venotic

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Police Shut Down Pirate Streaming Network That Cost Broadcaster 'Millions'. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 14 hours ago

Anytime I see "millions" or "billions" claimed in losses, I assume it's less than that and consider it whining.

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This whole "Sign in to prove you're not a bot" thing is pissing me off (kbin.melroy.org)
 

And I'm sure it's annoying you too. You can't view a single YouTube video anymore anywhere one is posted, without that stupid notification popping up. Which forces you to have to go to the shitty YouTube site, log in, hope through whatever verification checks that there is and finally, you can watch the video.

Isn't there a way anymore where people can just link videos and for them to play? Fuck you, Google.

What is the most deceptive thing that you’ve experienced? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 day ago

That's about to change sooner or later with the circus we have in now.

What's up with so many activitypub services having really cringe names? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 days ago

I wish I had a good answer for this as to why there has been a history of questionable names to most of the things we've familiarized ourselves with.

Because sometimes I do question the names of services, apps, tools and other things about who the sorry sap had the audacity to name something as it is. Google, Amazon, Uber and it just goes on and even extends to other industries.

I think some of the ones that always make me stop the most are all of the animal-related names to Linux distros.

Ukraine seeks to persuade US to resume aid in high-stakes talks in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 days ago

What is there for you to fix? The US is once again being held hostage by a completely destructive tornado in the form of incompetence, corruption and deceit. Ukraine owes nothing to the US, it's the other way around. Don't take it too hard on yourself. The current administration believes Ukraine started it, there is no hope in trying to fix anything.

What is still considered a rivalry, even though it's mostly one-sided? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 days ago

We are watching them just swing at air at this point.

What is still considered a rivalry, even though it's mostly one-sided? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 days ago

We figured out all along that Firefox just wants to be like Chrome and Edge in it's own way.

But as for marketshare, Firefox barely even got a sniff, if we're all honest.

What is still considered a rivalry, even though it's mostly one-sided? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah that's really no contest anymore.

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What is still considered a rivalry, even though it's mostly one-sided? (kbin.melroy.org)
 

I don't have any good examples that I know of, but I am very curious. To me though, a rivalry is a rivalry when two or more of people are closely competitive. But is it really a rivalry anymore when someone has more victories over the other? I don't think so.

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Obituary: Legacy of Kain writer Jim Curry has died (www.gamedeveloper.com)
 

Along with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Curry wrote Akuji: The Heartless and handled marketing for the Gex games.

Mozilla Introduces Firefox’s First-Ever Terms of Use in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 5 days ago (4 children)

We know and that's why I dumped Firefox after 15+ years.

LibreWolf and Floorp is all I have. Oh and I kicked Thunderbird to the curb too for BetterBird.

How do you deal with the situation of being more angry than you've every been? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 5 days ago

I need chaos. I need chaos of some kind to really let things out or it's just going to boil and boil. I will watch violent videos of people getting shot. I will do stupid impractical things in games. I just need relentless release of some form of chaos to happen at any degree for some sort of relief.

Is CruchyRoll still the 'best' paid anime streaming service to use in the U.S.? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 5 days ago

Absolutely not.

I like classic anime and they don't really have a lot of Tenchi-related shows on there. They also do not have the 1997 Berserk classic, you still have to scrounge around on streaming sites for that. Crunchyroll can boast about having a lot of this and that, but they do not have everything.

Where do you draw the line between "staying informed" and avoiding all the stress in the news? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 5 days ago

I have a stance where I prefer to be minimally informed than misinformed. I will intake what little information I want before I am overstimulated from the poor state of journalism. I'm sorry but I have to be one of those headline readers and if it's very, very intriguing enough to want to read it, I will. But I really can't be bothered to read a lot of what's out there. I read the comments and reactions which arguably, has proven to be far more knowledgeable than the article in question.

Over 250,000 Americans Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 51 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Do they not realize who has the Senate and House? It'll be like the first term all over again, where Republican will kiss his ass to protect him.

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How do you cope with the amount of shit that goes on in the world? (kbin.melroy.org)
 

Particularly - America.

I personally have found that, I live in the past to cope. Nostalgia is my drug. It sometimes doesn't help because all it does is that it makes me yearn and beg for things to be back to where things were. Because it warps my mind into opening time capsules whenever I watch an old show or listen to an episode of some niche radio show that long stopped producing new material.

However, it helps because, it at least reminds me that there are some things that I can revisit. If I couldn't revisit anything, play the games I played, read the books I read, watched the movies/shows I used to, then I'd be up shit's creek because I'd have to face the fucked up things people consider what are the 'best that's offered'.

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What do you think you're the last of? (kbin.melroy.org)
 

If you've got nothing nice to say, go the fuck away. I'm instantly blocking shitheads who want to poke fun at this for their own amusement. You lead sad little lives.

I am probably the last of the group of people that were some of the early adopters of the internet. The internet didn't fully become public and more accessible until 1994, I didn't start using the internet until 1996. I am nearing 30 years old on the internet by next year. People from my group, we've seen it all by this point.

We've seen the internet at it's infancy, as it developed, the explosion of it's usage, the dot com bubble burst, Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Flash's death and the ongoing enshittification of the internet today as we know it.

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