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Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Well, they wouldn't need to release those changes publicly.

Jewish Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Khalil Deportation. in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster 7 points 1 day ago

Protests against the ongoing genocide of Palestinians were happening under Biden and they were crushed and with very few exceptions given no support by the Democrats. They paved the way for the Trump admins actions against Khalil and others. Unquestioning support for Israel even against our own citizens is a bipartisan position in the United States.

Its not really useful to think of the Democrats as "the left." The left has no institutional power in the United States and is suppressed/coopted by both of the political parties.

Serious Question - Is the ActivityPub deletion problem a fatal flaw? in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
[–] bilb@lem.monster 9 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Yeah, my attitude towards this is that if I post something, I voluntarily lose control of it. Post accordingly.

Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Phantasy Star IV on the Genesis retailed for $99 in the US in 1995. That's like a game being $200 now. I think Star Fox 64 was $80, but it came with a rumble pak at least.

Why is Germany so prevalent on Lemmy? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then what are they doing here?

Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

It's an interesting point that without any IP law, GPL would be invalid and corporations could use and modify things like Lemmy without complying with the license.

More than 1,000 classic RPGs, strategy games, and horror greats are wildly cheap in GOG's "Classics" PC sale, and are we OK with Skyrim officially being labeled an "old game?" in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] bilb@lem.monster 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It is gonna suck.

That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Aurora DX (which is based on Fedora atomic) has been the best distro I've used in a long time. Immutable OSes are great for general purpose desktop use! I set up a container for each development environment and never need to worry about conflicting dependencies anymore. But yeah, I wouldn't go with Steam OS for that. Steam works fine on pretty much any modern distro, so I don't see any obvious benefit to using it.

People who complain about article paywalls in comments are annoying and add nothing of any use to a discussion. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster -3 points 6 days ago

You can read paywalled articles. You aren't considering that possibilty because you think you're entitled to everything for free, and you think your commentary is so valuable that it should always be made available to you because otherwise you can't participate? It isn't. If that's not your point, what is it?

We all block advirtisements, so if the pervasive attitude towards paying for written articles is hostile, what are we left with? I guess AI can replace human writers and that will be just fine.

People who complain about article paywalls in comments are annoying and add nothing of any use to a discussion. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster -4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

You're not really making a point. Of course, you may not be trying to.

People who complain about article paywalls in comments are annoying and add nothing of any use to a discussion. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster -3 points 6 days ago

Not every post is for everyone. (And like Rachel said, not reading an article has not typically prevented people from entering a discussion and I don't think it ever will. That's often perfectly fine, someone can offer insight in response to what people are saying in the comments.) Imagine an interesting, long form article written by an independent writer whose livelihood depends on subscriptions. So not a news story with many alternatives, in other words. Why shouldn't someone link to it, and say "here's a great article, I recommend subscribing to this writer?"

People who complain about article paywalls in comments are annoying and add nothing of any use to a discussion. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] bilb@lem.monster -1 points 6 days ago

Seemed like an appropriate thing to post, but I guess it's not what this community wants. 😏

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People who complain about article paywalls in comments are annoying and add nothing of any use to a discussion. (lem.monster)
 

The entitled attitude and acting like there's something unethical about article paywalls makes me roll my eyes. Find a way to bypass it or a copy on one of the archive sites, and post that. Or post nothing. Responding with just "ugh paywall, how dare you/they" sucks.

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Episode 449: October H8the (soundcloud.com)
 

We’re joined by Dylan Saba from Palestine Legal (palestinelegal.org) to talk about the new hasbara film “October 8,” the rash of nuisance suits by big law against protestors, and the unifying strategy of the Zionist assault on several amendments.

Discover more episodes at podcast.trueanon.com.

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Accidentally wound up with Ilford Delta ISO 3200 film. Can I use it, or should I return it? (lem.monster)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by bilb@lem.monster to c/analog@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink
 

I have recently started getting into film photography and I'm still learning the ropes. After buying a variety of color and black and white films to experiment with, I noticed that I somehow accidentally bought a couple of rolls of very high speed Ilford Delta ISO 3200 film. At this point, all I have is a Kodak Ektar H35N and an Olympus Pen-EES 2 which has a max ISO of 400. Is the Ilford film useless to me, or can it be used at lower speeds in certain conditions?

EDIT: This is tangential, but I was originally going to ask this question on Reddit instead of Lemmy because the conventional wisdom is that Lemmy isn't useful yet for more niche topics, but I thought "why not try Lemmy first anyway," and I'm glad I did. I found the most active film photography community on Lemmyverse.net (which hadn't yet even federated to my small instance) and it paid off. How nice!

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Episode 325: Sam Jailman Trial (soundcloud.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bilb@lem.monster to c/trueanon@lemmy.ml
0 comments fedilink
 

We’re joined by crypto-court reporter Jacob Silverman to talk about the first week of the trial of SBF, witness testimony, betrayal, parents, what makes a polycule and more.

https://airmail.news/issues/2023-10-7/the-journalist-and-the-fraudster

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-the-naked-emperor

https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/the-coming-trials-of-sam-bankman

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Remote Moderator actions still do not seem to work after upgrading to 0.18.5 (lem.monster)
 

I was made moderator of the /c/TrueAnon on the lemmy.ml instance a while ago, and none of my actions have ever federated to lemmy.ml, so I gave up. Thought I'd try again after this upgrade and still no dice. The response I'm getting back from the API when I try to add my lemmy.ml account to moderator status is "not_a_moderator." Is this a transient federation issue or are there more fixes required for this scenario to work correctly?

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The G.U.N. Method of Love Making (lem.monster)
 
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Episode 305: Bloodless Hype Machines (trailer) (soundcloud.com)
 

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod

We welcome back our friend, author Douglas Rushkoff, to discuss what’s real and what’s fake about the AI publicity push, the next phase of the internet, and human connection in the oppressive techno-future.

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Framework Laptop 16 Deep Dive - Battery and Speakers (community.frame.work)
 

Looking forward to this machine. The only thing that would preempt my purchasing a Framework 16 might be the System76 Virgo laptop, but that seems to still be in early dev.

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Episode 304: Scando-nistas (trailer) (soundcloud.com)
 

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod

Comedienne Sarah Sherman is back to discuss Bravo TV’s wilderness of mirrors and the myriad of psyops at play in the Vanderpump Rules, universe while Brace does the girls a solid and recounts #Scandoval from memory. Sarah merch, live shows, and more: linktr.ee/sarahsquirm

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What hardware do you use to play? (lem.monster)
 

I play with an Index. I'm looking for an alternative though, and the one game I play regularly is Beat Saber. I'd like to know what the experience is like with other hardware.

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Episode 303: UFOs — Real or Nah? (trailer) (soundcloud.com)
 

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod

We come in peace and go to pieces by going back on everything we’ve ever said and doing a UFO episode. We examine the recent claims that the US government has an alien spaceship. Featuring the Smoking Men @bpleasies (twitter.com/bpleasies) and @RobertSkvarla (twitter.com/RobertSkvarla).

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Requesting /c/TrueAnon (lem.monster)
 

The sole moderator hasn't been active for 2 years. I just want to remove/update the sticky post for the most part. And no disrespect for @SmellyFingers62@lemmy.ml, if they come back I'm happy to add them as a moderator once again.

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