Mr Bin Omran told his rescuers he had at times seen his family from his prison, but claimed he had been unable to call out for help “because of a spell that his captor had cast on him”, local media reported.
still, i’m shocked to read that his survival instincts wouldn’t overcome his conditioning. that doesn’t happen by accident, his captor knew what he was doing.
there is only one truth, and it is that there is no gender war, only misdirection from class warfare that has monetized and monopolized even our interpersonal, romantic, and sexual connection.
when people don’t have problems, you can’t sell them solutions.
i fundamentally agree with you. i think it depends on how loosely you define ‘direct’. class struggle has its fingers in many pies including
marketing saturation / materialism
mental health availability
quality of education
overall day-to-day stress levels
all of which are at odds with encouraging a more empathetic, happy, and healthy population of men. people who are angry and fearful and deprived are easier to control and sell products to than people who are kind and understanding and satisfied. a higher quality of life breeds a higher quality of people and interpersonal interactions.
In 2022, a Texas family filed a lawsuit against Apple for damaging their son’s hearing after an Amber Alert went off while he was wearing Airpods. According to Google, the maximum volume of phone headphones is around 105 decibels. The family are claiming that the son now requires hearing aids after his eardrum ruptured....
it’s worth keeping in mind that dB fall off very quickly over distance and having a jackhammer right up next to your ear is different from passing a few feet beside it
This particular habit I’ve been cultivating for over five months. I stopped for a week because I was insanely busy, and I’m taking a break from my medication. I couldn’t motivate myself to do it after going off, and I was worried I was only doing it because I was medicated. I’m happy to say I’m doing it today to prove...
are there copyrighted texts that have such distinctive patterns that they would be particularly easy to spot in an LLM’s output? say, would replacing every comment with a page from moby dick or wuthering heights be more or less infringing than using harry potter? hypothetically.
i had no idea yasunori mitsuda was responsible for the OST but it’s immediately obvious now. chrono cross OST goes hard as fuck to this day and you can hear clear evolutions of that work in this one–my mind kept going back to the termina theme, there are hints of frog’s theme from CT, not to mention that little flourish at 1:27.
The FDA is waiting on test results on the effects of pasteurization on the virus in cow’s milk, but to date, it’s seen nothing that would change the assessment that commercial milk is safe....
Today I was contacted by someone at work. She graduated school with me and our 20 year reunion was coming up. Why did she contact me at work? It was the only way they were able to track me down. I was included in promotional material by name. She told me I "was the hardest to track down"and I had to smile....
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Officials have arrested a 61-year-old man suspected of keeping him prisoner....
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:::spoiler Important clarification/FAQ I am not calling to coddle or excuse the behavior of bigoted men in any way!...
Is a sound level of 105 decibels for a few seconds enough to rupture a person's eardrum?
In 2022, a Texas family filed a lawsuit against Apple for damaging their son’s hearing after an Amber Alert went off while he was wearing Airpods. According to Google, the maximum volume of phone headphones is around 105 decibels. The family are claiming that the son now requires hearing aids after his eardrum ruptured....
Epic Executive Dysfunction (lemmy.world)
This particular habit I’ve been cultivating for over five months. I stopped for a week because I was insanely busy, and I’m taking a break from my medication. I couldn’t motivate myself to do it after going off, and I was worried I was only doing it because I was medicated. I’m happy to say I’m doing it today to prove...
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An anticapitalist tech blog. Embrace the technology that liberates us. Smash that which does not.
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Delicous in Dungeon OST - Main Theme - Yatsunori Mitsuda (youtu.be)
We’ve only heard this in bits and pieces in the anime. It’s fantastic and absolutely worth a listen on its own.
Bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, though officials maintain supply is safe (www.nbcnews.com)
The FDA is waiting on test results on the effects of pasteurization on the virus in cow’s milk, but to date, it’s seen nothing that would change the assessment that commercial milk is safe....
John Carmack Doesn't Think Meta Horizon OS Is A Good Idea (www.uploadvr.com)
Here’s Carmack’s full statement from X:...
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I'm the worm in the apple car. (lemmy.world)
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Got tracked down for my school reunion
Today I was contacted by someone at work. She graduated school with me and our 20 year reunion was coming up. Why did she contact me at work? It was the only way they were able to track me down. I was included in promotional material by name. She told me I "was the hardest to track down"and I had to smile....
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