Living in Australia means piracy is essentially legal - individuals can only be taken to court for the cost of one physical copy of the pirated media, so companies don't even bother as long as you aren't distributing. The more things in this area get worse, the more justified I feel in filling up my 10TB HDD.
Onii-Chan
joined 2 years ago
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services
I checked my account through the site and they don't seem to have shit other than my current display name. When did they start collecting this data?
Early 30's here. I was at a small gathering my best mate put together about a year ago, and his 19 year old nephew was there. He expressed his interest in anime and we got chatting. While showing me some newer anime-related TikTok stuff (I have no social media myself and haven't really kept up with modern anime), I heard some fucking awesome 'aggressive trap' stuff and asked him who the artist was. It was Lil' Darkie and I was immediately hooked. I went down a rabbit hole searching his best stuff as well as other similar artists, and now have a huge playlist of great music I'd have never discovered on my own.
imo music discovery is a pretty organic process for most people. It's cultural and spreads via word of mouth. Chatting with younger people may be the best way to go, but understand that the youth rightfully don't want us in their spaces lmao
This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. The complexity of life just continues to astound me.
Almost 9 fucking months of summer here in Perth, with about 3 of those months being 30C and clear every single day. Forests and bushland are dying as a result, and water is scarce. I've never seen anything like it.
We have a shitload of Chinese cars on the roads here in Australia, and you see them pop up for sale only a few years after being bought brand new at extreme discounts for a reason; they're cheaply built pieces of shit that aren't reliable and lure buyers in with fancy aesthetics and tech. I drive a 2010 Japanese import Toyota Crown, and it'll outlast any of these Chinese made cars.
China is trying to get a foothold in the west, and they're using cheap vehicles as part of that strategy during a cost of living crisis. It's a smart strategy, admittedly, because the downsides won't be apparent to the average person for a long time. The US really should be helping reduce the price tag on domestically produced cars if they want to stem the flow of Chinese EV's hitting the roads, but the government and automakers seem to be averse to that. People without money are going to pick what they can afford, for better or for worse...
Too little too late. I was legitimately looking to buy Helldivers 2 a couple weeks ago, but ended up getting hooked on The Talos Principle 2 instead. Now I just straight up don't trust Sony not to pull their usual bullshit again in the future, so they'll not be getting my money (and I doubt I'm the only one who has been completely turned off buying the game as a result of this.)
It'll be such a surprise when it turns out all 10 have been suicidal for years and/or extremely susceptible to infection.
I don't get the obsession with 'smart' devices given all they seem to do is overcomplicate simple designs that have worked just fine for decades - in addition to opening them up to abuse or corporate surveillance. The smartest device I own is my Pixel 8, and I barely even use it unless I need to make a call or message someone. I won't even buy a post-2014 car purely because they just contain too much tech I'll never use and don't want (not to mention the privacy concerns with cellular data transmission and telemetry.)
Hey sorry for the late reply, I was just waiting for the perfect example, and I found one: https://kbin.social/m/reddit@lemmy.world/t/995008/Reddit-if-full-of-bots-thread-reposted-exactly-the-same
I'd prefer to use my vote with stupid optimism that things may get better instead of 'punishing' society because people are, for the most part, dumb as fuck. I believe things can improve. I'm not going to let self destructive sentiment win out even in dark times.