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Iowa Republicans who’ve changed their minds this cycle are searching for a Trump alternative (www.nbcnews.com)

Most likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers say they have supported the same candidate throughout the entire election cycle, a contributing factor to former President Donald Trump’s maintaining a massive lead heading into Monday night....

Wrench ,

Don’t down play Canadian contributions to the conservative extremism in the US.

Wrench ,

My machines are in a disconnected garage. There’s no hearing the beep. And the wash time varies due to load size, to the point that the estimate on the screen isn’t very accurate, so seeing a timer isn’t great either.

I have never bothered to connect them to wifi yet, though. But a phone notification would have is uses.

Unity bans VLC from Unity Store. (mfkl.github.io)

Everyone can agree on VLC being the best video player, right? Game developers can agree on it too, since it is a great utility for playing multimedia in games, and/or have a video player included. However, disaster struck; Unity has now banned VLC from the Unity Store, seemingly due to it being under the LGPL license which is a...

Wrench ,

I also thought VLC was a bit shaky on their legality as well, but since their HQ was in a Nordic country (iirc) with more lax copyright laws, they got away with it.

So I wouldn’t blame an app store for not wanting to take on legal gray area risk.

Wrench ,

Exactly.

Also, I think there was some question about whether it was legal to use ffmpeg under the hood depending on the use case (commercial). I imagine a plugin used inside commercial games would certainly violate licenses based on non-commercial use.

But seeing how my original comment was received, I doubt many here are actually interested in why it may be necessary. Let the anti Unity circle jerk continue.

Wrench ,

“Should” and what’s actual reality in multi national copywrite / license / patent law are rarely the same. Especially in this case where you have to include other people’s work (codecs and media players) just by the nature of the problem.

Wrench , (edited )

I think the discussion below your comment is good, but your comment, and the community response (in the form of comment votes), illustrates a problem I have with the lemmy community.

Counter arguments are important.

It seems Lemmy has an even bigger problem than Reddit did with circle jerks. Any counter argument that goes against the grain is immediately pounced on here. Especially if you don’t write a page long disclaimer that you don’t necessarily agree with the decision, I’m one of you, etc.

I simply pointed out that <hated company> may have had a good reason to consider <3rd party plugin> a big enough legal liability to triage out of their store for the time being, based on some half remembered related knowledge of murky legal details of the past.

You immediately implied that I’m some sort of corporate shill, even if it was politely worded. And the community piled on in response.

It would be nice if there was at least an attempt to understand both sides of an argument here.

Wrench ,

But what about all those highly voted articles about how OTHER social media sites are dangerous echo chambers!

Wrench ,

Seems weird to make this assertion, and fail to provide what the total holdings cutoff is to be in the top 10%.

Wrench ,

Almost like it’s clickbait designed for echo chambers like eattherich.

Don’t get me wrong, fuck the rich. But bold claims like this need to show their methodology. Hiding it is sus.

Wrench ,

How is it much different than disposable batteries?

Not saying there aren’t better options. But seems like it’s a weird hill to die on

Wrench ,

Anti idiot locks would be an emergency situation nightmare.

Everything worked as intended. The only person injured was the idiot, and no one else was at risk. They could have just as easily opened a door on the gate path thingy (no idea what the name is. Connecting the terminal gate to the plane) and yeeted themselves out that way, for the same effect.

Israel is starving Gaza (www.btselem.org)

Israel forces aid organizations to purchase food from Egypt and prevents them from buying it in Israel, which would allow for a more efficient and rapid transfer of goods. Israel also prohibits the private sector in Gaza from purchasing food, which could significantly increase supply. Although Israel recently allowed trucks in...

Wrench ,

And that’s not going to happen without a super majority.

Literally, your only chance to get the change you’re looking for is to vote Democrat across the board, get them a super majority, and hope (against odds) that they choose to pursue election reform.

The popular opinion on lemmy of not participating in the 2 party system is just shouting into the wind while simultaneously enabling the extreme right.

