oliak's recent activity

  1. Comment on Industry groups are suing the US Federal Trade Commission to stop its click to cancel rule in ~tech

  2. Comment on Asmongold's Twitch channel temporarily banned following racist rant about Palestinians in ~games

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    YouTube didn't bop him...Twitch did. YouTube never touched his channel. YouTube only cares if an advertiser complains about it, that's it. They've allowed some of the most heinous shit ever to...

    YouTube didn't bop him...Twitch did. YouTube never touched his channel.

    YouTube only cares if an advertiser complains about it, that's it. They've allowed some of the most heinous shit ever to proliferate and infect so many places and spaces.

  3. Comment on Asmongold's Twitch channel temporarily banned following racist rant about Palestinians in ~games

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    Twitch, YouTube doesn't give a shit. Legitimately there are accounts distributing CSAM materials on that hellsite, they couldn't care less about brown kids dying or people saying horrific shit...

    Twitch, YouTube doesn't give a shit.

    Legitimately there are accounts distributing CSAM materials on that hellsite, they couldn't care less about brown kids dying or people saying horrific shit about it.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Dream Theater - Night Terror (2024) in ~music

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    Portnoy is a genius. Upvote for Dream Theater.

    Portnoy is a genius. Upvote for Dream Theater.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on The elite college students who can’t read books in ~humanities

  6. Comment on Israeli military announces ground invasion of Southern Lebanon in ~society

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    I'm sure this will go fine. sigh

    I'm sure this will go fine. sigh

    4 votes

  7. Comment on My latest instrument, the fron2, on its first day out in ~music

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    Just came up on my recommended as well so it must be tickling the algorithm in the right way.

    Just came up on my recommended as well so it must be tickling the algorithm in the right way.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on What vegetable are you? in ~food

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    Bok Choy as well, I don't sing. lol

    Bok Choy as well, I don't sing. lol

    1 vote

  9. Comment on How Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters put actual lives at risk in ~health

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    Yep, as someone who works in these advocacy spaces I've been aware of their shithead behavior for years. What gets me is the cowardly hiding and not owning up to it. Also the fact that so many...

    Yep, as someone who works in these advocacy spaces I've been aware of their shithead behavior for years. What gets me is the cowardly hiding and not owning up to it.

    Also the fact that so many people just look the other way due to him/them being like. Ugh.

    7 votes

  10. Comment on Data finds US Republican areas search more frequently for transgender porn in ~society

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    Normies gonna normie.

    Normies gonna normie.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health

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    Congrats on the climbing! I've been rehabbing my body and life for a couple years now and recently got into a climbing gym (I grew up trad climbing so the gym is new for me). Happy to see someone...

    Congrats on the climbing! I've been rehabbing my body and life for a couple years now and recently got into a climbing gym (I grew up trad climbing so the gym is new for me). Happy to see someone else here chasing the pursuit as well :)

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine (2024) in ~music

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    From her Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/stories/emilyarmstrong/3451527381347257919/): “Hi, I’m Emily, I’m new to so many of you, and I wanted to clear the air about something that happened a...

    From her Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/stories/emilyarmstrong/3451527381347257919/):

    “Hi, I’m Emily, I’m new to so many of you, and I wanted to clear the air about something that happened a while back.

    Several years ago, I was asked to support someone I considered a friend at a court appearance, and went to one early hearing as an observer. Soon after, I realized I shouldn’t have. I always try to see the good in people, and I misjudged him. I have never spoken with him since.

    Unimaginable details emerged and he was later found guilty.

    To say it as clearly as possible: I do not condone abuse or violence against women, and I empathize with the victims of these crimes.”

    So she did get caught up in it but has since distanced herself from it maintaining she was duped. Take that for whatever it may be worth but she was one of the ones called in as a show of support for him in court. Whether she was an unwilling participant who just didn't know her "friend" was a horrible rapist (even though at that point it was sort of just a known quantity) is up to you.

    11 votes

  13. Comment on The rise of DIY, pirated medicine: Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses in ~health

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    Hell yeah. Already know someone who built one of the Microlab and that's all I'll say on that. Fuck big pharma and fuck the capitalist model of medicine specifically now and forever.

    Hell yeah. Already know someone who built one of the Microlab and that's all I'll say on that. Fuck big pharma and fuck the capitalist model of medicine specifically now and forever.

    15 votes

  14. Comment on Where do you fit in the US political typology? in ~society

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    Outsider left. I didn't answer several questions as well since both answers were unacceptable. For the record I'm an anarchist.

    Outsider left.

    I didn't answer several questions as well since both answers were unacceptable. For the record I'm an anarchist.

    8 votes

  15. Comment on I hate alcohol. Totally hate it. in ~talk

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    No worries, we all need to vent from time to time. Hell even I was brisk at the very least but we all deal with shit. Glad you're dealing and not just bottling at least. Back to hell, I mean...

