

    Find some finger exercises that help teach finger independence. I learned a great one from a Chet Atkins VHS tape back in the day, but I can't find it anywhere online at the moment; I'm sure there's a million similar exercises on YouTube though.

    If you're learning a song through a video on YouTube and it doesn't tell you the strumming pattern or the tuning or whatever, you can probably find that info on Ultimate Guitar. I'm not affiliated with them, just been using their site for basically the entire time I've been playing. Has an absolute mountain of chord charts, tabs, yada yada. Very useful.

    Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. 🎸

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  • As someone who's eaten many sauces and spice blends that incorporate Carolina reaper peppers, spiciness isn't the same as temperature with regard to heat. Lava's heat is physically destructive and one's tongue would likely be immediately burned beyond recognition. One wouldn't have time to assess the "taste" or texture at all before writhing in agony from severe burns.

    In contrast, I can eat a hot sauce made from super hot peppers and, while I'm in agony from the extremely potent capsaicin in the peppers, I haven't damaged my tongue in the process so I can actually taste the flavor and detect the texture of the food.

  • PeerTube mobile app : discover videos while caring for your attention

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  • I think using Apple products involves paying money to a company who actively hurts you and limits your rights

    Vendor lock-in and walled gardens aren't an Apple-specific problem, though. I'm not saying Apple doesn't have problems that they are particularly bad for, just that "paying money to a company who actively hurts you and limits your rights" isn't unique enough to Apple for me to consider someone not "walking the walk" for buying their products. Most mainstream phone brands have locked bootloaders that limit your rights to affect the hardware you purchased, but I'm not going to suggest someone isn't "walking the walk" with regard to their consumer rights for owning one.

    I’m not much of an absolutist. One can only do so much. But Apple is putting unreasonable constraints on consumers, and it should not be tolerated.

    I agree they're putting unreasonable constraints on consumers. I do not agree with labelling those who do tolerate it as not caring about their rights or not "walking the walk" when everyone has different, if arbitrary, desires, goals, and limitations that are unique to them.

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    What are some of your favorite kidult shows from growing up?

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  • This is the first I've heard of it, but it sounds pretty interesting. The new Avatar being born as one of a set of twins is a very neat idea that I wouldn't have considered. That can create some really compelling stories on its own.

  • PeerTube mobile app : discover videos while caring for your attention

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  • But if you care enough not to be ignorant and you still tolerate it, you might have a problem walking the walk rather than just talking the talk.

    I think it's disingenuous to suggest that people are only "walking the walk" if they take every single avenue possible to protect every single right they believe they have. I run Linux on every device I own, but the CPUs on those systems are still largely vulnerable to privacy violations from things like Intel Management Engine and other vectors caused by closed-source blobs in the firmware. Am I only "walking the walk" if I also go the extra mile to flash Coreboot or Libreboot to my devices?

    If you believe in your right to privacy, you shouldn't own a cell phone at all, should you? Even a dumb flip phone allows governments and other private entities with enough power or resources to monitor your location at all times.

  • When was the last time someone in position of power resigned due to shame?

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  • I dunno if "shame" is the right word, but Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom a couple of years ago after only 50-ish days in office and said it was because she couldn't deliver on the issues she campaigned on.

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  • I don't think it has to be all-or-nothing when it comes to caring about your rights. I care about my rights, but might still have to deal with a Windows PC for select use cases.

    I have friends who undoubtedly care about their rights and simultaneously own an iPhone. Does it make them a hypocrite? I don't think so. I think it means that "caring about your rights" is situationally, and generally, really difficult to put into practice in 2024 and not everyone can go full RMS and completely forgo all cell phone use on principle.

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    What are some of your favorite kidult shows from growing up?

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  • Avatar: The Last Airbender. I could rave about it all day.

    Also Gravity Falls like @swordgeek@lemmy.ca said.

    I never watched Justice League much as a kid, but my wife re-introduced it to me as an adult and it's a pretty great mix of kid-friendly superhero stories with fairly mature themes and plotlines.

    Additionally, a less awkward term than "kidult" is just "family entertainment". Shows/movies/books that can be enjoyed by a wide spectrum of ages.

  • If you've ever interacted with someone who speaks a different language, what is the funniest misunderstanding you've had?

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  • It typically refers to any job where you're working overnight, like from midnight to 8AM.

  • If you've ever interacted with someone who speaks a different language, what is the funniest misunderstanding you've had?

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  • Not my story, but one a friend told me.

    Someone had the misconception that there was a huge, huge sector of labor dedicated to working in cemeteries in the USA. Like almost everyone knew at least one person who worked at a cemetery. This misconception arose due to the ubiquity of the term "graveyard shift" regardless of the actual job being performed.

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  • Favourite cheese! 🧀

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  • I'm a fan of the classics: Parmesan, Cheddar, and Mozzarella, but my favorite changes depending on the dish. If it's cheese and crackers, Cheddar is my go-to. If I'm making a pasta dish, I tend to go with Parmesan and/or Mozzarella.

    But my favorite cheese of all-time was a smoked ghost-pepper Gruyère that my wife got me from a local maker.

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  • You don't have to thank me.

    Edited in GIMP.

  • What food did you hate in the past, but enjoy now?

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  • Pickles. They were too strong and sour for me. Now I love 'em.

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  • Hey Lemmy, what's a movie you think everybody should see at least once?

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  • That's so neat; I'd never noticed that before. And the walls closing in on the stage adaptation is really clever

  • Hey Lemmy, what's a movie you think everybody should see at least once?

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  • "12 Angry Men" (1957) is a personal favorite that I recommend to pretty much everyone. Great messages about questioning assumptions, challenging biases, understanding the limitations of evidence, acknowledging imperfections in the justice system, and the consequences thereof.

    The movie is also cinematically interesting to me because it feels "small". The entire movie just about takes place in one room, and the events of the film transpire over the course of one afternoon.