Posts by steeznson@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AUsd054ytqxdYahctk by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-04-21T09:47:11Z
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@coolboymew Sad that they'll never know the simple joys of the "sweet" and "dude" tattoo skit. "What does mine say?"
(DIR) Post #AUya5y9uPQd2utsp1t by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-04-24T11:30:27Z
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@SDF you might not like it, but this is what peak productivity looks like
(DIR) Post #AV2iZpxJ38aAQaa5po by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-04-26T08:09:09Z
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The new Evil Dead movie was sufficiently horrible. More fun than the 2013 reboot though.
(DIR) Post #AVOPdNTvEWHPclvjTU by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-06T22:48:50Z
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@coolboymew Hats off to the guy he is bringing the Kenergy
(DIR) Post #AVj4HW59BWzB60dprM by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-16T21:40:27Z
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@feld tbf I listen to some Economist articles and the humans they get to read out some of the articles butcher the pronounciation of latin phrases or some more obscure english words. At least an AI would be consistent in that case.That said, I agree with you there's no way an AI could do a good audiobook performance in 2023. Something like Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter or Steve Coogan reading one of the Alan Partridge "autobiographies" have an additional quality to them.
(DIR) Post #AVkMlv80cZJNnOaU08 by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-17T13:09:46Z
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@lore I wonder if you could get a free tv and then overwrite the operating system with something not awful
(DIR) Post #AW0e2gV8nbkq20fmqm by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-25T08:50:40Z
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@si_irini The Elgin Marbles probably do need to be returned. Especially in an era when the UK can make high quality copies of them. As a British person I'd prefer to go and see them in Athens - at the moment they are being displayed in an artificial environment without the correct historical context/setting.
(DIR) Post #AW0e2hsveeNQK4oIZE by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-25T08:56:42Z
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@si_irini Would also like to add that the political discourse in the UK in the past two years has led me to believe that they are going to be returned soon. There have been a lot of politicians on the airwaves talking about how they could be returned for a "long-term loan" which basically means permanently.
(DIR) Post #AW0e2iYPARYOOiDQDQ by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-25T08:58:18Z
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@si_irini I would bet that Greece will have them back in the next 5 years
(DIR) Post #AW0fEhbAe4HUrbmtrU by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-25T09:52:02Z
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@khoji @si_irini Yeah I can definitely see that side of it in the discourse here. To be honest I probably manifest some of those attitudes because I think returning of national treasures needs to happen on a case-by-case basis. With the Elgin Marbles it's completely clear that they would be returned to a good home but I'm less convinced in other cases.
(DIR) Post #AW0gZeN9vzxCtTmpY8 by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-25T10:07:01Z
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@khoji @si_irini I think the issue is too complicated to be able to apply a blanket rule for each (stolen) treasure. There was a concerning news story the other day about Benin Bronzes going missing in Nigeria after being returned by Germany.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/berlins-benin-bronze-return-a-fiasco-as-artefacts-vanish-jq9xsn9cf
(DIR) Post #AW0hd5vU2z0bAm31ns by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-05-25T10:18:51Z
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@khoji @si_irini I'm happy with any resolution that still leaves the artefacts available for public display (in any country). I think the most important thing is that humanity is guaranteed access to the treasures of the past, wherever they happen to be housed. If there's a risk that they won't be publically available anymore then you are doing the artefacts themselves a disservice.
(DIR) Post #AWG61Kz6YDSNz39280 by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-06-01T20:10:42Z
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@coolboymew I think Bruce Willis is Blankey these days
(DIR) Post #AWM5NEV6P8HZEtkPXU by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-06-04T17:49:44Z
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I need to stop compulsively consuming Bam Margera news. The earthrocker video was funny but some of the /tv/ threads are straight up ghoulish.
(DIR) Post #AWMDYzzkxdGJMLCuTg by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-06-04T18:01:38Z
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@feld He's hanging in there somehow
(DIR) Post #AWxBkiaxcpUXSTXEcC by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-06-22T15:18:12Z
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@thatguyoverthere This would be less distracting than the usual sight of the builder's hair arse crack
(DIR) Post #AXGPmS5RY6PYG9QWeG by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-06-30T14:41:17Z
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@lain Peak HN
(DIR) Post #AXMbgEDwXiGhvQxdnU by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-07-04T21:47:29Z
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@kaia I completely agree with this sentiment and I see the same thing in the UK. The moment you resort to the ad hominem attack of referring to your opponents as a basket of deplorables or w/e you've lost the argument.
(DIR) Post #AXOjjyczer6wfAtcwK by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T22:26:47Z
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@pingviini
(DIR) Post #AXQNHFtu9Vg0SAxtei by steeznson@mastodon.social
2023-07-06T17:25:18Z
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@selea I found the openSUSE package manager pretty perplexing last time I used it but that was a while ago. Some people seem really fond of the rolling release openSUSE though.