crulife's recent activity
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
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Comment on Unofficial Linux app for music streaming service Qobuz QBZ shut down after receiving cease and desist letter in ~music
crulife (edited )Link ParentSeemed like corporatespeak to me. But that's probably subjective. I'll still judge their actions over their words, and their actions were obviously hostile.Seemed like corporatespeak to me. But that's probably subjective. I'll still judge their actions over their words, and their actions were obviously hostile.
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Comment on Unofficial Linux app for music streaming service Qobuz QBZ shut down after receiving cease and desist letter in ~music
crulife LinkYeah, noticed this a week ago. Moved immediately back to Spotify who -- even though probably have a similar EULA -- are not actively hostile to their own users....Yeah, noticed this a week ago. Moved immediately back to Spotify who -- even though probably have a similar EULA -- are not actively hostile to their own users.
https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot first release was in 2021 and it must be known to Spotify staff. But they at least for the moment seem to tolerate it.
Noticed also happily that they have a pretty nice audiobook collection with the Premium subscription, and 10 euros extra on top of the premium sub gives about 35 hours per month of listening time.
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Comment on What single episode of a show would you recommend as a standalone? in ~tv
crulife (edited )LinkI didn't really like the TV adaptation of Last of Us in general, but S1E3: Long, Long Time was pure cinema and perfectly watchable without knowing almost anything about what was happening outside...I didn't really like the TV adaptation of Last of Us in general, but S1E3: Long, Long Time was pure cinema and perfectly watchable without knowing almost anything about what was happening outside of that episode.
Star Trek TNG S5E18, Cause and Effect is pretty great also, and probably works without knowing a huge lot about the series.
Also, X-Files S5E12, Bad Blood is a funny, quite well bottled, episode written by none other than Vince Gilligan.
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Comment on Alien: Earth | Official trailer in ~tv
crulife Link ParentSome really great actors, like Timothy Oliphant. But a lot of the writing felt like something an AI would've produced.Some really great actors, like Timothy Oliphant. But a lot of the writing felt like something an AI would've produced.
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Comment on When do you know that you've found "the one"? in ~life
crulife (edited )LinkI'm gonna have to be a bit cynical and say that you will know it in about 3 years into the relationship if you're paying attention. I'm in a great relationship for 8+ years and the first 1-2 years...I'm gonna have to be a bit cynical and say that you will know it in about 3 years into the relationship if you're paying attention. I'm in a great relationship for 8+ years and the first 1-2 years it felt almost the same as my earlier poor relationships.
Then again, there's experience. I don't think I'd make those mistakes again.
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Comment on Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near US air base in Britain following "major incident" in ~news
crulife (edited )Link ParentThe fact that ICJ/ICC have never held individuals properly liable for genocide kinda puts a damper on that idea. Even though there have been 100% obvious genocides with population dropping like...That is a good thing, because the only "killing is genocide" allows people to weasel themselves out of calling it what it is.
The fact that ICJ/ICC have never held individuals properly liable for genocide kinda puts a damper on that idea. Even though there have been 100% obvious genocides with population dropping like 90% or more in a short time.
Also there have been some obviously outlandish claims of genocide, clearly in an abuse of the concept. To reference a few that aren't currently that controversial (I believe):
- Russia has claimed that Ukraine committed genocide in Donbas
- Russia has claimed that South Ossetians have been genocided in Georgia
- Belgrade called NATO bombing campaign a genocide
Israel has been wrongly accused for doing genocide several times after 1967, mostly by the communist side of the Cold War, as a pretty darkly cynical tu quoque. That doesn't alone decide that the latest one isn't, of course, but puts a bit of a shade on the accusations. Boy who cried wolf and all that.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
crulife Link ParentI think the problem is that I've played through games like this what feels like a thousand times and I just cannot be bothered to go through yet another learn-by-dying dodgefest. I don't see any...I think the problem is that I've played through games like this what feels like a thousand times and I just cannot be bothered to go through yet another learn-by-dying dodgefest. I don't see any fun in it anymore.
So if I die on a boss more than 3 times, I go to the menus and tweak my character and just go bash the boss.
I'm happy Remedy decided to supply those tweaks without resorting to hackery.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
crulife LinkControl: Resonant. Superb vibes and atmosphere as with all Remedy games. Doesn't quite get to original Control's quality, at least yet. I hate the game mechanics so far. Weird clickfest and bosses...Control: Resonant. Superb vibes and atmosphere as with all Remedy games. Doesn't quite get to original Control's quality, at least yet.
I hate the game mechanics so far. Weird clickfest and bosses are way too powerful. Fortunately there were tuning options without needing external cheats so I can skip the bore and just enjoy everything else.
