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A bit of info: My big 3 fandoms are Minecraft, LOTR, and Geocaching, with a lot of other stuff in there too. I'm also pansexual! I love talking and interacting with people, so feel free to ask me anything!
my yt channel is https://www.youtube.com/@WinnieDaKid and I post dumb LOTR edits and things of that nature
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"Oh yeah, we have an outdoor Corgi, he just gets so bored cooped up inside all day. He knows to stay off the road. Don't worry, he's way too smart for coyotes and the neighbor's know to look out when they drive past."
"Us? Oh, of *course* our Dachshund sleeps inside- we just let him out in the morning and make sure he comes back for dinner. He just does his own thing, no worries."
"Um, you know it's not humane to keep a chihuahua confined to an apartment? They're dogs, they're natural predators. They need to experience hunting behaviors or they get depressed. No we don't leash ours, he absolutely hates it, we just let him come and go whenever."
Yall get how fucking stupid that sounds, right? So stop letting your goddamn cats get eaten and attacked and infected and hit by cars
A toddler would probably love full unattended access to the neighborhood too, but we don't do that either, do we
It's 2026, "keep your damn pet in a house or in your view" should not be controversial
Game companies hate emulation, but none of them seem to understand that a lot of us would just buy ROMs from them directly if we could. I don't want a fifth remake of Final Fantasy IV, I want to pay five bucks for the 3MB file you already made bank with thirty years ago. Nobody who wants to play something for the purpose of retro gaming is going to consider a $40 remake as the alternative option, and we're certainly not going to let the original dissappear. They're crying about opportunity cost for a product they're not even selling.
op i know you're probably talking about like, video games, etc, but this is also critical for research science - my lab has so much abandonware, either because the company's out of business, or the company decided to not maintain it, and it's a fucking nightmare. we have two windows 95 computers that are CRITICAL for performing experiments/data analysis because the software needed is abandonware. one of the main roles for a guy in my lab is to maintain these little dinosaurs because if they go out, we lose access to ~20 years of raw data for research. part of why is that these companies also make their own file types, and make it difficult-to-impossible to convert those file types without their specific software. by habit, i convert all research files to more generic versions (txt, pdf, tif, etc) so that i minimize risk of losing my shit, but some stuff can't be converted.
for example, we have a microscope that is perfectly functional, good microscope, but its software is abandonware because the company refused to maintain it. the company is still in business, still makes essentially the exact same software, but they made all of the old tech incompatible with new software to force people to buy the new microscope tech. it would cost a quarter million dollars to replace this microscope. this perfectly good microscope.
so like, i know a lot of people look at the original post here and go "well op just wants old video games to play" (which is valid! games companies should not be able to push shit to abandonware and then close it off) but also this is critical for like. biomedical research. if y'all had any idea how much basic infrastructure built on science relies on shit that is technically abandonware, you would probably be horrified.
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Look, it’s a weird hill to die on, especially when I don’t really explain, but children deserve to experience fear, disgust, and discomfort in safe scenarios where they can process those sensations.
Media for children used to be scary and that’s important.
“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
― C.S. Lewis
Look, it’s a weird hill to die on, especially when I don’t really explain, but children deserve to experience fear, disgust, and discomfort in safe scenarios where they can process those sensations.
Media for children used to be scary and that’s important.
“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
― C.S. Lewis
YouTube hit with class action lawsuit alleging that YouTube Premium is falsely advertised as an “ad-free” service, even though subscribers still see sponsored segments embedded in videos.
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Google and YouTube, alleging that YouTube Premium is falsely advertised as an “ad-fre
TLDR;
California residents William Flemming and Devin Rose are attempting to represent all nationwide YouTube premium users in a lawsuit
The lawsuit says that sponsored parts of YouTube videos are ads and therefore, YouTube premium “no ads” promise is false advertising
full thing
“The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on July 14, was brought by California residents William Flemming and Devin Rose,
who are seeking to represent a nationwide class of YouTube Premium subscribers.
