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Comment on Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur's GOTY wins over use of generative AI [for now-removed background assets] in ~games
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Comment on Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur's GOTY wins over use of generative AI [for now-removed background assets] in ~games
donn Link ParentNot looking to get into this conversation (I'm just scrolling by) but LLMs are widely considered a subset of generative AI.Not looking to get into this conversation (I'm just scrolling by) but LLMs are widely considered a subset of generative AI.
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Comment on The iPhone 16e is good, actually in ~tech
donn LinkEhhh I mean that's more market forces doing their thing, and something something no bad product, only bad price*. I'd say Apple's failed to reasonably price their product in the rest of the world...There are exceptions—“the iPhone of the year” models rarely see deep cuts soon after launch.
Using a local price comparison site, you can find the iPhone 16e for BRL 3,650 (~USD 660). That isn’t even the lowest: near Black Friday it hit a historical low of BRL 3,299 (~USD 596).
Ehhh I mean that's more market forces doing their thing, and something something no bad product, only bad price*. I'd say Apple's failed to reasonably price their product in the rest of the world and the price is right in exactly one country. Not ideal.
* disclaimer: exaggeration, bad power supplies can in fact burn your house down
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
donn LinkI've been meaning to try it. I didn't know it was open-source, I thought it was paid which is why I haven't bitten yet.I've been meaning to try it. I didn't know it was open-source, I thought it was paid which is why I haven't bitten yet.
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
donn Link ParentFor whenever you feel like trying, just with the caveat that I don't personally have too many playlists and have no idea how this scales to hundreds of playlists. Using Music, export your entire...For whenever you feel like trying, just with the caveat that I don't personally have too many playlists and have no idea how this scales to hundreds of playlists.
- Using Music, export your entire library as
Library.xml- save that in your Music folder - Open the terminal. Copy and paste the following commands:
cd ~/Musictouch playlist_export.pyopen -a TextEdit playlist_export.py- Paste the entire script from here and save the file before running the next command.
python3 playlist_export.py Library.xml
There should be a new folder named
playlists_exportedwith a bunch of m3u files. You can open those with other music players, I tried VLC and foobar. As the others have mentioned, there's no need to actually convert the music files in most case and if you're not technically inclined, it's best to just leave them alone. - Using Music, export your entire library as
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
donn Link ParentNo way to do so without a script, I'm afraid. Was able to cobble one together fairly quickly, but then read in the OP that you're not comfortable running one so oopsNo way to do so without a script, I'm afraid. Was able to cobble one together fairly quickly, but then read in the OP that you're not comfortable running one so oops
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
donn Link ParentYeah purchased tracks are still AAC as I recall, but ripped CDs can either be AAC or ALAC. Realistically my audio setup doesn't really benefit from a lossless rip but I figure why the heck not.Yeah purchased tracks are still AAC as I recall, but ripped CDs can either be AAC or ALAC. Realistically my audio setup doesn't really benefit from a lossless rip but I figure why the heck not.
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
donn Link ParentThanks for the correction - in my case it was mostly m4a containers containing ALACs. Just thought I should mention that scenario bec ALACs play in even less players than FLACs!Thanks for the correction - in my case it was mostly m4a containers containing ALACs. Just thought I should mention that scenario bec ALACs play in even less players than FLACs!
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
donn LinkSorry for your loss. To get to his music files specifically, open Finder, use the keyboard shortcut ⌘⌥G and enter the directory ~/Music/Media. You will find a folder named Music there that has...Sorry for your loss.
To get to his music files specifically, open Finder, use the keyboard shortcut ⌘⌥G and enter the directory
~/Music/Media. You will find a folder named Music there that has everything. Music from the Apple Music subscription will have DRM, but those he ripped himself should be DRM free.As for the playlists:Wider Compatibility
Some of them will be .m4a files and use Apple codecs, which while it will play in VLC and similar utilities: you may want to use an app to convert them to `.flac` (the common standard), I like **fre:ac**: https://www.freac.org/downloads-mainmenu-33I seem to be able to manually export each one into a .txt file but of course it's not really playable sound files.
You want to make sure you pick the
m3uformat specifically. This format can be loaded into VLC.The m3u format is also a text format that looks kind of like this:
#EXTINF:249,Eagus Wilderness/Night - Kenji Hiramatsu /Users/donn/Music/Media.localized/Music/Compilations/Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Original Soundtrack/3-05 Eagus Wilderness_Night.m4aIf you copy the library somewhere else outside Apple Music you want to replace
/Users/donn/Music/Media.localized/Musicwith wherever you copied your music. Example, if you copied it to Downloads, right-click the new Music directory, hold ⌥, and you will see an option calledCopy Music as Pathname. If you press that, and paste it somewhere it will be kind of like:/Users/donn/Downloads/MusicYou then just want to find and replace all instances of
/Users/donn/Music/Media.localized/Musicwith/Users/donn/Downloads/Music, and open the .m3u in VLC. It should be free of Apple Music at that point.EDIT: Worth mentioning, always copy, never move. Moving is destructive and one mistake could make the library irrecoverable.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
donn LinkMind-boggling. I also have my email on iCloud (no, my home internet's not reliable enough to self-host and I already pay for iCloud+) so I'm in even deeper. I really should be backing up to...Mind-boggling. I also have my email on iCloud (no, my home internet's not reliable enough to self-host and I already pay for iCloud+) so I'm in even deeper. I really should be backing up to backblaze or something because this is insane.
