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After reading the article I had no other choice than to upvote...

Can you please tell us something about the process of creating the tracks?

That's what I thought too. But then again, there's no "The Starcraft Band" which could record a new master. So I think that in the case of video games soundtracks which are not attributed to specific artists, "remaster" becomes a bit of a fuzzy term. You mention remix, but it could also be a cover or it could be accepted as a remaster (if it would be something official).

All of the above, including my original question is just curiosity and not meant to diminish the effort put into creating the audio tracks.

Bastion has a good soundtrack of which some tracks could benefit from a higher dynamic range.

Reference: https://supergiantgames.bandcamp.com/album/bastion-original-soundtrack

Did you have access to the original material?
Edit: I'm trying to understand what "remaster" means in this context.

You probably implied it, but I think that it doesn't matter what one deserves but what they actually get and if they are content with that.

What's scary about it?

This is really good news. I just hope that state institutions using OSS don't take it for granted and also start investing (contributing, auditing) into the software they are using. With increasing adoption, OSS also becomes an attractive attack vector for all kinds of malicious parties. Recent events (xz utils) have shown how this can happen.

Original article: https://aeon.co/essays/bernard-stieglers-philosophy-on-how-technology-shapes-our-world

It's never too late. "Back then", when I started using Signal (called TextSecure), only one other single friend used it. Nowadays, almost all my personal contacts use it. Every additional Signal user adds a contact in someone other's address book as a potential Signal contact. It just takes time. Good luck!

The making of Savage Sinusoid is also very interesting. It's what convinced me to to listen to more from Igorrr.

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence is the first book of a very dark trilogy.

I will also add this, even if it doesn't match the request, but because it's so weird and funny: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. It's about a quite absurd society where people's social status is determined by their ability to perceive colors. And they are not allowed to manufacture spoons. Sci-fiish

I doubt that I'll ever get that far. I used to play games on "hard" difficulty and explore/find everything. Today I'm just glad if I find the time to play, have fun and enjoy the games, even if I need to play on "easy" difficulty. All the completionist aspirations are gone.

Thanks for the unintentional recommendation.

One important thing the centralized sites like Bandcamp enable, is discovery of new music and artists. I'm afraid that this is such a big deal that Faircamp won't be able to take off until that problem is addressed and solved somehow.

Install some software on your server [...]

I'm afraid that this is a big no-go for most artists, which just want to make music and don't want to be server administrators.

Thanks. I didn't even know that Nerd Fonts existed! :D

That sums it up quite nicely. Thanks

I don't think I change anything except the monospace font nowadays

Which font do you use?

It works great and gets out of the way.

I think that that's why some Gnome users just stick with it. I personally don't want to customize anything, if possible. I don't even want to concern myself with the DE at all if possible. Any time I spend on the DE is time I don't spend doing the things I actually want to do. But that's the beauty of Linux: everyone can use whatever fits their needs best, be it Gnome, KDE, xfce or anything else.

Aim for a more open solution, like a Tolino or Kobo.

Pocketbook runs Linux, IIRC.