Nothing I ever do is a failure, it’s just some shit I did.
amazing. I’m stealing this
Nothing I ever do is a failure, it’s just some shit I did.
amazing. I’m stealing this
I like the way the author describes the intentions of the bill at face value (protecting children!) exactly as the authors do, without any journalistic analysis of that being true or not. Could have ended the article with actual information from somewhere like the EFF, but instead, mentioned a concern from a nonprofit that “receives money from tech companies.”
What an absolute joke to call this journalism. No wonder they’re losing their jobs to algorithmic language models with no concern for anything other than sensible use of English grammar.
Everybody loses but the investment firm.
by. design.
it’s so hard to watch people in late-stage capitalism still have faith enough in the integrity of the whole thing to give a go at it, and inevitably get smacked down by the few with all the dollar, as if it werent all rigged against them from the beginning. I hope theyve learned and pivoted their efforts into helping press the big RESET button rather than kicking the can down the road, no matter how pure the intentions
there’s a class war on, and we’re losing. honestly, truly, maybe we don’t need an ethical review website right now, unless youre reviewing torches and pitchforks? I say this out of frustration that so many of the people behind that site will just pointlessly try to play by the rules again. the war needs more good fighters, not people who continue to swallow the lie that the way forward is playing by the current, just so laughably rigged game
i dont care that this whole comment is a cliche
cliches are cliches for a reason
fuck Google, the employees and shareholders
eat the fucking rich
the economy is a circle. people choose where they buy from and what they buy, and producers and stores don’t just make money from thin air.
people often choose convenience and lower price, indirectly choosing to be part of something “big” by supporting the big business. there is a disconnect in thinking choosing higher inconvenience and cost in the name of supporting smaller businesses “does anything” - except youre already doing something, youre supporting the big business and literally responsible for its success
same thing happens when a mutual fund rewards a company for profits while ignoring how it got them. nevermind we are simultaneously the customers and employees these companies poorly treat, extort and squeeze for every penny.
until people decide individually to make decisions and sacrifices for everyones future, rather than spouting the obvious propaganda that individual action doesn’t matter, therefore why bother? it can’t.
also, late stage capitalism doesnt do stability- you get yours while you can and get out because the next crash is coming soon
america is a country full of people who can’t wait for the next new thing they’ll be able to point to their neighbors also doing and shrug, while whatever it is further burns their world to the ground. lately that thing is ditching pensions and low yield investments to make retirement dependent on the profits of giant, horrible companies. I honestly think it’ll be the one of a thousand papercuts as everyone shirks responsibility because, hey, this bread and these circuses aren’t that bad…
edit tl;dr americans have a serious disconnect between their actions and the consequences of them at scale. until that changes, we all lose
not to say thats not happening as well, but iirc the CA legislature historically has a big cram to pass most of their bills at the end of the session in september. Ive noticed the flood, too, but this happens every year, all the signing and vetoing lumped together
for debian based systems, there is a PPA with nightly builds. I use a quick and dirty python script via systemd to schedule nightly builds from the PPA’s source pkg on both debian and popOS with good results. worst case you can roll back to a prevous build of the pkg, tho Ive never had to
“hue” refers to a color value in how it differes from other colors (red vs blue), but is separate from “lightness” or “saturation.” a “light blue” may have the same hue as a “dark blue.”
have you ever seen the color pickers with a giant rainbow circle, and a separate white/black slider? the rainbow circle is for selecting the hue.
“it’s a great day for flying!”
ATM0 so you don"t wake your parents while youre dialing in somewhere
can’t labels and artists pay for some kind of premium placement in discover weekly, release radar, and playlist recs?
ok, after some research, found this:
so, at the very least, the recs you get are definitely not organic, and favor major labels, rich folks, and if Spotify can make any money off streaming the track in the first place
not saying the algorithm doesn’t get it right most of the time (they’d be shooting themselves in the foot if it was all sponsored), but if it’s favoring big labels and drowning out everyone else in the name of revenue for Spotify, I prefer to choose other ways to find new stuff. if Spotify needs more money to pay the bills, imho they should plainly be asking the consumers up front