neverbeenbretter

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Okay. Ever wonder why pigeons bob their heads? It's so that they can perceive depth. Animals with front facing eyes like ours can tell how near/far something is based on the angle formed by our eyes (called stereopsis). Pigeons, being side-eyed, don't have that option, so instead they compare the percieved size of things as they bob. Things that are closer will "grow" more than things that are far away.

[–] neverbeenbretter@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Look at one thing, then quickly at another (only moving your eyes). You quite literally were blind for a moment there due to saccadic masking: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccadic_masking

 

Hi Teddy, I love you.

I'm considering switching back to Spotify for just that reason. I jumped over to Tidal a few years back as they pay artists more, but their recommendation algorithms are garbage in comparison.

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Given we all live in a decidedly niche music sphere, I thought it might be helpful if we share our tips/tricks for finding new artists. Here's my tried and true: everynoise.com

Haha, same! I think it was three accounts for me until it clicked. I can't recall exactly what I was doing wrong, but I remember it had something to do with replying to comments that was my main source of confusion; from my inbox it mattered somehow (this is the bit I can't recall) what I clicked on to go to the originating community, only one way took me there in a way that preserved my login/subscription (man, I don't understand yet how to talk about this system).

Mlem needs a lot of work, no doubt about it. for generally viewing content it gets a passing grade, but things get janky (if not impossible) fast when it comes to interacting with the site. I have hopes though; the creator said that they're taking a lot of inspiration from Apollo, so I'm withholding Judgement as it's very clearly very beta in its development. Makes me wish I could help (I love Apollo, especially as a fellow Haligonian), but I've no experience with app development.

[–] neverbeenbretter@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure yet how to ping an account, but his handle is TheDude. I'd really like to know his stance on this too.

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I hate to say it, but I feel like I'm kind of mainstream as far as prog metal goes; I really don't know if I'd consider anything in my list lesser known. I think my issue is that I have no idea how to find new music anymore (short of EveryNoiseAtOnce, which I just remembered existed).

The first album that came to mind, which is definitely not metal, is 100% Yes by Melt Yourself Down. I believe the genre description I read was "Afrolatin inspired post-bop punk-jazz", so of course I had to check it out.