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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's what people said last election. We always have to push them to be better the next election. Always settle for worse. What a shit electoral system the US has. And the hilarious part is that unless that person you're talking to lives in a swing state their vote probably doesn't matter anyway.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think that's the biggest crime for a comedian - not being funny. He's just doing the same jokes over and over now, and it's being done by other comedians, too, so it's even more derivative.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

It also ignores the existence of black trans people.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Exactly. The app developers were willing to make changes but they didn't give them nearly enough time to do it. They dropped the changes at the last-minute and then lied about what they and the developers said in their private conversations. Then they got mad at the Apollo dev for recording it to cover their ass. It's like getting mad at your partner when you cheated on them lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's not her saying she gave questions to both campaigns. That's her saying she contacted both campaigns for guidance. Even in there she denied giving debate questions, and that senior aide is saying he agreed that she probably didn't give any debate questions, and that her defense about giving both campaigns guidance is true, so the leak is probably mixing those two things up. You can tell because they say she probably didn't even know the debate questions, and he's agreeing. It's admirable of that guy, but with hindsight he was wrong.

It later turned out she lied and admitted she did do that. Your article is from before she admitted it, during the time she was denying it for while.

Also, Happy New Year! I won't be able to resume this debate much because I'll be switching instances in the new year to a bigger one. But I hope you and everyone reading this has a great 2024!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Why does every Israeli argument come down to "we were oppressed and killed en masse so we're allowed to oppress and kill en masse others"? That's not a defense. By your logic, black people in the US should be allowed to kill white people in the South and take everything below the Mason-Dixon.

As far as the Ottoman empire, Jews lived there before it fell in WWI. Including, (GASP), Palestinian Jews, which Lemmy doesn't even seem to realize existed. Or tall about the useless land that they purchased and transformed and THEN it became an issue with pre 48 conflict.

Lemmy does acknowledge this, you just ignore it. It actually doesn't help your argument at all. Jewish, Christians, and Muslim Arabs lived in peace in the area for centuries. That's a huge argument against the necessity of Israel as it's one Jewish ethnostate and a huge argument for a one-state solution, the one I prefer myself. And no one minded the land they purchased until they started buying it from the UN without consulting the local people who actually lived there. Israel always says it was legal, but ethically it's horrible. Imagine your landlord selling your stuff and land without consulting you after promising you he'd sell it to you soon if you rebel against your old landlord.

And if you think Britian betrayed the Palestians instead of COMPLETELY fucked the middle east hand in hand with Russia, France, and the US through incompetence, arrogance, and racism... then you've either not studied the subject or you're being intellectually disingenuous.

Ya, they did both, but that's unrelated. What's your point here? My point was that there's a reason Palestinians were angry at being promised their own state and then Britain and France giving huge portions to what would become Israel. It explains a lot of later actions that Israel doesn't like to give context for, like when they're attacked by surrounding nations (after all, that's where the Palestinian refugees end up running to and affecting). Not sure what your point was.

Pretending there's innocent parties here is an easy way to spot someone who doesn't know what the fuck their talking about or worse is being intentionally dishonest.

There's no completely innocent party. I mean, Hamas sucks. But the power dynamics make things more clear. All the power to change things lies in Israel, who has an actual government, state, military, advanced defense technology, etc and controls everything about the Palestinian territories.

I can easily roll off examples of settlers' crimes and pre Israeli settlers, but I'm aware of plenty of Arab ones too.

I'd bet you money they don't really compare. That'd like saying I can say plenty of times the Native Americans did horrible things to the white settlers to the US, but I can tell you 100% that one side was way worse than the other when you factor in scale of damage, power, and historical context.

If you really want to delve into history and issues arising, why are the Israel's arguably the first people's / first nation. Treated so differently worldwide than all other first nations? Hmm. LOL

Treated differently how? They get special treatment, I suppose, but I have a feeling that's not what you mean. They're condemned as much as other nations. Probably should be condemned more, up there with Russia, but they got the US backing them up. Other than that, they're brought up a lot because 1) people are more anti-colonialosm now than they used to be and 2) most of the English-speaking internet is from the US and it's allies who donate tons of money to Israel, so unlike other places of horror, a lot of the citizens who speak up can actually do something about it, and 3) I actually don't think people speak up enough. People have generally ignored the plight of Palestinians for decades, part of the reason they're so angry lol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's not delusions, it's called acknowledging facts. Fact:the last election was decades ago. Fact: Most of the population is under 18. Fact: Most of the population didn't participate in that election. Fact: Hamas at the time was more moderate, or appeared to be, supported a two state solution and other more moderate policies. Fact: Most of the population didn't support Hamas until Israel started doing a genocide. These are all facts. The irony of warning of a slippery slope when you're ignoring all of these to defend an oppressive, genocidal, apartheid regime that's killing tens of thousands more civilians, including children, than Palestine is palpable. You're so stuck in your propaganda bubble you don't even realize it.

