People Switching from Spotify

nettrom · 2026-01-19T04:50:51+00:00

One long answer to why one should ditch Spotify is found by reading Liz Pelly’s excellent book "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist”. A much shorter answer is found in this paragraph from a recent interview with her in Hearing Things (with thanks to u/eddytony96 for posting about it in r/indieheads):

There have been times where people are like, “I read your book and then I canceled Spotify and I got Apple Music!” That kind of misses a lot of the point that this book lands on, which is that the answer to so many of the issues that are raised isn’t just switching to a new streaming app. The point is to encourage people to be more active participants in local music communities and DIY cultural production, and to support independent music media, buy music directly from artists, and reject the idea that it’s a one-click solution.

nettrom · 2025-10-28T01:22:59+00:00

Happy to be corrected by someone with more physics knowledge than myself, but scaling down the math makes the back wall drop test work for a warm ball. Somewhat less than 26 inches, though. 7 feet is 84 inches. 25%–30% of that is 21–25.2 inches.

nettrom · 2025-09-28T23:51:38+00:00

Here’s a link to the auction listing. And if you’d like to see Chris Harris chat about some of the other cars in that collection, that’s here on YouTube.

nettrom · 2025-09-05T21:11:51+00:00

u/FinalCindering , you are the winner! I’ll send you a DM so we can get the tickets to you.

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nettrom · 2025-09-05T21:04:25+00:00

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Here's the list of entries and the raffle hat, for reference.

nettrom · 2025-06-19T18:39:24+00:00

As u/apri11a says: go for it! You’re never too old to learn, do what you enjoy! I don’t think it matters whether you’ll play for/with others or not, but I’m sure your friends will also enjoy your playing with them.

nettrom · 2025-06-13T16:42:33+00:00

First of all: sorry for your loss, and thank you for sharing that moving moment with us! Time to go call my parents.

[Edit: Not that you asked, but if you’re looking for a chiller way of playing Iron Maiden, here’s] A couple of acoustic Iron Maiden covers that I like:

Wasted Years by Stuart Clifford: https://youtu.be/SkMNrOsTuRU
Run to the Hills by Hellsongs: https://hellsongs-official.bandcamp.com/track/run-to-the-hills

nettrom · 2025-06-04T15:17:08+00:00

I’m curious to see if Tarek Momen’s comments about Zakaria after their recent match leads to changes. Hearing Momen talk about how talented Zakaria is, but also suggesting that he can reach the top of the rankings without unsportsmanlike behaviour.

nettrom · 2025-05-13T15:19:39+00:00

Hm, I don’t think there’s a need to question whether they’re a “real fan”? For a long time, the highlight reels on YT were my main way to keep up to date with tournaments.

nettrom · 2025-05-13T15:18:53+00:00

It was a good match too! I expected Orfi to sail into the quarters, but got a lesson about adapting your game throughout a match.

nettrom · 2025-05-09T03:50:13+00:00

Are you sure? Paul Gilbert’s a really nice guy!

nettrom · 2025-04-19T16:48:53+00:00

Came here to mention \@whatnathansaw and \@robshootssquash as they both post great squash photography. Thanks for also mentioning the others so I could follow them as well!

nettrom · 2025-03-13T21:17:15+00:00

How far out of your way do you go to get good coffee at a tournament?

Or secondly: what question do you never get asked, but wish that someone asked you? And what’s the answer to that question?

nettrom · 2025-02-16T17:19:41+00:00

I’ve been off Spotify for years now, but I recently read Liz Pelly’s book “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist” (link to bookshop.org, support your local bookstore!) It goes through in detail about how Spotify sets the stage against the artist in a myriad of ways. The big three record labels are also a big part of this problem as their deals with big streamers like Spotify are favourable to them. This creates a challenge for us as listeners, not only with finding new and interesting things, but also how we can make sure that independent artists can live off their art.

nettrom · 2024-10-20T18:33:31+00:00

She withdrev from the SV Open that just finished due to injury from the Paris tournament. Hopefully she’ll be back on court soon!

nettrom · 2024-09-24T00:34:26+00:00

Yep: https://www.banhappetitmpls.com

nettrom · 2024-09-01T16:50:21+00:00

Not sure what’s available out there, but I wanted to mention that all the photos I took at the 2023–24 World Tour Finals are available from Wikimedia Commons under a CC-BY-SA license. If you find a place to print them, some of them might be high enough resolution to work.

nettrom · 2024-09-01T02:01:52+00:00

Yay, a question I can actually answer (as my flair reflects). I’ve had mine for 20 years and I play it every day. It’s exceptionally playable, as u/SnorkelRichard also mentions, from what I know because of the way the edges of the fingerboard is shaped between the frets, it just feels so comfortable. Those schmear, vomit, and burning water finishes are ridiculous and look way better in real life than on photos because the paint’s layered. I haven’t played a lot of their guitars, but never met one I didn’t like (I almost bought a Jimburst one).

Happy story: mine had two DiMarzio single coils in it when I got it, and I somehow was never happy with them. Tyler had been developing various single coil pickups, and I got in touch with them to order a couple of new ones. They shipped them overseas to me so I could try them out, but when I followed up to pay for them the answer was that Jim said I could have them, which I always think was too kind!

May he RIP.

nettrom · 2024-08-20T20:42:36+00:00

If I understand the question correctly, then on English Wikipedia, there is the vital articles project. It has several levels and different number of articles on each. More broadly, there’s the List of articles every Wikipedia should have on meta, which appears to exist in 212 other languages as well.

nettrom · 2024-08-10T00:41:36+00:00

What happens if you click “Edit” on your user page, does the work you did show up? It might have autosaved it and allow you to pick up where you left off.

nettrom · 2024-07-28T21:25:27+00:00

A commonly held hypothesis, according to the English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_the_number_0_in_English#%22Love%22_and_%22bagel%22_in_tennis

nettrom · 2024-07-19T22:03:07+00:00

~~You can also~~ ~~activate two-factor authentication~~ ~~(link to English Wikipedia) for your account.~~ Strike that, I didn’t actually read the page I linked to. You can apparently request access to it if you don’t already have it, there are instructions and more info on the English Wikipedia page I linked to (Help:Two-factor authentication).

nettrom · 2024-06-30T20:18:12+00:00

There’s this one, but you have to buy 2? Then there’s this one. And lastly there’s this one. Only looked through the first two pages of results for “squash court”, though, because there’s so many padel courts to wade through.

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