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Prohibition of AI does indeed prevent Bandcamp’s servers from being overwhelmed by the storage needs of slop “artists” and the gruel they call their “music”.

I’ve been re-reading LOTR lately and I like to put on Middle-Earth ambience in the background. Do you have any idea how much LOTR themed ambient slop is on YouTube? There are channels with over 100 videos, each exactly a 3-hour slopfest of sounds with HD/4k resolution slop art playing on screen.

Considering the vast majority of real artists might put out 5 hours of music in their entire careers, why the hell would bandcamp want to host hundreds of hours of fake music from a single source and pay for all that storage?

AI is a plague upon humanity. Bandcamp is on the right side of history and I’m happy to have my music on their platform.

Major labels have a presence on there too though.

This actually made me laugh out loud. 😆

There’s plenty of life-affirming news. You just gotta filter for it. There’s whole communities dedicated to it. I strongly recommend curating social feeds. Keyword block lists are a godsend. There’s no politics at all in my Youtube feed because those topics don’t get my click.

I’m not the most prolific poster ever, but you’ll notice I’ve not once posted anything about world news.

I also heavily curate my frontpage so as to not see any of this bullshit if possible. Some things slip through but my keyword block list is pretty robust.

I’m just trying to live without a firehose of anxiety inducing shit blasting me in the face every second of the day. Honestly, I’m getting close to shelving Lemmy like I did with all my other social media at this point. Lemmy’s not bad, but I’m really starting to feel like it might be good to disconnect for a while.

You find world news interesting? For me that’s the most boring subject anyone could possibly bring up.

“Oh, Trump’s being a prick again? Didn’t see that one coming. Oh, people are fighting and killing each other again? How surprising. We’re still killing the planet and almost all the most prominent people in the world only care about stock prices? Shocker.”

I’d rather discuss literally anything else.

Welcome! I’ve been on Nobara KDE for two years, exclusively for one, and I too recently purged all trace of Windows from my nvme drive and repurposed it for games.

Feels real good.

There’s nothing wrong with being content where you’re at. Your mental health is more important than a better wage, IMO.

They want their greasy tendrils all up in your PC’s guts. Every bit of info flowing in your system can be monetized. All they care about is money and dominance and their “AI” in everyone’s devices is their wet dream.

Cancer is preferable to tech bros as cancer doesn’t know its killing the host. Tech bros know full well their actions are killing the planet and its inhabitants. Their actions are willfully vile and toxic; completely at odds with the needs of humanity.

Don’t expect them to ever do the right thing for anyone but themselves.

Yup. A price that respects their user base. On that basis alone I have had (and will continue to have) no issue paying for another license if needed.

When I switched to Linux I just bought a new copy instead of figuring out how to transfer the license I had for my Windows PC because the Reaper team just straight up deserves the money.

Reaper.

Mainly just the satisfaction of supporting a project we like. IIRC, my Mom’s PC is on the version they’re sunsetting too. Pretty sure we’re gonna need to update it anyway.

My mom loves Zorin OS! We’re strongly considering the pro version now.

Rust is repairable unless the frame’s structural integrity has been compromised. That much rust is an oddity, even in the rust belt. Many owners undercoat their vehicles which significantly prolongs the life of the vehicle.

If you’re really against purchasing a modern car, as I am, you still have plenty of options.

A new car is going to cost you thousands anyway. Why not just invest that money in a car you already like?

There’s plenty of older cars sitting in used lots. You can avoid newer cars if you buy one of those or simply keep up with the maintenance on your vehicle. Even if the engine dies, its replaceable.

I wish Youtube operated like a PiHole where you could upload a list of channels and block them all in one fell swoop.

I think these images of Jodie Foster are from Contact.

If you haven’t see that movie yet, check it out!

Maaaaaybe when Windows wasn’t actually disrespectful to its user base but now that they’ve gone full “we know what’s best for you” and are actively ruining their OS and fucking with their users to push garbage tier AI shit no one wants… Yeah, miss me with this shit man.

Linux respects the autonomy of its users and for that reason alone it has gained me as a user.

I’d wager 70% of what’s on Spotify is not worth preserving since its AI slop.