Based on Canadian voting history, we’ll flip flop between the conservatives and liberals until the end of time unless some kind of voting reform comes into place. The liberals were supposed to do that but didn’t.
I really wish we had some kind of ranked ballot system. I would rather vote for a third party, but even then, I question how much that would ultimately help. I feel like the people who get into positions of power often don’t prioritize the general population, but that’s my personal bias, and I have no idea what the actual statistics are on that.
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by a supplier on a list of firms banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour, a US congressional report has said....
There’s no ethical consumption under our current system. Someone down the line is getting screwed. Some worse than others. We likely own, consume, and work with many things that have been created by slave labor. I’m not sure what the solution would be, though. It’s likely quite complicated.
The big companies, known as consolidators, have bought hundreds of clinics from 2012 onwards, according to records and reports, across the country, because pets and vets are big money....
I would love to see that. Forcing politicians to live off minimum wage or close to it would fix a lot, I bet. They would see how tough it can be for everyday people.
I woke up in the middle of the night and had some pretty bad shits. There was nothing other than increased stress that I could pinpoint to being the cause.
I’ve also been feeling stressed in a different way than usual. It’s hard to describe, but normally, my stress and anxiety are more pronounced and up front. Whereas lately, it’s just been this dull, never-ending feeling in my core. My body just feels exhausted. My heart rate has also been uncomfortably noticeable in my chest as well. However, I’ve checked it out a couple of times, and it’s not racing, and it doesn’t feel like palpitations.
I’m assuming it just has to be all stress related. Money has been increasingly tight lately. Like many, my job hasn’t been providing salary increases to even match inflation. I’m supporting my parents and we will have to move before the end of the year because it’s too expensive to live in this home now. My dog might have cancer, and vet bills have been expensive. So we’re just treading water at this point. We’re sqeezing by, but it’s all just a lot.
I’ve been streaming Lies of P the past week and I think I’ll start the Paper Mario Remake once I’m done that :)
I’ve also been trying to 100% we love katamari reroll. Not sure if I want to even attempt the 1 million roses part though. It seems far less fun than I thought it would be
It sounds like the crew are trying to do everything they can to help out and do what’s right. I hope that the authorities will take that into consideration when figuring out what to do with the sailors. The situation seems terrible for everyone involved
I haven’t checked it out yet, but I saw someone had made a Lumines demake for the gba. Usually I end up finding out about them through forums and youtube
At this point, I think the genie is out of the bottle. I feel like unless you’re on some p2p encrypted chat, anything typed into the internet is getting scraped. I’m sure everyone at this point has had at least one comment scraped and used for language model stuff.
I don’t like it. But it seems like corporations will always find ways to make money off of other people no matter what
I was curious how long it would take to make a sword out of your own blood. If my math was correct(it probably isn’t lol) the human body contains around 4.7 to 5.5 liters. And then you can apparently donate like 470 millileters every 8 weeks.
So take 4.7(assuming the smallest people) X 300 = 1410 L total blood
1410(total needed) / 0.47(donation amount) = 3000 donations X 8 weeks = 24,000 / 52 = 461.54 years
This looks…well amazing but also horrifying. When they showed of GPT assisting with math equations, it made me think of how much better I would be at math if I had an assistant like that growing up.
It also makes me think about how there are going to be so many scams and fraud in the future. It’s already starting, and it’s only going to get worse. I’m sure I’ll be duped by something like this in the future.
Also, people are going to totally be marrying gpt bots in the future lol.
Figured out how to set up a youtube stream with moderately non sucky results, which is impressive with the hardware I’m working with, so I’m looking forward to streaming to nobody LOL (No, but for real, have you seen some of the random youtube shorts streams? It’s wild how many viewers some of these random channels have. Just gotta find a fraction of their momentum, and I’ll be set)
I’m practicing some unhealthy levels of faith that I’m going to succeed if I keep going. So let’s see how far that gets me haha.
Mmmm, otherwise I played Little kitty big city this weekend, which was a short but charming indie game.
