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@ChristiJunior @comfy It also wouldn't surprise me if they also used those DMCAs because they hate those types of sites. I remember hearing about companies thinking they could take 8chan down by DMCAing content they own the rights to.

@TheMadPirate @emilis @ArdanianRight @leyonhjelm @rasterman @promethea I'd imagine it would be painful to put on since you're basically putting chemicals into an open wound.

@ChristiJunior @comfy The people who try to suppress the leaks are even worse. Sony went ballistic with DMCAs for TLoU2 leaks. Not even obscure sites were safe. Some even had to temporarily shutdown until all of the DMCAd content was removed.

@comfy That dumbass hacked into Nintendo's servers using his bare IP.

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Politicians keep getting caught breaking their own stay at home orders. I'm getting the impression they think the rules don't apply to them.
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@comfy Most leakers are pieces of shit, with some honorable exceptions, like the absolute madman who exposed The Last of Us 2 being such horrific garbage.

@landedking@liberdon.com There's been a huge attack on anime porn (especially loli) on the Internet lately, including supposedly free speech sites like Gab. The Fedi seems to be the only viable place for it.

@feral_apothecary I keep on hearing that most Tor nodes are owned by the government. I think I2P might be a better option.

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Gaming Whitepill of the day - Okami is actually now a successful game:

https://nintendoeverything.com/okami-hd-sales-numbers-revealed-switch-version-sold-more-than-any-other-platform/

Okami HD has sold more than 2 million in total, pretty amazing after the original Okami sold pretty poorly on the PS2 and later on the Wii, two of the most successful home consoles out there. But I guess many years of great word of mouth combined with excellent current gen availability eventually proved effective.
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HP... Storytime!

Not only printers. HP is on top of my do-not-buy list. No firmware updates without contract is the top reason.

I bought a vpn router once and it handed out "hp.com" as search domain via dhcp. And this was not configurable.

I got through their support stages via email. They even fixed the firmware. But then I couldn't download it, because I don't have a support contract.

Ah and there is a HP scanner which has a firmware with a broken smtp authentication, so it can send scans via email only without auth... oh and ssl is broken too. There is actually an update, but the firmware upload page requires an internet explorer (the scanner is from 2019 btw.).

Well, I got an internet explorer connected, after the fw upload, it takes 5 min an the scanner display shows: "firmare update is fail" and reboots.

I tried to open a ticket, but I can't because I don't have a support contract...

I also owned an HP MicroServer and even payed for the iLO License. But that doesn't mean I would get firmare updates... I only get the function to update the bios firmware, not the right to download a firmware itself. That's still behind the support contract.

I'm fed up with them.
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@coolboymew @feld @Moon @georgia @promethea Imagine being fined or arrested for not calling some pretentious dude with a non-medical PhD "Doctor" - even though the guy is technically in the right, unlike a dude in a dress demanding to be referred to as a woman.

The guy demanding, let alone ordering people to refer to him in a certain way is generally the asshole - all the more so when he's demanding that people play pretend or outright lie depending on their perspective.

@realcaseyrollins @ArdanianRight @snow @amerika @icedquinn @ChristiJunior That's probably why I see more agnostic scientists than atheist scientists. Mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers have tried to come with experiments, formulas, arguments, etc to prove whether or not God or gods exist and they always end up being inconclusive.

There is also seems to be a decline in science as well as religion. As what @verita84 said in that we are seeing a rise of politically/ideologically motivated pseudo-science. There have always been divides in scientific theories and research but I think it has increased in the past number of years and now there are political motivations behind them.

Not only that but there is also a rise of anti-intellectualism in our society. We have people who take pride of being lazy and uneducated and openly brag about it. People don't seem to be academically motivated anymore. Our role models are entertainment celebrities rather than scientists, engineers, and philosophers. People care more about the latest iPhone revision or the current celebrity drama than scientific breakthroughs. I honestly believe that most people haven't cared about scientific breakthroughs since the moon landings.

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Remember kids:

"[Microsoft] GitHub has the right to suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. GitHub reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time."
docs.github.com/en/free-pro-te

Also, can we make a point of always calling it Microsoft #GitHub from now on please? Thanks.

#youtubedl

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@ChristiJunior @icedquinn @realcaseyrollins @ArdanianRight @amerika @verita84 Well, Christianity itself is already divided. It's even divided racially (at least here in the US). Blacks tend to be Baptist, Hispanics/Latinos tend to be Catholic, etc.

The decline of Christianity seems to stem from the destruction of the family unit really. The lack of family honor in the modern western world means that children don't share the same traditions and values as their parents, so they are less likely to go to church or practice their religion if their parents had. The bible also has talked about how people should honor their parents even during adulthood which is incompatible with the individualist values of modern western culture.

The destruction of the family unit has also led to the rise of feminism (remember the second wave feminists were called the "me generation") and LGBT which is generally incompatible with Christian values. This has led many to embrace atheism and agnosticism. Now, practicing Christians, even in the more moderate forms, are generally painted as bigots who can't get with the times.

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