The people that are open to exploration and travel are generally not the ones opposed to progressive city planning.

The fear-based mindset opposed to change at any cost is not exactly conducive to exploring other cultures.

I honestly like the small, eclectic vibe better.

I don't know what the number is, but I'll arbitrarily say, anywhere under a quarter million is perfect.

I know the federation model provides a strength against the cascading list negatives that plague popular platforms, but I don't doubt that with a large enough user base, exploits would certainly seep in, particularly with ease of AI bot manipulation and astroturfing.

It reminds me of the Linux saying "security through obscurity".

Many of the songs I ripped and shared via Napster in the late 1900's continued to appear on legitimate platforms years later.

This, and accidentally legalizing hemp weed are possibly the only positive things to come out of this whole debacle

They were both 1999. Matrix released in March and Columbine was April 20th (made for a fucked up 4/20 that year...)

Same bitrate, file size, and metadata (with my tags still included), along naming schemes and occasional misspellings.

One of my biggest hang-ups in life, and I'm old enough that wisdom and experience should carry me through it. Hasn't happened yet.

Lots of platitudes address it, but platitudes are only true when viewed from the other side of things, not within the thick of it.

You joke, but ruling with an iron fist in an academic sub is preferable. Requiring a bit of academic integrity in responses to questions is what makes a history sub valid. For instance, requiring all responses to provide sources should be a bare minimum.

The old place required "answers that are in-depth, comprehensive, well-sourced (academic), and written by knowledgeable contributors, prohibiting bigotry, speculation, links as answers, and current event discussions", with a core principle to "provide high-quality historical information, not quick facts, focusing on expert-vetted responses that adhere to historical methodology and avoid modern political debates, even if framed around history."

Being extremely judicious in the act of moderating is one of the aspects that allows academic subs to flourish.

A decent pirate community already exists on lemmy at /c/piracy.

You can subscribe from most instances

In order for that argument to be valid, the country would have to be run as if it could see beyond the next financial quarter.

It is currently being run as if they are selling off parts of a stolen vehicle for scrap money, and maxing out all the cards they found inside.

Fuck.

I'm reminded of that early South Park episode where Chef explains that the best way to make a baby cry is to first give it candy.

Then, once the baby is happy, only then do you take it away.

The best way to hurt people is to lift them up first, so the fall back down hurts twice as much...

Even Newman's Own (a non-profit) is $4. $6-$10 is normal in my area, and it's one of the least affluent areas of the country.

Here's the author Jason Pargin riffing on the topic of nostalgia , and the key takeaways for him are that:

• Nostalgia is toxic because it is the intense grasping for something that is definitionally forever outside of your reach
• Nostalgia is a false rose-colored filter to view things through.

That said, I have a penchant for sentimentality, and fall victim to nostalgia at every given whim I get, especially when visiting my parents' house where I grew up.

I love to allow myself to be transported to the viewpoint of my younger self, which I feel I have lost some connection to.

I often find I was stronger and more worthy than I gave myself credit for.

If only I could properly translate that into the current moment, it would remove a lot of self-doubt that holds me back from living with confident authenticity.

The middle class is disappearing and most Americans are a paycheck away from being the ones they pity.

Extended protests are easier in countries that have a safety net.

Americans risk police violence, criminal records, and potential perpetual poverty.

Despite that, Minnesotans have protested ICE occupation for months in nearly record-breaking deathly cold, just to send a message. How much that accomplished is up to opinion.

(Whataboutism, I know, but,) As the rest of the world falls in line with far-right social and economic policies with little opposition, it is a hypocritical vantage point to criticize Americans who are themselves victims of neo-fascism.

Dumb question, but...is Claude worse than GPT or Gemini?

I was under the impression that it was the lesser of evils

If I understand it correctly, Microsoft sells discounted keys to organizations as part of their Volume Licensing for businesses.

Some places on the internet take advantage of that, and sell the keys individually.

Here's the link to the republished DOJ file. We'll see how long it stays

I got the original STEAM Deck, and it has been a godsend for emulation.

It handles Switch titles with upscaling, and even PS3 games. It struggles with Skate 3 on PS3 though, which is the main one I'd like to play.

I never have enough time for games, but I loved this one so much that I made time.

The visuals were amazing. The story was decent, and the gameplay kept me engaged.

I especially liked the second island. Hallucinating on a tropical island while battling inner demons was a perfect intermission between acts.

I have yet to fork out $80 for Yotei though (I want it, but that's pretty steep for me). It seems most reviews say it's got a lot going for it, but it's just not Tsushima.

This topic is always at the forefront of my mind.

I am in education, surrounded by students aged 5 to 15, and I don't feel like my aging process would have been so pronounced this past decade had it not been juxtaposed against a setting of perpetual youth.

The curriculum demands "college and career readiness", but I believe the biological imperative at that age range is really focused on social and emotional development; students figuring out what life is about, and what directions they want to grow.

It forces a perspective on all the adults to consciously consider what aspects of life are genuinely important, and what skills and lessons to impart; which inevitably leads to self-reflection.

I quit skateboarding years ago, though I still felt youthful. A skateboarder at heart, work, education, and pursuit of vice all got in the way at the end of the day when I would normally grab my board.

The self-discipline and mindset of skateboarding transferred to a number of other skills I developed in the interim, and they have all served me well. It was as if I was cashing in on my youth.

Then, about a year ago, I quit drinking. Oddly enough, it feels as if it has accelerated the aging process. Though I have more energy, it makes me feel a bit rigid, having removed a lubricant that protected me from the coarseness of life.

Coincidentally, or perhaps not, around the same time I picked up skateboarding again. It feels as if, having sacrificed the drink, I've been gifted a piece of my youth back.

I don't know how long my old body will allow it to continue, but I will wring every ounce of joy out of it while I still can!