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For an institution belonging to a religion supposedly focused on protecting children, Gateway made an awful lot of references to this monster’s sins, but precisely zero reference to his horrific crimes.

How odd.

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Still figuring out what c/NonCredibleDefense is as a community, but I have learned enough to know that, odd as it sounds, this picture would not be a fit for that community.

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Still and all, it is kind of impressive that he was able to secure the gods2 dot com domain name.

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Damn I just happened to be adjusting myself when I read this.

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Give him his due, the man can sniff out a chump to be exploited.

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I genuinely can’t tell if the downvotes are because people think you’re serious, or because people think you’re joking, or because people can’t tell if you’re serious or joking.

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Mmmm except whatever shibboleths you may utter against “right-wing religious idiots”, comments like yours help those idiots and others like them by giving them a sort of ‘cognitive plausible deniability’ to get up to whatever evil shit they’ve been getting up to and worse.

Like it’s so obviously minimizing real evil - the evil UNDERNEATH shit like this ‘innocent little contest’, genius - under a shield of “d’aww shucks those pesky white nationalists are up to their hijinx again, those silly knuckleheads”.

So in that context, you talking about ‘disgusting right-wing idiots’ comes off as a real fellowkids moment for you.

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Let historians unpack their intentions, I say. And deal with their actions now, while they’re action-y and actively harming everyone and everything.

Have a good night.

Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting (www.theguardian.com)

Fewer than three weeks before actor Alec Baldwin is due to go on trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, prosecutors have said that he “engaged in horseplay with the revolver”, including firing a blank round at a crew member on the set of Rust before the tragic accident occurred....

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Man, I am a cinema buff and I just really don’t think I care if the smoke is there at all, much less just right. Obviously botched attempts at realism are another matter entirely but this just seems like an area ripe for creativity and artistic reinterpretation.

Point is, we cede ground to the theater of the mind all the time, I don’t know why realistic gunfire can’t be treated similarly, and I think the lack of verisimilitude itself could be approached many different ways and that’s even kind of exciting.

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The difference between ‘shalt’ and ‘shart’ may be as little as a few strokes of a sharpie…just saying.

Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (apnews.com)

Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology....

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Will no one stand up to the business-killing menace that is Marques Brownlee?

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I sensed the joke from a few instances over.

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Which, honestly, sounds like the name of a prog metal album so he isn’t straying far

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Oh for sure this needs to be a Gizz album or a song at least

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Take it from me, no fun at all.

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A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back (www.windowscentral.com)

It’s a nightmare scenario for Microsoft. The headlining feature of its new Copilot+ PC initiative, which is supposed to drive millions of PC sales over the next couple of years, is under significant fire for being what many say is a major breach of privacy and security on Windows. That feature in question is Windows Recall, a...

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You can only piss on our faces and tell us it is raining for so long.

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I see what you’re seeing but it doesn’t look to me like it’s actually supporting the weight, it looks like the weight is being supported more under the deck itself.

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I didn’t even need to know he is a bigot to know he sucks, because he has sucked for a long, long, looooooong time.

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Are you building an Interocitor in there?

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…but what if? No.

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Yeah definitely not, it was a silly thought.

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M$ just decided to be dicks about it

A most concise yet comprehensive company bio.

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Do you have a roadmap?

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Good enough!

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Those idiots already figured out but tested the tech on themselves.

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Which I think is really fine for casual internet conversation. It’s not even attributing human characteristics, just mis-characterizing what is happening. But it’s a useful way to short hand it, especially if the discussion is more about the result than the process.

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Thank to conservatives and their culture war, I think the entire concept of satire is on an indefinite hiatus.

Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again (www.engadget.com)

Spotify is officially raising its Premium subscription rates in the US come July, following reports of the move in April. The platform is increasing its Individual plan from $11 to $12 monthly and its Duo plan from $15 to $17 monthly — the same jump as last year’s $1 and $2 price hikes, respectively. However, its Family plan...

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There are literally two albums that I love that I can’t find on Bandcamp or piracy, but they are literally the only thing keeping my Spotify subscription alive right now.