Everyone knows the solution. Stop oppressing and blockading the Palestinians. Adopt a one state or two solution, give them autonomy, the ability to control their own land, power, sky, sea, trash, water, imports, etc. Either with their own state, or combine all the land into one, give equal protections to all people in a strong constitution, give representation to everyone, setup reconciliation panels to help the nation move past the crimes done and establish a new start, make treaties, etc. It was done in the UK with the Irish and South Africa. Israel thinks their situation is so special and unique, but it's not. It's the same settler colonial situation as all the others, except with Jewish people, so because they went through the holocaust, I guess they get a pass on genocide.

And genocide is what it is, or they're dumb. Otherwise, what's the plan? They're just making more Hamas recruits by making all these orphans. You think they'll like Israel after 30,000 dead? They're either stupid or just plan on killing or displacing all the orphans, too, which is genocide. That's what I'm saying.

Even before now, it looks like the same process, what they've been doing for decades. It's the same as the natives in the US, which everyone would call a genocide, too, btw. It's the same playbook. First, lots of colonialism and taking of land. Next, say they're savage when they retaliate. Then, killing while moving them over bit by bit into smaller and farther pieces of land. Retaliate with huge violence when they try to fight back to kill off tons more and take more land. And their situation gets more desperate and they fight back more, retaliate harder, and repeat. It's like the Nazis saying that it's the only solution after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising because they too dangerous to govern. No shit, stop oppressing them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They don't continue to elect them to this day. They were elected one time, on a more moderate platform, and there hasn't been an election since. They actually had less than 50% support before the attack, but getting bombed to shit makes you support the only group that's willing to do something about them and fight back, do I get why they're popularity may have risen since then.

Incidentally, that's why bombing the crap out of civilians doesn't stop terrorist groups. All those offers Israel is making just turns into more terrorists. Either that, or they kill all the Palestinians, which is genocide.

No people would tolerate what the Israelis have done to the Palestinians since the start of their occupation. The rockets are their only means of defense,and even those don't do shit. Look at the numbers of dead from each side in every year. It's not even comparavle. Israel isn't defending themselves, they're perpetrating the humanitarian crisis by their treatment of human beings, and then complaining when those people are pushed to the brink and lash out. Then they use it an excuse to do more genocide: displace people, take their land, and kill more children. The US did the same thing to the Native Americans, it's the same playbook.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Actually the more people study the history of Israel, the worse it looks. When you start diving into the terrorist groups that drove the creation of Israel, that then were forgive for their war crimes, combined with their mainstream right party, and one even became prime minister; or Britain's betrayal of the Palestinians after they helped them fight the Ottoman Empire during the war, or the historical opinions of Jews who survived the holocaust talking about the terrible treatment of Palestinians even back in 1948, etc it doesn't look good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do you have a source for that? I can't find one. I found plenty of sources saying she gave the questions to the Clinton campaign in advance, apologized for it, and then resigned. But none of them mention giving them to the Sanders campaign.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A huge deal was made one gay guy was killed for being gay last year. Its doubtful they were killing thousands or people would've similarly noticed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And LGBTQ rights. But I would say it's true for any theocratic states, except for to its credit Isreal. It just happens to be that most of the ones in today's world are Muslim. The Christian Fascists of the US are trying to turn the US into a theocratic state as well, and when our laws are based on religion, it'll be terrible for LGBTQ, too.

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Is Netflix's One Piece good? (links.dartboard.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Just wondering what people who have watched Netflix's new One Piece series think.

They don't have the greatest track record with anime adaptions so I'm afraid to watch it. I thought Cowboy Bebop was alright. Although they kind of butchered Vicious and Julia, imo, the people who played Spike and Jet did well enough that it was able to sustain my interest for awhile but not long enough to finish it. Death Note was barely like the original at all. The only good thing I can say was Lakeith Stanfield's L portrayal and Willem Dafoe's Ryuk.

But this series seems to be trending, so maybe they've finally done it?

 

cross-posted from: https://links.dartboard.social/post/389126

Look to the Horizon, and know you’re Bound for greatness!

Welcome to TFT’s final mid-set! In these notes, we’ll go through all the changes to existing systems, but to get a more detailed breakdown of what’s coming in the mid-set, check out our Horizonbound Gameplay Overview. For more information on the new cosmetics and Pass check out that link, and for a candid conversation on the history of mid-sets with Mort, Alex, and yours truly, click it here.

 

cross-posted from: https://links.dartboard.social/post/329856

Not sure whether to post this to here or [email protected], so I'll just start with here then cross post if that's a thing Lemmy can do.

