And I probably should say I can tell if a cover is "good". After all, many covers that screw this up are still good. They just don't do the song true justice IMO.

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:50

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:50

Dec 28, 2021, 02:50

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Honestly, maybe it's just an issue of bring bass to the front that the particular arcade hardware didn't have issues with. But, yeah. The bass is very important and if I can barely find it under the other instruments, that's not good.

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:47

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:47

Dec 28, 2021, 02:47

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Maybe I'm getting too technically here compared to how it was composed, but it seems symptomatic of how we've decided melody and accompaniment means melody and bass line. Like, the bass line is not just accompaniment in this song! It trades off with other instruments as part of the melody! So if a cover decides to focus the guitar in the opening where the bass is the actual melody, they've probably misunderstood the song.

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:41

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:41

Dec 28, 2021, 02:41

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

I can literally tell if a cover is good within a few seconds because of how the opening works.

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:40

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 28, 2021, 02:40

Dec 28, 2021, 02:40

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Hot take: any cover of Final Take Off from Afterburner that just shoves the bass to the background has fundamentally misunderstood the song. Yes, this includes the FM Towns version.

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:21

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:21

Dec 27, 2021, 02:21

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Oh, and in case you were curious, much like my Windows 11 leak VM, this VM is also not safe for work.

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:19

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:19

Dec 27, 2021, 02:19

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Okay, I'm not going to continue boring you with this. It's literally a skinned version of Windows 7 with some software preinstalled. But, I will leave you with this. My favourite preinstalled windows theme: black spider.

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:09

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:09

Dec 27, 2021, 02:09

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

BEHOLD! THE MISSING WINDOWS!

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:03

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:03

Dec 27, 2021, 02:03

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Oh no.

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:00

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:00

Dec 27, 2021, 02:00

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

1) This is in a VM, if you can't tell. I'm not sure if that's safer in this case, but we'll take it as it comes.
2) This is an actual thing you can find on archive.org. Seriously. Here:
https://archive.org/details/windows-9_202105

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:00

**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 27, 2021, 02:00

Dec 27, 2021, 02:00

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Mistakes were made.

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**Aura V.** · Dec 26, 2021, 19:26

Aura V. boosted

**claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸** @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es · Dec 26, 2021, 19:26

Dec 26, 2021, 19:26

claire, lesbnyans~ 💜⚸ @DarkWitchClaire@computerfairi.es

twitch casual stream

playing some saturn games today! first christmas nights, then bulk slash!

https://www.twitch.tv/darkwitchclaire

**Aura V.** · Dec 26, 2021, 10:23

Aura V. boosted

**Cheshire (Alicja, Artemida and Mara)** @oddtail@meow.social · Dec 26, 2021, 10:23

Dec 26, 2021, 10:23

Cheshire (Alicja, Artemida and Mara) @oddtail@meow.social

politics and language

This is your reminder that "it's not political" means some combination of the following:

1) "I am not aware of the political dimension of this nor do I care to learn"
2) "I don't care about this issue and neither should you"
3) "My particular stance on this should be the default"
4) "I don't mind the status quo, and have mistaken what exists for what MUST exist".

Notably, it never means something is actually NOT political. There ain't no such thing.

**Aura V.** · Dec 26, 2021, 15:37

Aura V. boosted

**John Thundergun** @shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net · Dec 26, 2021, 15:37

Dec 26, 2021, 15:37

John Thundergun @shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net

> NFT art combines the nuanced social awareness of computer programmers with the soulful whimsy of hedge fund managers

this is a great piece:
https://www.gawker.com/culture/the-future-is-useless-expensive

**Aura V.** · Dec 25, 2021, 15:20

Aura V. boosted

**Xerz 💗** @xerz@fedi.xerz.one · Dec 25, 2021, 15:20

Dec 25, 2021, 15:20

Xerz 💗 @xerz@fedi.xerz.one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYNWvgBpW8U

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**Aura V.** · Dec 24, 2021, 19:04

Aura V. boosted

**we're the owls!** @owls@plural.cafe · Dec 24, 2021, 19:04

Dec 24, 2021, 19:04

we're the owls! @owls@plural.cafe

fnaf/scott cawthon criticism

ppl are suddenly so obsessed with fnaf security breach despite condemning scott cawthon for being conservative only a few months ago. its flooding our insta feed, like. come on.

yes he stepped down but he's still going to profit from this game, and that money will go right to all the politicians they claimed they hated. hm.