myrmidex

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Last June, fans of Comedy Central – the long-running channel behind beloved programmes such as The Daily Show and South Park – received an unwelcome surprise. Paramount Global, Comedy Central’s parent company, unceremoniously purged the vast repository of video content on the channel’s website, which dated back to the late 1990s.

Every Daily Show episode since Jon Stewart took over as host in 1999? Disappeared. The historic remains of The Colbert Report? Disappeared. Presumably, one hopes, those materials remain archived internally somewhere, but for the general masses, they’re kaput. Instead, the links redirect visitors to Paramount+, a streaming service whose offerings pale in comparison. (The service offers recent seasons of the Daily Show to paying subscribers, but only a fraction of the prior archive.)

Such digital demolitions are becoming routine. For fans and scholars of pop culture, 2024 may go down as the year the internet shrank. Despite the immense archiving capabilities of the internet, we’re living through an age of mass deletion, a moment when entertainment and media corporations see themselves not as custodians of valuable cultural history, once freely available, but as ruthless maximisers of profit. Those of us who believe in the historical value of accessing media from the past are paying the price.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 28 points 4 days ago

Fun fact, during the same trip he also mentioned that doctors assisting abortions are hired killers.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Decadence and opulence will still only be a private jet trip away.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Fallout 4 survivor mode melee build. That game just won't leave me alone!

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

One book I read predicted societal disruption for 2035, with a total collapse of nations around 2050. I found it overly dramatic at the time, but now, 15 years later, it seems we're well ahead of that prediction.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years,” said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. “[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future.”

In The Guardian yesterday

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago

no indeed, I don't think it's that specific. I mainly browse the weekly exploration playlist, based on my listens, which either recommends other of my favorite songs that I hadn't listened yet, or unknown songs that usually fit my styles. Enough for me to cut the subscriptions 🥳

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago
[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I second this, very nice indeed!

I also use their Picard software to check the downloaded album, then it updates the metadata automatically and places them in the appropriate folder structure.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

Always reminds me of the hilarious Rockbuster:

The Scottish fellas can't get into their emails. KL

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago

It's a very intersting viewpoint, pardon me for exploring further. So future you (or me) is also dead until the brief flash of life where yours and his consciousness finally overlap, before lapsing into nothingness again.

It's very reasonable even, to think everything not experienced this very moment is totally alien to us.

Thanks for stretching my grey matter on this dull day!

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

By that rationale, wouldn't other people then also be dead, as you cannot experience their consciousness?

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

The future might seem far off, but it starts right now.

 

I'm full on de-googling. I have set up ProtonMail as my main, a selfhosted NextCloud to store my calendar, drive and photos, I'm even erasing all my maps reviews by hand. The only thing I'm still unsure about: how should I replace my chromecast? Besides the amazon, apple or roku devices, which do you use? Which device do you recommend?

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