I was listening to a Darknet Diaries episode where Maxie Reynolds seems to make it work: https://subseacloud.com/ I don't know how profitable they are, and I doubt this is scalable enough, but it can work as a business.
That, or to prevent the tracker in more expensive cars from doing their job.
In mainland Europe, some high end cars need to be fitted with a GPS tracker for insurance. Thieves will try to jam GPS to those trackers until they're: A) figured out how to disable/remove it, B) fled the country.
Not just high end and insurance. In EU 100% of new cars have GPS installed. This is used for intelligent speed assist and eCall that are now mandatory.
I think he is still a terrible drummer. Hs style, whole somewhat unique, lacks technique by a whole lot. As a drummer, Metallica's songs are pretty easy to play even for intermediary players. There are far better drummers, one of my favorites being Priester: https://youtu.be/rZCm1Kz1PVY
This has been discussed to death, but I'll just add that in my opinion this is like saying one painting is worse than another painting because of the technique of the painter. Never mind that one was sold for $10 million and the other for $100. Sure you can rate something on technique but outside academia hardly anyone does. It is not like most people buy albums based off how good technique the musicians have and after all the better entertainer is the one who entertains the best.
I have also walked the halls of geeky academia where people wrinkle their noses and call these musicians average (at best) while they themselves have wet dreams of being half as celebrated. I think for many it is jealousy. They would more often than not rate musicians on a scale from Great to Bad that is completely aligned with Great Technique to Bad Technique and funnily also completely reversed from Unsuccessful to Successful. Also see “Wine experts”.
I don't like to mix popularity with ability or capability. Lars as entertainer, or even song writter? 10 out of 10. Lars as a drummer? Meh, at best. Any good drummer is entitled to wrinkle the nose when he has to read "Lars is a top drummer", when they really mean "I like Metallica a lot, and their drummer is called Lars".
When it comes to any kind of art, beauty is entirely in the eye of the beholder. I love some music with really complex harmonies and rhythms like jazz or progressive rock, but also love a lot of EDM made with simple 808 beats and the simplest melodies.
How popular something is, or how much money the artist makes, doesn’t even enter the equation.
People like what they like. Whether other people also like it seems beside the point.
From the artist’s point of view, hopefully they are making the art that they love. Trying to do something because you think it will sell is business, not art.
He's not very technically strong, and a lot of their songs are very easy to play.
But is that all there is to it? Should not the drumming serve the song? I don't believe a lot of Metallica's music would be improved by making the drumming more technically impressive (at least for their earlier stuff, I have my gripes about the drumming in their last couple of albums). Their style is simply one which benefits much more from the unique but easy grooves rather than highly technically impressive drumming. And IMO, this simplicity is one of the things which distinguishes them from most other metal bands. I love myself some Slipknot, but I would not love that kind of drumming on Metallica tracks.
If I wanted to claim he's a terrible drummer, I would point to his inability to keep up live, how he has a habit of simplifying parts and missing timings in a way that sounds bad.
I think this is really the key. “Metallica was a great band, and they had a drummer named Lars” is a perfectly reasonable take. He did what was needed for the songs, most of the time. If people want to extrapolate from that take to “and therefore he’s a great drummer,” that’s a bit more of a stretch. He’s not known for being a technical guy like Peart or Kollias or Adler. And we know he can’t play songs like “Dyer’s Eve” in one take, live, when I could go to a local death metal show, wave my arms around and hit three sixteen-year-old kids who could do it cold. Supposedly he couldn’t even do it in one take in the studio. But he puts the drums where they need to be. He can do enough of the standard “heavy drumming” to get by (“One”), but he can’t really push it too far (“Dyer’s Eve”, “Damage Inc.”)
What do you think of his drumming on their latest album "72 Seasons"? I'd say it's some of his best ever not only stylistically but technically. I've heard some people believe that it could potentially be a machine playing parts as they're almost too crisp and technical for him at this age.
An aside, I think their latest album is actually really good. Shockingly good overall. Their last album had a couple good tracks but the new album is easily their best since AJFA.
I haven’t heard it, TBH I’ve been off the Metallica bus longer than some people here on HN have been alive, lol. I was one of those people who washed my hands of them when the Black Album landed. And as I’ve aged, my tastes have gotten a bit heavier, I’m a Decapitated / Nile / Dying Fetus kind of guy these days. But I’m glad to hear what you tell me, it would be nice to hear them really shine again. Perhaps I’ll give it a listen.
