My parents had #5; my grandmother had #1, I think. Why were these so ubiquitous?

Relevant SMBC

I firmly believe that anything “written off” in that manner - this includes movies, too, in particular - should have to be released into the public domain as part of that process.

Any business that’s paying less taxes is harming the public good; we should at least benefit in some small way from that.

Oh, man - when your defense has to boil down to “Yeah but sexually exploiting kids isn’t really that bad…”, you know you’re fucked.

The headline is a little misleading, no? He is offering for sale 10 tonnes of old rope as art for £1m; the article certainly does not mention him having found a buyer, which the headline implies.

Isn’t the last panel supposed to be a self-driving car? Possibly with a passenger?

If it comes out that the entire Trump presidential run was masterminded from the ground up to cover for all the rich people visiting Epstein’s island… I won’t even be surprised at this point. Not even a little bit.

The young people won’t pursue a career in music. Why would they?

MIDI didn’t stop people from playing instruments. Digital art didn’t stop people from painting. AI can’t put on live performances.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like AI taking peoples’ artistic jobs any more than anyone else, but I do think this is a bit of an extreme take.

Serious question: Let’s say you hear a song on Spotify, and you like it, add it to your favorites, etc., then later find out it was AI. Do you stop enjoying it? If so, why?

Oh, man - I can do you one better. I still have one of these, still hooked up and running. We use it as a game server for some low-requirement stuff… currently Vintage Story.

Yeah, I mean, the law is a bit weird, seems far too broad, but I’m not from Denmark, so maybe it’s a cultural difference. Regardless, there was a law on the books, the mod violated it, and is being punished in accordance with it.

He was also charged with sharing over 25 terabytes of pirated content, using a private torrent tracker called Superbits.org, TorrentFreak noted.

There’s also this bit… That’s a bit weirdly worded, though. Did he share 25 TB of unique content, or did he upload 25 TB in total? Big difference there.

He’s doing his part!

Massachusetts has had for a while a subsidy on new heat pump installations, which sounds great! We looked into getting one. Heat pumps in MA cost considerably more than in the rest of the country, because installers have largely increased what they charge to capture that subsidy for themselves as extra profit.

I predict the same effect here, with private insurance.

At that point, the bank is buying the house, they’re just renting it to you for a very cheap rate, with the stipulation that you’re responsible for all of the maintenance and etc. The “purchase” is just you entering into a long-term rental agreement.

I got a GameGear from a garage sale that had a bunch of accessories including this… It was definitely rad for car trips, but it would chew through 6 AAs in about 2.5-3 hours, and my parents shut that down pretty fast.

Okay, be honest - you’re doing some sort of lemmy ban speedrun challenge, aren’t you.

Well, this absolutely worked on me.

I don’t think the rest of the world is like 🤷‍♂️ at all, there’s been protests and uproars all over the world in support of Palestine. It’s just that the governments of the rest of the world are like 🤷‍♂️.

For what it’s worth, this wired alternative is almost identical to an xbox one controller except for the rumble motor, which is markedly lower quality. If that doesn’t bother you, it’s also less than half the price, and works out of the box in all distros I’ve tried.

If you want a buzz cut (something you can do with clippers and a single length attachment), doing it yourself is really no problem at all. If you want something more complex, you probably want to see a professional.