So today's song is an interesting one, this is the version I know from the a NASCAR CD, Runnin' Wide Open, basically a compilation album full of car related songs. What I didn't know and surprised me when SXM played the original is that this is a Bruce Springsteen song. I swear, Springsteen is like Prince, his name turns up in the most unexpected places as a songwriter and/or the original recorder of songs.
Hi! My name is Anna! Iโm a traditional artist from Kyiv ๐บ๐ฆ . I paint, I adore cats, and I love working out at the gym.
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"Our pasta, who art in a colander, draining be your noodles. Thy noodle come, Thy sauce be yum, on top some grated Parmesan. Give us this day, our garlic bread, โฆand forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trample on our lawns. And lead us not into vegetarianism, but deliver us some pizza, for thine is the meatball, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. R'Amen."
Almost forgot to post today's cover, was laying in bed and remembered, so here it is, day 9. Not much to say about this one, was originally done by Bruce Springsteen, and only a couple words were changed in this, what is prolly the best known version.
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Honestly don't get why people care all that much about images like this, its funny, but such a thing really won't work, you have the extra drag from the trailer reducing your range, and considering how long it takes to charge my car at 230V/30A, I don't a portable generator is going to give you anything meaningful.
Ok, another late one, another almost missed, and tomorrow's will likely be on the late side as I'll be working early and long. Any how, Desperados Waiting For the Train, a song I know from the Highwaymen, the country super group, but was written in 1973, and has been recorded a lot, this particular version I'm not even sure when its from.
So, 'bout a week or so ago on Tumblr, a survey came across my dash asking it a pan and a skillet are the same thing. I couldn't resist commenting 'Of course not, have you ever heard of someone calling themselves skillet-sexual?'
Oh y'all thought I'd forgotten March of the Covers, or given up due to the lack of feedback? Perish the thought. Not a lot to say about this song, its a neat reworking of the original song, and in fact Roberta Flack the original singer would perform it with the Fugees, although their version had Lauryn Hill on vocals originally.
Extra tired today after a 9 hour day, so lets make today's music a quicky. This is actually the version that introduced me to the song, but I have since heard the original by the Band, and like them equally, which is rather a strike against this cover, as in my mind it really doesn't do anything special, its just fine, and nothing else.
So I might be re-focusing here, Wafrn is getting on my nerves. Its not that I don't like it, @gabboman the wafrn dev has done a great job, but I don't like being forced to be linked to Bluesky. Since I disconnected from it I get error message when trying to like, re-share or comment (I think its all of them) on random posts, not just Bluesky or Wafrn, but randomly anything, mastodon.social posts sometimes will throw an error for example.
And then there's the problem with links to accounts, there's two, one in the profile and another at the bottom of the timeline to go to the user's actual page rather than filtered through my instance. Its a minor problem, but especially on .social domains the bottom one substitutes a number for the user and doesn't work.
Sure, there's features it lacks that I'd like, and if'n someone came along and made something akin to Mastodon/Pleroma/Wafrn/et al with those would be awesome, but I can live with what it has.
I am giving GoToSocial a shot, if'n I can get time to really play with it, but at first glance I can't say I'm impressed by it, there's no obvious additions or improvements to it over the other choices, and the lack of a front end means that I'm using basically the same interface as Mastodon, so it doesn't look nor feel any different.
@gabboman the wafrn dev Annoying part is the inconsistency, sometimes I get the error, but can still like the post, other times I can't, and its not restricted to Wafrn, but really any random post.
Just my two cents on GoToSocial. I really loved it when I used to be heavily active on fedi, but its promises of being "lightweight" are somewhatโฆ incorrect. While that's true, it eventually chews through I/O like its no-one's business. Suppose it you keep to a small circle it probably won't be that bad, but letting it run wild federating with a huge amount of servers really chokes it.
Ours was connected to Postgres. I must point out our GTS server was federating with an insane amount of servers (like, getting way past 10k+). While that probably wasn't within its usecase, it was entirely the reason I stopped self-hosting fedi in the end: I'd already obliterated our self-hosted Mastodon instance, and I just could not be bothered with doing yet-another-migration-and-starting-afresh-again.
@Ducky ๐ฆ๐ผ @gabboman the wafrn dev Yeah, that was its one claim to fame that I could see, and if'n you're just doing a one user, there's lots of alternatives, though my pet peeve with those is mostly that they're all identical in features with the only difference being what programming language they're in.
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Weโre a couple weeks late to this one, but it deserves more attention than it received. As the Washington Post first reported, a federal judge has found that the IRS violated federal law 42,6โฆ
Time for dinner surprise. What's the surprise? Well, I bought a couple two packs of stuffed chicken breasts on clearance at the local grocers, separated and froze them without marking them. And I forgot what flavors I bought, soโฆ
After spending time gaming on Windows, Mac, and Linux, one thing became obvious: each OS now dominates a different part of gaming. There is no single default anymore. Each platform brings its own strengths.
Windows - the best for multiplayer due to anticheat largely being Windows-only. The other advantage is that most new games are made for Windows. Finally, Xbox PC Games Pass is good if you want access to AAA titles but donโt want to buy them outright. On top, backwards compatibility for previous generations of Xbox are coming to Windows.
Mac โ the best platform for casual gaming. Apple Arcade offers unbeatable value for $5/month, which gives you access to 250 titlesโmostly indie and casual. Titles often also work across Appleโs ecosystem, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Finally, you can play games made for iPhone and iPad.
Linux โ the best platform for emulation, legacy, and handheld gaming. Custom gaming OSes like Batocera, ArkOS, and OnionOS donโt just play console games, they create a console-like experience. Proton and Wine allow you go play Windows games that are no longer playable on Windows. SteamOS and Bazzite have better optimization for handhelds than Windows, with features like auto-resume when pressing the power button.
So the question is no longer โWhich OS is best for gaming?โ The real question is โBest for what?โ Windows still dominates multiplayer and new releases. Mac excels at affordable casual gaming across devices. Linux has become the home of preservation, emulation, and handheld PCs. Instead of one platform replacing the others, the modern PC gaming ecosystem is starting to specialize.
Right, my #phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners.
After spending time gaming on Windows, Mac, and Linux, one thing became obvious: each OS now dominates a different part of gaming. There is no single default anymore. Each platform brings its own strengths.
Windows - the best for multiplayer due to anticheat largely being Windows-only. The other advantage is that most new games are made for Windows. Finally, Xbox PC Games Pass is good if you want access to AAA titles but donโt want to buy them outright. On top, backwards compatibility for previous generations of Xbox are coming to Windows.
Mac โ the best platform for casual gaming. Apple Arcade offers unbeatable value for $5/month, which gives you access to 250 titlesโmostly indie and casual. Titles often also work across Appleโs ecosystem, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Finally, you can play games made for iPhone and iPad.
Linux โ the best platform for emulation, legacy, and handheld gaming. Custom gaming OSes like Batocera, ArkOS, and OnionOS donโt just play console games, they create a console-like experience. Proton and Wine allow you go play Windows games that are no longer playable on Windows. SteamOS and Bazzite have better optimization for handhelds than Windows, with features like auto-resume when pressing the power button.
So the question is no longer โWhich OS is best for gaming?โ The real question is โBest for what?โ Windows still dominates multiplayer and new releases. Mac excels at affordable casual gaming across devices. Linux has become the home of preservation, emulation, and handheld PCs. Instead of one platform replacing the others, the modern PC gaming ecosystem is starting to specialize.
Human after all
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