Yeah I saw them when they still had long hair and wasn't into anything they did after the Black album but their previous album had a couple songs that were interesting and the "72 Seasons" is a really good album I was shocked to hear after a couple listens. Especially the second half of it, there's some real gems. It's not going to be heavy like the things you're into but they thrash on it quite a bit and some of the riffs bring you back to "Kill 'Em All".
Feels like a bit of a revival for them and I'm happy they made it.
I personally kinda rather the 72 Seasons album, there are some really good songs on there IMO. It certainly works for me better than Hardwired did. The drumming is okay.
But I don't understand which parts you're saying are so technically impressive. Most of it seems pretty simple to me (not in a bad way!) and fairly easy to play. Do you have any timestamps of what you're talking about?
I'm not a full-time drummer but I saw some comments around that were questioning the better than expected for Lars timing of things and tasteful fills, etc. Could be nothing though!
It was a loophole that allowed any car that met a specific top speed to be classified as an agricultural vehicle. I believe this hole was closed when some kids succeeded in registering a Mercedes ML as a tractor.
This Nadia Bouras person has cheering on red paint 'attacks' on an elected right wing politician's home address front door a while ago. Something something black kettle.
Actually I never been employed by any of them, I referred to switching because as a lifelong Google user I was now switching to MS for online services. I will clarify that in the post!
I am no lawyer, but I don't expect that under EU work law anything done outside work can be forbidden in the work contract, in any member country.
The only issue I see from law point of view, is if whatever is being done, in terms of private projects, is related to knowledge acquired during the work activities, sometimes under NDA. Here yes, there can be issues.
Now if the projects are done in technology stacks or business domains completely different from what happens at work, then it isn't enforceable.
This is incorrect as you can see from f.e. the Privacy Barometer[1]. The PvdD (Party for the Animals, how unfortunate their name may be) has always been very pro-privacy & civilian rights and if you'd read their party statements you'd know it is not "just a side issue" for that party.
Of the parties that can be checked because they've had a seat in the government it is one of the best parties to vote on if privacy, surveillance etc. are important for you. It remains to be seen if the Pirate Party will do better if it ever ends up with seats in the government.
The pirate party is awfully specific, like the pvdd (party for animal welfare; partij voor de dieren). I would love to vote for the pirate party if they would just stick to IT, but they can't: if someone gets into parliament, they suddenly have to decide on everything.
I'm serious about privacy and IT stuff, but I am also serious about education and peace. Calling your party the animal party, 50+ party, pirate party, etc. just forces you to ignore anyone who doesn't identify as an animal lover, as 50+ or as a pirate (or internet freedom fighter).
> Did you even read the party programme of piratenpartij?
It's not because they have no (or a bad) programme, I said what I said because they are "the pirate party".
Regarding the PVV, the "party vor vreedom" (literally translated, for the non-Dutch people here), yeah they're literally George Orwell's 1984 doublespeak. A party for freedom that restricts our freedom every step of the way, and focuses on muslims the whole time. They should have been called the anti-foreigner party, or perhaps rename to Autochtonen Eerst (as a reference to America First). But anyway that was not the topic.
The PvdD (Animal Party) has actually had a lot of successes on their main topic since they entered parliament. In the Dutch system, tiny parties can have a large impact if they make proposals that have broad support in society. And even if the support isn't there yet (which might be the case here – the sentiment is rather in favour of "security" at the moment), they will have a voice that is going to be heard.
Also, the PP actually has standpoints on all major issues. In many ways they're a more libertarian version of Green Left.
> Don't just look at the name. The PvdD also has a lot of good policies in terms of privacy and other social issues.
Indeed, they do! That's why it's such a shame they're called PvdD because I don't have any particular affiliation with animals. I'm fine with them being treated well, but if that is so leading that they had to name their party like that, I am not sure it's a party I should vote for.
I think the name does a good job of presenting them as a party of compassion and recognising that we are also animals. Denying that part of our nature by pretending humans are especially rational is one leading cause of unworkable policies.
Oh is that why they chose that name? Because I completely agree with that sentiment, but I thought the point of starting the party was to improve conditions for animals as opposed to only humans.
Did you have a look at their party programme? Because their politics extend beyond just technology matters. I think their name does them a disservice; but they probably wanted to maintain ties to the more global Pirate Party movements.
The Dutch Piratenpartij always made a very "Occupy-ish" disorganized and unprofessional impression on me, but maybe someone here as an inside view or a different perspective?
Many parties started like that. They're under very good leadership of Ancilla van der Leest now. She's knowledgeable, driven, and much better at communication/politics than the people before her.
I'm really just a bystander but it seems to me that she's already made the party significantly better organized since she started. Notably some people who preferred drama over results have resigned from board since she started. There hasn't been any drama since.