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Comment on Control Resonant PC performance review – beautiful tech, scalable visuals, and optimised settings in ~games
crulife LinkThe graphics look somehow weird on my Linux. Dunno if it's due to that or are they really that... weird.The graphics look somehow weird on my Linux. Dunno if it's due to that or are they really that... weird.
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Comment on Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near US air base in Britain following "major incident" in ~news
crulife (edited )Link ParentYeah, perhaps you have noticed that many really serious words have lost meaning. Like the one word that means "killing of a people" somehow dropped the most important word from its meaning.does the term even have meaning anymore?
Yeah, perhaps you have noticed that many really serious words have lost meaning. Like the one word that means "killing of a people" somehow dropped the most important word from its meaning.
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Comment on Ultima Online retrospective | The last hurrah in ~games
crulife (edited )LinkMajuular is amazing. I've played every major Ultima game in the series except for 9. I skipped most of Serpent Isle because the game was just too much for my then teenage brain. His video made it...Majuular is amazing. I've played every major Ultima game in the series except for 9. I skipped most of Serpent Isle because the game was just too much for my then teenage brain. His video made it possible for me to live the experience.
So I'm quite excited about this because I have never played Ultima Online. I've never even seen anyone play it irl.
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Comment on Russia puts Ukraine’s internet in its sights as attacks on Kyiv infrastructure intensify in ~society
crulife LinkEvery Russian neighboring country knows from their history that getting occupied by them is among the worst things that can happen on this planet.Every Russian neighboring country knows from their history that getting occupied by them is among the worst things that can happen on this planet.
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Comment on Everyday/week seems to fly by as I get older, how to change one's perception? in ~life
crulife LinkDon't do easy stuff. Do excruciating, painful, hard stuff. That slows down time. Meditation is sort of an easy way to do that.Don't do easy stuff. Do excruciating, painful, hard stuff. That slows down time.
Meditation is sort of an easy way to do that.
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Comment on I'm not sure disinfo campaigns on X still work in ~tech
crulife Link ParentWhat makes you think it's an illusion?The illusion that everybody is still there perhaps?
What makes you think it's an illusion?
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We already know what a world without work looks like
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
crulife LinkThis isn't recent, but some time ago I noticed that my local shop is selling frozen whole squids! I remember eating some superb squid in Portugal, so I had to get one. I boiled it for a while,...This isn't recent, but some time ago I noticed that my local shop is selling frozen whole squids! I remember eating some superb squid in Portugal, so I had to get one.
I boiled it for a while, applied some spices (thanks, AI) and threw it on my charcoal grill for a few minutes and it came out pretty good.
Not very cheap, not easy or fast to prepare, but tastes great.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
crulife LinkI started watching the 2022 series Interview with the Vampire, which is based on Anne Rice's novels from 1979 and on. I had low expectations, but it's actually not that bad. I thought it was a bit...I started watching the 2022 series Interview with the Vampire, which is based on Anne Rice's novels from 1979 and on. I had low expectations, but it's actually not that bad. I thought it was a bit needlessly gory at times, though, hard to recommend to people who're queasy about that. Suits the theme though.
I read perhaps the first 6 books of the series some 15 years ago and remember liking them. Even though they were a bit fanfictiony, there's something genuinely fresh about them.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
crulife LinkBodycam got a major upgrade and it's really fun now! I haven't played anything else since its Sep 02 release.Bodycam got a major upgrade and it's really fun now! I haven't played anything else since its Sep 02 release.
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Comment on What's a show you love that's from before your time? in ~tv
crulife (edited )LinkThe Prisoner is a delightfully weird mini-series from 1967. It's a show about a British secret service agent who resigns in anger for reasons never told and is then spirited away to a dream-like...The Prisoner is a delightfully weird mini-series from 1967. It's a show about a British secret service agent who resigns in anger for reasons never told and is then spirited away to a dream-like prison island where people cannot leave because huge balloons that are apparently organically grown in the island will incapacitate them.
There's no way it is not a product of drug use.
Major themes: collectivism, individualism, overreach of governmental authority.
Yes, at the start of the project, but no, not at this point. As it stands, omarchy has almost 7000 commits from over 560 contributors. That's an amount of polish you cannot just do yourself, even with heavy LLM usage.
That said, I haven't tried it myself, and possibly never will. But it's not honest to say that it's nothing.
Context: been a Linux user for 30 years, also spent some of it developing one of the major ones.
I think they're just excited and hence motivated about things happening on their side of the political fence. Whatever that side is.
They also hired a security lead and announced a $100K security bug bounty program. https://omarchy.org/news/2026/10/omarchy-launches-bug-bounty-program-on-hackerone/