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New comment by desilva78_ in "There Is No Sound of the 2020s. Yet"

desilva78_ — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:18:49 +0000

Where Ted would disagree with the author would be in their assumption of correlation between economic precarity and enigmatic music creation. Blues and Jazz emerged from conditions of poverty

New comment by desilva78_ in "There Is No Sound of the 2020s. Yet"

desilva78_ — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:15:16 +0000

I remember Ted Giola going on Tyler Cowen's pod and making similar points, namely: (1) formula is the enemy (2) tech has flattened music taste (3) economic incentives of ticketers, streaming platforms are not in line with preservation of the art's health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojv4oL7n2mE

New comment by desilva78_ in "Show HN: A Claude Code statusline that shows live World Cup scores"

desilva78_ — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:03:23 +0000

haha i need you to add updates to my fantasy World Cup team now!

New comment by desilva78_ in "The American World Cup Introduced Ad Breaks–and Everyone Hates It"

desilva78_ — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:02:03 +0000

sports fans like me are just so loyal. we're perfectly exploitable haha

New comment by desilva78_ in "Show HN: Criterion Closet as a website – pull any of 1,247 films off the shelf"

desilva78_ — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:58:48 +0000

How lenient are Letterboxd? My watchlists live on there and this would be great to bolster them!