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Comment on UK and Denmark are demanding overhaul of European immigration laws – Keir Starmer and Mette Frederiksen argue populists will continue to gain ground if something isn't done soon in ~society
donn Link ParentFor more context, conservatism in western Muslim communities isn't just down to ghettoization; until very recently many mosques (esp outside of Germany where the more moderate Türkiye funds most...For more context, conservatism in western Muslim communities isn't just down to ghettoization; until very recently many mosques (esp outside of Germany where the more moderate Türkiye funds most of the mosques iirc,) and such were funded by Saudi Arabia and preached the most hardline interpretation of Islam there is: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/giving-up-control-of-brussels-mosque-saudi-arabia-sends-a-signal-idUSKBN1FW0R2/
You can make a thesis that this was a slow generational ideological poisoning: you'd have youth from historically moderate countries like Syria get channeled into an extremist pipeline because those mosques are the only avenue they have to understand their faith. Some EU governments are finally realizing this might be a bad thing and trying to control foreign state funding of mosques which… yeah
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Comment on UK and Denmark are demanding overhaul of European immigration laws – Keir Starmer and Mette Frederiksen argue populists will continue to gain ground if something isn't done soon in ~society
donn Link ParentAdmittedly, it IS working in Denmark. Though in the UK it's not even moving the needle. Labour's traditional base is seeing it as capitulation to the hard right and running towards other options,...Admittedly, it IS working in Denmark. Though in the UK it's not even moving the needle. Labour's traditional base is seeing it as capitulation to the hard right and running towards other options, and conservatives are like "why vote for diet coke when I can get the real thing" basically. https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53439-political-favourability-ratings-november-2025
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Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech
donn Link ParentYeah. This is the sticking point of why I have mixed feelings. Social media at young age kind of gave me some weird mental illnesses but I'm not sure how far I would've gone without social media...Yeah. This is the sticking point of why I have mixed feelings. Social media at young age kind of gave me some weird mental illnesses but I'm not sure how far I would've gone without social media anyway
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Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech
donn LinkI have really mixed feelings about this trend. I had very few friends in my teen years and only found refuge in online communities. On the other hand I'm hardly a model for good mental health so lolI have really mixed feelings about this trend.
I had very few friends in my teen years and only found refuge in online communities. On the other hand I'm hardly a model for good mental health so lol
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Comment on Millions of Americans mess up their taxes. A new law will help. in ~society
donn LinkI'm gonna choose to call this law a Good Thing. It doesn't beat the free filing DOGE shitcanned earlier this year, but it sure is a hell of an improvement.I'm gonna choose to call this law a Good Thing. It doesn't beat the free filing DOGE shitcanned earlier this year, but it sure is a hell of an improvement.
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Comment on Millions of Americans mess up their taxes. A new law will help. in ~society
donn (edited )Link ParentThat is how it works in most of the world, btw. If you're an equivalent of a W-2 worker, your employer actually withholds and sends the government your taxes without you even having to lift a...That is how it works in most of the world, btw. If you're an equivalent of a W-2 worker, your employer actually withholds and sends the government your taxes without you even having to lift a finger. If you make any extra income (stock market, side hustle, etc), you file that separately (EDIT: or amend your filing).
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Comment on Finland cut Russian energy imports and closed the shared border, erasing €12 billion in trade. The shocks deepened the Nordic nation's deficit, already strained by defense and welfare spending. in ~society
donn Link ParentSanctions on Russian oil have also been effective in China: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-state-oil-majors-suspend-russian-oil-buys-due-sanctions-sources-say-2025-10-23/ And with...Sanctions on Russian oil have also been effective in China: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-state-oil-majors-suspend-russian-oil-buys-due-sanctions-sources-say-2025-10-23/
And with green energy being China's primary economic vehicle now Russia can't rely on them long-term anyway. Something will have to give eventually.
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Comment on Rapid Support Forces massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show in ~society
donn LinkThe UAE really does not get nearly enough shit for its involvement with this. They had enough sway to get the EU to not mention them in their resolution, too.The UAE really does not get nearly enough shit for its involvement with this. They had enough sway to get the EU to not mention them in their resolution, too.
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Comment on Prime Video pulls eerily emotionless AI-generated anime dubs after complaints in ~anime
donn Link ParentIt's also wreaking havoc on bilingual/language learning channels. One of the streamers I watch is German who streams primarily in English with the occasional German interjection and that was...It's also wreaking havoc on bilingual/language learning channels. One of the streamers I watch is German who streams primarily in English with the occasional German interjection and that was enough for the auto-dub to kick in and ruin a short in one instance.
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Comment on FEX: Emulate x86 Programs on ARM64 in ~tech
donn LinkReally wonder how performance compares to Rosetta with Hypervisor.framework. Would be a fun benchmarking experiment I suppose.Really wonder how performance compares to Rosetta with Hypervisor.framework. Would be a fun benchmarking experiment I suppose.
Well… they work fairly similarly internally by training on a lot of data to mimic output. The same environmental and labor concerns apply. And a lot of people are very much including them within Gen AI, at least from (vitriolic) discussions in gaming circles I frequent: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3maj4jyzhps2r
I'm personally just over it. I'll wait and see how things settle after the investment bubble pops.