Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

I think Coraline comes very close in that handmade feel.

Watched Labyrinth with the kids. It's aged...fairly well. Relatively long intro by today's immediacy. I'd be curious how they'd make it now.

Nostalgia in the comments is cautionary. I was actually there; not only did they have some sound problems not evident in this mix, but they were quite underwhelming. It didn't help that all the opening acts were pretty quiet.
https://youtu.be/SHlAjWtGFjU

Sure Greta Van Fleet sound, er, a bit familiar to anyone that has heard like, one Led Zep record but they're fun and new, and anything new in rock is good at the moment. 🥁 🎸

This Taylor Swift cover by Yonaka is really good https://open.spotify.com/track/636fGHC8LlkdwUoNhYDPjR?si=JwW9cqK_SUq3w-86bcpx1A

I've been really enjoying Riki Rachtman's reminiscing about the 80s Sunset Strip scene. I have also realised who GTA's Lazlow was modelled on.
https://open.spotify.com/show/1tjkHsCvsACgZt0MCxeh9Y?si=AQ9pGFVLTsePRV8u9e2A1w

I miss knowing what people were playing on Winamp

I assumed this happened either way

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-49263260

Just as app developers lose the legal defence of complexity when they restrict instances, so now AWS can now be compelled to remove subscribers as long as the pretext is satisfied. This is not necessarily good, as it only requires manipulation of the pretext.

I know people are pleased about AWS binning Gab but I am somewhat alarmed at the precedent.

Been down a bit of a live Ozzy YouTube rabbit hole. Holy hell Zakk Wylde and Geezer Butler were pretty amazing. Ozzy half cut, as usual...

https://youtu.be/xGmQAqAcgTA

I've always been amused by people that repeatedly try an occupied toilet cubicle door, as if it's somehow just stuck and will open if they keep trying it.

Today I had the experience of someone actually rotating the lock with a coin to open it, resulting in a surprisingly heated exchange with the occupant.

Why wouldn't you assume the obvious, that it is occupied?

Such a weird tone. 'Dont worry, we will deal with these malingering scum'

Sickness in the most stressful departments? Shocker. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17808595.six-southampton-city-council-39-s-employees-sacked-sickness-absence/

Anyone know if and when @maiyannah is going to be back online?

If you go to any open source event it's quite evident that the corporate takeover is ostensibly complete anyway. Virtually every project of note is run by employees of large commercial interests.

I do wonder if desktop Linux is just going to be a hellish mix of free and proprietary components in the future. It seems almost inevitable as Windows fades more and the ecosystem becomes more bastardized.

Manjaro shipping proprietary office suite as a default. I don't think that will work out for them. https://forum.manjaro.org/t/testing-update-2019-07-29-kernels-xfce-4-14-pre3-haskell/96690

It's a small part of the Fedi but I like the fact there's different languages in my feed. Even if I don't always understand what they're saying (I have very basic French comprehension) I like the fact it feels truly international.