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The Russian arms dealer who was exchanged for Brittney Griner is trying to sell weapons to the Houthis: report in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Looks like the Russian version of Camping with Steve.

Which are lesser-known movies that are well worth seeing? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

A Man for All Seasons. Excellent legal drama and look into the birth of the Anglican church.

What instrumental songs would you be most intrigued to hear someone made lyrics for? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

This is quite literally one of the reasons I started making music. Too many instrumentals without vocals.

Buck 65 recently wrote that a vinyl plant refused to press his record unless he named every sample he used and provided clearances. They used AI to detect if his music was sample-based. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This affects indie and hobby artists more than mainstream artists. But tbh I never really cared for vinyl. CDs and cassettes are where it's at for hobbyists.

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Buck 65 recently wrote that a vinyl plant refused to press his record unless he named every sample he used and provided clearances. They used AI to detect if his music was sample-based. (fedia.io)
 

Buck 65 is a rapper from Canada. If you aren't familiar with him here's one of my favourite songs from him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OViINrmZUY

He recently wrote this on his substack: "Not long after sending the master off, we received a message from the pressing plant (one of the bigger, more popular plants). They said there was an issue and refused to go forward with the pressing until the issue was resolved. We came to find out that they used AI to analyze the album and determined that the music was sample-based. They said they would only press the album if full details on sample clearances was provided. I went through all of this with Warner back when I signed my deal back in 2002 or whenever it was. That paperwork may or may not be collecting dust in a drawer somewhere in the world. Finding it now would be impossible and going though the whole process again - with lawyers and contracts and blah, blah, blah - would be just as difficult. I don’t even have a lawyer anymore. So we bailed and then had to scramble to find a different plant that was willing to do the job as pre-orders were already in and all copies sold out in advance."

Has anyone heard anything similar? If more widespread this could kill vinyls across the board, not just hip hop but anything sample based from plunderphonics to vaporwave.

The full article is here but only the first paragraph talks about this issue: https://buck65.substack.com/p/hill-and-gully-ride

This isn't good.

Germany hammers Trump over debate barbs about Berlin’s energy transition in c/[email protected]
Germany hammers Trump over debate barbs about Berlin’s energy transition in c/[email protected]
Arizona GOP Launches 'Eat Less Kittens' Billboards Referencing Unfounded Conspiracy Theory in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I doubt it. Those that would've opposed them left the party. Now if the GOP were to somehow get rid of Trump and he went on to form his own party out of spite? That could definitely end the GOP.

Elon Musk sets his sights on Taylor Swift: "I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

She would have to make her own server. She would overwhelm and destroy those sites.

Germany hammers Trump over debate barbs about Berlin’s energy transition in c/[email protected]
Can I make a paid app on playstore free on fdroid ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some just do it to make some extra money and save for convenience. Krita is free to download and install yourself. It's 10 bucks if you want to get it on Steam. It's perfectly within their right. Especially in KDE's instance.

Israeli soldiers fatally shot an American woman at a West Bank protest, witnesses say in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

He's been sabre-rattling with Israel for months now.

Israeli soldiers fatally shot an American woman at a West Bank protest, witnesses say in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A Turkish-American woman. This is gonna piss off Erdogan.

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Andreas Kling, developer of the Ladybird Browser has announced the first ever Browser Jam, a weekend-long event for new developers to build browsers. (x.com)
 

It's basically like a gamejam but instead of making a game in one weekend you have to build a web browser.

Here's the github page: https://github.com/BrowserJam/browserjam

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