Today a short article appeared in my RSS reader, On featured images in blog posts, written by Manu whose blog is one of the best in my reader.

It linked to an article written by Nelson about AI-Generated Images Discourage Me From Reading Your Blog. I liked the article and I was ready to subscribe to his RSS feed, but when I wanted to leave a short comment, I was dumbstruck to notice that Nelson’s comment system is powered by giscus, a tool which while is open source, relies on github to work.

Look, AI-generated content is shit, and also overbloating articles with useless info is bad, but forcing people to use fucking github in order to comment on something on a personal site is just as bad. Nah, fuck it, it’s even worse. Make your own stuff, especially when you’re calling yourself a developer, or just don’t enable people to comment (like Manu does).

The internet is full of problems, be a solution.

They are stored in /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/userdata

in my case it’s on sftp://192.168.69.69//home/deck/.local/share/Steam/userdata/XXXXXXXX/760/remote

youtube • video ID: mVudFaYSjq0

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Nice ad from Draí.

youtube • video ID: vJUE_MionRg

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The godfather of house music, Jon Marsh, one of my personal heroes, released an anniversary edition of one of the best music albums of all time, Conscience. Being a pioneer of the electronic dance scene, Jon (along with his wife Helena), managed to create a new genre and lift it to heaven and back. Containing some of the best soft electronic songs ever written: “Sweet Harmony” and “1000 Years From Today”, this album is nothing short of a masterpiece, with a remastering to match its value. 🤍

Once I got hold of a ton of minidiscs with shady content, I decided to wipe a few of them and make myself some bootlegs of some really really good Romanian albums, and I play them from time to time on my Sony Minidisc MZ-N505 and MZ-R410. Great stuff!

Back in 2019, following the vinyl release, I ripped the sound and made some nice analog bootlegs on cassette and mini disc.

Made for fun in 2018, containing the soundtracks of said episodes.

A Unique Northern Irish Term for Embarrassment

"Scundered" is a term that is used to describe a feeling of embarrassment, discomfort, or awkwardness. It’s often used in situations where someone has been put in an uncomfortable position, or when someone is feeling self-conscious or embarrassed.