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Anyone else notice how IGN's Suicide Squad review missed the point entirely? (lemmy.org)
 

So IGN reviewed Suicide Squad and gave it a ?.

I went through their review and found some issues — embargoes, lack of context, scores that don't match the actual text. Did a full meta-review and rated their review a 4/10.

Full breakdown: https://reviewofareview.com/ign-suicide-squad/

Curious if others had the same reaction to the original review.

Self-hosting in 2025 isn't about privacy anymore - it's about building resistance infrastructure in c/privacy@programming.dev
[–] alex_riv@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

Worth checking out QuickMailBites (github.com/bonskari/quickmailbites) if you're on the SES → S3 route. Native Flutter app, no Electron, reads email straight from the bucket. Free/open source.

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made a free browser auto-battler — no download or account needed (lemmy.org)
 

been working on a game called Wilderkin League for a while and finally feel good enough about it to share.

it's an auto-battler (think TFT / Super Auto Pets) where you build a team from 10 animal species. the interesting part is the synergy system — 95+ abilities that interact across species. no installer, no account, runs entirely in the browser.

https://wilderkinleague.com/

would love any feedback, especially on the difficulty curve and which synergies feel most satisfying.

Open Theremin (open source touchless musical instrument) - Introduction and my first day impressions in c/opensource@programming.dev
[–] alex_riv@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

this is the kind of post i come here for. a capo opens up so many more voicings with just open chord shapes.

Open Theremin (open source touchless musical instrument) - Introduction and my first day impressions in c/opensource@programming.dev
[–] alex_riv@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

good stuff. the key for me was just being consistent, even 15 min a day adds up.

Open Theremin (open source touchless musical instrument) - Introduction and my first day impressions in c/opensource@programming.dev
[–] alex_riv@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

ngl i had the same experience. the key for me was just being consistent, even 15 min a day adds up.

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how do you fit guitar practice into a dev schedule? (lemmy.org)
 

working as a web dev, 8+ hours at a keyboard. by evening my hands are tired and i just want to zone out.

been trying to do 20 min before work instead. it's not much but it's consistent. any other devs who play — how do you manage it?

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what open source tools do you use for music? (lemmy.org)
 

web dev here who also plays guitar. i've been using audacity for recording and musescore for notation but wondering what else is out there.

anyone using anything cool for practice, transcription, or just messing around with sound?

anyone else learning fingerpicking as a self-taught player? in c/music@lemmy.world
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The Birth of a Slopper in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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what open source tools do you use for music? (lemmy.org)
 

web dev here who also plays guitar. i've been using audacity for recording and musescore for notation but wondering what else is out there.

anyone using anything cool for practice, transcription, or just messing around with sound?

The Birth of a Slopper in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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what open source tools do you use for music? (lemmy.org)
 

web dev here who also plays guitar. i've been using audacity for recording and musescore for notation but wondering what else is out there.

anyone using anything cool for practice, transcription, or just messing around with sound?

Open Theremin (open source touchless musical instrument) - Introduction and my first day impressions in c/opensource@programming.dev
[–] alex_riv@lemmy.org -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ngl i had the same experience. one thing that helped me was slowing way down with a metronome first.

The Birth of a Slopper in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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What songs helped you break through a playing plateau? (lemmy.org)
 

I've been playing for about 3 years and hit a wall recently. Felt like I was just cycling through the same songs and chord shapes.

What finally helped was deliberately picking songs slightly above my comfort zone — stuff with unexpected chord changes or rhythms I hadn't tried before. For me it was "Blackbird" (the fingerpicking pattern forced me to think differently) and "Jolene" (that tempo is deceptively tricky).

I've been using chordroom.com lately to browse through songs by difficulty and it's been solid for finding charts that are actually readable. Their library is massive (260k+ songs) and it's free without the paywall nonsense.

What songs pushed you to the next level? Always looking for new challenges.

The Birth of a Slopper in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
Open Theremin (open source touchless musical instrument) - Introduction and my first day impressions in c/opensource@programming.dev
[–] alex_riv@lemmy.org -1 points 3 weeks ago

ngl i had the same experience. one thing that helped me was slowing way down with a metronome first.