Posts by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AT9ATB5rwlVdIIKL4q by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-02-28T18:29:51Z
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@be you mean "everyone knows it isn't very good, but it's what everyone uses anyway? #protools 😅
(DIR) Post #ATgeJgNhkqzIce24Po by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-03-16T21:18:40Z
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Because bandcamp is so important to the future of music, so are its workers' efforts to form a union. Bandcamp in general has been fair & equitable to artists, let's support efforts to make it the same for workershttps://www.bandcampunited.org/
(DIR) Post #AVBML27F6fBlEIP6rw by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-04-30T15:49:57Z
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@ocean i remember a sign on the fence around a public housing project in seattle from years ago that said "All illegal activities prohbited"
(DIR) Post #AWcMBUTUKZF81ZUmAq by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-06-12T14:17:33Z
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@falktx @Di4na a bit late to the party here, but i typically like to mention louigi's in-depth piece on this: https://louigiverona.com/?page=projects&s=writings&t=philosophy&a=philosophy_freedoms
(DIR) Post #AXQfZBEc2O3MMyLcw4 by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-07-06T20:50:20Z
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@lore we go silent for all kinds of reasons. Could be lunch/dinner/a walk/a nap or .... actual work.Just wasn't much interest discussing CALF any further, nothing more.
(DIR) Post #AXYEyXSBQEZB1QF4i0 by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-07-10T12:25:55Z
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I don't understand why there are people with sufficient technical acumen to be on Mastodon who never discovered things like Tweak New Twitter: browser add-ons that essentally make Twitter pretty much like Mastodon in terms of user experience, Add in ublock origin or something similar, along with the steve black blacklist, & you get:* no ads* only see people you follow* no trending* no algorithm* retweets from people you follow in a separate tabOh right. You're on your phones. OK then.
(DIR) Post #AXYIppkERkIMxemyau by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-07-10T13:13:18Z
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@falktx well, i agree with you.But I also see quite a few voices saying that Twitter is-this or is-that, apparently implying that there is only one user experience there. The user experience people here (Mastodon) want *is*, broadly speaking, available on Twitter too. But you have to make some choices and take some actions that I suspect many do not want to think about or deal with.
(DIR) Post #AZC1HlC1zRNueUba52 by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-08-28T14:56:52Z
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@tante I've spent the last 26+ yrs writing & making a living from libre software and thus have an actual financial indebtedness to a user community.In general, libre s/w devs do not work for/on behalf of anyone/any community. Their work being useful for someone is fortunate but frequently incidental.If there are communities that want s/w developed under a broader manifesto, they need to organize the resources required.As a developer, I am not here to meet somebody else's agenda.
(DIR) Post #AZSSmdYlgjsBVm6dqS by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-09-05T01:28:42Z
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@masha @Strandjunker the idea behind progressive tax systems is that everyone should "feel the same pain" from being taxed. Someone who earns $10k/year is going to feel a very different pain when taxed 20% than someone who earns $1M/yr. Progressive tax policy is about taxing everyone so that its "impact" on everyone is (roughly) the same, and a fixed rate doesn't do that.
(DIR) Post #AaTCH9ILASFykT9h0C by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-10-05T18:11:25Z
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Things looking a bit questionable (at best) for Bandcamp and its workers, again. Sign the petition!#bandcamp #bandcampfriday #bandcampunitedhttps://actionnetwork.org/petitions/songtradr-recognize-bandcamp-united?source=direct_link&
(DIR) Post #AavkR79Bccodfn3rAe by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-10-19T13:47:15Z
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the best article i've read so far on the bandcamp SNAFUhttps://www.welcometohellworld.com/they-can-and-will-ruin-everything-you-love/
(DIR) Post #Ab24vipFGNKtFXMjXE by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-10-21T23:29:38Z
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@a_lex_ander @marcan >> those rejecting modern tools like GitLab are gatekeepers, Would like to mention one subtle nuance here. Over at ardour.org, we *refuse* to use non-self hosted systems like Github/Gitlab as our *canonical repository*. We believe that historical experience at sourceforge and direction at github confirm the wisdom of our preference for self-hosted options.However, we are happy to use github as a public-facing locus for PRs.
(DIR) Post #Ab4ZAJvINegiMEkfdw by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2023-10-23T15:30:06Z
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@valvin i use liferea to track things (blogs, YT channels, podcasts), but i never read/watch/listen to anything in it (always use "Open in external browser"). Vastly preferable to any non-RSS alternative I've come across so far.So, "no" but "yes" :)
(DIR) Post #AnHQpZlQmtmciqT5ZQ by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2024-10-17T22:06:04Z
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After upgrading to #pipewire version 1.2.5. Finally, I am back to an audio system that works as well (or better!) than my old hand-tweaked setup with JACK1 and PulseAudio. Unlike that system, this one is fully integrated - things using any of the various Linux audio APIs are all visible and routable to each other. Latency is the same or better as I got with JACK1. Truly excellent. Good job @pipewire (and for those who don't know, I wrote JACK1, with the help of a lot of amazing people).
(DIR) Post #B2ndwx5kXwlygm70Oe by PaulDavisTheFirst@fosstodon.org
2026-01-29T16:27:47Z
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@dazo @mosgaard using JACK for audio/MIDI does not "mess up everything else" because pipewire implements the JACK API (library and server). As you noted, Ardour works 100% fine with Pipewire with *zero modifications to our JACK support* except for the places where there are still bugs in the pipewire implementation. There is no reason for any application using the JACK, ALSA or PulseAudio APIs to change; that was part of the entire design spec for Pipewire and it has largely met that goal.