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New comment by lyricism in "Normalising Layoffs/Firing"

lyricism — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:28:14 +0000

> Generalizations are never true. Specialized descriptions with all the cases covered on the other hand, are never read.

The wording of this struck me; is it better to lie than to go unheard?

New comment by lyricism in "Show HN: Digs.fm – For passionate music explorers (like Goodreads but for music)"

lyricism — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:01:03 +0000

Sorry, one more tiny thing. I listened to an album from the "Want to Listen" list, I just marked it Listened but the update says "digged". I don't think it actually added it to Digged, just something I noticed. I'm gonna start using that Canny link for these, sorry this probably isn't very convenient for you.

New comment by lyricism in "Show HN: Digs.fm – For passionate music explorers (like Goodreads but for music)"

lyricism — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:11:30 +0000

Ohhh, I see it in list view. :) I haven't switched out of table view since I started using the site. Also I've been almost exclusively using the mobile site, you do have to scroll in list view to see the notes. I'll try out the tags. Can you see others' notes/tags? I don't see them, but maybe I'm missing that too. I think it would be cool to bring the social aspect in there too. I left a comment on my own "Want to Listen" post yesterday for the purpose I'm thinking about.

It definitely would be cool to see if people click "want to listen" from someone else, I've already seen albums move from profile to profile. You could even track how each album spreads, and show a "virality" chart...how "contagious" it is, and then how many people actually listen or dig the album eventually.

Still having a lot of fun with this, thanks again!

New comment by lyricism in "Show HN: Digs.fm – For passionate music explorers (like Goodreads but for music)"

lyricism — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:04:15 +0000

Awesome, thank you! Any plans to allow you to put a little note about why you want to listen to an album/where you heard about it/etc? Also maybe if you click "want to listen" from someone else's post, show that somewhere? I'm starting to get a pretty long queue to listen to, it would be nice to see a little info to help me decide what to try next.

New comment by lyricism in "Show HN: Digs.fm – For passionate music explorers (like Goodreads but for music)"

lyricism — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:53:25 +0000

I've been using this yesterday and today and love it! Others in this thread have mentioned similar services but I hadn't heard of most of them so I'm excited to try digs for awhile. I'm an avid last.fm user but am pretty much using it for data on my current listening. The social aspect has pretty much died on there, and is off to a great start on digs. Their recommendations are ok, but I like the idea of recommendations from friends rather than algorithms. I may not be your typical user (do not use streaming services, buy music on Bandcamp or buy physical CDs and rip them) but do fall into what I perceive to be your general target audience: I tend to be a full album listener and am always looking for new music. One thing I have used it for so far is adding albums I have already purchased on bandcamp but haven't had a chance to listen to yet to "Want to Listen", as well as albums that are brand new to me that I see on other's feeds.

- One little quirk I noticed is that adding albums from bandcamp doesn't seem to work if the artist is using a custom domain. I tried it with the browser extension and by copy-pasting the URL. Maybe you can change the way a bandcamp site is detected? Does the code only look at the URL to determine if it's bandcamp, or does it load the page and try to parse it?

Example:

https://music.einavjackson.com/album/--2

- Another issue I ran into is the search; it seems like you need to type the album name exactly and with correct spacing and punctuation, not just partially.

Examples:

I tried to look up "tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l". It wasn't case-sensitive, but I ended up having to type all those spaces in the album name.

Hot Chip has a new album called "Freakout/Release". I tried to type "hot chip freakout" and it couldn't find it, but once I added "/release" it came up.

- I'm torn on this one, because I really liked being able to make an account without providing an email address, but social notifications might be more useful if I didn't have to go to the site to see them. Definitely should be opt-in, but I think the option to receive email notifications or notifications through the browser extension would be perfect.

- This is just a personal nice-to-have feature and I know it can be somewhat contentious (if you are looking towards future monetization licensing might be a headache), but I would love more open source code. I found the browser extension on Github but it would be fun to see all of it, and I would definitely contribute to development given the chance.

Anyway, thanks for the cool site, I've had a lot of fun with it so far and can't wait to get a few more friends and start getting really good recommendations.

New comment by lyricism in "Flânerie: The Art of Aimless Strolling"

lyricism — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 03:48:56 +0000

My original point was not about being accosted. You would be surprised how quickly someone yelling about your genitals will take you from "aimless strolling" to fight or flight, regardless of their weight or your level of fitness.

New comment by lyricism in "Flânerie: The Art of Aimless Strolling"

lyricism — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:59:39 +0000

Thank you! I love seeing the technical posts, I'm such a nerd. I haven't had much to contribute, just absorbing. This post was different, I learned about flânerie in college, loved the concept and tried it, and got a reality check. Thought it would be worth a comment.

New comment by lyricism in "Flânerie: The Art of Aimless Strolling"

lyricism — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:03:32 +0000

This is my first comment but I have read this site daily since I created the account in March. I felt that my experience would be a valuable addition to the thread and I am not attempting to speak for all women. I'm sorry if it came off that way and I am genuinely happy that you haven't had this experience. This site seems to be a bit of an echo chamber sometimes so I thought I'd offer a differing opinion.

New comment by lyricism in "Flânerie: The Art of Aimless Strolling"

lyricism — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:43:04 +0000

There are a lot of dismissive replies to this comment but as a woman who has tried this in "safe" but unfamiliar cities, things can get scary very quickly. Catcalls are inevitable, and only the beginning. A catcall from a passing car that has slowed to swerve towards you is terrifying. Yes, self-defense and being aware of your surroundings help, but don't exactly lend themselves to the state of mind described in this article. I am not speaking from paranoia, but from experience.