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tiredhorizon

@[email protected]

Musician / composer.

#Music is the key to the soul. British. Working class. Find me on #bandcamp

Musical projects include: Downfader, Absense of Meaning, Deceptonaut, Blood Collar

(posts autodelete after 2 weeks to save on my impact on the environment)
#electronicmusic #electronica #ambient #foundsounds #kosmiche #alternative #alt #alternativerock #synthesizer #guitar #ableton #darkambient #experimentalmusic

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@unrefinedjagoff@mas.to avatar unrefinedjagoff , to random

Teams is such dogpoop that missed calls are labeled like "uhhh it was uhhhh yesterday"
Like, I dunno, a TIMESTAMP MIGHT HELP

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@unrefinedjagoff I fucking hate Teams. They force us to use that at work. Buggy crap, even though staff member is in another part of the site.

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@unrefinedjagoff the AI/copillock shit is making it worse too.

@tiredhorizon@mstdn.social avatar tiredhorizon , to random

Been out cycling.

Didn't expect it to be over 20C in the shade today. Its the end of February and its normally 15. Sweating my arse off.

Thought "stick to the route you know" basically into/out of work. Went through the Common lots of families even on a normal workday.

Did about 15 miles and now starving bloody hungry.

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@jankhambrams I've been back on the bike for nearly a month, mostly weekends, so I struggle with getting up to speed these days.

@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , to random
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@TheBreadmonkey been there. I feel his pain.

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I wrote this as a challenge some musicians take on for January called, wait for it... Jamuary.
https://thetiredhorizon.bandcamp.com/album/2026-jamuary-sessions
46 tracks, 1 bonus tracks (if anyone were to pay)

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RE: https://mstdn.social/@tiredhorizon/115945507571016603

Musicians, composers and electronica people - I can give you sounds.

SOUNDS!

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Had a chance to play more Roland D-05 sounds before the Niece came home from school
https://thetiredhorizon.bandcamp.com/album/2026-jamuary-sessions
Last 2 in the playlist lean into the nature of the Boutique a little

@tiredhorizon@mstdn.social avatar tiredhorizon , to random

I made a music tech meme...
..couldnt find an image of Lex on the left laughing for some reason.

Lex Luthor stern faced on the left, laughing on the right
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@tiredhorizon@mstdn.social avatar tiredhorizon , to random

Weaverbeats called out an on . Now the scammer is using his base to try and force fake reports against his content
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxy48uK9IiIvyhsE3FrqfJ2mWyAThMH-el

@tiredhorizon@mstdn.social avatar tiredhorizon , to random

Played around with Linux Mint yesterday. Cant remember if I tried it before, if I did it was QUITE some time ago.

Might be installing it on Dad's laptop in the next week to get around Windows/Microsoft letting him down. He's self employed so needs a system that runs spreadsheets/wordprocessing etc. Refuses to retire at 71 ffs, but hey.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

I wonder what happens at level nine.

I wonder what happens at level nine.
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@lowqualityfacts Your wife disappears and isnt seen for 20 years.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Picture 1: The Republican party is trying to promote Trump with a collage of Trump in front of a car and the text, "Make automobiles great again".

Picture 2: The car used in the collage, is a VAZ-2101 produced by the Russian car manufacturer Lada from 1970 onwards.

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@randahl geezer who lived next to my school as a kid had one. They used to knife his tyres constantly. 🤨

@dennisfaucher@infosec.exchange avatar dennisfaucher , to random

New credit card hack my family just got caught by
Someone slapped official looking QR codes on all the parking meters in Salem, MA
Scan the code, pay parking with credit card, your credit card just got p0wned
New credit cards for us!

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@dennisfaucher Thats been going on in Southampton in the UK for a couple of years now. Its caught out a lot of people.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

Now we know that he that got him fired from CBS.

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@georgetakei you guys are going to cause another 1929, aint ya. 🤨

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

That was some quick thinking.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was averted when a CIA agent called the Soviet Union and told them to stand down in a Russian accent, claiming to be the ghost of Joseph Stalin.
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@lowqualityfacts "also, send medovik cake, comrade..."

