Every 5 minutes, at max volume:
YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US. ALL AVAILABLE OPERATORS ARE HELPING OTHER CUSTOMERS. PLEASE STAY ON THE LINE.
2 minutes later:
DID YOU KNOW <COMPANY> IS WORKING TO SAVE CUSTOMERS LIKE YOU MONEY? UPGRADE YOUR PLAN TO ULTIMATE TODAY AND SAVE! YOU CAN ADD BASIC CABLE TO YOUR INTERNET PLAN FOR FREE FOR 3 MONTHS. MAKE ANY SOUND AT ALL TO LEAVE THE SUPPORT QUEUE AND SPEAK WITH A NEW ACCOUNT SPECIALIST RIGHT AWAY.
returns to playing compressed elevator music through an old can
I'm far more afraid of the Nazis in Baton Rouge running this state than I am of Acadians hunting out in the swamps. Just don't go in the swamp! The Nazis are actively making life worse whether you seek them or not.
Coffee beans are laid out on a big sheet after roasting and then sprayed with flavor oils to create this kind of thing. So it's no more or less healthy than any coffee, plus some flavor compounds that probably won't give you cancer at those concentrations.
Flavor-wise is up to your preferences. Coffee snobs are dorks, don't listen to them. Obviously M&M flavored coffee isn't something you hand grind for a pour over, you brew it up in bulk then add some sugar and milk to bring out the chocolate flavoring.
Would I prefer a pour over with some fine cocoa powder? Sure. I also have time and energy to put into coffee. Some people need the coffee to put time and energy into them.
Ah, the WSJ, bastion of level-headed reporting. Since I clicked through to the article and read the one paragraph us free-tier losers get (one more than the rest of you read) I know that it was Huawei trying to recruit semi-conductor manufacturing engineers from Germany.
So settle down, China isn't trying to pay you $240K a year to make wordpress sites for them, it's just another front in the ongoing microchip wars.
I can't find them online anymore, but I've had this exact model for several years and really like it (or similar) for travel. The cord winds up into the body and the round shape is accommodating of larger plugs. It rests flat in a bag so pretty easy to store.
I got it mainly for airports: no fighting over the one outlet if you can make it 5 outlets and share! Throw in one of these universal power adapter bricks and you're ready to go basically anywhere!
My LPT for travel is to buy a travel router and take the time to learn how to use it. They're little pager-sized wifi routers. Set up a secure network with it, attach all your devices to that network, then use the software they come with to have it mirror whatever hotel or airport or coffee shop wifi you are using. I have mine loaded with my VPN details as well. So all I need to do is get my laptop online, proxy the network on my travel router, and then all my devices (laptop, phone, switch, partner's phone and laptop, etc) are on my secure network and sharing my vpn securely over whatever public wifi I'm on. Mine has a little SD card storage as well, so it also acts like a mini hub for streaming movies or whatever.
I first heard Gamer Supps advertised on a Twitter shitpost account so I assumed it was a joke for a year or two. But no, it's a real company that sells processed snacks, energy drinks, and other assorted gruel to The Gamers™️, using extremely horny ads full of anime girls.
I still feel like it's 60% shitpost, it's such condescending marketing that I'm astounded it works. Honestly, I can't wait for other companies to catch on.
"You want to play games on this pc you simping goon? Install Windows 12 first, WinChan demands it of you, then purchase 3 crates of WinChan protein fluid to replenish the nutrients you jerked out while this ad was running. Do it sub, dommie mommie WinChan demands your tribute before allowing you to install more porn games."
The full screen "it's time to upgrade to Windows 11 and set up all these AI features" popup was the last straw for me. This is finally a Windows-free home.
Thank God for Stephanie Motherfucking Sterling! Other game "journalists" barely cover the blatant evils of the industry, it saddens me to think that she's probably looking for an exit and may not be reviewing for a lot longer. No one is going to fill those fabulous boots.
Thish posht... isht very intereshting sniff what ideology can we ashsume from it?
Eh possibly, but many of the women I've slept with have told me that I make them feel safe and that it's a huge turn on for them. Shocking, I know, that people might want to feel secure before they get intimate.
My reaction when I heard it was trending was to slap this together:
As a tall man who likes to walk at night, I have long understood that women alone at night do not wish to encounter me. So when I happen to find myself following a woman down the street, I will either slow down, cross the street, or stop and look at a sign or something for a minute to give her some space.
In a dangerous and shitty world, a person has to find subtle and quiet ways to express care, compassion, and solidarity. It costs me nothing to make a woman feel safer.
