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  Too busy with other stuff to do much buying or recommending of any music for #BandcampFriday this time, so I'm going to rehash an old one. Mainly because I'm still listening to a lot of it, months later.

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  A #BandcampFriday day-after observation: some albums have a "mix and match" approach to high-def files. The CD standard (16/44.1) can sit next to higher definition audio (like 24/96 or above) among tracks in the same album release. That's only apparent if the download is in a lossless format. Most people happily get through life unaware of that level of technical detail: if it's in stereo and it doesn't skip, it's fine. It's generally not a problem on modern devices...

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  This Friday is another #BandcampFriday which means that the music download platform takes a 0% cut of all sales for 24 hours. I hope to post a thread of recommended buys this time, on or before the day itself. Note to buyers in Ireland and the UK: Your Bandcamp purchases count towards the national sales charts, but ONLY AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD THEM. Also, big shout-out to Toronto's ARTOFFACT RECORDS (still not on Fedi) whose email announcements will once again refer to the day as "Bandcam...

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  ALL THE WAY TO THE CHIP SHOP! #TOTP

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  @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @normjess@tech.lgbt @HarriettMB@toot.wales Don't kink shame those who don't kink same.

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  Goth Rock from Brazil (2026) https://casadosmortos.bandcamp.com/track/magarefes All their tracks and albums are Name Your Price. #Punk #PostPunk #Darkwave #Gothic

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  And it's finally time to block the nixcraft account jesus tap dancing christ.

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  My Grandmother's House Stayed Cool All Summer Without AI Generated Slop Videos From Fake Amish Grandsons. #FuckingYouTube #DontRecomendChannel

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  Count Binface to stand against Farage in Clacton by-election (Manchester Evening News) Count Binface has announced he will be standing against Farage in the Clacton by-election, triggered by today's resignation. "Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house. Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it. Leave him to me." #CountBinface #Binface #...

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  This sentence has 14 words: "Daniel's donation to a political party is private and not part of Mullvad's mission." #Mullvad

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  @letsencrypt@infosec.exchange Tweets?

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  When Delorean Motor Company went out of business, they took a few smaller automotive suppliers down with them. Läpple, the company in Carlow that pressed the DMC12 panels, sold off the tooling for scrap, at a small fraction of their true value. https://www.delorean.ie/lapple.html "As part of the deal, we ended up owning them, and could dispose of them. We sold them to a scrap steel dealer, who sold them on to the fish farms off the west coast where they were used as anchors to hold d...

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  @summerbeth@mastodon.me.uk With all the unread emails, I thought it was the Thursday before Bandcamp Friday.

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  "She's not the safest person in the industry. She's the shape of what you cannot touch. She is every piece of institutional knowledge your transformation just deleted, walking around in a 55-year-old body. She came up through the apprenticeship you abolished. She is the pipeline. When she dies, the thing that produces people like her is already gone. You killed it 3 years ago. You will not be able to hire her replacement, because you broke the machine that makes her.&amp...

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  Makes My Blood Dance (from Brooklyn) are currently in the middle of a US tour (supporting Powerman 5000). https://www.makesmyblooddance.com/ Here is their bandcamp: https://makesmyblooddance.bandcamp.com/music

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  @maxleibman@beige.party I switched to an Eco Egg solution about a decade ago. No more consuming laundry detergent every wash! The balls (spherical or ovoid plastic) contain 2 different types of pellets, and one set needs to be replenished every so many washes. The pellets can be scented or unscented. Currently using one from https://aecodune.com/ (Provence, FR) I deal with the residual stink on sweaty clothes, by adding antibacterial laundry cleanser (Sanytol or generic) in the fabric soften...

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  It's an ESP32 controlling a BBD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a26DiRx0J3I

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  Skoda developed (with the University of Salford) an all-mechanical bicycle bell that bypasses active noise cancellation (ANC) in headphones. https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/skoda-world/skoda-duobell-a-bicycle-bell-that-outsmarts-even-smart-headphones/ It's tuned to 750hz, which is a "blind spot" in most ANC headphone processing. There is also a resonator for a higher frequency, and the hammer produces irregular strikes, confusing the ANC further, and making pedestri...

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  Happy 303 Day! There is a myth that when Roland released the TB-303 in 1981, they had no idea that some of the tone controls would later be used (by tweaking knobs while the sequencer was running) to make an 'Acid' sound. A TB-303 advert from 1982 refers to these tone controls, and says: "to be varied at pleasure". "At Pleasure". THEY KNEW! https://www.muzines.co.uk/ad/5855 Here's an April 1982 review of the first 303 in the UK: htt...