TexasDrunk
@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why does the Music Industry allow Spotify/Apple to profit off of them? 1 week ago:
Making music got easier by decade and it’s around 500$ to have all kinds of tech and instruments better than what Radiohead used in Kid A, and it’s way more accessible to access to learning resources.
People forget the part. The garage bands who couldn’t possibly make it in the 90s can now release their own music without a label. I’m just a drunk and I’ve got music out there that was mostly recorded in a closet. Anyone can put stuff out and try to find their audience.
The other thing a lot of folks forget is that most bands never made much from album sales. Only the top tiny percent did, even among a lot of famous bands. Musicians have always out there killing themselves on the road to make money on ticket sales and merch.
- Comment on Nobody will question you 1 week ago:
Folks in observation and analytics are gonna be real mad when they realize you’re giving away their secrets.
- Comment on Interesting. It's a constant reminder 1 week ago:
Plus the bottom handle looks to be about the same height as my butt cheeks. If I can grab it between the cheeks instead of getting my hands dirty then I’m definitely doing that.
(No, not really, I’m not that talented)
- Comment on Funko, BrandShield speak out about itch.io takedown 1 week ago:
If you had a business that boiled down to “corporate mercenary” don’t you think it would be incredibly convenient to have a reputation as a villainous bulldog?
There are very few companies who get to pretend they don’t give a flying shit about people. This is one who will thrive on that reputation. Pinkertons and whatever Blackwater is now.
- Comment on marketing 1 week ago:
I hate that for you. If you find a good Popeye’s it’s really great for fast food. Unfortunately to find a good one you’ve got to look for a line.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
The people who don’t understand what you mean but are obese are more likely to pipe up online.
- Comment on 'Baldur's Gate 3': Patch 8 Will Get TWELVE New Subclasses In 2025 2 weeks ago:
I feel the same way, but in real life.
- Comment on alpha 2 weeks ago:
I was stable release several years ago. Now I have security issues but some folks still think I’m awesome.
- Comment on Cooking advice 3 weeks ago:
I have several drunken and glib responses ranging from actual seasoning advice to something about the season of the witch. How-the-fuck-ever…
Run. Just fucking run. Neighbors? Kids? Whatever. Run.
- Comment on Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM 3 weeks ago:
I loved the first couple before I stopped playing games entirely for a decade. But I was a console player and didn’t have to think about things like this.
- Comment on Reddit morals vs Lemmy morals in the greentext community 3 weeks ago:
I have upvoted you because I like your username.
- Comment on You hate to see it happen 3 weeks ago:
You’re 5000 candles in the wind
- Comment on Petrichor 4 weeks ago:
I’m an enthusiastic amateur taster with a terrible palette and I bet it would ruin it for me, too.
- Comment on This world is cruel… 4 weeks ago:
Smoking meats is a hobby. To get dinner ready, you start at 3am and tend the firebox all day. You try different rubs, woods, and techniques to make the product of your craft the best it can be.
3am?!? What tiny little brisket are you doing at 225 to start that late? You’ve got to leave time for it to rest.
Ok, in all seriousness this is one of my main hobbies. By that I mean I do it often and I’ve stuck with it for years while other hobbies have come and gone. I’ve got a couple of offset smokers, a drum smoker that I built, and a pellet smoker when I don’t have the time to tend the firebox but still want to smoke something.
I said all that to say this: there are plenty of people who couldn’t give two shits about smoking meats who absolutely come ask me questions about it. Not because I’m the best, and not because they want it to be their hobby. But because I’m excited to talk about it. I also tend to bring full plates with me for my friends (and usually a couple of extras) so they get the benefit of having food.
I’ve also had women ask if they can come hang out next time I crank up the smoker. It’s an easy way in for someone who wouldn’t normally be confident enough to approach you.
- Comment on Roses are red in North Carolina..... 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on How a post on Reddit accidentally kickstarted the revival of Angus Steakhouse 4 weeks ago:
I didn’t think I had to mention how amazing the very authentic skillet queso and frosty margs were. I thought that was just common knowledge.
