Excellent album. Tool fans, this one’s for you.

Magnetic Rose is amazing man.

Yes. That would be it.

I haven’t seen anyone mention it but The Man From Earth is fantastic. It’s literally just about a guy saying goodbye to his friends and telling an unbelievable story. There aren’t any flashbacks or visuals illustrating the story. Just him talking and their reactions but it’s so well written that it really draws you in.

Granted it’s not horror but more people should see this gem

Yup. Their best since Above The Weeping World.

Yea I also lived in China for 3 years while doing my masters and OP clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Everywhere takes cards and cash in addition to the digital payments. And no service I used was digital only.

Edit: The only requirement I encountered was a local phone number. Not a smartphone.

Gattaca (1997) - Sure it has a relatively high IMDB score but no one I know has seen it and I always recommend it when I can.

vuniper.com

If you’re looking for rock/metal then en.metal-tracker.com usually has lots of flac rips.

This was my primary driver as well. I just want all my music easily accessible.

Uses the latest tech in linux e.g wayland and pipewire.

Fedora

• it’s up to date
• little to no bloat
• stock gnome shell
• uses latest technologies
• just works

I have a BTR5 and it is indeed good at what it does. I just don’t get the same satisfaction from it as plugging into a headphone jack. The DAP is still fairly new so I’ll see if it still appeals to me down the line.

I used my local library for most of my life. Grew up with crappy internet so that necessitated downloading everything to make sure I got no hiccups when it finally came time to listen. Since starting work I began using Spotify (as a way to take all my music with me, had no alternative at the time) and continue to alternate between both. Streaming is nice and all but dependent on internet and given my experience, it’s better to have a local library. It’s just more reliable. Spotify’s great for music discovery though and has made my local library grown significantly.