So we blew up a ship because it belonged to the wrong country and not because it was a threat?

It sure sounds like our country is at war with their country. Good thing my super trustworthy government got out ahead of that one and told us it’s not a war.

I could see them doing fine losing those features if it meant the hardware was compact, light, and cheap. But doing it on giant $1000 phones is not going to do them any favors with the lemmy crowd like I said.

My main original Skyrim play through on desktop was 100 hours.

My Skyrim VR play through was 200 hours. I think in 2019. So fun.

“Somebody set up us the bomb SAM.”

Absolutely. I’ve probably listened to Prison Song this past year more than any other track of theirs.

They’re trying to build a prison  They’re trying to build a prison  They’re trying to build a prison for you and meeee

I recently had a similar experience. I used Linux Mint for great longest time, which is ubuntu based. And I tried LMDE for a little bit recently.

But then I decided to try straight Debian 13 w/ KDE Plasma. I absolutely love it, and I’m old enough that seeing

starting Debian GNU/Linux

just feels cozy and correct.

I thought with them it was more about the entire device than just the OS. People might say they love their mac but nobody is telling friends & family to just install macOS on that old PC that’s losing Microsoft support.

Yeah, and especially for how popular it was back then it can be haunting to listen to old hits from bands like SOAD and RATM.

Oh I agree. The documents should get dumped in full and we should treat the survivors with the grace and generosity they deserve.

Then maybe we think of some ways to stop putting greedy psychopaths into positions of power!

Our culture is completely on board with ruining both of these ideas, though.

Why don’t presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?

Americans born in the 40s and 50s had such a gilded path set out before them by WW2, and now they think that young people can’t afford homes because of starbucks and avocado toast.

Remember how innocent we were the FIRST time Trump bombed Iran and we thought he was starting world war 3? Such sweet summer children were we.

They are under no obligation to, of course, but I wish we’d see the victims band together and ask that any & all parties with access to the full unredacted files release them immediately. Zero redactions.

There are so many victims though, that you can’t just get them on a stage together on TV. And surely some will still not want to be outed.

100% agreed. I agreed more with each paragraph.

Your last sentence hit on what I think is a contributing if not primary driving factor in the health crisis you described.

It’s like the goal of modern society is to insulate us from the natural world and from learning subjects or doing tasks that we don’t absolutely have to.

But we are critters that evolved on this planet just like the others. You can’t just live a commoditized life that consists of work, car, screen, sleep, repeat and get the same fulfillment out of life as if you found the unique path that’s optimized for your unique brain.

Not acknowledging that everything jacks with your head to SOME degree only prevents you from trying to defend yourself as best you can!

Over the past several years I have gone through a transition from living life the way I was supposed to, or that I thought I wanted to, to living according to what produces the best outputs from my brain. Once I have the lived experience of an undeniable improvement from some change, it might actually become a habit.

Literally just today on the drive home I was wondering to myself what would be the best way to generate a list of like 100 songs that are exactly like the handful of best ones that I never skip and that hit every time.

I didn’t know this was an ADHD thing!

What has worked best for me in the past, funny enough, was to discover music the old fashioned way. I started with songs, bands, or sub-genres that I liked, and just loaded albums and discographies rapid fire into my jellyfin server.

I’ll occasionally listen to an album, but when I’m feeling adventurous I typically just hit shuffle on the entire library. Every once in a while, a track that belongs on “the list” will light up my neurons and hopefully I have a hand free to add it. Otherwise, it may be lost to the sands of time.

In my case “the list” is comprised mostly of thrash, groove, or industrial metal that is energetic enough to occupy the music box in my head so I can calmly get some work done or enjoy a stretch of country road.

I personally might not use a headphone jack or SD card slot very much, but for the market that a GrapheneOS phone would be targeting they seem like OBVIOUS things to include.

The crowd getting excited about this partnership is pretty much the same crowd that complains about features like those going away.

Then make the machine try to keep people talking for as long as possible…

That’s probably a huge part of it. How many billions of dollars have been spent engineering content on a screen to get its tendrils into people’s minds and attention and not let go?

EnGaGeMent!!!

Bold move to combine their names and then give it those damn “we’ve forced AI into this” sparkles, lol.

Trapped Americans getting whoopsie-killed as shit all over the place gets blown up? That sounds like a great justification for throwing more money and lives at attacking the Epstein Files-- I mean, Iran.

Honestly I would be more surprised if it were simply a gutted and incompetent goverment, rather than intentional.

The question is: did he even read it before it got sent over?

It seems like having a staffer draft the letter isn’t a huge deal, but a normal president would personally approve it, I imagine.