So my fiancée brought over some old Battlestar Galactica blu-rays. This one basically. And it seems to only output in stereo 2.0 LCPM. The only suggestion I've seen is to change the settings in the Blu-ray Audio Output menu to either PCM or Bitstream, but I've done that and nothing has changed. Also changed it in the normal settings menu to AV Amplifier and LPCM or Dolby, and neither has done anything. Now, it is being output through a soundbar that doesn't accept DTS or DTS:HD (the Bose 600), which is fine that it changes to PCM, but you think it would at least change to PCM 5.1 instead of stereo PCM 2.0.

After searching around the internet, I saw people suggest PS3 or Xbox Series X, which can apparently downmix DTS to Dolby Digital 5.1. I don't have an Xbox, but I do have a PS3, so I tried that out and sure enough, after spending like 30 seconds messing with settings, and playing the blu-ray, I'm getting that LPCM 5.1 as the output audio format and it all sounds so much better. There's an actual center channel so I can understand characters, and the surrounds are being used, etc. Apparently if I could find an optical output cable I can probably even get it to Dolby Digital 5.1, too, but not sure if that's worth buying an extra cable for. LPCM 5.1 is a little quiet, but otherwise sounds fine.

So, what's the deal? Is the PS5 a worse blu-ray player than the PS3 or Xbox Series X? That doesn't make any sense. I'd prefer if I could play old BDs through my PS5 to keep 4k capabilities, as it does look a little worse visually on my PS3, but they sound so much better that I'll probably keep using it for now.

Tl;dr: Does anyone know how to get PS5 to output Blu-ray DTS audio as LPCM 5.1 or Dolby Digital 5.1 instead of defaulting to 2.0?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Not sure whether to post this to here or [email protected], so I'll just start with here then cross post if that's a thing Lemmy can do.

So my fiancée brought over some old Battlestar Galactica blu-rays. This one basically. And it seems to only output in stereo 2.0 LCPM. The only suggestion I've seen is to change the settings in the Blu-ray Audio Output menu to either PCM or Bitstream, but I've done that and nothing has changed. Also changed it in the normal settings menu to AV Amplifier and LPCM or Dolby, and neither has done anything. Now, it is being output through a soundbar that doesn't accept DTS or DTS:HD (the Bose 600), which is fine that it changes to PCM, but you think it would at least change to PCM 5.1 instead of stereo PCM 2.0.

After searching around the internet, I saw people suggest PS3 or Xbox Series X, which can apparently downmix DTS to Dolby Digital 5.1. I don't have an Xbox, but I do have a PS3, so I tried that out and sure enough, after spending like 30 seconds messing with settings, and playing the blu-ray, I'm getting that LPCM 5.1 as the output audio format and it all sounds so much better. There's an actual center channel so I can understand characters, and the surrounds are being used, etc. Apparently if I could find an optical output cable I can probably even get it to Dolby Digital 5.1, too, but not sure if that's worth buying an extra cable for. LPCM 5.1 is a little quiet, but otherwise sounds fine.

So, what's the deal? Is the PS5 a worse blu-ray player than the PS3 or Xbox Series X? That doesn't make any sense. I'd prefer if I could play old BDs through my PS5 to keep 4k capabilities, as it does look a little worse visually on my PS3, but they sound so much better that I'll probably keep using it for now.

Tl;dr: Does anyone know how to get PS5 to output Blu-ray DTS audio as LPCM 5.1 or Dolby Digital 5.1 instead of defaulting to 2.0?

My setup: PS5 hdmi to TV. Soundbar eARC to TV. When I used my PS3, I just switched PS5's hdmi to the PS3.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I know a lot of people on Reddit have a hate boner for Anthony Mackie because of Altered Carbon s2, and it had a pretty terrible teaser trailer, but I just spent my weekend watching the whole show and, to my surprise, I've had a lot of fun.

Now, don't come looking for deep philosophical questions or high art, this is no HBO drama like the Last of Us. Twisted Metal (up to Black, never played that one or past it) has never really been about the world-building or story, it's always been about the characters and cars, each with over the top nicknames and gimmicks.

If you can accept that and want a crazy road trip romp littered with violence, comedy, as well as some surprising chemistry and heart from the leads, Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz; or if you ever wanted to see the Twisted Metal mascot Sweet Tooth brought to life in the best way possible (an insane murderous clown that manages to separate himself from the Joker or Pennywise thanks to the surprisingly effective combo of Samoa Joe's physicality and Will Arnett's voice) then this show is for you.

I hope others had a good time, too, or will if they watch it after this. I'm sure some people hated it, but if you go in knowing what you're watching, or have a fondness of the atmosphere of the original games, where it was violent but still funny and light, you can just strap in and enjoy the ride.

