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  1. Comment on Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek hopes his latest brainchild, the Neko Body Scan, will revolutionise healthcare in ~health

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    This dude's ruined enough already

    This dude's ruined enough already

    1 vote

  2. Comment on DeGoogling 2024: Replacing Photos, Gmail, and Search in ~tech

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    Suggesting PurelyMail for a Gmail replacement; $10 a year with custom domain support, I use it and I love it.

    Suggesting PurelyMail for a Gmail replacement; $10 a year with custom domain support, I use it and I love it.

    7 votes

  3. Comment on Matt Berry on comedy, career and "What We Do In the Shadows" [2021] in ~tv

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    Snuff Box and Toast of London/Tinseltown are both fantastic; Matt is the best.

    Snuff Box and Toast of London/Tinseltown are both fantastic; Matt is the best.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Canada bet big on immigration. Now it’s hitting the brakes. in ~society

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    The truth is that immigrants to Canada, many of them beginning as international students, hold up a large piece of the country's service economy; they perform the low-paid or insecure work that...

    The truth is that immigrants to Canada, many of them beginning as international students, hold up a large piece of the country's service economy; they perform the low-paid or insecure work that already-naturalized Canadians refuse to do. Over the last few decades, housing supply has been bought up by REIT's (Real estate investment trust), private equity firms, or the privileged for speculative purposes, leaving a large supply of housing vacant. Critics have pinned the housing crisis on international studies because it's a familiar refrain for other Western/European societies; blaming immigrants is an easy out. This whole crisis is manufactured by private industry working hand-in-hand with government, which is kind of what Canada is best known for.

    Just as a sidenote, the last time federally-funded social housing was built in Canada, it was in 1993.

    49 votes

  5. Comment on What are some of your favorite PlayStation 1 games? Any odd or unique ones worth playing? in ~games

  6. Comment on Have you ever "homebrewed" fermented beverages? in ~food

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    Yes I do! I made a topic on this last year: https://tildes.net/~food/1b2n/brewing_your_own_rice_wine_makgeolli_doburoku_chojiu_etc Since then I've brewed several small batches of makgeolli, since...

    Yes I do! I made a topic on this last year: https://tildes.net/~food/1b2n/brewing_your_own_rice_wine_makgeolli_doburoku_chojiu_etc

    Since then I've brewed several small batches of makgeolli, since it is incredibly easy and quick to make; the average brew time is around 7-15 days. It's fun using different techniques or ratios of sweet rice with other starches, recently I added some millet as well and it turned out great.

    Also, it's not fermenting, but I made some Japanese umeshu (plum wine) last year out of ripe yellow plums, rock sugar, and corn vodka (very cheap here in Canada). Two batches, one aged for three months and one for six months. Both turned out wonderful, served on the rocks and great for sipping. https://nouka-recipe.com/umesyu/

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    Documental - Competition program featuring popular Japanese comedians with only two rules; don't laugh, and try to make each other laugh. Really one of the funniest shows I've ever seen, there's...

    Documental - Competition program featuring popular Japanese comedians with only two rules; don't laugh, and try to make each other laugh. Really one of the funniest shows I've ever seen, there's many regional variants but the orignal with subtitles is wonderful.

  8. Comment on The Curse on Showtime/Paramount+ (Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, Bennie Safdie) in ~tv

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    Interested to hear what you think about it too; reactions seem to be really mixed online.

    Interested to hear what you think about it too; reactions seem to be really mixed online.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Service jobs now require bizarre personality test from AI company - 404 Media investigation of Reddit post trend in ~life

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    I once had to sit through an all-day CliftonStrengths assessment with an employer and it was one of the most insulting things I've ever gone through

    I once had to sit through an all-day CliftonStrengths assessment with an employer and it was one of the most insulting things I've ever gone through

    7 votes

  10. Comment on Know a good mix? Drop it here. in ~music

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    Thank you so much, this is me! Years on mp3 blogs and Youtube helped me find lots of these songs/artists. Also, since I'm against concealing tracklists (believe it or not, it's a bigger trend...

    Thank you so much, this is me! Years on mp3 blogs and Youtube helped me find lots of these songs/artists. Also, since I'm against concealing tracklists (believe it or not, it's a bigger trend among DJs), if you follow the "DOWNLOAD MIXES HERE" link, you can download the individual mixes too. You can find the tracklists on each file through the ID3 tag, under Comments.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Know a good mix? Drop it here. in ~music

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    A bunch of mine are available here, click the note icon in the bottom-right corner to see them all: https://tommytone.com/tunes

    A bunch of mine are available here, click the note icon in the bottom-right corner to see them all: https://tommytone.com/tunes

  12. Comment on The Curse on Showtime/Paramount+ (Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, Bennie Safdie) in ~tv

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    Checking in on this, did anyone watch the gripping finale? I thought it was incredible.

    Checking in on this, did anyone watch the gripping finale? I thought it was incredible.

  13. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Back to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the PS3 for a bit. One of the better RPGs I've played, with a stronger adherance to D&D realism. I have a soft spot for Morrowind too, and I've been...

    Back to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the PS3 for a bit. One of the better RPGs I've played, with a stronger adherance to D&D realism. I have a soft spot for Morrowind too, and I've been meaning to try out OpenMW.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable. in ~music

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    If I'm not mistaken, this is an common social trend among music collectors in general. For more, see this documentary short on Paul McWhinney; he sold his collection of 2.5 million records in...

    If I'm not mistaken, this is an common social trend among music collectors in general. For more, see this documentary short on Paul McWhinney; he sold his collection of 2.5 million records in 2013. https://www.messynessychic.com/2013/09/10/trying-to-sell-the-worlds-largest-record-collection/

    6 votes

  15. Comment on Largest dataset powering AI images removed after discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Materials in ~tech

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    CSA/CSAM is a bit more specific and less traumatizing to those who have experienced it. This isn't the internet circa 2005 anymore.

    CSA/CSAM is a bit more specific and less traumatizing to those who have experienced it. This isn't the internet circa 2005 anymore.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    PaRappa the Rapper 2. It's fun as hell.

    PaRappa the Rapper 2. It's fun as hell.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on The myth of the unemployed US college grad in ~life

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    I don't quite understand. More people entering the workforce with university degrees means they have less bargaining power as employees?

    I don't quite understand. More people entering the workforce with university degrees means they have less bargaining power as employees?

    2 votes

  19. Comment on The myth of the unemployed US college grad in ~life

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    Big business always needs low-wage workers, it's in their best interest to convince people that higher education isn't worth it.

    Big business always needs low-wage workers, it's in their best interest to convince people that higher education isn't worth it.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on My doomed career as a North Korean novelist in ~books

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    I can't think of any US president in recent memory that was/is praised as a savior, can you?

    I can't think of any US president in recent memory that was/is praised as a savior, can you?

    4 votes