ghusto

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by ghusto 6d ago
I and others I know would. Granted we're not the vast majority, but my feeling is that people don't do it nowadays because they've been trained not to. If bands went back to their own sites, I'd say people would follow.
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by ghusto 6d ago
I'm old enough to remember when bands did everything on their own sites, complete with message boards. I _really_ miss that. Twitter is just a middle-man nobody wants when you're talking about artists.
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by ghusto 17d ago
I made no claims that anything got better. Just that people are exaggerating its effects to support their politics.
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by ghusto 17d ago
> Polls show the population regrets Brexit 57% is what I said and would have expected to see. Aside from that, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that a poll on "do you regret brexit" is looking for a particular answer.
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by ghusto 17d ago
Popularity ruins things?! NO!
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by ghusto 18d ago
It's become serious in German, Austria, and Czechia. The sentiment in France is not insignificant either. I hear a lot about how the UK has suffered after Brexit, but none of my experiences there support it. Not the people I talk to, n
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by ghusto 18d ago
Depends who you talk to. I have a mixed bag of UK friends, and it's about half-half. One thing I think myself is that there was an ugly _hope_ that the UK would suffer as a result. A hope which, as far as I can see, wasn't realise
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by ghusto 18d ago
What do they gain by joining? Seems like they already have all the benefits they could want, but lose their fishing rights if they joined? > A Yes vote would not be a final decision on joining the EU. It would mean backing a move towards
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by ghusto 19d ago
Government, municipalities, bank, large corporations, the list is endless. A curated RSS feed would work, but someone would have to do the curating.
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by ghusto 19d ago
I hear this sentiment a lot from people in the USA. They deeply distrust their government and can't imagine it being different anyway else in the world.
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by ghusto 19d ago
> For starters, every country would insist on having its own ChatsApp Fine, let's say the Netherlands should do it for their own citizens only (but in a broad way to keep the door open for EU adoption) > to satisfy strict securit
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by ghusto 21d ago
Here in the Netherlands, WhatsApp has the defacto communication tool. Everyone is expected to have it installed, not just by friends but also municipals and companies. Same level as having an e-mail address. It's a missed opportunity f
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by ghusto 25d ago
People who who "cringe" as an adjective are cringeworthy, and I hope we hear less from them.
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by ghusto 27d ago
Standards. It's the same thing in some European countries. Wages are down, unemployment is up, and yet the standard of living hasn't changed because there are certain standards people take for granted as being obvious and basic. Y
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by ghusto 1mo ago
> When I asked current and former U.S. officials what had to be done to win Win what? What is even going on? What is anybody (other than Iran, wanting to be left the hell alone) even after anymore? "We're going to make the Stra
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by ghusto 1mo ago
Right at the goddamned top for everyone to see: > How this was written: drafted with an AI assistant from my own notes, then edited by me. For the record, I enjoyed the post, and it's much more than your summary suggests.
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by ghusto 1mo ago
> This particular sub-genus of grifts, half-truths and strategic omissions ... “Manifest Destiny.” “Aryan superiority.” “The divine right of kings.” “The domino theory.” “Israel has a right to defend itself.” aaaand, you lost me.
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by ghusto 1mo ago
Yup. This is the way it is for most European countries. Places like France, Germany, Austria, Italy, really, most. I find it odd that the USA had this in the first place.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
We already have several plug-in batteries? Simple search: https://www.ecohome.net/en/guides/4189/best-plug-and-play-ho...
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by ghusto 2mo ago
The straw man was the 2 obvious statements she made (sci-fi has more than science, technology is more than computers and whatever). She argues for both, when nobody was arguing against, then says; therefore I write (hard?) sci-fi.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
That's the difference though. Knowing enough about science to be creative with it vs. knowing little about science so you just write whatever you like.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
> I think the critical factor that makes sci-fi hard isn't known physics, exactly, but early on establishing a known set of rules and letting them play out as they will No that's just competent writing. Hard sci-fi is very much
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Technology is not only "computery" electronica. A lever is technology. So is writing. Fair point, and I don't think anybody was arguing otherwise. Sci-fi has elements other than technology, such as how the humans interact wit
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Plus, just how exams only test you on how good you are at exams, those systems only show how good you are at getting likes, votes, followers, etc. You can have a billion followers, doesn't mean anything to me other than you're goo
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by ghusto 2mo ago
That is hilarious, depressing, and would likely work. Oh god.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
"This app didn't have a feature that it didn't advertise it had, ONE STAR!". Really? He explains why the request for ratings exists in the post. I'll never review a well known brand if they pester me, but go out of
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by ghusto 2mo ago
You are mistaken. > Indie developers can’t win in the App Store. Since we’re mostly unknown to the public, we need positive App Store ratings and reviews for our apps to encourage purchases. If we don’t request ratings from all users, th
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Did you read the whole thing? His reasoning is difficult to dismiss as "well, you shouldn't do it anyway".
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by ghusto 2mo ago
I would have said it needs to taper off, not just stop, but reading it described in black and white made me think "actually, why _not_ just stop at a threshhold?". If you can get 2k a month (all numbers pulled from my butt) in dis
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Most of the post makes sense to me, even if I don't agree. This part however: > The news is full of stories of corporations that are throttling the employee use of AI since the costs to use the software are a lot higher than expecte

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