Skip Navigation
InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)DE
DerisionConsulting @ DerisionConsulting @lemmy.ca
Posts 56
Comments 1.3K
Ubisoft Insider Alleges That Company Wants Steam To Remove Concurrent Player Counts To Hide Its Failures
  • The game sold about a million copies in its first month, but that's across all platforms, and I think that was also including the games that came bundled with Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs.

    So, still not super great, but likely much higher than the Steam number

  • X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts
  • Infowars was/is a media company, Alex Jones' show was on TV and online.
    They are known for peddling and creating far right conspiracy theories, and because of this were often banned from social media websites for breaking their Terms of Service.
    Because Elon is a right-wing conspiracy theorist who likes Alex Jones, he unbanned infowars from Twitter when he(Elon) bought it.

    Inforwars was recently sued into the ground because of the claims he made to his audience about the victims of school shootings and their families. Because of this, he was ordered to have his assets liquidated.
    The Onion (a satirical news/comedy website) won the bid for Inforwars and its assets, and Elon isn't a fan of this, so he's trying to not allow The Onion access to the Inforwars Twitter account.

  • Preferred Pronouns
  • The shirt is using an aggressive tone, which is inferring the person wearing is someone who would complain about "those damn libs and their pronouns."

    But even with the aggressive tone, the shirt is letting us know that which pronouns he uses.

  • Why play a fascist? Unpacking the hideousness of the Space Marine
  • Humans aren't "the good guys" in 40K, just like humans aren't "the good guys" in Starship Trooper.
    Walter White was a piece of shit.
    The cops on the Shield are pieces of shit.
    Tony Soprano was a piece of shit.
    House was a piece of shit.
    Tyler Durden was a piece of shit.
    Jim from the office was a piece of shit.

    Someone being the main character doesn't make them a good person. Sometimes a story is told from a different perspective, in order to see something new in a darker light.

    That being said, there is definitely an issue with people not quite getting the point, and attracting or encouraging the wrong crowd.

    I remember a few times choosing to stop playing some people, because halfway through I would pay a little more attention to the glimpses of a tattoo, the patches on their battle foam cases, or what they have up in their garage.

  • Ontario family selling house over new Christmas lights bylaw
  • Most of us don't have a commute that's more than 27 minute in one direction, but still too many people do.

    https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240826/dq240826a-eng.htm

    By May 2024, the era of shorter commuting times had come to an end, as the average commute time to work for regular commuters was 26.4 minutes, on par with the previous high of 26.3 minutes reached in May 2016.

    And here's a table for times: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240826/t003a-eng.htm

  • Ontario family selling house over new Christmas lights bylaw
  • The message isn't the issue, the medium is. Through the operation of the lights and music, these homeowners are infringing on the rights of others.

    The article brings up "enjoyment of property", this is a legal phrase in Canada.

  • Gap between minimum wage and 'living wage' rising across B.C.
  • Yep:

    B.C.’s lowest-paid workers will get a pay raise when the general minimum wage increases from $16.75 to $17.40 per hour on June 1, 2024.

    https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024LBR0006-000240

    A 3.9% increase, which is exactly the average inflation in 2023.

    But, if everything raised by the same percentage, the actual number difference between those two numbers also gets larger by the same percentage.

    100 is 90 larger than 10.
    110 is 99 larger than 11.

    Larger difference, same percentage increase.

    100 + 10% = 110.
    10 + 10% = 11

    90 + 10% = 99

  • Lemmyverse removed a bunch of instances?
  • I know that other services, like the trending community bot, that recent had issues in the same vein. The trend bot only showed like 3 communities, and it normally shows about a dozen.

    So, there is likely a federation issue, or something wrong with however these services get their data.

  • Battlestar Galactica Series Shortened Watch Order?
  • There are 74 episodes, I don't think a 2 hour movie would really do it justice.

    You could try to skip some of the early season by watching "The Plan", though it's more of a companion than a replacement

  • Want to tackle addiction? Legalise all drugs
  • They use "Legalization" and "Decriminalization" interchangeably; they are not even close to the same thing.

    Legalization mean you can buy it at a store.
    Decriminalization means it's not a crime to own enough for personal use, trafficking is still generally illegal.

  • Gurl.

    6

    Walk-thru

    130

    Green Jellÿ - Three Little Pigs

    Both bands have umlauts in their names, solely for stylistic reasons

    1

    Minor Threat - In My Eyes

    "Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes"

    1

    Meta: This community is for shitting on Trinity, right?

    I mean, this is the same Trinity Western that wasn't allowed to open up a law school because they are garbage, right?

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trinity-western-supreme-court-decision-1.4707240

    They only started to consider dropping their homophobic ways after their law school bid was rejected.

    > It requires members to abstain from using vulgar language, lying or cheating, stealing, using degrading materials such as pornography, and "sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman."

    >While that rule effectively bars anyone who is unmarried from having sexual relations, it's the reference to "man and a woman" that is considered discriminatory against LGBT people. Same-sex marriage became legal in Canada in 2005.

    And Janet, get real. Not being allowed to open a law school because you discriminate against others, doesn't count as a loss in diversity.

    > Janet Epp Buckingham, a TWU professor who helped develop the law school proposal, said she was saddened by the ruling.

    >"We feel that this is a loss for diversity in Canada"

    Edit: It looks they stopped making students promise to be straight in 2018, but they didn't drop it for the staff.

    2

    The Most Unwanted Song - Komar and Melamid

    The previous song was Imagine dragons, a band that is generally considered unwanted.

    0

    Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom

    (In) your (bed) room

    0
    apnews.com Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76

    Fitness guru Richard Simmons has died. Publicist Tom Estey tells The Associated Press that Simmons died Friday at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after his 76th birthday.

    Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76

    cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/news@lemmy.world/t/982683

    > Fitness guru Richard Simmons has died. Publicist Tom Estey tells The Associated Press that Simmons died Friday at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after his 76th birthday.

    0

    Bad religion - you

    Gotta break up the religious streak.

    0

    The W's - Flower Tattoo

    The lyrics of this match the naming scheme of the last title: The _____ with the ____ _____

    "I'm in love with the girl with the flower Tattoo"

    0

    Watsky- IDGAF

    Sometimes you can tell someone to cut the crap, other times you just need to say IDGAF and walk away.

    0

    Watsky- IDGAF

    Sometimes you cab tell someone to cut the crap, other times you just need to say IDGAF and walk away.

    0

    The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature

    The title contains a /

    0

    Take me or leave me - Idina Menzel and Tracie Thoms (RENT)

    The title has 2 opposing ideas. Also, Chicago is primarily a musical, and secondarily a city.

    Also-also, I know rent is awful, but this song is catchy.

    3

    OK Go - Here It Goes Again

    The last song seems to be asking the subject to let go of something and stay/talk with them. At some point Kelela, you just need to say OK GO and move on.

    0
    1

    Chic - Le Freak

    Freak out!

    0

    Herb Alpert & the TJB - The Work Song

    Instrumental

    0

    The day we killed - Five Iron Frenzy

    The way you live shows no remorse For the day, the day we killed Crazy Horse Innocence with glassy eyes Kill the nation, steal their pride

    0

    The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face - project86

    The last song is copyright 1986

    2