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This is outstanding. Thank you for sharing a link to this program.

bretbernhoft | 2 years ago | on: A History of the Amen Break: From the Winstons to Futurama and Om Unit

The Amen Break is (in my understanding) one of the more important fragments of music in modern history. As there is a common, golden thread that began seventy years ago in Jamaica. Which runs all the way up into the modern day as Drum And Bass music and beyond.

The Amen Break is part of a special story, one of fusing human cultures from around the planet into a common sound. I encourage people to do a bit of research here, it's worth your time.

Thank you for the great article and excellent subject.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Digital Public Library of America

Well this is pretty cool. Always interested in seeing more digital accessibility projects.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Darwinian Gastronomy: Why We Use Spices (1999)

This is a thought I just finished having. Right alongside a bowl of canned soup, that (with the help of spices) turned out to be a five star meal. Food is medicine, as it is said.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. Barnum (1880)

I'm really excited to see another link to The Gutenberg Project. They do amazing work. And if their download stats are accurate, they must be one of the largest libraries of PDFs on the public Internet.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Pi-hole: Network-wide ad blocking

How many domains do you guys have blocked? I am at around four million domains blocked on my Pi-hole.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: The Knights Templar started London's first bank (2017)

I've heard that the Knights Templar could transform common metals into gold, at a rate comparable to ancient Egypt.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

I did not know that YouTube offers RSS feeds for their channels. I can see a lot of good use cases for that information.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Protect your privacy and your phone number with Firefox Relay

This makes a lot of sense. But maybe it's the direction that Mozilla is already headed in?

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Internet Archive Seeks Material for Library of Amateur Radio and Communications

Outstanding context, thank you!

This is a wonderful partnership to learn about. I hope that Internet Archive is successful here.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Factory jobs are booming like it’s the 1970s

This reminds me of a quote from one of my favorite short stories, "The dollar was strong and jobs were plentiful, so when the factory in town announced they were hiring, hundreds of people applied. John was one of the lucky few who got a job. The hours were long and the work was hard, but John was grateful to have a job that paid well. With the extra money, he was able to buy his family a new house."

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Despite faster broadband every year, web pages don't load any faster

Your point about more people working on similar projects in stealth mode is likely an underappreciated notion. And thank you for introducing me to Adept; looking forward to keeping my eyes on that company's progress.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: Human Enhancement

I'd be interested in others' perspectives on whether or not human enhancement is "cheating". I'm personally a proponent of technological human enhancement. But other might not be.

bretbernhoft | 3 years ago | on: FLAC – Format overview

I've only ever used .WAV and .MP3 formats. What would a .FLAC file format be used for?