Grow the fuck up.

Wrench ,

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Wrench , (edited )

So besides kicking and screaming, what is your actual mechanism of achieving change? What does not voting or adding to the <5% of independent voters achieve?

Or will you continue to winge about how the democrats aren’t doing anything despite not actually having enough votes to do any of the things you’re demanding.

Edit - thought so. Not a single idea offered. You all sound exactly like the Occupy Wallstreet crowd that kicked and screamed as loudly as they could, but couldn’t offer a single plausible solution to fix the problem.

You want to complain that the status quo sucks without a plan on how to fix it.

Again, grow the fuck up.

The fascists need to be squashed. If we can give the Dems a super majority, they will have the tools to actually do something about it. Then they can break up into whatever new factions like progressives and moderates or whatever since it would be basically be inevitable after the fascists are pacified, and ranked choice voting would certainly be in the discussion.

Or you can continue to scream into the wind and accomplish nothing.

Wrench ,

Jfc.

And there it is, folks. Another tankie

Wrench ,

I do have one question, though. If you think blue are just fascists too, what makes you think, despite pretty much every communist government ever in history, that your new communist utopia won’t also fall into your clearly very broad definition of fascism?

Wrench ,

Talking to me about moral high ground when your entire philosophy is so far divorced from reality that there’s zero chance it comes true, so you can just go on bitching about how bad the government and corporations are without taking any responsibility. GTFO

Wrench ,

I miss interpreted the rrrrrules

Wrench ,

Also like to add that Ukraine was on a good trajectory and had zero reason to give up its independence. Strong tech industry, agriculture, etc.

The only way Russia was going to get it back was violently.

Wrench ,

Wtf, seriously? I’ve tried using media buttons on the steering wheel during a turn. It’s not reliable in the slightest, because it’s a moving target.

Does the non circular steering non-wheel never go past 90 degrees or something?

Wrench ,

In addition to roundabouts, there are plenty of freeway exists that loop around where you can be at an extreme turn and need to initiate a lane change. Or making a right turn into a gas station after a left turn at an intersection… lots of use cases.

Wrench ,

OK. You’re entitled to your biases and unfounded opinions as much as the next person. Doesn’t mean we need to respect them.

Wrench ,

Did you miss the part about how he’s not going to watch it himself but already has an opinion based on his own assumptions?

Wrench ,

Yes. Let’s burn all the books too in case someone does something bad with that knowledge. And ban everything but soft pillows from being sold in any store.

What a stupid fucking coroner.

Wrench ,

I have owned an EV for a couple years. Range is constantly on my mind. Did we charge it last night? Crap, we had a 70% charge and need to go across town. If we end up running side errands, we may be cutting it close" etc

Far more mental overhead than the combustion engine car we also use.

I ultimately like the EV, but don’t pretend that it’s biggest draw back shouldn’t be a point of discussion anymore.

Wrench ,

They are pretty far inbetween, but they do exist. Definitely going out of your way to get to one

Wrench ,

The price is wrong sound, but in fart muffler tones.

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

Wrench ,

As much as it’s distasteful, forums need admins. The bots and nazis habitually take over anywhere that doesn’t moderate.

Wrench ,

The irony is that you obviously think you’re so superior to these people who you think sound pompous for, in your opinion, thinking they’re superior.

Wrench ,

Do would they renegotiate their pay rate twice a day too? Otherwise their hourly after work would be worth significantly less

Wrench ,

My wife’s car disconnects my bt audio like every 5 mins. There are certain intersections where it always connects. I’ve long suspected its because of other bt devices using the same frequencies. This is on a 2023 ev car using android auto.

My shitty aftermarket bt radio I installed on my 2003 PoS is 100% stable. No problems.

Wrench ,

And lynchings

Wrench ,

The years of ped abuse and blows to the head from sparring at work. Never was a smart guy, but that sure didn’t help.

Wrench , (edited )

Dude doesn’t even have a neck. He literally has one of the least punchable throats.

