Arcka

@Arcka@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon discovers Japanese jazz⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are some blatant disinformation peddlers on Lemmy and it seems like Grue and yimby should have that reputation because the developed area in the second pic barely overlaps that of the first. How could this be anything but intentional?

  Here’s a side-by-side with as close as I could get with current imagery:

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  Identified in each is the 1910 Harris County Courthouse which is many blocks away from the are of the second pic.

  Here’s a comparison of the two and an intermediate perspective from modern imagery. The approximate area of the two pics are outlined in different colors, and a few buildings that are common in all three have been lettered. These are now some of the smaller buildings in the downtown area. It makes sense that lower-density / less-efficient buildings would be replaced with more modern structures (though one of them was replaced with a park 💚🌳). The implication from initial juxtaposition of the original pics that a bunch of tall buildings were torn down to make parking lots is a flat out lie.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m Tired of Pretending Physical Media Isn’t Still Better Than Streaming Digital⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What commercial physical video media doesn’t have DRM?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gives a piracy history lesson⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except the value proposition still needs to make sense, so resigning to just pay the creator license holder exorbitant rates for ever-more-enshittified services is learning the wrong lesson.

  They have used their control over the system to grotesquely distort copyright from its original intent of getting more cultural works into the public domain for people to use and build on, to instead lock everything away for lifetimes. Don’t buy into their lies and propaganda that they have any moral high ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there betting (such as buy-in / ante) in Balatro?

  Is there in MtG?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, gambling doesn’t have to be for money or even anything tangibly real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BACK IT UP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sunscreen lotion” – a confused amalgamation of the previous terms – is not a thing and only misleads people

  So confidently stated yet so very wrong. Citation - an example that’s available nationwide: no-ad.com/product/spf-85-sunscreen-lotion-3-oz/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please ban data caps, Internet users tell FCC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like I get it, they don’t want someone torrenting 100tb of data in a day. That bogs things down.

  No, that isn’t accurate and isn’t getting it.

  All the data caps today are for total cumulative quantity per billing cycle. That is not a reliable method for controlling what actually bogs things down, which is the bandwidth used at any moment (speed).

  Limiting bandwidth is also done by most ISPs today, but that’s not what this is asking to change. The data caps are exclusively a way to charge more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people doing this at voting locations in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Filming / photography in public is a First Amendment protected activity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inaccuracies⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ummm

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Garry Newman of Facepunch comments on the Nintendo takedown of Garry's Mod content⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like to think there is a universe where Nintendo and other companies recognize the value that these add to their brands and proactively issue free licenses to use the IP as a component of how they maintain and enforce rights.