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org avatar davidrevoy , to random

I just took a peek at the thermometer outside...
Yeah...
This is fine...

This is a digital painting of Pepper, my young witch OC, drinking tea in a room engulfed in flames. She has a distant look in her eyes, as if she is trying really hard to deny that everything around her is burning. This is an obvious parody of the original meme "This is fine".
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@davidrevoy Got to 28C here in my part of the UK... inside the house. Outside it was hotter. Had to work in it yesterday. Not fun.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

AI generated captions are poor quality for sure 😱 and they want to replace trained professionals like doctors with AI 😂

A social media post from Sean Murray of No Man's Sky clarifying, "We did not have a secret room hiding deaf kids... We were hiding dev-kits. DEV-KITS." This follows an apparent auto-generated caption stating, "For the last year we've had this little secret room hiding some deaf kids." Below this, another post from him announces "NMS Switch 2 Edition!" with features like multiplayer, 4K texture support etc.
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@nixCraft If they actually trained it to spot cancers and help cure rare disease then I think people would have more truck with it

@Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

Every 24 hours, a mid-tier LinkedInfluencer watches a mid-tier AI short and proclaims the death of Hollywood like he’s Martin Luther, nailing a Midjourney jpeg to the gates of Burbank Christendom.

A LinkedIn post by Michael Ashley stating, “The one plot twist Hollywood didn’t see coming…” promoting AI video tool Veo 3, with an image of a classic film actress rendered in high resolution, suggesting AI-powered restoration or generation of film visuals.
A LinkedIn post by Michael Ashley stating, “The one plot twist Hollywood didn’t see coming…” promoting AI video tool Veo 3, with an image of a classic film actress rendered in high resolution, suggesting AI-powered restoration or generation of film visuals.

A LinkedIn post by Michael Ashley stating, “The one plot twist Hollywood didn’t see coming…” promoting AI video tool Veo 3, with an image of a classic film actress rendered in high resolution, suggesting AI-powered restoration or generation of film visuals.
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@Daojoan its being used in advertising already. Cant see it replacing a full movie crew yet tbh.

@tiredhorizon@mstdn.social avatar tiredhorizon , to random

Genuine question here for Linux users and musicians, composers, guitar players etc. I am being told by several mouthy people online that "nobody uses linux" & "nobody would use linux for music making"

How many of you use or have used Linux as a vehicle for recording music?

Please retoot/repost to help get a handle on this, cheers!

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@vkc@tinkerbetter.tube avatar vkc bookmarking this for later, cheers!

@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services avatar FediFollows , to random

just raised its prices, some are over US$100 a month 😬

Stop paying rent on your tools, switch to alternatives:

➡️ @kdenlive - Video editing

➡️ @ardour - Digital audio workstation

➡️ @tenacity - Audio editing

➡️ @Blender (main) & @blender (videos) - 3D animation & video effects

➡️ @Krita (main) & @krita (videos) - Painting & illustration

➡️ @inkscape - Vector drawing

➡️ @darktable - Organise & develop raw photos

➡️ @www[email protected] - Desktop publishing (feed)

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@FediFollows @kdenlive @ardour @tenacity @Blender @blender @Krita @krita @inkscape @darktable @www[email protected] I wish KDenlive had a bit more functionality.

Not seen Tenacity. Have used Audacity for a while and like it. Could do with key commands as shortcuts (notsure if this is already hidden in it)

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@FediFollows cheers I'll have a look at tenacity. Didnt realise about the trackers.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

Ouch 😣

Jen Lap @jenlapcomedy writes on social media: Dating apps? No thanks, if I wanted to talk to someone for hours and accomplish nothing, l'd contact tech support.
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@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

The destruction is the point.

america's law-following lou on X: "the national parks system makes up about 0.004% of the federal budget and is (by far) the best thing american government has ever achieved. the decision to destroy the crown jewels of our country to save what amounts to effectively no money is fucking insane"
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@rasmus91 @georgetakei gone. Milo the archaeologist on YT detailed it.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fa57E-Vu1dg

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random
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@georgetakei the look like the figures in that image. They dont look right at all.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has joined Elon Musk in allowing disinformation to flourish on his platforms in order to gain Donald Trump's favor. It’s about to get very ugly on Facebook. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/mark-zuckerberg-meta-factcheckers-billionaires

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@georgetakei his misinformation was years before Musks. Cambridge Analitica etc.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

Google finally did it. Is it time to switch to Firefox? I believe users should be in control of what they can install and use on their desktop or laptop. There's uBlock Origin Lite, which replaces the original uBlock Origin for Chrome and similar browsers. Give it a try.

