Zedstrian

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[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

That just means Ukraine needs more support, not less, and that more Americans should shift their resources from attacking LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and minorities, and instead promote democracy in democratic countries that actively request such assistance, rather than in countries that don't.

The EU, not the US, is now the leader of the free world, and every day the US becomes more similar to Russia than the EU is a day where millions of people will continue to needlessly suffer just to stuff the pockets of a handful of oligarchs.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Not only are you promoting defeatist propaganda, but you're also implying that patriotic Ukrainians have violent tendencies, something that's quite rich when they're the ones defending their homeland, not trampling stolen territory and kidnapping and murdering innocent civilians.

Promoting "peace in our time" that only leads to another war later, as was the case before World War II, is not an effective solution, and parallels the same fascist mentality encouraging Palestinians to leave Gaza "for their own safety".

Rather than promoting fascism, the solution is to participate in Starmer's 'coalition of the willing', even without the participation or support of the US, and increase military aid to Ukraine and tariffs on Russia until it becomes too costly for Russia, both in terms of casualties and energy infrastructure losses.

Nothing less will promote a lasting peace.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

While media sources have always had agendas, I think the key difference now is the fact that people are relying more than ever on a oligopoly of social media platforms as their primary news source, rather than media outlets across the country.

Not only does an information oligopoly make it far easier for propaganda to be disseminated to national and international audiences, but it makes trading political favors for propaganda-backed political support far easier than ever before as well.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Republican sheep will toss their support behind Trump on any issue, so the numbers don't reflect a well-informed public.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

There's been several non-sensationalized headlines for the French/British peace plan for Ukraine already, clickbait YouTube videos add nothing of value to the discussion.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Good to know; thanks again!

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I've also noticed that the Block instance long left swipe action recently added to Lemmy Explorer doesn't seem to function, despite the regular one functioning.

Thanks for your continued commitment to Arctic's development!

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Hopefully filters similar to those available for the "Browse federated communities" tab would be possible; thanks for all the improvements to Lemmy Explorer!

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If that's implemented, perhaps it could be done so with a toggle to enable or disable it? While I'd find online video rendering more useful than a link on mobile, others may want to see the comments or go to the original page for another reason.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

No worries; glad to post bug reports as I find them! 👍

Not sure if there's a way to federate PeerTube videos directly for viewing in Arctic, other than making a new post, but at the time of this reply, this video seems to be live.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Good to know; thanks!

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

and wreck an ugly MAGA lie

The problem is that MAGA people either don't know about the problem, don't care about the problem, or would actively harm foreigners (or American minorities, for that matter) if it put even a penny in their pocket or made them feel superior.

Only the people that already know the republicans are lying their pants off know it's a lie, a fact worsened by corporate news media and social media firms censoring the virality of anything that could hurt the far-right.

 

While many great puzzle games have a fixed number of levels, I'd like to find more with procedurally-generated levels to maximize replay value. Aside from Minesweeper games, so far I've found the following ones:

  • Hexcells Infinite
  • InfiniPicross 2.0
  • KNIGHTS
  • Lines Infinite
  • Linklight
  • LOOP
 

While many great puzzle games have a fixed number of levels, I'd like to find more with procedurally-generated levels to maximize replay value. Aside from Minesweeper games, so far I've found the following ones:

  • Hexcells Infinite
  • InfiniPicross 2.0
  • KNIGHTS
  • Lines Infinite
  • Linklight
  • LOOP
 

Trying to help my grandparents find a new detective show to watch. For reference, here's what they've already watched:

Bosch Bosch: Legacy Beyond Paradise Death in Paradise Elementary Endeavour Father Brown Lewis Lie to Me Longmire Marple Midsomer Murders Murdoch Mysteries NCIS Poirot Shetland The Brokenwood Mysteries The Mentalist

While they generally seem to prefer British detective shows, I'm not sure which ones are left to recommend to them.

 

In navigating Lemmyverse for potential communities to subscribe to, it would be helpful to be able to redirect links to my home instance in a new tab to facilitate sorting through multiple communities at a time. Ideally, the option would be implemented with the ability to enable or disable either of the two context menu items to minimize context menu cluttering.

 

While TorrentLeech is great, the demise of FileList makes me want to diversify my catalogue of tracker options in case something were to happen to it as well. Popular releases are usually available on public trackers for a while, with some releases findable on usenet as well, but are there any easily-joinable private trackers as worthwhile as TorrentLeech?

 

While many popular English language TV shows seem to be dubbed into other widely-spoken languages (looking for French, personally), the releases that include those audio tracks unfortunately often either have lower bitrates than their English-only counterparts (which only include subtitles for other languages) or only have one of several seasons that made its way from the scene to usenet or a torrent tracker. Therefore, to avoid needing to download two variants of the same content and merge the sought combination of their video/audio tracks, is there a simpler means of acquiring dubbed audio of movies and TV shows?

Language-specific public trackers (Torrent911 and YGGTorrent for French) seem to be a reliable means of acquiring alternate releases of movies containing dubbed audio that otherwise are identical in length to the original English releases, making them mergeable, but they seem to be lacking in terms of dubbed releases for anything but the most popular movies and TV shows. Usenet fills the gaps somewhat, but as language-specific private torrent trackers seem hard to gain access to, I haven't found a reliable source for most dubbed releases and dubbed audio tracks.

 

Having already configured a VLC-powered Google TV configuration with USB hard drives for a relative without the router or download speed needed for reliable streaming, I'm now trying to configure a similar setup for another relative with a non-smart TV and an even slower download speed.

The only requirements for such a device would be the ability to be controlled entirely with a remote, a USB-A or USB-C port compatible with USB hubs and media storage devices, and the reliable playback of videos of assorted codecs and file extensions. As Roku, FireTV, and Android/Google TV streaming sticks tend to be plastered with ads as a means of promoting content within their ecosystems, an alternative HDMI device that minimizes the number of button presses between turning on the TV and and reaching the navigation menu for videos on attached USB storage devices would be preferred.

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