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I like to think of the newer "waves" as themes rather than genres. Themes grant you permission to use samples of related audio and video. The OG vaporwave though, that really takes more effort in the craft I feel.

btcprox  ·  2045 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 292nd Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread
btcprox  ·  2053 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 291st Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Flamingosis' latest album Flight Fantastic has been such a groovy trip

btcprox  ·  2116 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 282nd Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

btcprox  ·  2123 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 281st Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

New Gorillaz content!

btcprox  ·  2134 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 279th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

btcprox  ·  2144 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 278th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

btcprox  ·  2150 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 277th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Just found out that DJ Krush has a new album this year!

btcprox  ·  2177 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 11, 2018

I always see the "email" and "print" options for each Hubski post, but has anyone actually done that?

btcprox  ·  2180 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Life Inside China’s Social Credit Laboratory – Foreign Policy

I wonder if this would end up decoupling the citizens' behavior from their moral compasses

btcprox  ·  2184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 4, 2018

Neat, I've been dabbling in music production for a while now, mostly working in Ableton. Well I haven't really done much recently, being a uni student busy with assignments :p

btcprox  ·  2184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 4, 2018

Ooh this style looks neat. I tweaked that ".box:nth-child(even)" rule to "background: rgba(10,10,10, 0.2);" and that seems to work fine for the night mode.

Also curious what music genres do you compose in?

btcprox  ·  2185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit's redesign

From the new profile design that they've already rolled out, this isn't too far fetched. I mean so far their revenue comes mostly from on-site ads and reddit gold. And maybe from the celebrity AMAs on /r/IAmA? Don't think that's reliable and substantial enough to allow reddit to grow further as a company.

At least they still leave options for users to revert to the classic designs, though I wish there were a way to leave those as default if you wanted.

btcprox  ·  2185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Facebook blames a 'bug' for keeping copies of users' seemingly deleted private videos

I feel like the so-called fix would really be a mask to prevent the undeleted copies from being discovered again, but not actually getting rid of them

btcprox  ·  2190 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Brings You to Hubski?

Same, I stumbled upon Hubski a few years ago, independent of Reddit drama. Was honestly just looking for other online communities that didn't get as much spotlight.

btcprox  ·  2191 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Funding Hubski (and others)

The figure could still be made always visible though. The thermometer alone indicates nothing about the exact figures for the goal and raised amounts.

Ooh boy, I've had to read a little bit of Orientalism a while back for a brief university module that I took up, an introduction into a few of Japan's cultural archetypes. I might go for a full read some time in the future.

Even now you could point out traces of cultural influence from the Orientalism paradigm, still persisting in Western media.

btcprox  ·  2192 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Uber retreats from SE Asia; sells business to Grab

At least here in Singapore, there's been quite some frustration that Grab now has one fewer rival to deal with. And I think Uber was more popular due to better app + stronger incentives to return

Also apparently the Uber drivers are now in limbo, since they haven't properly sorted out the transition process to Grab yet

btcprox  ·  2197 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 270th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

btcprox  ·  2199 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 270th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

btcprox  ·  2610 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fuck! I can't even go to The Japan Times to escape news about Trump.

Part of me thinks he's developed an addiction to negative attention. Another part of me thinks he might actually have Alzheimer's and is losing grip of his coherence and lucidity. Either way it's too irresistible for people to comment on from whatever stance.

btcprox  ·  2611 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 1, 2017

Goodness it's been a long time since I popped back here on Hubski. Last time I commented at all was like, what, about half a year ago?

Also it apparently seems like Pubski's been doubled... wonder if this could be automated with a bot account set on a regular schedule?

btcprox  ·  2793 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: RPG game style coding app

So exactly what metrics determine your EXP gain?

btcprox  ·  2793 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ramblings because I can't sleep

You definitely cannot get as intimate on the Internet as you can with real physical presence, but I don't think that means there's no emotional connection with the Internet either. In fact there are loads of online communities that allow people to discuss and empathise with others. The tricky part is fostering that conducive environment while fending off saboteurs of this safe space.

Funnily enough I think the rise of Internet accessibility has made me interact more with my parents, because they end up a little more aware of rising trends and hot topics online, giving us more material to chat about.

btcprox  ·  2793 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 186th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

btcprox  ·  3139 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Did you ever say "I could do that" when looking at some modern art?

And it's true that some forms of art aren't difficult in terms of technical skill. The part that gets glossed over often is the much more laborious conceptualization of abstract ideas into the physical forms you see, even for visually simple paintings.

btcprox  ·  3139 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Did you ever say "I could do that" when looking at some modern art?

The artist has a concept in mind that becomes fleshed out in physical form, whether through performance or painting or sculpture or song. Mimicking that manifested form alone doesn't replicate the same process of materializing that exact concept the artist had in mind. You can certainly have artists who create near-identical pieces of work and yet hold completely different ideas behind the creation of the pieces.

btcprox  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 9 Reddit Alternatives Trying So Hard

Voat was more or less already given the template of being a close reddit mirror quite early on, just with different community policing strategy.

Interestingly even Voat users are trying to move away from Imgur, being wary of the Imgur admin's similar (not quite identical) takedown policies.

btcprox  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 9 Reddit Alternatives Trying So Hard

    Definitely good to read a fair review of what this site is all about.

On the other hand it seems like the author gave a very superficial look at the other alternatives. For instance, nothing about Snapzu's gamification or tribe system was mentioned in the article. And he's painted the others in quite a negative light.

btcprox  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Haiku: Based on your day today --

Nah. This is more a rant of the humidity and heat experienced in the past few days. Typical weather though.

Funnily enough a few hours after that haiku a heavy flash rain just poured and alleviated the heat.