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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

For those wondering about what specifically happened with each:

Minecraft - microtransactions on Bedrock edition

Reddit - API changes killing 3rd party apps and streamlining ad delivery

Netflix - Pricing and library changes making it less and less of a good deal

Chrome - Manifest V3 killing uBlock Origin and similar content blockers

Windows - Increasing numbers of ads baked into the system, poorly-made features like Recall, and lack of hardware compatibility with the TPM 2.0 requirement

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

I found the OP and their post got deleted, but the only comments she responded to were the supportive ones (maybe 1 or 2 out of dozens of "wtf is wrong with you" reactions).

The poster has a history dating back 2 years so I don't think it's a troll, or if it is it's convincing. I just can't believe anyone would actually want to name their kid fucking Blessica. Absolutely revolting name.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For those saying they didn't know about this, it's because they never actually released anything. They got shut down unexpectedly before they finished any projects. Allegedly there are still some in-development games based on Netflix properties that will still be released on their gaming service, and the service itself will stay up. It's just the studio itself that was shut down.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not really AAA at all, no.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Man I hate these fucking headlines. The race is insanely close and news headlines like this aren't helping that. It just helps reinforce Trump's narrative that media outlets are irrationally out to smear him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

I imagine it's to pad runtime.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 weeks ago

The centipedes have learned to draw. Not gonna fool me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

KDE bricked my install on my main desktop after updating to the latest LTS too. No idea how that happens. I'm on opensuse leap now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think the other person was just pointing out that the current conflict between Israel and Palestine is a modern creation and is primarily caused by western imperialism and a failure to hold Israel accountable.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

No, it's pretty uncontroversial that imperialism was one of the goals of Israel as a project, even from its founding.

Edit: This is getting downvoted a bit so let me evidence this.

After WW1 the League of Nations formalized British control over Palestine. This mandate facilitated Jewish immigration and settlement, which furthered Britain's interests in the area and improved their relations with Jewish communities. The establishment of Israel led to significant displacement and conflict for the Palestinian Arab population, which was largely ignored by Western powers at the time.

In other words, Britain exerted their power over a foreign nation through expansionism, which is the literal dictionary definition of imperialism.

So yes, imperialism unquestionably played a role in the establishment of Israel. Whether that was a convenient by-product or a driving motivator is a matter of perspective, but it's foolish to say it didn't play a part.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I think the penguins would learn to just swim away, and the bears would starve since they would need to expend a lot of effort for a small bird versus the calorie-dense seals they're used to.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago

Oh, well that changes everything then /s

 
 

I'm procrastinating at work and installing random packages with CLI that are just fun to mess with. Recently I've been looking up all my co-workers with Sherlock, just for fun. Does anyone else have CLI stuff that they like to screw with when they're bored?

 

I took this at Muskallonge State Park in Michigan. It's the only place within a few hundred miles of my house that's Bortle class 1, meaning zero light pollution. It was fantastic and I absolutely want to go back sometime.

 

Thinking about this because of a greentext I saw earlier complaining about OF models.

It feels like a lot of the stigma surrounding sex work in the modern day (that doesn't just boil down to misogyny/gender norms/religion) is based on the fact that selling intimate aspects of one's self places a set value on something that many see as sacred; something that shouldn't have monetary value.

Not to say anything about the economic validity of a society without currency, but I think that, hypothetically, if that were to exist, sex work would be less stigmatized since this would no longer be a factor. Those engaged in sex work would be more likely to be seen as doing it because it's something they are good at/enjoy, and less because it's an "easy" way to make money, as some think. It would also eliminate the fear of placing set value on social, non sex-work related intimacy (not that those fears were well-founded to begin with).

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