I’m in Houston and I send everyone to Chacho’s. For authentic Texas barbecue I send them to Dickey’s because the Thomas Barbecue location I used to send people to closed down.
Here’s why I send them to Chacho’s:
- Comment on How a post on Reddit accidentally kickstarted the revival of Angus Steakhouse 4 weeks ago:
Best steak in Texas.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 4 weeks ago:
Learned skill. I spend a lot of time drunk and Android tends to do a pretty good job of guessing what I’m swiping.
I also tend to reread what I wrote when I’m drunk. I actually generally do a worse job sober because I won’t double check my work.
And it was signage displays for the dumb TVs I was thinking of, and Sharp TVs used to have unsecured wireless networks that you couldn’t really turn off, so they’d make a mesh with other smart TVs. I believe I’ve heard the same thing about Samsung as well.
Now it’s time to go jog myself sick.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 4 weeks ago:
Sceptre is cheapo stuff. And at least one brand of smart TV is wardriving to find networks behind your back (again, drunk, I can’t remember which right now) and creating mesh networks with other TVs of the same type.
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 4 weeks ago:
Sceptre has some dumb TVs. You can also still get the display TVs that companies use. I’m drunk so I forget what they’re called.
- Comment on As a gay I can confirm 5 weeks ago:
Hollow and semi hollow body electric guitars do as well.
- Comment on Anons discuss PC vs console gaming 5 weeks ago:
TL;DR: yep
I use steam remote play. I’ve got a mini pc in my garage, another in my living room, and a third in my bedroom. There’s CAT 6 between my office and bedroom but the rest is wireless.
I spent more than I had to because I wanted all of them to be able to play less intense games like Hollow Knight and some emulation locally so if I have family and friends over we can have 3 games going at a time.
It’s one of the few PC tinkering projects I’ve taken on outside of work in the last several years because I’ve grown to mostly hate it. But this was super satisfying because I ended up with something that I could enjoy alone and with family.
I beat Shadow of the Erdtree on the one in the living room so it can’t be too terrible. I probably wouldn’t advise it for anyone wanting to play competitively but for casual gamers, couch co-op, RPGs, or friendly online games I can highly recommend this kind of setup.
- Comment on Forbidden magic 1 month ago:
Seconded. This is an excerpt from a comment I made the other day about it:
If you like making fun of quiverfull ministries, programming, Eldritch horrors, British humor (humour?), spy thrillers, agitated engineers, vampires that don’t exist, bloodthirsty elves, and a thinly veiled story about anthropomorphic climate change then this is the series for you.
Entities from other realities are listening and waiting for our computers to summon them.
- Comment on Forbidden magic 1 month ago:
I’m making this comment from a magical device that sends bottled lightning though rocks inscribed with very exact runes in order to display information from people all over the world.
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 1 month ago:
I’m that friend, except I’ll preface it with “You know I like a lot of garbage movies, but…”
- Comment on Nuclear Demonology 1 month ago:
it’s late December 1938
Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize
What a lady, what a night.
- Comment on Mushrooms 1 month ago:
Most of my friends are also on a spectrum.
- Comment on Mushrooms 1 month ago:
White Amanitas are lethal, never touch those, but with Muscaria you could have some fun.
These are my favorites because of their common name. Destroying Angel.
Fun fact: the survival rate without treatment is about half, but that goes up to ~90% if you get treated quickly. However, it can still destroy your liver. The toxin is thermostable so cooking doesn’t break it down. It is excreted in urine so a lot of the treatment consists of pumping you full of fluids and making you pee a lot. There is no actual antidote to the toxin.
- Comment on Hot Dinner 🍆 🍑 🥵 1 month ago:
Do you really think someone would just put something on the Internet that isn’t true? Is that even legal?
- Comment on Parasitic Isopods 1 month ago:
After the first three he doesn’t write them as pastiches of other authors and I think they get better.