According to the lawsuit, YouTube repeatedly markets Premium as offering “ad-free” viewing with “no interruptions,” encouraging consumers to pay a monthly subscription fee in exchange for a viewing experience free of advertising.”
what’s being argued
“The plaintiffs argue YouTube Premium does not deliver the experience it promises because subscribers continue to encounter paid sponsorships inserted into videos by creators.
The complaint cites several examples, including a Theo Von podcast that pauses an interview with actor Kevin James for a Pepsi promotion,
a Kallmekris true crime video interrupted by a Surfshark VPN sponsorship, and a Markiplier gameplay video that transitions into a NordVPN advertisement just seconds after it begins.
Another example highlighted in the lawsuit involves The Diary Of A CEO, where sponsored portions of episodes are explicitly labeled “Ads” by the creator.”
The complaint says that these act the same way as ads and therefore, invalidates the YouTube premium promise of no ads
“The lawsuit also points to YouTube’s comparison between Premium and Premium Lite.
While Premium Lite is advertised as having “Most videos are ad-free,”
the complaint says Premium is promoted as having “No ads” across all YouTube videos,
creating a clear distinction that consumers rely on when choosing between the two subscription tiers”
YouTube help center
“YouTube’s Help Center states that Premium subscribers may still encounter creator “branding or promotions,” including promotional links, merchandise, memberships and similar content.”
The complaint says that information is part of a different thing and not part of the premium terms of service
“The plaintiffs also argue consumers would reasonably interpret creator promotions differently from paid third-party advertisements for products and services such as Pepsi, NordVPN or Surfshark.
The proposed class action seeks damages on behalf of YouTube Premium subscribers, alleging Google’s marketing misrepresents the service by promising an ad-free experience while paid sponsorships remain part of many videos.”
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Kentucky Republicans have tried to take away Governor Beshear’s ability to appoint Mitch McConnell’s replacement. Beshear says he’s considering ignoring the state legislature and appointing a Democrat to replace McConnell anyway.
He believes the law is unconstitutional, that Kentucky’s constitution gives him the authority, and that he’s prepared to test the GOP on it.
DO NOT PIRATE ANYTHING. NOT SHOWS/MOVIES. NOT GAMES OR SAFER GAMES. AND CERTAINLY NOT BOOKS. AND DO NOT DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEOS. AND NEVER EVER EVER WATCH MUSICALS WITHOUT GOING TO THEM AND DONT USE ADBLOCKERS/OTHER ADBLOCKER TO AVOID ADS AND VIRUSES PIRATING IS VERY HARMFUL TO THE CORPORATIONS WHO WORKS VERY HARD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE AND THEIR MONEY. ANYONE WHO PIRATES IS BAD. BAD PIRATING. EVIL. OH AND THIS
Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.
Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.
I want you to understand this. I NEED you to understand this. My mother read me the hobbit as bedtime story, and I started pushing myself to read before pre-school so I could in fact read the hobbit for myself instead of having to wait for bedtime.
I didn't do so right away but jesus wept I PUSHED myself to learn to read SPECIFICALLY so I could read The Hobbit! It is, in fact, a children's story! And children only see page count as 'there is a lot of this fun story to read!'
I've enjoyed this bit o story since the first time I ever heard it, not only because it reinforces the fact that YES The Hobbit is a children's story, but it also lets us know that the Tolkien males are just like that.
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My brother had the 50th anniversary printing, so this was something I'd read in the book when I stole it from him to read myself at 11 I think I was, maybe 10.
Also if it wasn't a kids book I imagine the trolls would have had more eloquent names than Tom, Burt, and Bill.
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Happy birthday to Julius Caesar, born on 12 (or possible 13) July in the year 100 BCE!
Caesar was famously described by his contemporary Gaius Scribonius Curio as “every women’s man and every man’s woman”, rumoured to have had a sexual relationship with King Nicomedes of Bithynia in his youth, and mocked for the supposedly ‘effeminate’ care he took of appearance and dress. While it’s impossible for us to make definitive statement about Caesar’s sexuality from the sources available to us 2000 years later, the way he was talked about by his contemporaries is a fascinating insight into how Romans thought and talked about sexuality, sex, and gender.
Check out our podcast on Caesar if you want to hear more!
"...you ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation and without credit to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not 'liberating human creativity' -- you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft 'training data'."
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