soundcloud, mute the ads because I refuse to pay for that shit.

But the newer stuff is mainly german techno, industrial/synthwave and mixes, so I don’t really feel the need to relisten that much anyway.

Torrent search ‘discography’ + ‘flac’

there are fancam vids of every concert uploaded to youtube immediately after the concert, or even livestreams during it. IDK what changed but I doubt it’s damaging the concert industry

Can I just say that an audience full of wankers filming the concert on their phone, bright screens invariably blocking your view, so they can upload their shitty video almost no one will ever watch on youtube, does absolutely ruin the concert going experience.

Question: would running stuff like this in sandboxie, with internet disabled, prevent these issues?

The problem is that social media algorithms thrive on engagement, and the fastest way to further that engagement is hate. Spending all day on the internet banging on about various fashionable causes, may make give a temporary endorphin boost, but does it actually change much except social media corps’ profit margins?

OP has posted a reminder to not watch Harry Potter in a small internet forum for internet piracy. Will this affect JKR’s support of anti-trans groups in any discernible way?

If you want to change the world, it’s arguably better to get off the internet, and spend time in your community making real tangible changes. If you spend too much time on the internet, it’s likely you’ll forsake the former. There are only so many hours in the day.

It’s fundamentally not that different to replacing real social interaction, with ersatz social interaction on social media.

e: To be clear, this comment won’t actually change anything either. I am just filling time.

A true victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness.

Oh, you know reddit gold, at one point in time if you put a bit of effort in your comments you’d get gifted that a few times a month.

I know people like to hate AI, but it does have its uses.

Or they federate too slowly.

It’s a shame the fediverse hasn’t gained enough mass.

It’s the same with mastodon. For a while there it seemed like it might, but when it didn’t plenty returned to twitter or simply gave up on social media.

I’m not sad that twitter, reddit, etc. are all shit now. I know I’m not alone in wasting far too much time on there, writing comments for imaginary points and medals.

Rear ports? Why bother?

Simply pop it on their desk and let them plug it in themselves when they’re bored/curious.

Pop it on a usb stick and leave it on their desk. You could google how to make it autorun, but you likely won’t have to bother.

Ubisoft is in serious trouble.

TBH I wouldn’t be surprised if they started including a bitcoin miner in their games and filming customers 24/7 so they can sell the footage.

Run it on a rival colleague’s PC.

Stupid question, but why can’t your friend not just run it in sandboxie with internet locked down?

No noticeable performance drain, can’t cause too much damage.

Or isn’t this enough?

You mean the one where water is toxic for the aliens?

Wouldn’t that 0.02% make it more likely they visited earth without realising the surface is covered in water?

You know, ignoring the fact that hydrogen and oxygen are some of the most common elements in the universe and water is the most common molecule.

I liked him more after Mortal Coil, the one with the almost transporter incident.

I realised he’s a far more complex character than I initially suspected. That he acts the way he does, because of his past, and is changing.

The final episode of Star Trek wasn’t broadcast because NBC was doing a memorial retrospective on Eisenhower

I just did a search. A few months after Eisenhower had died.

I’m surprised NBC still exists. Company’s been run by incompetents for most of its existence.

I always thought Sisko’s strength/weakness was a penchant for ruthless utilitarianism, potentially sacrificing million Romulan lives for the greater good.

People complain Enterprise was bad, but Voyager had plenty of stinkers.

I think people were simply burnt out from too much Trek on broadcast TV.

Sorry grandpa. All your friends are dead.