myrmidex

joined 1 year ago
[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Listenbrainz has decent recommendations

 

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 2 points 5 months ago

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

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 months ago

Finally, this is an ideology I can embrace

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 3 points 8 months ago

As a Belgian, I sure hope you're right!

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hard Boiled

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 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 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Is that true about Graham Linehan? This will soil any future watching of IT Crowd, Black Books, and Father Ted for me.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

At least it's sandboxed now ;)

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

The stores I have on my GrapheneOS pixel 7a: F-Droid + droidify, Aurora store, and the Google Play store as well for some official apps I cannot do without. Between these, there isn't an app that I couldn't find or install.

I bought my pixel second hand, to not put more money in Google's pocket, and to avoid any carrier locking. Not sure how that will impact the installation, but it might. Best to investigate that matter.

I have to mention: I still cannot believe how easy that installation was. I rooted my previous phone and put lineageOS on it, which was such a tedious procedure back in the day, I really dreaded installing GrapheneOS. But that web interface, detecting everything and guiding me along was pure heaven. I hope that'll become the default for any custom installs.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

1.8 is for 2027

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Distro Chooser is giving you great advice. I love EndeavourOS. First started out on it with KDE, now I'm on sway, everything just works perfectly, so I can definitely recommend it!

 

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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