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by geden 3y ago
It’s all very confusing :)
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by geden 3y ago
W-8BEN form is the most obnoxious form I've ever seen. It's written in incredibly opaque and obtuse language and covers far too many scenarios. And the most incredibly annoying thing about it is that for most UK companies (dont&#x
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by geden 3y ago
Why are you thinking solely in terms of subscription? Some artists, though not all, (especially older ones who don't want to look like charity cases) allow you to make one off donations, or overpay via Bandcamp for instance. Though Ban
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by geden 3y ago
Indeed. But by using one you are tacitly signalling to the industry you are not a serious player. Typically 10-15% is what you'd pay now an aggregator that caters to recognised artists and labels. But better than nothing as a place to
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by geden 3y ago
Let me try and explain again, because I think you missed something. I don’t think many people do want to listen to this music. And even fans that do might not listen very frequently. That music might still be incredible, in the same way tha
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by geden 3y ago
Many indies offer a 50/50 net profit split. At volume the costs become quite small with CDs. Majors usually seek to minimise royalties and have many well documented and some less well documented ways to reduce royalties by either chipp
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by geden 3y ago
They were signed by labels who also made money from the sale of those records. Those labels are now looking for different music.
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by geden 3y ago
No. This assumes all artists are alike, which patently they are not. Artists that make amazing music that doesn't stream well, are pretty fucked and their revenue stream from recorded music has basically vanished. Spotify algorithm fil
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by geden 3y ago
And there was me thinking I opposed the death penalty.
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by geden 4y ago
Do you think we’ve been ground down sufficiently by corrupt wholly self interested politicians, so just feel resigned to something like this? When we’ve fucked our biosphere with CO2, a much more dangerous issue we’ve failed to solve?
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by geden 4y ago
People should be able to sell at the price they want, to who they want. Scalpers always act in bad faith. Most people are capable of good faith, they don’t need laws or the market to limit their behaviour.
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by geden 4y ago
She passed the Brexit bill. The reality is that it’s consistently been the House of Lords that save us from the nuttier ideas.
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by geden 4y ago
Apparently not, according to this study at least.
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by geden 4y ago
Or dad.
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by geden 4y ago
Glass is completely fine for liquids. It's only relatively recently that plastic became ubiquitous. In my UK childhood (70s/80s) most drinks, milk etc were in glass bottles that were re-used and/or recycled. It's mostly
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by geden 5y ago
I stopped drinking during the pandemic. I think for good. I wasn't drinking much. A bottle of wine or two at the weekend with my wife. Never really liked beer that much. It's hard to articulate exactly why I stopped I think there
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by geden 5y ago
I went from a pandemic high of 87kg to 75kg and now a steady 77kg with the app Noom. Was very sceptical but just followed it blindly for three months. It’s very simple, runs you at a calorie deficit by tracking food intake and calories burn
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by geden 5y ago
Eh? They’ve passed a law which means that if you even call the war a ‘war’ you face 15 years in jail.
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by geden 5y ago
Nginx rose out of the cesspit that was Apache config files. For me it was night and day better and I love the fact Nginx is just set and forget. That's not to say it can't improve...
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by geden 5y ago
Hard disagree. Thorntons has always been quite low end chocolate. Waitrose No1 range is the only decent ostensibly British chocolate that immediately springs to mind https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/browse/g
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by geden 5y ago
We got a private diagnosis for my son (to save potentially a year waiting) and that was recognised by the NHS paediatrician. Horrible experience with his school though, that’s another story!
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by geden 5y ago
Find a sport or sports that you enjoy. Focus on getting good at them with a coach and PT. Would recommend tennis and/or badminton. Join a local club. That’s health and socialising covered. Which is most of happiness. Oh and deal with a
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by geden 5y ago
Much to learn here for modern music journalists. Instead of inserting their own desires, shallow beliefs and ego into the review, the book is reviewed for what it is, with the artists intention considered and respected. Compare and contrast
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by geden 5y ago
I just add the tickets to Apple Wallet and they appear on the watch. I buy either directly via LNER website or The Trainline app.
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by geden 5y ago
Our Victorian property still has a (shared) lead supply pipe. I've been repeatedly told it's not an issue due to (presumed) calcification on the inside of the pipe. All the interior pipework is copper. Our water was tested years a
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by geden 5y ago
My Series 7 lasts all day and a night. Charges super fast. I've also found myself using it as a 'dumb but useful phone'. Having Apple Pay / train tickets on it has been surprisingly useful. The activity tracking has been
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by geden 5y ago
Stewart Lee, another British institution, telling you all you need to know about ‘wokeness’, 10+ years ago. https://youtu.be/bmsV1TuESrc It’s extra charged in the UK because ‘PC gone mad’, please don’t show me inconvenient
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by geden 5y ago
If we only study 'what is', we miss 'what can be'.
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by geden 5y ago
Now we just need Spotify to hide play counts... These have a terrible effect on artists.
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by geden 6y ago
Agreed. The problem with this stance though is verification. How do you verify that someone is stepping over the line and violating the rights of others. We rely on various NGOs and media reporting for the raw data and the law courts for in

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