crocodiletears's comments

Sony's first-party monetization strategy's been quite good ime. If anything, I'd expect them to curb Bungy's worst instincts on that front.

I think https://noagendaphone.com is still offering this service

I think the intersection of culture and ideals between different regions in the US is too small to merit a description of the country as homogenous. And that intersection is becoming increasingly smaller with the collapse of mass media and the balkanization of media preferences (news and entertainment).

We have a shared cultural history, but we can't even come close to a consensus on its interpretation.

My impression of the instances I've joined is that the network is largely populated by anime-fans, artists putting out questionably sfw drawings, and censorious progressive fiefdoms.

Mesx

The secret ingredient is crime.

Generally my mentality. This is a European war in Europe's back yard. CNN and Fox (with the exception of Carlson) are in lockstep, Google's demonetizing content that's dismissive of, or opposed to Ukraine.

Ukraine is the victim here, not the aggressor. I hope they win, I doubt they will.

But domestically, the rhetoric around the war has infuriated me.

A redneck shows up to a domestic political rally with his tacky Confederate flag, and everyone involved is a bigot, a fascist, or a potential domestic terrorist.

A country constitutionally bans same sex relationships, turns trans refugees fleeing the conflict away at the border because they're 'actually' men, supports the efforts of a pseudo-autonomous militia whose ~10k soldiers walk around wearing sonnenrads, and its only a tiny minority that we should overlook. Facebook even made an exception for their policy on supporting them.

I'm fine with nuance. It's important. But why is it only a thing when it means we might get to spill American blood in a police action for someone else's benefit?

I'm still disgusted that the US tolerated afghan allies who indulged in bacha bazi. Now people on my facebook feed and in the news who spent the last six years hyperventilating about neonazis and demanding restrictions on speech to stop them are telling me that supporting ethnonationalist militias is the price of democracy in Europe.

The EU is rich. This is their neighborhood. I've heard plenty of lectures from EU nationals that the US needs to stop enforcing its will on the rest of the world. If they want US arms in Ukraine, buy them from us.

I don't want American boots on the ground, and I'm leery of providing military aid with tax money that could be better used serving the people who paid it for a war that likely won't end in a win.

This became very common after Sandy Hook, afaict.

I'm really hoping someone here jumps up and takes credit for it as a prank.

This is my thinking as well. Unity needs to show that it possesses the prestige features that attract novice developers who aren't yet thinking about things like ease of use and production workflow.

Same story. Got four different browsers I work with.

Waiting for them to do container tabs

Seconded. Idk that the maintainers are trustworthy, but at the very least you get a couple days notice to prep for any of Mozilla's shenanigans.

Punctuates my point:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960223/reddit-ukraine-ru...

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22959636/spotify-removes-r...

Probably in the EU, but that stuff gets squirreled in through private institutions here. Information clearing-houses like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc. will take it upon themselves after encouragement from the media and the government.

That's alright, we're all taken for a ride every now and again.

GP is drawing a comparison between the mindsets of two groups, not trying to litigate the morality or efficacy of different policy prescriptions.

The Ben Shapiro-style pedantic logic funnel thing is a bit of a non-sequitur in this context.

Best to toss the showmanship and make your point.

They'vevbeen running ads demanding regulation on cable and streaming services for a hot minute, I don't think they want to hide or distract from it.

Color me shocked that people who choose to create and maintain (sometimes sexual) relationships with computer models designed to emulate humans might have behavioral problems in any context whatsoever...