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New comment by soupfordummies in "Vinyl succumbs to Loudness War: more than just collateral damage (2025)"

soupfordummies — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:09:09 +0000

I prefer original pressings whenever possible. It's still sometimes cheaper, but that is quickly going the other way.

New comment by soupfordummies in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

soupfordummies — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:08:09 +0000

Amen brother. I don't know how to hear anymore about tables.

New comment by soupfordummies in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

soupfordummies — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:07:28 +0000

2012 is pretty much the year smartphone addiction began approaching critical mass

New comment by soupfordummies in "Job: Head of Stonehenge"

soupfordummies — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:42:25 +0000

36 hour work week, flexible hours, 25 paid holidays and a 10% pension though...

New comment by soupfordummies in "Florida AG files lawsuit against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman for deceptive practices"

soupfordummies — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:37:49 +0000

Ideally, yes. Currently Congress is just a rubber stamp for the president who has been suitably bribed into being an AI booster

New comment by soupfordummies in "What Is Happening to Publishing?"

soupfordummies — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:20:44 +0000

Hard disagree. ESPECIALLY with music and fiction. It cheapens it, makes it feel hollow and is a disappointing letdown. It’s like finding out Santa Claus isn’t real. A big part of fiction and music is the act of human creation meant for other humans. It’s a form of communication and connection.

I think I get where you’re coming from if you’re thinking of fiction or music as just like pure baseless entertainment. But that’s like talking about food and meaning Soylent or a handful of sugar cubes in place of a home cooked meal or pastry-chef crafted dessert.

New comment by soupfordummies in "Map of Metal"

soupfordummies — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:43:50 +0000

That live version of War Pigs is INSANE

New comment by soupfordummies in "The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021)"

soupfordummies — Sat, 16 May 2026 01:37:15 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152553

New comment by soupfordummies in "The Power of a Free Popsicle (2018)"

soupfordummies — Thu, 14 May 2026 20:00:15 +0000

Huge upgrade though ;)

New comment by soupfordummies in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"

soupfordummies — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:34:12 +0000

Got any cool plugins you recommend? I'm finally getting comfortable after switching from OneNote and getting sync set up.

New comment by soupfordummies in "Printing Blogs"

soupfordummies — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:03:59 +0000

I do something similar with articles I don't want to actually read instead of dumping into the abyss of my bookmarks.

My workflow is a little simpler I just print to PDF and try to keep it in multiples of 4. Then Adobe Reader has a nice Booklet print setting that allows you to print pamphlets of 4 PDF pages per single printer paper leaf. After you print just fold in half.

New comment by soupfordummies in "The fun has been optimized out of the Internet"

soupfordummies — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:21:25 +0000

Care to provide some examples?

New comment by soupfordummies in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

soupfordummies — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:43:25 +0000

So if the weather was bad the accomplishment would mean more then? I don’t think this is how it works. Sports don’t happen in a vacuum.

New comment by soupfordummies in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

soupfordummies — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:42:11 +0000

Yeah I can barely even ride my bike that fast much less keep that pace for two hours.

New comment by soupfordummies in "US Department of Justice has officially reclassified cannabis as less dangerous"

soupfordummies — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:39:12 +0000

for real, I was kind of thinking they would pull an October Surprise out of the hat like "Surprise, weed is federally legal!"

New comment by soupfordummies in "North American English Dialects"

soupfordummies — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:18:34 +0000

Check this out if you haven't seen it before:

https://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&lan...

New comment by soupfordummies in "Cuts in publishing and book reviewing imperil the future of narrative nonfiction"

soupfordummies — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:50:37 +0000

Never heard of it and I’m very intrigued. Going on the list, thanks for sharing!

New comment by soupfordummies in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

soupfordummies — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:10:48 +0000

At what point is congress gonna grow a spine and retake their power? Every day the goalposts just get moved a little farther.

New comment by soupfordummies in "Microsoft: Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"

soupfordummies — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:20:51 +0000

Worth noting that this is in the terms of use as of October 2025. This isn't "new".

New comment by soupfordummies in "U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years"

soupfordummies — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:27:58 +0000

You can do more than just your vote though. Remember you also have a voice, you can help campaign, organize, etc.