Posts by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #B4Qe2G7D3vCIRNssLo by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel That’s Emil Schult at the back.
       
 (DIR) Post #B56oyUMxNqu5coyI88 by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel I liked their second album.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5V5uh22iw1qko0GG0 by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel I can imagine that system being mnemonic for some readers.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5X7UQlr9ETt14xNo0 by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel @blurk Don’t most of us store books by height?
       
 (DIR) Post #B7l0CHhT1uEzr1ZUOW by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel According to that Web site, dongles are now “keepsakes” 🤢… but I do understand your continued interest in different formats!
       
 (DIR) Post #B7mAcANg3fmBNoFruK by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @blurk @lardmotel It comes inside its own collectible keepsake shipping container.
       
 (DIR) Post #B821w0pUFrpYknH0gC by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel I understand the objections, but the reactions are to the perceived onslaught of AI in the arts rather than to one artist’s use of AI, which in a previous technological era would have been hailed as innovative or at least a novel gimmick.Previous fears for the survival of “real” music were provoked by the phonograph, synthesisers, sampling and more. That is not to say that concern about AI in music is necessarily just more of the same! But maybe future shock is part of the story.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FB2dhddfdMvNsbqq by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @ddarc @lardmotel Hah, ‘Come Visit the Big Beefcake’ had just popped into my head!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8I5eY8kkiPMQS8Uwy by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel @ddarc Coming soon (enough): ‘Bulkbody’!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8tgOE8W1JZnYD5yG8 by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel Good luck with all that. You might find most of the companies pretty helpful.Theft coverage is included in ZDT these days. I used to find iLok a pain in many ways, but nowadays the system works smoothly and the company is responsive. Paying annually for the privilege of running copy-protection software might rub some up the wrong way but IMHO there are much more unfair charges than $30 p.a. for “insurance” and a standard way of handling the necessary evil of copy protection. #2c
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ufUt1b0OjDIzQjqq by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel Yes, I suppose otherwise it would be like trying to start an insurance policy after your house has burned down, and these people are no fool$. However, politely emailing the software companies to ask for help may well be productive, and once you have received the replies, you will at least be better informed about what your options are.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8va6eqXp01URjJNNw by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel Oh, yes, I see that DontCrack closed in May. However, the Web site says that “all previously purchased licenses remain available through My.Plugivery.com”, so there is hope.Otherwise you could try DoCrack. #jk #tooSoon #justDont
       
 (DIR) Post #BA1p8zbtUW1L2hQwqW by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel #2c Some excellent performances carried it, but, for this viewer, they could not do so for the full distance. It was perhaps a bit ‘Donny Darko’ in feel? But with crying in the rain. Donny Emo. I prefer the ‘Primer’ approach, in which the characters just loosen their ties sometimes for emotional impact.
       
 (DIR) Post #BA1qJGmSbg0L95q9w0 by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel It’s for buyers who hate their grandchildren but can’t knit.
       
 (DIR) Post #BA1qZSAw0cXx7S0Mpk by phantomcircuit@mastodon.social
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       @lardmotel I remember when people would have gone on about the Illuminati.