Lemmy_2019

Art, as the old adage goes, is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. It certainly is work, if you’ve ever sculpted an eight foot block of marble, or memorised one of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. And it doesn’t leave much time for paying the rent. The question is whether we compensate people for art, such that they can keep doing it. Does society invest in it, so that people of limited means can participate and have their voices heard? This debate has existed for thousands of years.

I’m sure astronauts love their work too, but they still get paid. Artistic endeavours cannot be reserved solely for the idle rich.

Livin’ the dream!

Hello fellow kid. I remember Pepsi Generation and MTV Generation. But you’re right, Gen X didn’t start in earnest until the 90s, I’m pretty sure.

Fun fact, Generation X originally applied to Boomers.

Like everyone else, I get distracted and forget to do this. Then I look out at my car while standing at the register. Naturally, the numbers are not visible from this location…

Everyday pops?

r/TotallyNotRobots is spreading everywhere.

It’s a terribly written article. It appears to be a transcript of a news segment. It’s almost impossible to follow what the ‘scam’ is or why Instagram is involved.

Spark for Android. EMclient for desktop. Both have combined inboxes.

That’s just Jim backwards.

Not specifically for guitar but MusicSheets is the best app to collect songs into collections and setlists for performance.

I’ve been on a Penny & Giles for over 10 years. Couldn’t compute without it.

I don’t want to get all ‘Rick and Morty is for high IQs’ but I would imagine the type of user that left Reddit in the recent protest is a bit more clued in than the average r/jokes commenter.

The discussions around here certainly have a flavour of the Old Reddit, before Digg even.

You can split hairs, but I certainly don’t ‘feel safer’ around people who raise their voice to me. It’s intemperate, threatening and often bullying. But I can see we won’t agree.

Thanks for doing the math. I have a deal with a commercial printer for slightly less, so it appears I won’t be changing. Rather not have the hassle either, in fairness.

Emotionally mature adults shouldn’t have to shout at anyone in daily life. It’s not repressed rage if you have an even temperament.

I do know several volatile people who consider it normal to ‘blow off steam’ by having a raging argument every now and then. It may be helpful to them but it’s childish and unfair to those around them.

Interesting. What’s the total price per sheet on decent paper? I do a few hundred A3 prints a week.

Totally ignoring ‘non-Western’ like most people here, but it’s all I know.

You could look into the Pre-Christian mythology of Ireland. The Túatha Dé Danann, Fomorians, the Fianna (including Fionn mac Cumhaill), and Cú Chulainn.

There are countless books available, including by WB Yeats, but the most ubiquitous is likely Early Irish Myths and Sagas from Penguin Classics.

Not 100% ,but iirc this is what actually happened to Spez (re: r/jailbait) back in the day, and it’s followed him ever since. Plenty of other reasons to hate the guy I’m sure, but not that.

I’m not a programmer, but do you have something called an API? You could probably charge fees for that.