working on the scene just before the finale of Paisiello's Barber.
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in this case the failures are not a standard narrative arc of the hero slowly making progress while facing adversity, the narrative purpose of the Count's repeated failures is to show the idea of his succeeding by merit alone is a joke, the very system from which he derives his power makes success by merit impossible. all his pointless incognito make-believe did was indulge his vanity and waste everyone's else's time
it is also significant to Beaumarchais's satire that the story involves the whims of a count and not a prince in the manner of a more fairy tale/allegorical treatment. a prince is special. a count is the lowest tier of nobleman. the fact that the count isn't even special or important is central to the point: just the fact that he's some random noble gives him free license to fuck everyone over with no consequences
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it is also significant to Beaumarchais's satire that the story involves the whims of a count and not a prince in the manner of a more fairy tale/allegorical treatment. a prince is special. a count is the lowest tier of nobleman. the fact that the count isn't even special or important is central to the point: just the fact that he's some random noble gives him free license to fuck everyone over with no consequences
point of interest: in Rossini's Barber, Bartolo sends for the notary, and since Figaro is a trickster, he intercepts the notary and gets him to prep paperwork for the Count and Rosina instead. it's not the marriage the Count would have picked but the situation forces it
in Beaumarchais's/Paisiello's Barber, the Count sends for the notary. He gives no shits about religion or love, he just wants to acquire a high value asset (Rosina), and the marriage proceeds exactly per his plan
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point of interest: in Rossini's Barber, Bartolo sends for the notary, and since Figaro is a trickster, he intercepts the notary and gets him to prep paperwork for the Count and Rosina instead. it's not the marriage the Count would have picked but the situation forces it
in Beaumarchais's/Paisiello's Barber, the Count sends for the notary. He gives no shits about religion or love, he just wants to acquire a high value asset (Rosina), and the marriage proceeds exactly per his plan
rossini's count: our marriage, oh dearest, is the work of love. that love which made you my wife will tie me to you until death (il nostro nodo, o cara, opra è d'amore. amoooooooooooreeeeee che ti fe' mia consorte a te mi stringerà fino alla morte)
paisiello's count: the contract is already signed, who would want to dispute it? (il contratto è già firmato, disputarlo chi vorrei?)
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rossini's count: our marriage, oh dearest, is the work of love. that love which made you my wife will tie me to you until death (il nostro nodo, o cara, opra è d'amore. amoooooooooooreeeeee che ti fe' mia consorte a te mi stringerà fino alla morte)
paisiello's count: the contract is already signed, who would want to dispute it? (il contratto è già firmato, disputarlo chi vorrei?)
other point of interest: Rosina is not a commoner per se, she is a gentlewoman. the fictional "Lindoro" is in fact a lower social rank than her, which she draws attention to when outraged that the low-born Lindoro would betray her when she was so nice to him despite his being below her station. the Count is hypocritically testing Rosina's virtue by seeing if she can love someone of a social rank he would not himself consider marrying into
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other point of interest: Rosina is not a commoner per se, she is a gentlewoman. the fictional "Lindoro" is in fact a lower social rank than her, which she draws attention to when outraged that the low-born Lindoro would betray her when she was so nice to him despite his being below her station. the Count is hypocritically testing Rosina's virtue by seeing if she can love someone of a social rank he would not himself consider marrying into
in modern narratives, being attracted to someone on looks alone is considered shallow and a real hero wants the girl based on her personality. something interesting here that I think points to the incompleteness of this concept: Paisiello's Count believes having Rosina as a wife will flatter him due to her intelligence and "fire". Rossini's Count is desperate to be with Rosina and secure her happiness because she is really really pretty you guys. Which of the two counts is the more shallow?
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in modern narratives, being attracted to someone on looks alone is considered shallow and a real hero wants the girl based on her personality. something interesting here that I think points to the incompleteness of this concept: Paisiello's Count believes having Rosina as a wife will flatter him due to her intelligence and "fire". Rossini's Count is desperate to be with Rosina and secure her happiness because she is really really pretty you guys. Which of the two counts is the more shallow?
