pierat

23 ms·

241.
by pierat 3y ago
I also use Navidrome for my music. Supports the Subsonic API too. Jellyfin and I had a bad going-through with handling. Minutes to pull up even a single discography. These days, it plays videos and that's it.
242.
by pierat 3y ago
I pirate BECAUSE of my rights. I used to buy loads of legit content. VHS macrovision degraded quality for "anti-piracy purposes". Basically it flashed contrast and automatic gain would fuck up. Then it was DVD. This was probably t
243.
by pierat 3y ago
> Internet piracy isn’t ethically justifiable.... It ABSOLUTELY is ethically justifiable. https://xkcd.com/488/ And these companies aren't happy will selling us media one time. They demand that we buy it in VHS
244.
by pierat 3y ago
Given Reddit's history with fake accounts, I'm not sure that many posts aren't just fever-dreamed LLMs on corporately created bulk accounts. Reddit has burned a lot of credibility with the power user and creator types. I know
245.
by pierat 3y ago
Its not my job to fix another peoples' terrible government or laws. And in most cases, the terrible laws/govt is representative of the peoples' views. (Note, the USA has done the type of foreign intervention that time and aga
246.
by pierat 3y ago
Privilege? No, most African and Middle Eastern governments just have shitty governments based on an even worse religion. At least Western governments have the idea of Universal Human Rights ( https://www.un.org/en/about
247.
by pierat 3y ago
There's a HUGE difference between: "Our country taxes alcohol stupidly high, and nudity is 100% OK" And "Women are second class citizens and owned by their male counterparts. And we put gay people and trans people to dea
248.
by pierat 3y ago
> This comment bothers me, because here I was, reading this story, not generalizing about what gender does what, just seeing a character with flaws, and then your comment comes along and makes it not just about the gender of the characte
249.
by pierat 3y ago
If I was able to forego the scam of 'unemployment insurance's, and put that cash in savings myself, I could do a hell of a lot better. In reality, our unemployment insurance is a scam of how pathetic it pays. Again, it's anot
250.
by pierat 3y ago
If anything, calling these abusive companies' practices out is what's needed, including the name of the company and the roles. When they can hide behind "molar company", yeah, they will never change that practice. Instea
251.
by pierat 3y ago
That's what I never get. Management ALWAYS sides with managers, no matter how toxic or illegal they act. Whereas a terrible manager is worth their weight in radioactive drum of sludge. They will poison products, projects, AND people. I
252.
by pierat 3y ago
Well, yes. And lets expand that. The coal miners' solution was to get a bunch of guns and/or gasoline, and either pump bullets in the bosses' house, or to torch it with gasoline. Usually both. That was responded to by bringin
253.
by pierat 3y ago
When I worked at a public university, that's exactly how that stuff worked. For any job on the portal, had 1 of 3 possibilities. 1. The team actually needed a person. Job is legit. 2. The team knew who they wanted, and opening the job
254.
by pierat 3y ago
No, a PIP is about creating a culture of fear, so that management can PIP anybody with no or manufactured reasons, and control workforce with loss of job. And it has the double advantage of 'id you leave under PIP, you lose a bunch of
255.
by pierat 3y ago
So you think some kangaroo court judge/jury/executioner, who deprives you of large quantities of money and forbiddance of your career, should be just decided and done? Perhaps we can name one of them Judge Dredd. Cause that's
256.
by pierat 3y ago
> Compare the SEC's actions to a simple traffic ticket: Which is also extremely problematic. Supposedly in a real courtroom, police are no different citizen-wise, but in traffic court, they're sacred. Traffic court is a kangaro
257.
by pierat 3y ago
The "economy" is just a measure of how much money the ultra-rich have. When the DOW or NYSE or whatever drops a bucket of points, that's still not me. It's the uber-rich. When a grocery cart of groceries goes from $40 to
258.
by pierat 3y ago
Rents 10y ago (here) were around $450/no for a decent 1br apartment in my city. They're now bordering up to $2000/mo . In fact, there's people who moved here from NYC, and are moving back because it's easier to work
259.
by pierat 3y ago
It's been dead for 30 years. TV has been a mirror of general society. And what did that look like? A shoe salesman could have a wife and 2 children in a 2 story house in the suburbs (Married with Children). Or, the Simpsons had similar
260.
by pierat 3y ago
Im seeing a LOT of "reddit won" here... But don't forget: Reddit faked hundreds of accounts when they started. They would have no issue in using whatever chatbots and LLMs to fake engagement now. https://www.vice.c
261.
by pierat 3y ago
Just search it in Yandex with a VPN, and in a Tails VM just for paranoid-icity. I did similar for medical self-symptom before ACA prevented "pre-existing condition" scam.
262.
by pierat 3y ago
It's basically a rubber hose, and rollers that squeeze the hose to push liquids through. The motor runs the rollers. Also means that the liquids don't touch the motor.
263.
by pierat 3y ago
Check out soulseek. Free downloads, tons of rare music, and its like "old napster". Might as well pirate, since you're getting screwed by paying anyways :/
264.
by pierat 3y ago
You talk like a jailbreak is some "dangerous and system-destroying action". The fact that a jailbreak is even needed to actually get full ownership of your device that's "sold" is laughable. And we have people fight
265.
by pierat 3y ago
And 95% of those reported software errors affect windows and Linux both. And fixes to those defects benefit both OS users.
266.
by pierat 3y ago
There was also a host of anti-ripping tech in there too. We had bad rips for like 2 years after it came out.
267.
by pierat 3y ago
Unless you are independently wealthy, you are indeed a cog. Maybe you're a well paid cog. But you're still a cog. Even doctors have to work for a living. That makes them a cog too. Nothing wrong with seeing where you fit, and secu
268.
by pierat 3y ago
Yep, this boomer and silent gerontocracy is why we ended up with the biggest wealth transfer FROM younger generations to them. It's also how we got DARE garbage, of bandying around drugs to 6th graders and saying "doooont useeee t
269.
by pierat 3y ago
Put up (the financials and data), or shut up.
270.
by pierat 3y ago
That's not true. It's an organization made up of people, but is something distinctly different that individuals. Again, I made a point to say I'm for actual volunteer work, but doing so for a organization with trillions of do

More ›