As one-hit wonderland would call it, "the failed follow-up" to Torn. Smoke's a great song too, a lot of similar vibes, not as good of a hook though. I'm astounded to see that she's still active in music, I'll have to check out some of her recent stuff!
I like how I know this story didn't happen anywhere close to me since: no one calls them "cycle paths", we hardly have any "bike lanes" anyway, and we definitely don't have any trains to ride while discussing biking.
Now, if this had been a story about guns, trucks, and psychopaths, it would have been very relatable.
The book is very good! I happened to catch wind of it right after it came out. Its a great mix of Visitor's personal experiences in TV, and her research and interviews with many women who've worked in Trek over the years. She writes well and the stories are both personal and educational about the history of the show and the medium.
46 LPs, holy hell, now that's a collection!!
Mmmmmm.... gonna just put this on the Christmas list for now...
LP24 / LP25 / LP26
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS, SS)
LP27
Castlevania: Bloodlines (GEN)*
Wow, just put those 4 on repeat all night DJ! A shame there's nothing from the Mercury-Steam games though, Lords of Shadow had some pretty good tracks.
Last Day of LemmyFriends Server
I wanted to take a moment to thank @jet@hackertalks.com for the multiplayer server they set up! Tomorrow is the last day for it, and I thought I'd share some screenshots!
@badcodecat@lemux.minnix.dev and myself managed to meet up online a few times and had a blast building up the factory! We got half-way into Tier 4, unlocked a lot of goodies in the MAM and the ticket booth! A few more days and we'd get to phase 3!
Sorry I never ran into you Jet, but if you decided to keep the server up for a little longer, I wouldn't complain. I'd pitch in some monetary support as well.
Anyway, here's some of the fun we had!
! BadCodeCat glides over the moon.
! The parking lot at night (yes, we unlocked the cybertruck, even parked it correctly!)
! Close up of the skate park (for doing sick flips in the cart!) Back-to-the-Future-style hoverboards when, Coffee Stain?!
! I rode the freighter up to get a high overhead view of things!
! A final shot of the factory at night.
This was my first Satisfactory multiplayer experience (and kind of my first factory game MP at all!) and it was a great time! Thanks again for setting it up Jet, hope to catch you online some other time! And thanks to BadCodeCat for being an awesome Pioneer to work with (and taking many of these lovely picture!)
King of the Bebop
Someone posted an Evangelion joke elsewhere that reminded me of the incredible Propane Genesis Evengelion.
I was rewatching that when I ran across this brilliant parody in the same vein. There's a sequel for the closing theme as well.
All that the light touches
I was scouting a high place to set up a radar when I noticed this great view! Couldn't quite get everything in (there's another factory off to the left, and my main/initial layout is directly under me, as evidenced by the space elevator) but I liked how my little empire looks, pockets of industry in a wild world.
I like also the evolution of my factory building as I unlocked parts and started to care more. From naked buildings on platforms at the far right (and below) to a roofless but walled factory in the distance, and then my most recent building in the mid-right distance. The only one so far with walls, floors, AND a frickin' ROOF! It's even got lights and windows! Yeah, we get a little fancy sometimes, haha.
How's your factory/empire looking?
Electric Six - Gay Bar
From their 2003 debut album, Fire, which it pretty much is all the way through. I remember this song exists about once a year and binge it for a day.
The Fresh Prince was apparently anything but that day
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/36965
CONSIDERING HIRING AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR!!! AROOOO!!!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20367057
> Ah, I knew it..
Garfs of the Deep, Rising
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25352537
> Anon tells the tale of the Garfield phones
(LP) Paradise State of Mind - Foster the People
Paradise State of Mind is the fourth studio album by American indie pop band Foster the People, released on August 16, 2024, through Atlantic Records, their first under the label. It is the band's first studio album since the release of Sacred Hearts Club in 2017, although they released an EP and a ...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18722992
> Foster the People has a new album out, pretty good! Torches, their debut, is one of my favs, and I've enjoyed some of their later work too. This one definitely sounds like FtP, though I think there's a little more brass and other jazzy sounds being pulled in. I haven't listened enough to have any album picks yet. > > Have you listened yet? What tracks did you like best? What's your favorite FtP song?
(LP) Paradise State of Mind - Foster the People
Paradise State of Mind is the fourth studio album by American indie pop band Foster the People, released on August 16, 2024, through Atlantic Records, their first under the label. It is the band's first studio album since the release of Sacred Hearts Club in 2017, although they released an EP and a ...
