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Pips , 3 months ago to news in ‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Rips Into Baltimore Bridge Conspiracists, Calls Marjorie Taylor Greene A “Complete Submoronic Pratfall Of A Human Being’

The Shield is very different. LA and Baltimore are very different culturally and it shows in the final product. The Shield also focuses on the one squad while The Wire is about the city of Baltimore. Of the two, I personally think The Shield is a little more cartoonish, so The Wire wins out, but The Shield is still excellent.

Pips , 3 months ago to news in Cargo ship that hit Baltimore bridge was involved in Antwerp collision in 2016

The only long term solution is better light rail/public transport. Adding more lanes won’t fix congestion, it demonstrably makes it worse.

Pips , 3 months ago to news in ‘Beyond shocked’: Shohei Ohtani says interpreter stole from him and told lies

While there’s a good chance the truth is Ohtani has a gambling problem, it’s entirely possible he just paid off the debt and didn’t know doing so was illegal. Couple that with translation issues and you can see why they’d backpedal, then wait.

Pips , 3 months ago to technology in Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art"

Mate, that’s not art, that’s coding. Congratulations on learning a new coding skill and how inputs can affect outputs. Frankly, it’s barely coding, it’s adding degrees of specification so a program can do all the work. I get that it took you a while to learn what all of it means and how it works, sort of, but something being hard to do doesn’t make it art.

And don’t cheapen photography by comparing it to generating an AI image. There’s physical labor involved in photography on top of composition and patience.

Pips , 3 months ago to technology in Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art"

The true artist was the guy who ate the banana.

Pips , 3 months ago to technology in Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers

Monopolies for modern necessities (the internet and phone) don’t have to worry about customer retention.

Pips , 3 months ago to technology in It's Not Safe to Click Links on X

*Xean Connery

Pips , 3 months ago to news in A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up

It does matter, unqualified opinions holding equal weight with expert opinions/analysis is a serious issue in society.

Pips , 3 months ago to world in A Chinese airline warned passengers not to throw coins into plane engines after an Airbus A350 was delayed for 4 hours

They’re also frequently propped open worldwide to handle gate checked bags.

Pips , 3 months ago to world in A Chinese airline warned passengers not to throw coins into plane engines after an Airbus A350 was delayed for 4 hours

But they still probably use buses on occasion. Also, it’s not exactly hard for a passenger to step through the little doors to the stairs at the end of the jetway, chuck a coin, then continue boarding.

Pips , 3 months ago to news in Bands pull out of SXSW over U.S. Army sponsorship, Gaza war

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Also, to reply to the other person, I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with the military supporting a blockbuster about fighter pilots, or about the military generally, in a fictional story. Filmmakers know the deal, they can’t shit on the military while getting it’s help, but it’s disclosed in the credits and almost always patently obvious. There are far more insidious films like Zero Dark Thirty or Argo, or even a show that I love, Band of Brothers, that are mostly propaganda about real events to rewrite history to hide America’s flaws. That’s what we need to worry about, not the military helping out with Top Gun or Transformers.

Pips , 3 months ago to world in Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire

Just to explain why, not to take from your broader point, it’s because he’s not of the people being harmed. Typically this form of protest is done by those being harmed.

Pips , 3 months ago to news in Girls Basketball Team Kicked Out Of Boys League Championship After Defeating Boys Teams

In sixth grade at most schools? Probably most of them. That’s right around when most boys just start hitting puberty and girls tend to generally be bigger and more athletic than boys until then.

In general? Gymnastics, figure skating, cheerleading, skiing (best downhill skier in the world is a woman)…

Pips , 3 months ago to news in Girls Basketball Team Kicked Out Of Boys League Championship After Defeating Boys Teams

Sounds like you’ve never met a kid. They are capable of learning and receiving consequences.

I guess I’m saying don’t project your failures onto kids you’ve never met. Most are perfectly capable of being better people without you creating excuses for them.

Pips , 3 months ago to news in Girls Basketball Team Kicked Out Of Boys League Championship After Defeating Boys Teams

There are people who firmly believe women can never outcompete men due to biology. With some outliers, this is currently true within a defined age range and only in certain sports (there are several where women routinely outclass men). In 6th grade a good chunk of the boys haven’t hit puberty yet and you can easily find girls who are stronger, faster, and more athletic than boys in their cohort because everyone is still developing. The boys getting beat right now could hit a growth spurt next week and play in the NBA.

The point is at this age, the kids are actually pretty evenly matched. If the boys have a violence problem, they should be banned from playing till they fix it. Otherwise this league head should shut the fuck up.