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solrize, (edited ) in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

I won’t say his name but I stopped someone’s musical career once. He was an up and coming young guitarist, getting performing gigs here and there, and teaching guitar students to help pay his bills while waiting for a break. I took some lessons from him and as part of general chatting it came out that I worked with computers. He thought that was interesting and asked good questions, so I brought him some programming books. He became a full time programmer a couple months later and a very good one too. I’m glad it worked out for him, but I always wonder what we lost.

SeabassDan,

Which books? Also, how long ago was this?

solrize,

This was decades ago. I don’t remember the specific books but they were about programming in C. By now that is considered a neckbeard language. The first thing the guy did, with like zero experience, was write a video compression program in C.

Empricorn,

Did… Did you create Bill Gates and Windows??

solrize,

Nah, Windows was supposedly inspired by NASCAR. Bill saw how people loved seeing constant crashes, and he got an idea…

myfavouritename,

My coach used to tell the story of a really promising track and field athlete who might have had a serious shot on the world scene, but quit to play in his band called The Barenaked Ladies. I never fact checked that, so I have no idea if it was true or not. But it stuck with me because it made me think of all the people who might have been incredible in one field or another who just never gave it a shot.

Dagwood222,

“Ike At The Mike” by Howard Waldrop. Award winning short story. An elderly Dwight Eisenhower is invited to the White House. Ike famously gave up his West Point cadetship to become a jazz musician. Among the attendees honoring him is the young Elvis A. Presley, Senator from Mississippi.

serpineslair, in What song you got on repeat right now?

Just Cannibal Corpse in general, currently listening to their entire discography.

Zerlyna, (edited ) in What song you got on repeat right now?
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Farewell by UNKLE.

Heard it on a Blacklist episode last night and can’t get it out of my head. Had me in tears. Downloaded it immediately.

hal_5700X, in What song you got on repeat right now?
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TeckFire, in What song you got on repeat right now?

Remember the Name (feat. Styles of Beyond) - Fort Minor

delta, in Your greatest weakness becomes your greatest strength. How is your life different?

i can walk again :)

surewhynotlem, in What song you got on repeat right now?

youtu.be/xfaTEGGtVf8?si=j6lzw25xo0nM8Zg6

All along the watchtower, Battlestar Galactica version

XEAL, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

Yoko Ono

mynamesnotrick,

Eeeeeeee oooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeee oooooooooo eeeeee - oko nono

korny, (edited ) in What's a great podcast you'd like to share?

Dudesy is a fun pod show with Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen. First and only podcast written by and direct by an AI. Don’t break kayfabe, brother.

cheese_greater,

You ever watch The Dudesons? Amazing shit lol

Followupquestion, in Do You Have a Fire Extinguisher in Your Home and is it Still Pressurized?

One for every room I intent for humans to survive in, plus one in each car. Also recently upgraded to hardwired CO/smoke detectors and each bedroom also has a combination alarm that uses Z-Wave to alert me anywhere, just as a backup. Also, we practice fire and earthquake drills monthly, along with a couple of other scenarios that are more rare/less dangerous.

Noedel,

Where do you live that all of these things are such a risk?

Followupquestion,

Take a look at the fault lines around California. There’s lots of seismic activity, and we’re close to train tracks so we have gas mask drills too (added after what happened in East Palestine). Given the major large-scale risks in our area are fire, earthquakes, and a train derailment spilling chemicals, those drills seem prudent.

CorrodedCranium, in What song you got on repeat right now?
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Death Grip’s I’ve Seen Footage and Do Not Resurrect’s Sarcophagus.

kakes, in What song you got on repeat right now?

I don’t normally listen to rap, but ngl that song does slap.

I’ll throw in something completely polar opposite that I’ve been listening to a lot again lately. Chill vibes; not sure if I can call it EDM or what exactly it falls under.

Mansionair - Strangers

hiramfromthechi,
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Bouncy. I read “Dom Dolla” and immediately thought Dame Dolla (Damian Lillard) so I was like “Oh this gonna have a Dame verse?!”

TastyWheat, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

Mariah Carey. I work retail. If you know, you know.

Dagwood222,

I worked retail for exactly one Christmas. The day I worked the toy department they had one album on repeat for eight hours. I hated Christmas music for years, and now it just annoys me.

Joker, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

All excellent suggestions here. I’m adding Lost Prophets to the list. Maybe don’t look them up if you don’t already know.

Infynis, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?
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