Post AdcuKIbCSVJfpcQgIC by nolan@toot.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #AdcuKIbCSVJfpcQgIC by nolan@toot.cafe
       2024-01-08T04:28:54Z
       
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       Trying to find good guitar tools online really feels like a statement on the degradation of the web:- Can't find a decent guitar tuner or metronome that isn't plagued with ads or junk, so I use random PWAs written by web devs as software demos: https://guitar-tuner.appspot.com/ https://rx-metronome.web.app/- Searching for chords/tabs for popular songs gives you text files on shady-looking sites that prevent you from copying the text… and the text files look like they were written decades ago
       
 (DIR) Post #AdcuKKluNf4QZPSGGG by nolan@toot.cafe
       2024-01-08T04:33:54Z
       
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       You see a similar thing on GameFAQs or GameTabs – there was this flourishing community of people passing around lovingly hand-authored text files (my favorite example is this Super Metroid walkthrough where the text is *manually* justified https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28651093), and now everything is locked behind walled gardens or barely clinging to life (speedrun.com seems like one of those lingering vestiges of the old community-run 'net – GameTabs was, but looks like it got bought or something recently).
       
 (DIR) Post #AdcuKM07oI2KNn783k by nolan@toot.cafe
       2024-01-08T04:37:06Z
       
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       Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon or maybe there are still flourishing communities I'm unaware of, but as an old 'net citizen it just grosses me out how much of the modern web is mediated by platforms that only care about wringing out every penny they possibly can. This stuff used to be run by hobbyists on a shoestring budget with bubblegum and twine but care and love (Mastodon still has some of this vibe)