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UltraMagnus

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  • Announcing The #FediWriMo Journaling January Event

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  • Three pages at 72pt font, got it /s

    This seems like a cool idea! As a habitual plotter, I always think that the nanowrimo goal is just too intense to write anything of substance since I'm too focused on word count... I end up typing a bunch of words but not actually writing any story. that may be just a me thing, though!

  • [Answered] Does Lemmy need a fork or a rewrite due to its maintainers views?

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  • I don't see the point in boycotting something that's free and doesn't make money off of selling my data. I suppose you aren't obligated to donate to it, but that was already true.

    I suppose OTOH, I'm not pro-tankie, but I at least prefer tankies to the fascists and authoritarian capitalists (or whatever you want to call them) that run mainstream media. Harm reduction is the name of the game IMO, not finding a platform with a perfect set of political values aligning with yours (at least for me, I haven't run into many leftists who are also committed to nonviolence due to pragmatic reasons). The russia/ukraine stuff in that thread you link does look nasty, on the other other hand

  • What was the last dvd/cd your burned? do you still use such media?

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  • I have an old car so I burn CDs all the time. After streaming music on shuffle for awhile, I find it refreshing to listen to an album all the way through.

    The last CD I burned happened to be legally obtained music off of Bandcamp (a mix of some Trocadero songs).

    Though of course a lot of the time, the songs I burn come from other sources.

  • Trump wants to bring Japan's 'cute' tiny cars to America — but it may not be easy

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  • I find that people who own big trucks are also happy when they get the opportunity to use the big truck to help others move furniture. It's like a boat - always better to know someone who owns a boat rather than own the boat

  • Trump wants to bring Japan's 'cute' tiny cars to America — but it may not be easy

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  • She was specifically talking about high speeds on the interstate - if there is a toddler or pedestrian in this situation, then even something as small ad a motorcycle could cause a deadly crash.

    I am also anti-big car, but if there are things that the manufacturer can do to make these kei cars safer (e.g., increase crumple zones and add airbags) then I don't see why they shouldn't do that. Those are reasonable asks

    In fairness, these cars were designed for environments with narrow, winding highways, not large straightaways like US interstates. They're going to be better at sharp turns and fast braking than an F150.

    I think as long as drivers go in aware of the risks (like motorcyclists) it should be fine, but I don't think we should ignore that those risks exist. I would absolutely get one of these cars, but I am also a careful driver and don't have to get on the interstate for my daily commute. That doesn't fit every US driver.

  • After GOTY pull, Clair Obscur devs draw line in sand over AI: 'Everything will be made by humans by us'

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  • I'm not going to fault someone for driving to work in a car, but I certainly wouldn't call them the winner of a marathon even if they only drove for a few minutes of that marathon.

    There's a difference between something that runs the race for you (LLM AI) and something that simply helps you do what you are already doing (I suppose photoshop is the equivalent of drinking gatorade).

  • Spiked ’60 Minutes’ Segment Spreads Online After Canadian TV Network Posts Unedited Episode

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  • As of December 22 at 22:30 CST, it's currently available at the internet archive. If that goes down and someone needs it, let me know, I have it saved.

  • Backing up Spotify

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  • The politics of preservation is definitely an interesting one. I suppose one argument in favor of preserving more popular music is that there are going to be fewer popular tracks than unpopular tracks - and they're already at 300TB, which is nothing to sneeze at, especially since it's a third the size of their existing library of ebooks.

  • Zohran Mamdani's popularity is surging in New York

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  • You're not wrong (in my city, the "mayor" is basically another city council member with no extra powers, just the same voting power as the other council members), but I don't quite get what you're disagreeing with me on.

  • ICE Accidentally Publishes A ‘Watch List’ Of Immigration Lawyers, Which Is Definitely A Normal Thing For The Government To Do

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  • I'd go with incompetent. This isn't too many steps removed from how insecure the no fly list was (iirc, Maia Arson Crimew didn't have to run any actual exploits to grab that and it was just an insecure jenkins)

  • China to cover all out-of-pocket childbirth expenses

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  • I'd quibble that the average medieval peasant faced a lot less surveillance than the average citizen of any country today (Though perhaps that's just a change in methods).

    But you are right - and, in fact, I think it's the case that countries/people in worse circumstances tend to have more kids (probably some weird evolutionary thing but I don't want to speculate). As tough as times may seem in "developed" countries, most people don't need to worry about where their next meal is coming from.

    (This isn't to say that circumstances are "fine" or that we shouldn't improve things - simply pointing out some biological factors). It's also worth noting that folks in worse economic circumstances tend to having a higher number of people in their "support network" (friends and family - ie, 3 generations living under one roof). Though perhaps this is not the case in the US since it's culturally looked down upon to rely on family like that.

    It's an interesting phenomenon that can't be boiled down to 1 or 2 simple factors like government type. Maybe this was too much text and I should've just said "I agree with you DeathByBigSad"

  • Zohran Mamdani's popularity is surging in New York

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  • Do you think that all a mayor does is send press releases and give the key to the city to the Powerpuff girls? In NYC especially, local government controls a lot

  • ‘What is this, the Soviet Union?’: Senators rip Trump’s call to limit doll purchases

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  • At this point, the difference is mostly in stability. It's highly unlikely that Harris would have slapped a bunch of tarrifs around willy nilly, and she probably wouldn't be blowing up a bunch of ships near Venezuela (I wouldn't rule it out, but I would assume that the false flag operation would be more subtle).

    US voting is 100% picking the lesser evil, at least for now. The current hope would be that democratic socialists gain enough standing to take over the democratic party, so that voters have meaningful choice. In an ideal world, we'd repeal things like citizens united as well

  • Republicans are mad about Trump’s awful Rob Reiner post. Something is changing here.

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  • This post in particular probably won't cause a wide swing in support, but it will cause a few people to reconsider past beliefs. This might get those people thinking if it was really OK to make fun of the attack on Pelosis husband, and then that might get them to reconsider how they look at Jan 6.

    Rising grocery bills will flip more people than this, of course

    I'm not saying that the people who change their minds now are good people (I don't think anyone thinks this) but we need everyone we can get (WITHOUT compromising our core values) when it comes to opposing trump. Every time he fucks up, we need to put the pressure on. Cult deprogramming is difficult, and can't be done for everyone, but it is possible.

    There is only one person you are helping when you preach defeatism and give up early.

  • American Socialists Aren’t Tired of Winning

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  • Look, unless you lay down what you consider to be the goalposts of "socialism", I doubt you're going to have any sort of productive/constructure discussion on this point.

  • American Socialists Aren’t Tired of Winning

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  • I mean, you can't define socialism by saying that this socialism

  • It will trickle down any second now

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  • Taking into consideration the large amount of credit card debt, student loans, mortgages, etc.? It's plausible. Someone who rents, is living paycheck-to-paycheck, and has maybe a few hundred dollars in credit card debt could be in the "negative"

  • Please Don’t Be a Lurker!

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  • One of the major things I like about lemmy is that it allows text alongside links/images - I think it's good when OPs use this as a jumping point to start conversation as well.

  • Leaked Pam Bondi memo targets 'anyone who isn’t a Trump supporter': investigator

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  • Ken Klippenstein strikes again. Man is hard carrying journalism