Brian Dear / is on Nostr

Now: Based in NM. Producer/arranger/musician: Confusion Boats (confusionboats.bandcamp.com).

Before: Founder/co-founder, various tech startups including Coconut Computing, Flatworks, Eventful, Nettle. Also stints at MP3•com, Eazel, eBay, and Real.

Also: Author of "The Friendly Orange Glow" tech history book (Pantheon, 2017) http://amzn.to/2ol9Lu6

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2024-09-01 17:45:21

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Pathetically ugly, for sure, and yet, no exhaust pipe in sight. So, nowhere near as supremely, putrescently, inside-any-septic-tank ugly as most vehicles on the road.

2024-07-28 02:07:40

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One can only hope.

2024-06-26 01:21:01

I am not a fan of #AI anything.
THAT SAID, if an AI system could understand and translate what all the black-headed grosbeak goofballs are chattering on about around our house from dawn until long after sunset all might be forgiven.
#birds #newmexico
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2024-06-06 18:25:39

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“Fascism in automotive form” gmafb

2024-02-10 21:14:59

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Sorry to ruin the fantasy but it’s simply the shape of one of the magnets inside the Tesla AC motor, originally invented by Nikola Tesla over a century ago.
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2023-10-29 22:50:07

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I like, except, Africa still doesn’t get a break.

2023-09-29 01:05:09

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I love podcasts and listen to 10+ hours a week of episodes, but have never and will never go near Spotify to listen to one.

2023-08-12 23:35:31

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@npub1mp3…qjxj Wait, I thought Legal Tender shut down and that Murph is no longer involved?

2023-08-10 00:15:12

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I was thinking about this today, how single songs are woefully underpriced on #Bandcamp. A digital single for $1 is crazy; that’s 1970s prices. Should be at least $5 in 2023, imho.
I’ve sometimes spent will into four-figures on an individual song, to record, mix, travel to studios, pay to master, pay musicians and vocalists, etc. With Bandcamp and Paypal taking ~25% of that $1, It’s nearly impossible for an artist to recoup costs.