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What is your fav Christmas music/playlist? in c/music@beehaw.org

[–] MrFergus616@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

No Presents For Christmas- King Diamond is on my playlist every year.

'This Is Spinal Tap' Director ROB REINER And His Wife Killed In Apparent Homicide in c/entertainment@beehaw.org

[–] MrFergus616@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Just an absolutely awful thing to happen.

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] MrFergus616@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Part of (but not all) of the reasons why I've moved back to Vinyl.

Long may it continue, I'm finding far more music now than I ever did on the Spotify platform.

How does the Beehaw community consume music? in c/music@beehaw.org

[–] MrFergus616@beehaw.org [S] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Good stuff, is Jellyfin similar to Plex?

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How does the Beehaw community consume music? in c/music@beehaw.org

[–] MrFergus616@beehaw.org [S] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

Good shouts, I've never heard of Peertube or Owncast, looks like I'm doing some googling!

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submitted 10 months ago by MrFergus616@beehaw.org to c/music@beehaw.org

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Hi folks, first post. Just wanted to kick off a potential discussion, I don't use streaming at all due to poor artist rates and the behaviour of certain CEO's

At the moment, I'm at a sizeable vinyl collection around sixty and growing, mainly European Hard Rock/Metal, however I do have the odd HipHop type album too (Young Fathers)

I'm the type of guy who will buy an album based off the cover, which has introduced me to lots of cool stuff, but I was just wondering as I'm getting older, how are people finding new music in 2025?

OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] MrFergus616@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Kid Starver has already taken lots of money from OpenAI, "lobbying" is supposed to be illegal in the UK, however "donations" aren't.

He's very keen to force this nonsense on us, but I do wonder how Scotland will react to it, because a lot of these policies have hit England and Wales but not where I am up north.