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New comment by soleman in "Write Like It's 1866: LLMs Relearn Telegraphese"

soleman — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:19:26 +0000

Why not write your article in the same telegraphese you preach? Hilariously ironic to use verbose AI writing for this.

Also the site background is AI slop which makes for terrible contrast with the text.

New comment by soleman in "RSS Feeds for Last.fm"

soleman — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:34:27 +0000

For those sounds, I'd stick to resident advisor and following the DJ's you like. Also check out Rinse FM for artist discovery if you're open to the British sound (they invented d&b and dubstep). Massive.

New comment by soleman in "RSS Feeds for Last.fm"

soleman — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:20:12 +0000

I also hate meta but unfortunately it's where many scenes live. Path of least resistance for venues, artists, to share their shows. I would disagree with the other commenter who said to "be the change". I've seen dozens of event aggregating sites and what they all lack is actual people using it. We live in Meta's hell, but everybody's there (speaking as Gen Z).

This is avoidable if you have a specific niche though. A lot of groups online and in cities give me hope. What kind of music are we talking here?

New comment by soleman in "Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah"

soleman — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:57:09 +0000

> No one cares about the buildings

Not true at all. Buildings are where culture happens. Systematically destroying them is a mechanism of genocide because it erases the memory in addition to the people. And yes this was a deliberate process by the Nazis [1].

> It’s not “like the Nazis”.

Actually, if the Nazis did something and then somebody else did it too, it's exactly like the Nazis.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Warsaw

New comment by soleman in "RSS Feeds for Last.fm"

soleman — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:40:32 +0000

> You could easily meet people in your own location who shared your own tastes in music. Where does a person find music-related socializing now

I'd say Instagram serves the role of Last.fm you described (for better or worse). But really you can just go to the gigs and talk to people. That's guaranteed people in your area with similar interests.