 

False claims suggesting that the BBC has been misreporting temperatures in southern Europe have been spreading on social media.

A clip of Neil Oliver, a GB News presenter, accusing the BBC "and others" of "driving fear" by using "supposedly terrifying temperatures", has been viewed more than two million times.

For the past few weeks, an intense heatwave has been sweeping through parts of southern Europe and north Africa, with extensive wildfires breaking out in Greece, Italy and Algeria - leading to more than 40 deaths.

Speaking about the fires on Rhodes on GB News on Monday, Mr Oliver accused the BBC, and other broadcasters, of trying to "make people terrified of the weather".

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I've used the megathread to make a super basic proof-of-concept for my own streaming setup, and I'm not sure where to prioritize upgrading first and in what way. Any help is appreciated!

Current setup: I got a subscription to a VPN, so I figure I'll use that until it runs out. I have that with my main PC (a laptop, I haven't been able to save for a proper gaming PC yet), a torrent client, and Plex. I tested it out with one TV show and one movie with the Plex app on my TCL Series 4 Roku TV and it seems to work! The video and audio quality work even better when I turn my VPN off and it can tell my server is "nearby", but whatever.

Possible Improvements I've Seen People Talk About: I figure I should split off some of these services from my main laptop. I don't really want to keep it on 24/7, and I should save the room on it for games and other projects. I'll put things I've seen people talk about below, but not sure what order to do stuff to make the best Netflix replacement.

  • I can buy another smaller machine or two I can use as a server. Not sure whether to put the torrent parts on it, so it can torrent while I'm at work and stuff, make it host the Plex server, or both. And even then, I'm not sure whether to use an NAS, raspberry pi, NUC, Nvidia Shield TV Pro, buy or find an old cheap laptop, a ThinkClient I saw another post suggest, etc. I need something super small and quiet because I am splitting a small place right now. Should I get 2? One to torrent things while I'm gone and one to host Plex, or can I put them on the same machine?

  • Or should I start improving other parts of the torrenting and streaming experience? I've seen people mention Sonarr, Radarr, and other applications that I haven't experimented with yet.

  • Or should I just port all of this into a seedbox hosted by someone else even though I have the VPN subscription for awhile longer? It would clear up some room but I'd hate to be tied to a subscription.

  • I know I'll also need to buy more storage soon to make it a viable library, too.

What do you all think should prioritize next?

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App That Saves My Spot? (links.dartboard.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I'm mostly loving Liftoff, especially the UI once I messed with some appearance settings, but one thing that bothers me is that whenever I switch to another app or press the Overview button on my Android, it'll reload back to my default view instead of going back to the post I was working with or reading.

When I used to use RIF, it was pretty good about saving what I was doing. I could switch between writing a post and Google searching to fact-check myself pretty seamlessly, for example. Or open a post, write a longer reply in another note-taking app, then switch back to the post in RIF and paste my comment. If I tried that in Liftoff, the app would reload and I'd find myself back at the top of the feed.

Does anyone know if there is an Android app that saves my spot better like that? Maybe my phone just sucks lol.

 

Anyone know if there's any good Prime Day Deals for Boardgames Today? Or have any recommendations on a board game they see for sale today?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hey guys, I've been trying to find the ideal playthrough order for Borderlands 2 to also maximize the fun my partner and I have and the advice on the internet is all over the place but the important part seems to be just don't over level yourself in TVHM. We just beat the main game and then went directly to Tiny Tina's DLC because we needed a break from just doing the story again so decided to do the extra content. I chose that one because I heard there's good equipment in it. So would this order work?

  1. Normal game
  2. Start TVHM
  3. Play Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon keep <--- we're here (level 36)
  4. Catch up in the main story until the levels of the missions catch up (not sure if we over-leveled ourself in the main story by playing this DLC so that's why I put this here) playing only the main story to avoid too much experience (maybe the occasional side mission with an item I or my partner enjoyed, like Lilith's shield or the hilarious talking robot shield?)
  5. Play some other DLC (probably Torgue's because now that I met him in Tiny Tina's, he seems hilarious)
  6. Rush through rest of the main story and hope we get to the end of TVHM close to level 50.
  7. Start UVHM
  8. Play all the DLC we didn't play before now that it will automatically scale with us
  9. I doubt we'll have the patience to play the whole main story again at this point, so we'll probably move on to the The Pre-Sequel. We've got 3 more Borderlands games to play after all.

Does that seem like a good plan?

Thanks!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

There are starting to become so many for Android and Apple, it would be nice to have a community on news and updates for them, comparing them, finding the right one, etc. This is in addition to the individual communities they should all have.

 

I swear I never have any luck with these little guys. I never get above 7th, let alone able to 3 star one. Is there a secret to getting them to work?

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