Danica Swanson

@danicaswanson

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I wrote about why I think system conditions matter more than individual performance in producing quality writing, and why CLPs (conversational liquidity providers) on FC are underserved. Inspired by "Quality is Systemic," a great blog post by Jacob Kaplan-Moss, and by the members of the Return On Attention group chat. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/quality-writing-is-systemic

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More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_of_Amphissa

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Source: "Followers of Bacchus, the god of wine, awaken in the marketplace of Amphissa, Greece, where they have wandered from their home in Phocis during a night of ritual dancing. Amphissa and Phocis are at war, but the women of Amphissa graciously offer the bacchantes nourishment and protection. The painting illustrates an event recorded by the Greek historian Plutarch, which Alma-Tadema staged as a lesson in charity for his Victorian audience." https://www.clarkart.edu/artpiece/detail/the-women-of-amphissa

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Public domain art of the day: "The Women of Amphissa" - oil painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1887)

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Thanks for tagging. Bookmarked it and I'll watch soon!

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I don't know how easy the categorization feature would be to solve, but that's a good point about how reduced visibility can have a self-reinforcing effect. I imagine it's just a matter of time and we'll eventually have categories or tags.

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*nod* Thanks for making the original cast, BTW. As a non-gamer who spends a lot of time in tech-focused spaces I sometimes feel like I'm a dying breed, so it was refreshing to hear your perspective.

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Same. I'm not a gamer at all, so if I could exclude all gaming mini-apps from my feed forever, I'd do so. On the other hand, I'd love to be notified about high-quality literary/word-nerd apps. My fav mini-apps so far: APL Daily, APOD, Paragraph, and Buoy.

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Count me in. Wholesome-maxxing is my jam for sure. And the purple app is the best place for it.

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Wholesome maxxing is the kind of cultural movement I can really get behind.

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Glad you're enjoying the art! I've been thinking of buying some prints directly through The Public Domain Review as a way of supporting their work. https://publicdomainreview.org/support/

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Me tooooo. :) Here's more info on the story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilisa_the_Beautiful

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Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/vasilisa/

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Public domain art of the day: "Vasilisa" by Ivan Bilibin Folktale illustration (1899)

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Sure, but also... in general I just have a soft spot for bookish women in crypto, and wish there were more of us on the purple app. :)

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I miss her too. I choose to believe she'll be back eventually because there are a lot of us on the purple app who love books as much as she does.

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Don't know about that but the Roon Community Forums are a great place to search for info. If you do try Roon I'd be interested to hear what you think!

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My use case is probably quite rare: I only use Roon on my desktop PC. No other devices. (I do keep backups of all my files elsewhere, of course!) For roaming I use the Bandcamp app.

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Probably worth quote-casting this one in case any other music nerds are considering Roon. https://roon.app/en/

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I've been using Roon for several years and I recommend it highly. Love it so much that I paid for a lifetime subscription ($700 at the time) without the slightest hesitation, and feel like I've already gotten my money's worth several times over. It's ideal for hardcore music nerds like me who like to build lots of playlists. I use Roon for many hours every single day. My Roon core that stores all my music files is just a drive on a Windows desktop PC, and I came of age long before the rise of streaming so my entire music library (about 500GB) is all owned by me and self-hosted. Wouldn't have it any other way. Haven't used Nucleus so you'll have to ask elsewhere about that.

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