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Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by jra_samba »

black_puppydog wrote: post #18
bongodongobob wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never used Twitter in my life. Twitter is not "the internet" nor is it essential in any way. Get a hold of yourself.

It used to be part of the internet. As in, people publishing stuff there weren't isolated, I could send you a link and you'd "just read it" as it were. This is increasingly untrue. Just like with facebook and the others, I might add. In the end, I think Jake Applebaum was right: the established social media are the real darknet. Stuff that's posted there eventually gets cut off for fun^Wprofit and dies a silent death…

This is very true. As an exmaple, Ian Hickson's blog post explaining the real reason behind DRM was posted on Google+ and is now completely unavailable (at least I can't find the original text anywhere).

Here is an open web page describing what he wrote (with some quotes), but the original text ? Gone along with G+.

https://www.techdirt.com/2013/03/26/true-purpose-drm-to-let-...

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by DashAnimal »

That was a really enjoyable thread, and what a great resolution. Not really my type of music but I'll ha e to give the song a listen in a couple of days when it becomes available.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by drcongo »

AnotherGoodName wrote: post #2

This link doesn't really work for anyone without a twitter account fwiw. We just see a single message. I think the preferred way to share twitter content these days is to screenshot the full thread. Or just accept that it's not really shareable and move on.

It's free speech.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by wharvle »

Teever wrote: post #29
wharvle wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s frustrating because some of Musk’s first moves were to make logged-out Twitter a ton better, but then a while ago he reversed course hard and made it entirely unusable. It’s the worst it’s ever been, I’m not employing “unusable” flippantly, it’s in fact almost pointless to follow a Twitter link while logged out now. Yeah, in my circle if people want to share Twitter stuff, they’ve taken to using screenshots.

What if we talked about the X-files in a post about the X-files, and talked about Elon Musk... Anywhere else?

When sufficiently broken links hit the main page, the brokenness is gonna be part of the discussion. Whatever the intentions of HN, it’s always the case, even for ones that are broken for boring and predictable paywall reasons rather than slightly-more-interesting walling-off-the-“town square” reasons.

Besides… “The Twitter Files”… Twitter renamed X… yep, that checks out, still on topic.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by hnthrowaway0328 »

mikub wrote: post #20

This reminds me of how much I miss watching X-Files back in the days. Such a good show.

Still a good one. I watched it once few years. I'll probably watch it again this year during Christmas. When my son grows up I'll introduce it to him too. I'm not sure what is the appropriate age but I guess 12 is OK? Some of the scenes are definitely 18+ though, I think.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by gorbachev »

AnotherGoodName wrote: post #2

This link doesn't really work for anyone without a twitter account fwiw. We just see a single message. I think the preferred way to share twitter content these days is to screenshot the full thread. Or just accept that it's not really shareable and move on.

Can we just automatically replace twitter links with nitter links here? Please.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by ksherlock »

38 wrote: post #30

I checked the whole thread but don't see a link to the actual song. did it actually get posted yet? and I don't mean a cam of someones TV or something. as others said, logged out Twitter is garbage.

Dan Marfisi/Glenn Jordan found the song on a CD but it has not yet been made available anywhere.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by AntoniusBlock »

mikub wrote: post #20

This reminds me of how much I miss watching X-Files back in the days. Such a good show.

If you're in the UK, all X-File episodes are available to stream for free on 4OD. I'm re-watching it too, but I'm so busy I can only do 1 episode every few days.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by jhbadger »

black_puppydog wrote: post #18
bongodongobob wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never used Twitter in my life. Twitter is not "the internet" nor is it essential in any way. Get a hold of yourself.

It used to be part of the internet. As in, people publishing stuff there weren't isolated, I could send you a link and you'd "just read it" as it were. This is increasingly untrue. Just like with facebook and the others, I might add. In the end, I think Jake Applebaum was right: the established social media are the real darknet. Stuff that's posted there eventually gets cut off for fun^Wprofit and dies a silent death…

In the same way that sugared cereals used to be advertised as "part of this complete breakfast!" showing it next to fruit, eggs, toast, etc. that made a perfectly good breakfast without the cereal.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by asadalt »

I once was listening to a song in a cafe in Pakistan and couldn't find it. Me and friends did:

- Shazam a few times

- Ask the restaurant folks if they can look at some screen to get us the name, apparently it was on a screenless mp3 player

- I recorded a sample of it

- I tried all fingerprinting services apart from Shazam

- Posted on a few subreddits, found the base song, a daft punk song but not exact one

- I looked up all remixes all over internet, no luck

- Finally someone found the exact soundcloud link, apparently it was a remix with no mention of daft punk anywhere

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