None of those things directly threatened the power of an oligarch.

Heading back towards feudalism.

Finland is building the world’s first long-term disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel. The facility will be operational by 2026, and decommissioned by 2100. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_repository

It is coming for artists to not own their own work. Taylor Swift bought back her own work, Michael Jackson bought Paul McCartney’s work from the record company (which annoyed Paul because he would have done it otherwise).

Do I need to need to pay for the IP of your idea?

People do it for clout or for love. Sure, the Hollywood blockbusters would cease being made but that might be an overall social good IMO.

I agree with Brian Eno who describes how, if we had a universal basic income, we would see more artists creating content just for the hell of it. He also explains how there is no “genius”, there is instead what he calls “scenius” where it is an entire artistic scene which breaks new ground but only one or two happen to go viral.

I don’t see that menu option. I do see Settings -> Battery but it does not count cycles.

Pixel 4a Android 14

music in the background through non diagetic sound.

I had to look it up but it seems to me you are simply referring to background music.

Being a Lemmy person isn’t a great point of connection but it would be nice to see how they interact with other users in other Lemmy communities.

Social media is raising expectations to unrealistic levels. As if Hollywood wasn’t bad enough for past generations.

THX-1138 (George Lucas’ first movie).

Am surprised it is popular 54 years on.

They were leaked, not guessed.

Lobotomy is a bit extreme. Try Trepanning first.

Trepanning was sometimes performed on people who were behaving in a manner that was considered abnormal. In some ancient societies it was believed this released the evil spirits that were to blame.

Depressed ever since puberty when I realised that Hollywood isn’t real life.

I presume you used base ten, which is dangerously non-binary.

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In Australia it was proposed by the Labor government and it was the Greens who passed the Digital ID bill. (Labor needed either the Greens or Conservatives on board).

It was the conservatives who opposed it (similar to when Conservatives opposed the Australia Card in the 80’s).

Go figure.