Foster the People has a new album out, pretty good! Torches, their debut, is one of my favs, and I've enjoyed some of their later work too. This one definitely sounds like FtP, though I think there's a little more brass and other jazzy sounds being pulled in. I haven't listened enough to have any album picks yet.
Have you listened yet? What tracks did you like best? What's your favorite FtP song?
TIL: "Doom + Doom II" defines a new standardized compatability level for mods, ID24
ID24 is a specification and standard specifically aimed at mod authors and mods in general. It builds on top of the possibilities shown in the MBF21 standard, acting as a super-set of it, and was first implemented in the KEX Engine source port of Doom + Doom II. It was first used there for the Legac...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18580092
> I had wondered about how some things were done with the new episodes. I'm glad they released some documention and kept the standardization so that the rest of the broader Doom community can build off the new release.
TIL: "Doom + Doom II" defines a new standardized compatability level for mods, ID24
ID24 is a specification and standard specifically aimed at mod authors and mods in general. It builds on top of the possibilities shown in the MBF21 standard, acting as a super-set of it, and was first implemented in the KEX Engine source port of Doom + Doom II. It was first used there for the Legac...
I had wondered about how some things were done with the new episodes. I'm glad they released some documention and kept the standardization so that the rest of the broader Doom community can build off the new release.
Donald Trump Photo Without Ear Bandage Raises Eyebrows
Famous photographer Pete Souza has seemingly deleted his X account after a post doubting whether Trump was shot in the ear.
Updates:
Might be best for mods to lock this post at this point (is that a thing on Lemmy?) because this story is basically wrapped. The FBI says a bullet caused some ear damage. Maybe it was bullet shrapnel from a ricochet or something like that, but later photos show the teleprompters in-tact so it wasn't shards of glass from those. Trump's usage of the bandage (and the assassination attempt) as symbols and political tools has been discussed at length and I don't think conspiratorial thinking beyond that is very productive. Pete Souza took his own account down after getting a lot of harassment, so no further conspiracies are needed regarding X-formerly-known-as-Twitter at this time.
> A photo of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump taken on Saturday without his ear bandage has sparked a wave of speculation.
> The image, taken by Alex Brandon of the Associated Press on July 27 and shared by photojournalist Pete Souza on X, formerly Twitter, shows Trump walking up an airplane staircase with an apparently fully healed ear wound just weeks after he was shot with a high-powered rifle.
> Souza, known for his tenure as the chief official White House photographer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, posted Brandon's photo on his now-deactivated X account on Saturday, writing, "AP photo this morning. Look closely at his ear that was 'hit' by a bullet from an AR-15 assault rifle."
> Souza's profile, @PeteSouza, which had over 200,000 followers, now reads, "This account doesn't exist, try searching for another," implying that he has deleted or deactivated it. If he had been banned, it would read, "Account suspended. X suspends accounts which violate the X rules."
Commanding the Room: The Spread of Christian Nationalism in Louisiana Politics
“But it is dominion that we are after. Not just a voice. It is dominion we are after. Not just influence. It is dominion we are after. Not just equal time. It is dominion we are after. World conquest… we must never settle for anything less.” —George Grant, The Changing of the Guard: Biblical Bluepri...
I really enjoyed this high level review of how we got to where we are, and where they're trying to take us. From my favorite local left wing rag.
PlayStation has no games!
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35692489
> A callback to the PS3 early days.
Ashes: Hard Reset OST by John S. Weekley
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16392555
> Ashes: Hard Reset OST by John S. Weekley > > I saw over the weekend that the soundtrack had been released ahead of the upcoming (!) prequel (‼️) to the amazing series of Doom mods. The Ashes series rules, play them if you haven't. The soundtracks also rule and I had the Afterglow OST in heavy rotation all last year. > > This one is pretty good. Very heavy with callbacks to the previous OSTs and to the original Doom's music. "Romero Waiting for the Train" is particularly fun for it's mix-in of my favorite OG track. I can't wait to wander more post-apocalyptic subways to this groovy tune!
Ashes: Hard Reset OST by John S. Weekley
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16392555
> Ashes: Hard Reset OST by John S. Weekley > > I saw over the weekend that the soundtrack had been released ahead of the upcoming (!) prequel (‼️) to the amazing series of Doom mods. The Ashes series rules, play them if you haven't. The soundtracks also rule and I had the Afterglow OST in heavy rotation all last year. > > This one is pretty good. Very heavy with callbacks to the previous OSTs and to the original Doom's music. "Romero Waiting for the Train" is particularly fun for it's mix-in of my favorite OG track. I can't wait to wander more post-apocalyptic subways to this groovy tune!