I actually think Rossini's Count is in such a pathetic state of wibbling lovesick sadbrains because he loves a lot more than just Rosina's beauty but he's too stupid to articulate exactly what it is that drives his longing, but that still points to how a weird element of many modern love stories (particularly of the "family friendly" variety) is that a heroic character must be able to have the eloquence and self-awareness to verbally express morally virtuous rationales for their attraction
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I actually think Rossini's Count is in such a pathetic state of wibbling lovesick sadbrains because he loves a lot more than just Rosina's beauty but he's too stupid to articulate exactly what it is that drives his longing, but that still points to how a weird element of many modern love stories (particularly of the "family friendly" variety) is that a heroic character must be able to have the eloquence and self-awareness to verbally express morally virtuous rationales for their attraction
unrelated: it is still wild to me what a drastic effect really small differences in mouth/jaw placement make in the shape of a face. i drew eyebrows and a nose bridge on the count and the characters have different shades of lipstick but the makeup is otherwise the same. it's my own dumb face ive seen a million times and it still seems like distinguishing these characters this drastically with so little shouldn't be possible
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unrelated: it is still wild to me what a drastic effect really small differences in mouth/jaw placement make in the shape of a face. i drew eyebrows and a nose bridge on the count and the characters have different shades of lipstick but the makeup is otherwise the same. it's my own dumb face ive seen a million times and it still seems like distinguishing these characters this drastically with so little shouldn't be possible
@Xibanya glasses off, straighten up: Superman. So yeah.
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unrelated: it is still wild to me what a drastic effect really small differences in mouth/jaw placement make in the shape of a face. i drew eyebrows and a nose bridge on the count and the characters have different shades of lipstick but the makeup is otherwise the same. it's my own dumb face ive seen a million times and it still seems like distinguishing these characters this drastically with so little shouldn't be possible
@Xibanya
The hair and the towel - and the body language - makes a big difference too, I think.Wonder what it'd look like if you swapped accessories?
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@Xibanya
The hair and the towel - and the body language - makes a big difference too, I think.Wonder what it'd look like if you swapped accessories?
@jannem it isn't a towel it is an unfastened kimono 😂
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@aeva lol yeah the set designers definitely copied Trek’s homework.
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*grits teeth* full support to comrade GNOME
https://blogs.gnome.org/jrahmatzadeh/2025/12/06/ai-and-gnome-shell-extensions/
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@brouhaha Next time someone asks, "What is Mastodon?" I'm showing them this.
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@globalistIT ma invece nei confronti delle occupazioni abusive di stabili e delle manifestazioni e saluti nazisti di "💩paund&co"😠come si pongono?,ovviamente la domanda è retorica🤐
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@_elena still no simple FTP server that doesn't require 287302723 different config files with 0xDEADBEEF command line options.
Honestly if a ftp server is more complicated than `ftpserver $HOME --write --read` then it is a failed one.
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Plug Into USB, Read Hostname and IP Address
Ever wanted to just plug something in and conveniently read the hostname and IP addresses of a headless board like a Raspberry Pi? Chances are, a free USB port is more accessible than digging up a monitor and keyboard, and that’s where [C4KEW4LK]’s rpi_usb_ip_display comes in. Plug it into a free USB port, and a few moments later, read the built-in display. Handy!
The device is an RP2350 board and a 1.47″ Waveshare LCD, with a simple 3D-printed enclosure. It displays hostname, WiFi interface, Ethernet interface, and whatever others it can identify. There isn’t even a button to push; just plug it in and let it run.
Here’s how it works: once plugged in, the board identifies itself as a USB keyboard and a USB serial port. Then it launches a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T, and from there it types and runs commands to do the following:
Find the serial port that the RP2350 board just created.Get the parsed outputs of hostname, ip -o -4 addr show dev wlan0, ip -o -4 addr show dev eth0, and ip -o -4 addr show to gather up data on active interfaces.Send that information out the serial port to the RP2350 board.Display the information on the LCD.Update periodically.The only catch is that the host system must be able to respond to launching a new terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T, which typically means the host must have someone logged in.
It’s a pretty nifty little tool, and its operation might remind you, in concept, of how BadUSB attacks happen: a piece of hardware, once plugged into a host, identifies itself to the host as something other than what it appears to be. Then it proceeds to input and execute actions. But in this case, it’s not at all malicious, just convenient and awfully cute.
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Had baked beans with dinner, and now having some more. I guess it's dessert.
