LocustOfControl

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[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think it starts with worshipping a flag in school.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

Ah ok, fair enough. I did read the article, but I didn't realise that was what you were talking about - perhaps quoting the bit you're responding to would stop me and others being confused.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 21 points 3 months ago

Which comments are you talking about? There's one comment that's deleted by a mod, and mostly everyone else is talking about Germany.

I've even gone to your instance to see what you see, and seems like you're complaining about something that's not present.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 40 points 3 months ago (11 children)

You're being downvoted for your strawman framing. Recognising that Netanyahu's actions in Gaza (and farther, now) are unethical and illegal is absolutely not the same as calling for another Jewish genocide. Being pro-Palestine does not mean you're calling for the destruction of Israel or the murder of Jews.

There seems to be a fairly successful effort to frame any opposition of Israel's actions as antisemitic, which is a disgraceful attempt to use the suffering of Jewish ancestors as a shield against criticism today.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 12 points 3 months ago

I disagreed until you pointed that out.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

More than 10% but less than 30%? They initially said that they only downloaded, but now their argument seems to be they uploaded little enough that no-one got a complete copy of anything from them.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 4 points 4 months ago

America, why do they keep adding the America word America?

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Having the file is the first step in removing the DRM - you can set DeDRM up as a plugin in Calibre to strip DRM automatically when you add the AWZ3/KFX file to your library.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I find stereo mixes are better for more smooth audio levels - if you get a surround mix (assuming you don't have a surround sound system), then the centre channel is too quiet in the downmix. You might be able to boost the centre volume, which depends on your setup.

I mostly use private trackers, and normally the only stereo is in multi-track releases so you will waste a bit of storage there (plus they tend to be larger, high quality files).

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

Why is this NSFW?

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

Ball dance of the apocalypse.

[–] LocustOfControl@reddthat.com 4 points 4 months ago

There's two tiny heads inside the hoodie. It's like in cartoons where small characters stand on each others shoulders in a trenchcoat.

 

Credit: LordExplores

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News from AR (reddthat.com)
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Bad news - another case of a missing admin with the only keys to stuff.

From a reddit post:

Just seen this on IRC:

"the TLDR is basically: Best case, site comes back up we continue and change things in the backend, okay case, site is down for a little bit while we rebuild backend with likely a new domain, and worst case we close out and refugee you all elsewhere (we might still do this last part too hook up the community even if we are working on the backend"

ETA: IRC admin wrote "I'm currently trying to set up a place where refugees can go to"

ETA2: As far as I understand, someone went away and I quote "without the return of (this person), AR's continued existence is up in the air, we are attempting to work on solutions but he unfortunately seemed to hold more keys to the castle than we were fully aware."

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An abandoned motor cruiser slowly moulders away on the beach adjacent to Tranmere Oil Terminal.

Credit: Darren B Hillman

 

An abandoned bus in the Atacama desert outside of the oasis town of San Pedro de Atacama.

Source: Pablo Garcia Saldaña pagsa_

 

Kelenföld Power Station is an abandoned power plant control room in Hungary. Built in the 1920s, it's a beautiful example of Art Deco industrial architecture and features a dramatic oval-shaped room lit by a large skylight. The plant originally ran on coal but was converted to natural gas in the 1970s. Much of the original control equipment remains intact on the green metal wall panels. A concrete bunker housed an air raid shelter during World War 2, underscoring the control room's role in a critical infrastructure at a turbulent time.

Designed by two prominent Hungarian architects, site is protected under Hungarian law and so cannot be demolished. This does mean it also can't be restored and maintenance is difficult. It is occasionally open to tours and also film shoots, apparently.

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In August 2022, a team located camera equipment that had been abandoned by famous explorers Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in 1937 on the Walsh Glacier in Canada's Kluane National Park. The cameras contained decades-old images of the landscape that could provide data on glacial movement. After months of searching led by explorer Griffin Post and glaciologist Dora Medrzycka, they found pieces of Washburn's aerial camera and two movie cameras with undeveloped film. Medrzycka's guidance was crucial to the discovery.

They hope the recovered film can be developed and provide a rare glimpse of the area as it appeared over 80 years ago. Finding the equipment after so many decades was an unbelievable validation for Post and his team.

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Henry Ford dreamed of establishing Fordlândia, a rubber plantation city in Brazil, to ensure a steady supply of rubber for his automobiles. He invested millions to build the city from scratch, and included luxuries for the workers such as an 18-hole golf course and a dance hall.

However, poor management led to pest infestations in the tightly planted trees. Workers also revolted as they were only paid a fraction of what Ford had promised and forced to abandon their local customs. As conditions deteriorated further during World War 2, Ford was forced to sell the failing operations for just $250,000 in 1945, despite having invested over $20 million (equivalent to $325 million in 2022).

Fordlândia remains completely abandoned today, serving as an example of a grand vision brought down by cultural clashes and economic mismanagement.


Aerial View of Fordlândia, Brazil, 1934 (source)


What remains of Fordlândia Hospital (source)

e: added more sources and edited content to be more accurate

 

Photogrpaher: MGness / urbexery.com

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Beechwood State Park is located on the shores of Lake Ontario in Wayne County, New York, and was formerly the site of a Girl Scout camp. The camp closed in the late 1990s due to lack of money.




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On the eastern coast of the Black Sea is the Georgian region of Abkhazia, or the independent Republic of Abkhazia, depending on who you ask - Abkhazia has been recognised as an independent state by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Syria; however, Georgia and most of the UN consider Abkhazia a sovereign territory of Georgia.

Other photos from Gagra

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