I think I’m just going to have to stream them into my DAW and do a poor man’s rip, then cancel this shit ass.

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No kidding. Consider the possibility that this was the first avenue I pursued and was nevertheless stymied in my efforts.

One of the bands only sells vinyl outside of Spotify (I have the record on Vinyl, but the process of digitizing it is similar to recording straight from Spotify but harder), and the other band is based in Mexico and doesn’t have a digital marketplace. In both cases I’ve literally emailed the bands offering to overpay for raw digital files but haven’t heard back yet. I am seriously considering flying to Guadalajara to catch them live and pick up a CD there. They don’t really tour in the US north of Texas.

But I’ll keep my eye out for CDs.

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They are on the internet, but only streaming on the Big Bads. If you can find me a hookup I will be forever grateful.

The first Album, and the toughest case is an album by a band called Porter from Guadalajara. I have all of their albums except for my very favorite, Las Batallas.

The second album really should be on Bandcamp, and probably will eventually, since the band has a page there. It’s the most recent and self-titled release from an awesome little band called Mo Lowda and The Humble.

All else aside, I highly recommend these bands to anyone who likes good rock music. Both albums are no-skip for me but two standout tracks for each: for Las Batallas you have got to check out “Himno Eterno” and “Hombre Maquina”. For Mo Lowda, “O.O.Y.O” and “Dog At The Pound”

The irony of these being the two I haven’t been able to add to my Plex library is that these are probably the two most prominently featured albums on Spotify Wrapped last year.

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I’m not familiar with Deezer but will investigate. Thank you!

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@TransplantedSconie answered above

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Thanks! I wrote off Tidal as an also-ran like a decade ago and haven’t heard of the others so these were not on my radar at all. I will check them out. I didn’t even know Tidal was still a thing!

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Well you just hooked me up with the album I’d all but given up on, so thank you tremendously. Since I at least have the other album on Vinyl, I think I am going to pull the trigger and cancel my Spotify now. Now I don’t exactly need to go to Guadalajara, though I hope to see Porter live one day.

Thanks again for your help!

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I know I will eventually. I also just really want to support them, and will buy a copy of all of their albums whenever I am able to. I don’t even speak spanish but their music just lights me up.

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Amazing! Thank you so much. I said F you to Spotify earlier this afternoon with the help of you and another Lemmy user. I hope I can help someone else as much as you’ve helped me.

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Only dimly related, but since I’m in this 2%, I can’t help reflecting they in the 11 months since joining Lemmy, I have:

  • Canceled all of my streaming subscriptions
  • Built a massive Plex Server
  • Rekindled my love of Unix building said server
  • Began pirating movies, TV, music, and software like a fucking syphilitic pegleg
  • Began experiencing Star Trek TNG for the first time, pirated, on my Plex Server, running Linux
  • Bought a steam deck and began experimenting with Arch

Don’t ever let anyone tell you your feed doesn’t influence you, no matter how media literate you are.

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I omitted to mention that the number of thigh highs in my wardrobe have remained largely unchanged, so far anyway, and that I managed to avoid letting jeans-mania spill over into whatever passes for my real life.

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It’s Macau. Sorry, I can’t stand suspense.

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There’s just something about Count that resonates with me.

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You know, on balance though, I think I’m glad that being a convicted felon doesn’t preclude one from being elected president. I’ve gone back and forth on it a lot, but I think it is for the best.

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Across social, economic, and political spectra, you can always tell the good guys from the bad guys by their stance on access to knowledge.

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Netanyahu is the tail, America is the dog.

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Precisely.

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Thanks Obama.

AI and Robots Are Automating the IVF Process: Here's How It's Already Helped 11 Women Get Pregnant (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

Hopeful parents who continue to struggle with infertility have found an unlikely ally in Science and the advancements of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) as a laboratory in Guadalajara, Mexico harnesses the power of Artificial Intelligence and robotics to help streamline the IVF process.

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Damn they already breed better than us too.

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The graphics still impress me. It’s like the effects in Jurassic Park in that, while the overall tech has improved by leaps and bounds, the execution is so good that it still dazzles.

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