OH, and recently, I saw a video that talks about a piece of software that can convert n64 games to native PC applications, which sounds so unbelievably cool. I’m hoping tons of cool stuff gets made with it.
Edit: I went live and had at least 1 viewer for half the stream. I consider that a win.
High five. Completely agree lol. I can honestly think of thirty years or more of other activities, hobbies and opportunities that I would actively rather pursue over a paycheck.
I’m terrified that one day, I’ll be forced back into the office. I think I’ve gotten extremely lucky so far. I know 100% I would not have made it through the past couple years if I was in the office. We have personal offices, which is a step up from cubicles, but it’s 4 white walls and no natural sunlight. In the winter I saw sunlight for maybe 10 minutes total a day if I was lucky.
I just don’t think people are meant to be working the way our current societies do. Conditions should be improved across the board for every industry regardless if you are doing white collar or blue collar work. Our lives are too short to be wasted making other people rich.
Idk why I’m mentioning it but compared to a lot of other online platforms where if religion is being mentioned outside of a religious community it is really in your face on Lemmy it seems like when it is mentioned outside of that kind of community it seems relevant to whatever they are saying and are generally nice....
I haven’t been on lemmy too much. But I’ve found beehaw specifically has been full of positive interactions. I get what you’re saying regarding religious interactions though.
I’m not personally religious, but I don’t really care what other people believe in as long as they’re treating others with respect, being a chill person, and dont force their beliefs onto others.
Basically, as long as people aren’t hurting each other and just being nice, that’s all I ask, haha. You would think that would be easy enough to do but I suppose the tricky thing is we don’t know what other people are dealing with in their personal lives when we communicate. People are complex I suppose.
The world would probably be a better place if we could feel what it would be like to be in each other’s shoes
New week new games! Whatcha all been playing? I decided to finally finish paper Mario ttyd (emulated on dolphin). Almost done with it! Trying to beat bone tail on the 100 level dungeon rn…
Ohh that’s interesting. I found the anniversary edition to be quite a poor adaptation as well. I’m curious how the lost chapters plays on PC. I never got to play that additional content
Homelessness increased by 20 per cent despite $443 million Liberal plan: PBO (nationalpost.com)
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
Car makers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by supplier with links to Chinese forced labour, U.S. probe says (www.bbc.com)
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by a supplier on a list of firms banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour, a US congressional report has said....
Corporations are buying local vet clinics — raising questions about price, choice and quality of care (www.cbc.ca)
The big companies, known as consolidators, have bought hundreds of clinics from 2012 onwards, according to records and reports, across the country, because pets and vets are big money....
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)
how's your week going, Beehaw
currently working on book 28 of 40 for the year
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 19th
Whatcha all playing!...
The crew of the Dali, that hit the Baltimore bridge in februari, have been confined to their ship for almost 2 months now while investigations continue. (edition.cnn.com)
Update: the ship has been towed now
Where do I find game demakes?
Unsure if this is the right community but here goes,...
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training (arstechnica.com)
Outstanding Trash (image.civitai.com)
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Iron (mander.xyz)
Yacht sinks after latest incident involving orcas in strait of Gibraltar (www.theguardian.com)
Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot (arstechnica.com)
Animal Well - Review Thread
Game Information...
Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking (arstechnica.com)
Surely the clearest path to retaining only the best.
Am I the only person that feels that retro games are better?
Less DRM, smaller filesizes, no stupid anticheat, and no always online bs. Anyone agree with me?
I've noticed a lot of chill religious people on Lemmy.
Idk why I’m mentioning it but compared to a lot of other online platforms where if religion is being mentioned outside of a religious community it is really in your face on Lemmy it seems like when it is mentioned outside of that kind of community it seems relevant to whatever they are saying and are generally nice....
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 5th
New week new games! Whatcha all been playing? I decided to finally finish paper Mario ttyd (emulated on dolphin). Almost done with it! Trying to beat bone tail on the 100 level dungeon rn…