Very true - although I'd add an "almost", at least in a few cases, authentic letters - or for the modern era, recordings - can at least root the fundamentals in something that actually happened. (Although even then, whatever gets tossed around as a parable/proverb will be heavily embellished and/or stripped of context, of course).
Funnily enough, I'd say there is a disparity between good content (there already is a lot of that, especially for FOSS and hobbyist content) and engagement - where there is a lack of engagement with said content. From what I've seen, there's quite some creators publishing on PeerTube by now - sometimes even as their main or even only platform - that basically get no comments, likes and just eyes watching in general.
Yeah, I love how she highlights rather unknown composers. I bet a lot of what she records is the first/only recording of some of the music she performs.
I found this article from last year: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61364
Our preliminary estimates suggest that annual electricity use from cryptocurrency mining probably represents from 0.6% to 2.3% of U.S. electricity consumption.
The wide range should not be too surprising, it's a mess to keep track of, especially with the current administration. Since then, with Trump immediately pledging to support the "industry", I can only imagine it consuming even more now.
Thanks, that should be enough for diving down a research rabbit hole!
Sounds like the Chinese variant of Diogenes at work, I'd love to hear more details - was this something that really happened or a clever tale constructed later? If those people were real, what else did they produce?
Fun fact: Linux is the name of a German-Swiss washing detergent brand:
Morton Künstler (August 28, 1927 – February 2, 2025) was an American artist known for his illustrative paintings of historical events, especially of the American Civil War. He was a child prodigy, who, with encouragement from his parents, became a skilled artist by the time he was twelve.
Holy nominative determinism, Batman! (Künstler means artist in German)
Now, if it had been three city bears - those fuckers would have deserved it, of course.
Their channel is great overall, they are putting their microscope to good use - very entrancing and relaxing videos.
Whoops, corrected now. I was already surprised I had gotten a result not hosted on joinmbin.org - but just assumed maybe the docs were hosted somewhere else for some reason. Should have taken the extra minutes to check what exactly I was linking there.
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