Google chrome turned of 'uBlock Origin' extension. It is time to switch to Firefox. There's uBlock Origin Lite, which replaces the original uBlock Origin for Chrome
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@nixCraft Firefox has been documented as having its own issue in recent months...

..I'd say switch it up between FF, Brave and Opera. I think Duckduck do a browser too - certainly for mobile.

@Pandaemoniumminiatures@dice.camp avatar Pandaemoniumminiatures , to random

to not very far back... but I've reshot my Cerberus Studios 54mm Storr Warriors to give them a glow-up in the new lightbox - and now I want to rephotograph everything I've painted!

Three barbaric warriors armed with l-r warhammer, hooks on chains, sword
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@Pandaemoniumminiatures those are spectacular.

I was shit at painting miniatures. 😂

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

The entire BBC sound effects library is now accessible. https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search

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@w7voa a fair bit was available even a few years back. They used to release it on CD for theatres, schools etc. I guess they realised the material would end up being sampled or used anyway.

@etherdiver@ravenation.club avatar etherdiver , to electronicmusic group

Friday has arrived and it's bringing Other People's Music with it, as usual. This week brings refreshing takes on some classic genres like electro and synthwave along with a pair of weird fusions (acoustic ambient and heavy metal drum and bass). Read about and hear them here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/09/20/opm-classic-styles-and-weird-fusions/

electronicmusic@a.gup.pe icon electronicmusic group
@experimentalmusic

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , to random

Far right: full genocide!

Far left: no genocide!

Centrists: Such extremism! You’re both just as bad as each other… Everyone knows what the world needs is a moderate, healthy amount of genocide.

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@aral Communist states have still killed a lot of people 🤷‍♂️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes
Its important to be honest about this.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

Whatever works!

A social post from u/ImBlessedAchoo on Reddit that says: Friends mom ran over their mailbox and this was the replacement until they get it fixed. [An image of a toy plastic mailbox]
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@georgetakei how the hell do you run over the mailbox there Its like 4 feet from the drive 😂

@smallcircles@social.coop avatar smallcircles Bot , to random

Highly annoying that each contact to can only be reached after signing up to this mysterious social media platform called "X" run by a cartoonish evil villain that came straight from a Bond movie.

Isn't it high time for The Guardian to launch their own independent instance? Independent requires independent channels.

https://github.com/guardian/about-us/issues/160

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@smallcircles send them a letter https://www.theguardian.com/tone/letters

Or write to their web editorial and ask them. I did a while ago myself. The more of us who do increases the chance.

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@georgetakei someone had to play the AI card at some point. Surprised it wasn't for all that stupid shit he comes out with.

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    @vkc I'm not really web savvy (I'm just a shite musician) but one of the things people can do is have a page on their website of links to other similar material/sites/allies.

    There was a time before search engines really kicked off where people found other websites through such pages.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    🧛‍♂️🔢

    A social post from @ItsAndyRyan on X that says: Her: Who's your favourite literary vampire? Me: The one in Sesame Street Her: He doesn't count Me: | can assure you that he does
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    @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar djlink , to random

    Krita is 50% off on Steam. You can get it for free directly but this way we can contribute to the open source project and also auto-updates which is nice. https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/

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    @djlink great art program! Must get out my tablet and start drawing again.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    Sounds perfect 😎

    Screenshot of a social post by '@glamdemon2004' on the social platform 'X' that says: 'The vibe this summer' Attached is a photo with a list of activities.
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    @georgetakei
    10. smash the autocracy.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random
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    @georgetakei Hamill should get a role in Dune Messiah when its made. It'd be ironic.