    No worries, we all need to vent from time to time. Hell even I was brisk at the very least but we all deal with shit. Glad you're dealing and not just bottling at least. Back to hell, I mean reality. Good luck friend.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on I hate alcohol. Totally hate it. in ~talk

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    Meh. You're speaking from a place of trauma so nuance isn't going to be a thing here. I'm not even a drinker but even I can see through to the pain speaking here. I'd suggest maybe speak to a...

    Meh.

    You're speaking from a place of trauma so nuance isn't going to be a thing here. I'm not even a drinker but even I can see through to the pain speaking here. I'd suggest maybe speak to a professional, get the kids in to therapy as well and maybe consider family therapy as well.

    The history of humanity is a history of alcohol, abolition of intoxicating substances never works and in fact does more harm. Moderation and healthy patterns have to be taught and demonstrated, that's all. But that's neither here nor there, that's not what your post is about.

    Your post is a cry for help, which no one here can provide. Again, get the kids into therapy if they're not, get yourself in there with them from time to time and heal. Don't blame an inanimate object for the actions of a person. I wish you a good life and better times friend.

    33 votes

  17. Comment on Let's hear some Tabletop RPG stories! in ~games.tabletop

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    I run a cyberpunk/precursor artifact accelerated world in Fate. My players decided in this campaign to start pretty low level for the most part and underpowered to "come from the streets" and...

    I run a cyberpunk/precursor artifact accelerated world in Fate.

    My players decided in this campaign to start pretty low level for the most part and underpowered to "come from the streets" and really have potential for a large power arc (it's going to be a multi-year campaign).

    So in order to make some extra creds they took a job from an app for criminals (lol) which was to disrupt this gentrifying mid-sized upstart of a corporate corner store in an old part of the city that still had some locals and flavor to it and hadn't be over run by the mega-corps bullshit quite yet. Part of the stated job description was also that they could keep anything they stole from the place as a bonus.

    So they stake the place out, place surveillance drones, canvas the area, get a couple people inside, talk to locals, hit the local corner shop, hit the bar, speak to one of the employees who is a netrunner who is one of two people that essentially serve as the mainframe for the store (it's cheaper to use a human as a CPU than a PC...gotta love a dystopia), they trail the owner to his condo, pick his pockets, toss his apartment, map the patterns of the security service patrols, access the email system and inventory controls.

    During which they discover that the store is running on the bare minimum of insurance, behind on a couple payments and a bad month could possibly collapse the entire business.

    So they've got all these wheels in motion, they've got all this actionable data. What do they decide to do?

    You guessed it. They set off a dirty bomb in the store.
    9 votes

  18. Comment on Atheists of Tildes, what alive religions do you find fascinating, excluding Abrahamic ones and Buddhism? in ~talk

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    I've actually read up on and been a fan of Taoist philosophies for quite some time now (amongst my friends I'm known to "have a soft spot for them" given my harsh attitude towards many religions....

    I've actually read up on and been a fan of Taoist philosophies for quite some time now (amongst my friends I'm known to "have a soft spot for them" given my harsh attitude towards many religions.

    With that said may I ask you for advice/a question? (I'm now going to assume you said yes, lol). Can you point me in a good direction for learning how to implement Taoist practices? Is there any books/videos/etc that I should look into that can teach me more about how to utilize some of the teachings best? Thank you kindly in advance :)

    5 votes

  19. Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech

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    I mean there are other creators who don't manipulate kids to make their money. lol That seems a decently less scummy starting position to work from. shrug

    I mean there are other creators who don't manipulate kids to make their money. lol That seems a decently less scummy starting position to work from. shrug

    13 votes

  20. Comment on Are you a hiring manager/recruiter in tech? In this Circus Funhouse Mirror tech economy, how do candidates even get an interview? in ~tech

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    Your suck doesn't make my suck suck any less. The yoke of capitalism is upon us all and the same distinctions would have been made at the same time as well in history. "It's not like you were...

    Your suck doesn't make my suck suck any less. The yoke of capitalism is upon us all and the same distinctions would have been made at the same time as well in history.

    "It's not like you were stolen from your home land. Don't use that term."

    This isn't the first time around. People were well aware of working in a covered building versus working in a field when these terms were created. It's just a matter of degrees now.

    I for one will continue to use these terms, making the historical case for the continued use of them. I recognize a categorical distinction between types of labor but at the end of the day, it is a person who if they don't comply will be subject to the punishment of the system.

    It is also a person who has a multitude of health (both physical and mental) consequences tied to their occupation. Is the bad back from picking vegetables in a field morally different from the bad back garnered from an office worker? Is the carpal tunnel from a flower picker in Colombia morally different from that of a programmer? Is the stress induced hypotension in a warehouse worker different from that of a IT Security Specialist? All of these people have been put upon by the managerial and corporate/capitalistic forces of the world. They all will suffer consequences if they rebel against them.

    Some will suffer sooner, faster but all will and do suffer. Stratifying these ails of our world keeps the masses locked into psychological silos that prevent class solidarity at the end of the day. The suffering of the office worker is the same suffer of the field worker and they should see each other as allies in this fight.

    Rhetoric that undermines this I will always oppose.

    15 votes