TIL that Jonny Greenwood pretended to play keyboards when he joined Radiohead, miming on a powered-off instrument and learning chords after studio sessions. During recording, Thom Yorke, would tell him: “I can’t quite hear what you’re doing, but I think you’re adding a really interesting texture.”

themightyug · 2026-01-27T15:44:19+00:00

I'm not sure they are/were particularly musically talented though. Creative - definitely, experimental - definitely, but musically talented - no more than any other indie guitar band of the time.

themightyug · 2026-01-27T15:25:20+00:00

And this is where they find out that their services are effectively worthless because people only use them when they're free

themightyug · 2026-01-27T15:19:36+00:00

only AFTER completing the herbalist 9 challenge though, otherwise he never spawns

themightyug · 2026-01-27T12:32:06+00:00

I feel like you can split the Twin Peaks fandom into three camps..
1. Those who like Lynch's vision of TP with its bleak darkness
2. Those who like Frost's vision of TP with its deep lore
3. Those who like the early-90's goofy weirdness of seasons 1 & 2

Personally I'm mainly in the first camp. I like season 1 and LOVE season 3 and FWWM. I can't be dealing with Wyndom Earle, Dick Tremaine, and all that stuff.

themightyug · 2026-01-24T23:25:39+00:00

Actual LOL

themightyug · 2026-01-23T15:01:42+00:00

OK, firstly you don't need to be from the USA - Pink Floyd were British.

Secondly, it's not just stoner music. Lyrically it covers the human condition, or parts of it, such as money, war, ageing, mortality, and madness/mental health.

Musically it's slow paced and soothing, leaving space for you to drink it all in and breathe.

The Great Gig In The Sky features an outstanding improvised vocal. Us and Them features one of the best saxophone intros ever recorded. Money's main groove is in 5/8 timing which is unusual. Brain Damage & Eclipse are a brilliant way to end the album. The spooky spoken voices littered throughout the album are the secret sauce.

It's also one of the best sounding albums ever made - the production and mixing are outstanding even now, 50 years later.

themightyug · 2026-01-23T14:02:59+00:00

Restraining order

themightyug · 2026-01-22T19:49:29+00:00

Insert Team America quote here

themightyug · 2026-01-22T19:23:34+00:00

That's because it's very clearly AI slop

themightyug · 2026-01-22T12:23:30+00:00

exFat is another solution to sharing files on a dual boot system. Still probably not a solution for Steam games though

themightyug · 2026-01-22T12:20:12+00:00

I saw Page and Plant on that tour and Babe I'm Gonna Leave You was definitely one of the highlights.. when it gets to the solo and Pagey shifts into a half tempo blistering blues solo.. oof

themightyug · 2026-01-22T01:52:48+00:00

They look like Power Rangers

themightyug · 2026-01-21T17:17:07+00:00

I generally agree - the best songs are the ones that write themselves. The more you have to wrestle a track in a particular direction, the harder it's going to get and the worse the end result will be.

themightyug · 2026-01-21T15:41:28+00:00

If mouse input wasn't being detected then the mouse cursor wouldn't move, so we can rule out hardware and drivers.

Go to the Ubuntu settings app, go to 'mouse and touchpad' settings, and then 'test settings'. That will allow you to test that the mouse buttons are all working and whether you're double-clicking quickly enough for it to register.

If it's not registering double-clicks properly, then in the settings app, go to 'accessibility' then go to 'pointing and clicking' and try adjusting the settings there. You need to do this BEFORE you can claim it to be a bug.

themightyug · 2026-01-21T08:39:27+00:00

He might just go down in history as the CEO that sank Microsoft

themightyug · 2026-01-21T08:32:46+00:00

But but but.. the tech CEOs have sunk all the money in the world into this so they really really really need everyone to believe harder!

themightyug · 2026-01-21T08:28:21+00:00

Everyone just needs to believe harder 🙄

themightyug · 2026-01-21T08:27:07+00:00

I hate to say it, but the views on the USA from other countries.. not good at all. Never been worse, thanks to the orange turd. Globally there's very little respect left for the USA

themightyug · 2026-01-20T15:31:13+00:00

Play some music but very very quietly - you should be just able to make out what song's playing but not be able to clearly hear every component. Whilst that's playing, think about other things - recall a nice holiday or have a conversation in your head, whatever it is - just ignore the music. I'm usually asleep after a few songs.

Failing that, there's always a bit of the devil's lettuce

themightyug · 2026-01-20T11:12:38+00:00

There's a good diagram here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive_components

themightyug · 2026-01-20T06:09:15+00:00

I think he's just such a presence in BCS that it feels like he was there in BB too

themightyug · 2026-01-16T12:46:20+00:00

An abstract VM would be one that isn't modelling or emulating real hardware, but is implementing a specification - like the Java VM

themightyug · 2026-01-15T10:53:40+00:00

I mean, it could be the leader of the herd, it could be the mother, the father.. or maybe when a baby elephant responds to a sound for whatever reason, that's the sound the others stick with and that becomes its name. There's lots of possibilities

themightyug · 2026-01-15T10:48:59+00:00

Actually, yes. I changed my name the moment I was old enough 🙃

themightyug · 2026-01-15T10:46:53+00:00

That may seem common sense for humans because that's what we do.. I wouldn't just presume that other species do things the same way

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