zoeysmithe

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by zoeysmithe 2mo ago
These companies did everything they could to get people off the "I own files I paid once" model and onto the perpetual "I pay for streaming" model. Of course they dont want to go back to that. It goes against the profit
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by zoeysmithe 4mo ago
Ignoring the historical record and academic consensus, its very unlikely this trick could ever work. Ancient people weren't simpletons and the logistics of it all are pretty silly. Its just poetic fiction in what is a long form poem.
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by zoeysmithe 4mo ago
I think the NT4/2000 desktop was pretty perfect. It laid down everything without getting in your way. A lot of early systems were forced to follow simplicity because of lack of resources. This coincidentally led to better interfaces be
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by zoeysmithe 4mo ago
Its kind of incredible the Dune series is known for incredible composers. Not only is Frank's work on Dune 2 and 2000 considered iconic soundtracks, but so is the original Dune, with its more eclectic style by Stephane who sadly recent
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by zoeysmithe 6mo ago
Blaming the failings of capitalism on the mentally ill. This is just capitalism, it cannot be any different, this is fundamental to it.
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by zoeysmithe 6mo ago
This is really ableist. Sociopaths? Most people in charge of running companies from top to mid-level are average people, even if some dark-triad coded people exist. What you're angry at is what capitalism is supposed to do: maximize va
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by zoeysmithe 6mo ago
I mod a couple subs on reddit, and one that is fairly famous. I see this stuff all the time, even if this person is lying. Its a real phenomenon. Usually its messy like "haha, my husband just loves these cookies" and with a link t
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by zoeysmithe 6mo ago
I think its naive to think capitalism doesnt lead to dirty tricks. There's tons of PR and stealth marketing out there. The idea that our system is all "honest good guys" doesn't fit in with the facts.
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by zoeysmithe 7mo ago
Back then the working class was simply more powerful. Companies had to have good PR, hence feeling 'magical' or 'mysterious.' Of course now in the later stage of capitalism, these execs, investors, etc can just do full-o
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by zoeysmithe 7mo ago
That's fine, if not very good, but the central problem remains (ignoring the capitalist corrupted business culture and its merging with the state behind much of this). We can't centralize our communications without major concessio
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by zoeysmithe 7mo ago
I learned two languages growing up and was speaking both as soon as I could speak and could write in both not long after. This is typical for nearly every kid in the world outside of countries with strong language monocultures. I certainly
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by zoeysmithe 7mo ago
He was shot in 1918 leaving bullets in his body and left him weakened, then in 1922 he suffered at least three debilitating strokes. He lost his ability so speak and had to learn to speak again. He even proposed assisted suicide because he
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
While on the other hand I'm often frustrated and feel limited by a steam-only deck and am going to start installing the other store fronts. I have games there I've gotten cheaper or even free. I don't like being locked into s
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
Comparing it to agriculture which has a very large demand for water by its nature is very apples to oranges. We need food, its questionable if we need grok taking people's clothes off. These data centers do come at a real environmental
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
None of that is solved by automated driving. You want public trains, BRT bus systems, trams, etc. The ideal universe is you stepping on public trans, not piloting various rube goldberg-esque machines that are far more dangerous and will alw
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
Its hard not to see this as FND and similar conditions with a cult of personality around a charming but misguided doctor. Lang's team really seems to have solved this mystery, but some patients seem to prefer the allure of a mystery il
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
Considering he's openly discussing annexing Greenland, we're a bit past dishonest "orange man bad" claims.
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
Rogan pushes fairly regressive and misogynistic narratives, so I would expect a "Rogan guy" to not have a great relationship with his wife and would not at all be surprised they stopped getting along or just lacked a lot in common
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
I dont think this is it as we've had radio and music since the 50s and mp3 audiobooks since the early 2000's. I think this is just the communal values of that society. Its not entirely some weird transaction about being entertaine
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by zoeysmithe 8mo ago
The US doesnt recognize many of the bodies you would use as enforcement against aggressive action on EU bought US products. Or for some it does, it gives itself immunity from them like the ICJ. Also considering the US's unilateral and
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
I'm not seeing that. The truck is a mess of a product. The self-driving is terrible compared to things like waymo, and the robot seems to be entirely fraud. Tesla cars was a good product but now lost the early lead and 2025 sales were
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
I'm not sure if the nokia example works. When the nokia launched the screen technology, SoC horsepower, battery tech, etc just wasn't there to make an iphone. Even when the 2007 iphone launched it was a bit of mess, with the first
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
Its hard in a corporate structure to just 'donate.' The culture and system is not designed for it very well. This is why selling books or support works out better for foss projects. Its hard to see SDV as some niche 'indie&#x
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
I imagine the percent of people who know these telegram cables were made by children is a very low percentage.
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
That book led me to Gutta Percha, the plastic-like coating on the wires used in these cables which was quite the innovation and made this all possible. Vulcanized rubber was the other option but performed poorly in cables and was harder to
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
No one knows, the paper just focused on 100 cycles, but it suggests that if its good at 100 it probably is not terrible at further cycles. I guess we'll have to wait for the next paper but the conclusion seems optimistic about future r
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
Its incredible to how compltely unwatchable modern youtube norms are, to me at least. I feel like youtubers now aim almost exclusively for the 12-18 demographic. I mean, this person is doing some kind of character or affectation instead of
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
Profit/non-profit isn't a big difference. Many non-profits are essentially businesses in practice (money spent/managed, the non-profit just a conduit to the for-profit companies that defacto own it), but just don't issue
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
Why not? Its not an open standard. This is the rent-seeking behavior you get under for-profit capitalist implementations. This is why we push so hard for open standards.
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by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
tbf AOMedia doesnt really make this call. The steam deck for example doesn't do AV1 natively. It could, but Valve has so far decided not to implement it. I dont know how many other devices and systems that could do AV1 but don't d

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