There’ll be a gap.

If it makes you feel better, once they’ve sorted ps5 emulation which seems inevitable at this point, you can burn your cracked version of gta6 to a dvd or blu-ray.

soundcloud, mute the ads because I refuse to pay for that shit.

But the newer stuff is mainly german techno, industrial/synthwave and mixes, so I don’t really feel the need to relisten that much anyway.

Torrent search ‘discography’ + ‘flac’

there are fancam vids of every concert uploaded to youtube immediately after the concert, or even livestreams during it. IDK what changed but I doubt it’s damaging the concert industry

Can I just say that an audience full of wankers filming the concert on their phone, bright screens invariably blocking your view, so they can upload their shitty video almost no one will ever watch on youtube, does absolutely ruin the concert going experience.

Bigotry.

PTB

IRC one of the mods of /r/canada was outed as a white nationalist several years ago. This kind of thing is incredibly common on reddit in plenty of the bigger subreddits.

The mods are pushing a narrative, the place is flooded with bot posts and comments, and invariably it’s pushing a narrative.

Question: would running stuff like this in sandboxie, with internet disabled, prevent these issues?

Accurate title: Dutch broadcaster which is boycotting Eurovision replaced by Dutch broadcaster which isn’t.

The problem is that social media algorithms thrive on engagement, and the fastest way to further that engagement is hate. Spending all day on the internet banging on about various fashionable causes, may make give a temporary endorphin boost, but does it actually change much except social media corps’ profit margins?

OP has posted a reminder to not watch Harry Potter in a small internet forum for internet piracy. Will this affect JKR’s support of anti-trans groups in any discernible way?

If you want to change the world, it’s arguably better to get off the internet, and spend time in your community making real tangible changes. If you spend too much time on the internet, it’s likely you’ll forsake the former. There are only so many hours in the day.

It’s fundamentally not that different to replacing real social interaction, with ersatz social interaction on social media.

e: To be clear, this comment won’t actually change anything either. I am just filling time.

Sorry to be a downer, but tolerance of homosexuality under school-aged Dutch boys has halved in recent years, girls are also increasingly bigoted. LGBTQ+ people feel increasingly unsafe and homophobic violence is on the rise, with more people reporting incidents. Dutch source.

In any case, the idea that the Netherlands is an especially accepting country was always a fundamental misunderstanding of traditional Dutch tolerance. Tolerating something is not the same as accepting or celebrating it.

Hence, Wilders and all the other right-wing and openly homophobic and/or transphobic parties in Dutch parliament.

I know people like to hate AI, but it does have its uses.

Rear ports? Why bother?

Simply pop it on their desk and let them plug it in themselves when they’re bored/curious.

Pop it on a usb stick and leave it on their desk. You could google how to make it autorun, but you likely won’t have to bother.

Ubisoft is in serious trouble.

TBH I wouldn’t be surprised if they started including a bitcoin miner in their games and filming customers 24/7 so they can sell the footage.

Run it on a rival colleague’s PC.

Stupid question, but why can’t your friend not just run it in sandboxie with internet locked down?

No noticeable performance drain, can’t cause too much damage.

Or isn’t this enough?

Idk Americans can be a bit puritanical and weird about stuff. A lot of them never remove their christian brainworms.

Given incest is incredibly popular on all the tube sites, the lady doth protest too much, methinks. Same goes for Americans claiming they’re not attracted to 20 year olds at the ripe old age of 30, but also transphobia and homophobia. A short summary of their browsing history would probably be illuminating.

The cold war with Russia is escalating and may become a hot war soon. Western democracy is under serious threat and democracies are on the brink with recent far right gains.

Turkey is a key NATO ally. The western allies didn’t criticise the USSR too much during the war either, don’t expect much from European leaders now. It won’t change much anyway. European leaders have little to no leverage over Turkey.

It’s Realpolitik. It’s deeply unpleasant, but worse is yet to come. Greece has already signed weapons deals with Israel, expect the EU to look the other way with Serbia, etc. etc. etc.

I share your disgust and hope for something better, but I for now Europe will continue to drown in red tape, choke on its mealy mouthed letters of concern, and do not enough too slowly.

Maybe a full blown war with Russia will shake European leaders out of their complacency.

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

IME you should add “and laziness.” to that sentence.

It’s quite useful for getting what you want really. Make not doing what you want more effort. Most people are too lazy or tired to not give in for unimportant stuff.

Eg. when being stopped by the police, take your time finding your driving license. Chances are they’ll get bored and let you go on your way before you’ve found it.