WeirdGoesPro

joined 1 year ago
[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Agree to disagree, I guess. In my opinion, it is echo chambers that are the biggest danger, and TV is a bigger echo chamber than the internet.

There are leftist and activist websites you can visit if you choose. Platforms like Facebook and YouTube have a diverse set of creators you can watch, even if they arent pushed by the algorithm. There is no major leftist or activist news organization on American television, and they tolerate no opposing viewpoints on their respective channels.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I’m not trying to be pedantic, but how is it apples and oranges? Both are media delivery systems that are fine tuned to manipulate your opinion. The internet is more fine tuned for individual targeting, but both systems are designed to be exploitative of viewers.

The mainstream media and those who follow it have been confidently incorrect about the state of reality for 10 years or more now—they haven’t proven themselves to be any better than the internet for a source of truth.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Why do you think a parent is in charge of the TV? Algorithms and statistics are determining that schedule too. Even the ads you see on there are targeted towards your area and demographic.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

Now they can be parked in front of traditional television like Millennials and Gen X.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

What on earth did they say you had???

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago

I live for it. Watching Hank Yoo disappear into the darkness of a bush under the blows of a Korean boxer was one of the greatest moments of 2024 for me.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago

This brings me much joy. For those who aren’t down the IRL streaming rabbit hole, this guy is a villain. Everybody hates him. We’ve all been waiting for a country to give him what he deserves.

The article failed to mention that the only streaming platform that will host him is YouTube! Google acts like they are the classy one of the bunch, but they have literal criminals broadcasting their activity on there. Look no further than Mr. Based.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The solar energy is One, my child. /s

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Lucky for me, I’m still part of a religion that worships the sun. We are finally vindicated! /s

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don’t think we should restrict communities just because they are based on religion. If they run afoul of behavioral rules, that’s one thing, but plenty of our members ascribe to some sort of religion personally and don’t cause problems.

I am a Thelemite and have thought about moving that community here since I don’t use my world account much. I think it would suck if I wasn’t allowed to do that even though the community would not be breaking any stated rules.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would argue that “a Hector” is a recognizable Hispanic trope in a similar fashion to how “a Karen” is an American one.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It’s called getting type cast.

 

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Saint Jerome as the Representation of Melancholy - Farrukh Beg (1615)

Farrukh Beg (Persian: فرخ بیگ; c. 1547 – after 1615), also known as Farrukh Husayn, was a Persian miniature painter, who spent a bulk of his career in Safavid Iran and Mughal India, praised by Mughal Emperor Jahangir as "unrivaled in the age."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrukh_Beg

 

Hello Lemmy!

I have moved to a walkable area and no longer need to have my car keys on me all the time. My landlord has put in a crappy 4 digit combination style door lock, but said I could change it.

What is the best kind of keyless door lock that I can use instead? Ideally one with decent enough security to be as good or better than a key?

Thanks for your input!

 

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Cat peeking out of a Nazi Sd.Kfz.222 armored car, date unknown, Interwar or WW2-era

 

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Louis Coulon, trade unionist, with a cat in his 10-foot long beard, France, 1890

 

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Taking Time to Smell The Zinnias - Jonelle Summerfield (2016)

 

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British soldier with the trench cat, France, WW1, 1918

 

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Sick Boy with a Cat - John Bowen (mid 20th century)

 

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White Cat - Nishida Tadashige (1999)

 

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[Promoting] Gluetun: The Little VPN Client That Could

My journey with docker started with a bunch of ill fated attempts to get an OpenVPN/qBittorrent container running. The thing ended up being broken and never worked right, and it put me off of VPN integration for another year or so.

Then recently I found Gluetun…and holy fucking cow. This thing is the answer to every VPN need I could possibly think of. I have set it up with 3 different providers now, and it has been more simple and reliable than the clients made by the VPN providers themselves every time.

If you combine the power of Gluetun with the power of Portainer, then you can even easily edit settings for your existing containers and hook them up to a VPN connection in seconds (or disconnect them). Just delete the forwarded ports in the original container, select the Gluetun container as the network connection, and then forward the same ports in Gluetun. Presto, you now have a perfectly functioning container connected to a VPN with a killswitch.

So if any of y’all on the high seas have considered getting more serious about your privacy, don’t do what I did and waste a bunch of time on a broken container. Use Gluetun. Love Gluetun. Gluetun is the answer.

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