• Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    God I hate this new censor in YouTube that silences banned words like “murder” or “suicide”. First off, removing the word but maintaining the context changes absolutely fucking nothing, regardless of the type of content. Secondly, it actually calls more attention to the word itself because of the sudden sound cut and your mind quickly fills the blank, so you’re even more likely to go “oh, suicide”.

    I understand (though still find stupid) silencing swear words, though it should be a client side optional thing. Silencing “bad words” is just stupid and can make serious videos about serious topics (like, say, a documentary about war) sound horribly silly with every other word silenced out.

    Sounds like this:

    James ____ John three times in the head ____ing him instantly. Two years later he was charged with first degree _____, but was eventually acquitted. In this lecture we’ll explore this famous ______ case.

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    “Socialism. People’s Power.”

    The MST(Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra ) l is holding its 14th National Meeting in Salvador, Bahia, with 3,600 delegates from across the country in attendance.

    The agenda includes building socialism and fostering unity among the peoples of the world.

    • lamassu@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Continued unilateral, illegal economic sanctions as well as foreign meddling have caused extremely high inflation. Those with valid grievances, mostly bazaaries and other small business owners took to the streets in peaceful protest. The state has been explicit that these grievances are valid and has implemented some economic relief measures.

      On the 3rd day of protest, Mossad and other western intelligence agencies activated their terror cells in the country. These people shot and killed dozens of police officers (many officers in Iran do not carry a firearm), set busses, mosques, churches, and other buildings on fire, and murdered many innocent civilians. Civil control was re-established by blacking out the internet and jamming Starlink.

      After this, millions took to the streets in counter-protest to the violence and in support of the state. These are possibly the largest gatherings ever seen in Iran.

      Many early death tole figures are from western think tanks and tend to ignore who was killed, implying that it was state oppression of “peaceful” protesters. Use extreme caution when encountering this information for the time being. It will take some time for the death toll and who is responsible to be clarified.

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 month ago

      Along with what Lamassu said. 16,500 is just a ludicrous number. israel barely hit that level of murders/time when they were using 1000lb bombs, tanks and machine guns in the one of the densest populated areas on earth.

      There is no way that many people were killed. Anyone who says any number in the thousands is not to be trusted… ever. It took israel 4 days to come up with their 10/7 estimate of 2000 dead, that the government organizing the counting with the internet and phones at their disposal. How on earth could a western NGO that is not in Iran come up with an estimate without access to people on the ground or any coordination between their sources?

      The only way this number makes sense is if they have 165 people on the ground who all told their western employers they saw 100 people killed and they don’t mention that they all saw the same 100 people.

  • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    I noticed a blind spot in my thinking today. I have a tendency to go along with the mindset of “good and bad drivers” and “there are bad drivers everywhere”, probably because that’s the point of view I’ve encountered my whole life, is putting blame on drivers themselves as individuals. But what of the systemic influence? The conditions of roads and the difficulties of driving competently for extended periods? In all the places I’ve been in or heard about in the US, roads are consistently inconsistent in design. There are repeat patterns, sure, but it’s evident they were not thought through well into the future, especially for the number of cars on them. Nor for various businesses shoving their way in as something people may need to turn to get into.

    So although I’m sure there’s varying levels of skill at driving a car, that doesn’t necessarily even correlate to any given boneheaded decision on the road. People are expected to make snap decisions under stressful and dangerous conditions on overcrowded and convoluted road designs that they are sometimes completely unfamiliar with. Of course it’s going to be bad sometimes. If anything, it’s a wonder it’s not worse than it is.

    • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 month ago

      This is a very clever but simple idea. Back in my hitchhiking days I would obviously spend lots of time standing beside a road watching cars go past and I noticed that some places had significantly more dents and miscolored fenders etc. (like Tacoma, Washington) I always assumed it as just a town of “bad drivers” (like a fucking liberal dipshit) Its so obvious that it must be the material conditions. I’m sure proximity to an international airport is going to mean more fender benders but instead we’ve been conditioned to blame the people.

      Thanks for this.

      That said there are some really bad drivers, like me.

    • yunah-knowles@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 month ago

      driving is so scaray. this is very good analysis but also driving is so scaray and i cant imagine doing it. so scaray

      • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 month ago

        I get that. I do it when I have to, but I’m also pretty conscious of how dangerous it is and I kind of resent how many people have to do it in the first place. Especially because I live in the US and it could have had robust high speed trains decades ago if not for the iron grip of the fossil fuel industry. Instead, it’s an individualist car hell.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    I have the opportunity to go to Tallinn soon so I figured why not but I did not think about it being winter and it being -15 to -20 degrees over there and now I don’t know what to do lol. Maybe I should visit some anti communist museum for shits and giggles.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Anyone else hates the entire network of wholesale->retail intermediaries? Im trying to buy some some security system from a hikvision and turns out there are at least 3 intermediaries in my country alone assuming its sold directly from manufacturer to my country wholesale provider.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I wouldn’t count on it

      The USA has been on a winning streak

      Syria and now Venezuela

      • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 month ago

        Venezuela was an expensive PR mission that did nothing to actually threaten the Bolivarian revolution. Maduro wasn’t even in hiding and the government assuredly had plans in case the US pulled some BS like this. If anything, the state will be even more attentive to squashing possible US proxies and collaborators

        The US is also literally incapable of occupying Venezuelan territory.

      • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 month ago

        Venezuela has not been a win. They kidnapped a man but Chavismo is still strong. All that has happened is that the empire has further unmasked itself.

    • Kasama ☭@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Are they learning that overstretching your military is a bad move (or at least that’s what assume is happening)?