etherphon

@etherphon@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  because they can get the same or more revenue with a fraction of the man power

  That is exploitation not success.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the US National Park Service Is Deleting American History⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  *How the Trump administration is FORCING the US National Park Service to delete American History… these people would never do this on their own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pls no⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a fascinating plant, but I think I’ll leave this one to the medicine men.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI might torch $14 billion in 2026, hitting bankruptcy by next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This has really be the ultimate version of telling customers what they want instead of listening to them, what a wild ride.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore (video) (enshittification of computer repair)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Another casualty in the short sighted quest to make money instead of working honestly. I wonder when pirate ships will start sailing again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an astronaut⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Initial Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants, Puncturing a Trump Claim⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shitty shit shits on shit.
  English is amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the near future non-Nitro users will be quarantined to the nearest abandoned Google Blob Emoji server.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord's IPO could happen in March⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a fun 5-6 years but I deleted my account and all my messages last year. That took a while even automated lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech workers in Silicon Valley are increasingly experimenting with gray-market peptide drugs from China, legal for personal use, for improving focus and more⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hardly new, they have been around at least 10 years as I dabbled in them a bit back then, at least as far as things like BPC, SEMAX and SELANK. I would definitely not inject a random powder or solution sent to me from China without testing, I have heard of far too many dangerous mix ups and wrong orders. Anyways, I found them to be rather expensive for their effects. The human body is pretty fickle though, your brain can take a lot of abuse but eventually it will try to find balance, and then you will find yourself in trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who Wins From Trump’s Venezuela Oil Gambit? Not Regular Americans.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  NO kidding, we’ve been losing since the election.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I’m sure it has nothing to do with all the lavish vacations, gifts, etc. NO way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm cooked, chat.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I thought I deleted that instantly after posting it lol, don’t mind me. Good luck with the hair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets his life in order⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, I’ve been there, I’m still there some days, it’s a lot of hard work to push yourself and find your redeeming qualities when you feel like you don’t have any, or keep trying when you feel like you fail every time, or feel like you sabotage yourself every time you get something going right. If that’s a step it’s great I’m just saying, don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets his life in order⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that does sound better, as long as it’s not completely dependent on another persons approval, that’s kinda asking for trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets his life in order⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “I only care about myself when someone else cares about me” is not particularly healthy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the deep dive, yeah that seems really suspicious, the pdf of that study definitely looks like it was paid for by someone with an agenda. I feel like anyone who’s up for taking a survey on AI is already into AI so it’s pretty skewed. I suppose one thing from that study did make some sense:

  Many people who are using AI relationship technologies report that they prefer AI communication over engaging with a real person in a genuine relationship.

  Sure, everyone loves a sycophant who hangs on their every word and agrees with them all the time… for a while at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One in five are you god damn fucking serious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The hope is to have a fresh 'Star Trek' movie, though [Paramount] has moved on from the idea of bringing back Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the rest of the ensemble from the J.J. Abrams reboot."⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The spirit of Star Trek is incompatible with Paramount’s new MAGA politics, it will be ruined.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes Dragon Ball⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You might even say Reddit was the precursor to Onlyfans with it’s Gonewild subs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anachronox always stood out to me, really underrated game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JD, you dog.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ayyy I had the same combat boots… in High School.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chaotic evil⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Look, that rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#environmentalist⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mmm I can still taste the metal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨unforgivable bad bad mommy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  JAV is really on a different level, even blackface is still ok there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨well designed you say⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh to me it always looked like the Xerox X just outline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks it's over⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof that’s super disheartening, I never really entered those contests because I feared it was the same. My music is pretty weird as it is I don’t really want to put it up against more ear friendly stuff lol. I feel like people are all watching the same youtube videos and getting the same tips or using the same tutorials and/or sample packs and projects or presets. DAWs are awesome in that they’ve made music making accessible to literally anyone but they’ve also made it easy to make a lot of music that sounds the same, I mean of course that was happening before computers as well, but it still take some effort to be a cover band.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks it's over⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  not if they want to earn any money, I just make music for myself now tbh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was never really a fan because Gene Simmons always seemed like such a douchebag to me but they had some catchy tunes, maybe a bit too obsessed with sex, but can’t deny their place in rock history I suppose, RIP dude.