Edit - he’s like a turtle with his head retracted. Just a forehead sticking out of a wide torso

Wrench ,

Factor in non-combatant casualties, and it will be even more disproportionate.

Yeah, there were a lot of civilian deaths in ww2. But they largely at least tried to minimize the non-military casualties. That isn’t even a factor for IDF

Judge says Rudy Giuliani must pay $148 million judgment immediately (www.washingtonpost.com)

Rudy Giuliani must immediately pay the $148 million he owes two Georgia women he falsely accused of helping steal the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a scathing order accusing the former Trump attorney of ongoing dishonesty....

Wrench ,

That’s optimistic. The banks will get their 80% back first. Knowing this guy, he has probably pulled as much equity out of it as he can already

Trump claims he’s never read Mein Kampf as he repeats anti-immigrant rhetoric (www.independent.co.uk)

Donald Trump has now denied ever having read Adolf Hitler’s 1925 memoir-manifesto Mein Kampf as he faces a firestorm over his recent run of anti-immigrant comments, which have been likened to the Nazi leader’s infamous “blood and soil” rhetoric....

Wrench ,

Uh huh.

The natural reaction if that were true would be to take a step back and re-evaluate your rhetoric and why you’re being compared to one of the most evil people in history.

He’s read it cover to cover and loves it. That’s why the parallels are narrowing and becoming extremely clear. And why he’s not phased at the comparison.

Wrench ,

Touch screens especially don’t make sense in the cooking context, where your hands are likely to be wet / damp.

Wrench ,

I would think much of their supply chain involves the use of US military logistics infrastructure. If the US military is prevented from funding these pipelines, they may find it cost prohibitive to even get the supplies there.

Pope says priests can bless same-sex unions, requests should not be subject to moral analysis (apnews.com)

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.

Wrench ,

“Not my pope” was a common slogan for American catholics when he recommended taking the scientists advice and masking up during lockdown.

Wrench ,

They don’t even have the uniforms to spare to stuff with hay

Wrench ,

That’s because it set the mould, and dozens of copy cats followed the formula thereafter.

Wrench ,

I give teslas more room because I have been brake checked by them on empty roads before. These ghost brake problems are prevalent.

Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed (www.nytimes.com)

A federal jury on Friday ordered Rudolph W. Giuliani to pay two former Georgia election workers more than $148 million for destroying their reputations and causing them extreme emotional distress by spreading baseless lies that they had tried to steal a victory from President Donald J. Trump after the 2020 presidential election....

Wrench ,

Undoubtedly. He probably doesn’t even have a (legally reported) wage to garnish. And his usefulness to MAGA has run its course.

Still, it serves as a warning to others from enabling an authoritarian.

Wrench ,

It’s almost like the president doesn’t have absolute authority to implement ideas exactly how they like, and have to work with other branches of the government, which usually means compromising.

Wow. Guess we really should pivot to authoritarianism. Then campaign promises can be implemented to the letter. /s if that wasn’t obvious.

Wrench ,

Eh. Sounds like it could be very toxic, or just whiny worker bees, we can’t tell from the outside.

If the senior folk are basically tenured and produce very little while still holding the reins and preventing upwards movement of the high performers, that’s toxic. Basically a rug pull because they got theirs and limit the opportunities for the next generation.

It’s also entirely likely that they’re doing the work at a level that doesn’t include implementing the actual day to day, but the low level workers don’t see it, so make bad assumptions.

Who the fuck knows what the reality is.

Wrench ,

Both my parents have been fighting covid for the last 3 weeks. My mom hasn’t tested positive the whole time, and my dad has. But she very obviously has the same symptoms, so a varying degree.

I wouldn’t trust negative tests with this variant. They even got brand new tests thinking their old tests were just not reliable for this variant.

Wrench ,

AUX ports and cables wear out relatively quickly. And accidental cord pulls happen.

Seems like a weird point to dispute. The option for AUX is always a plus, but don’t need to sugar coat it like there aren’t drawbacks.

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