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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 31 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

“Public space in Paris is chaos,” right-winger Rachida Dati said recently

No right winger is worth listening to. I know nothing about Dati, but I am confident they are full of bad ideas.

Dati’s proposals for the city include making it cheaper to park and getting rid of the low-emission zone in the city centre.

As foretold.

Every right wing idea is bad, and people proposing them should at best be laughed out of the room.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Ok clearly it's not literally about making CDs and people saying "just make your own streaming service" are both missing the point and vastly over estimating the capacity of the average person.

The important part that's largely missing from today's music environment is the personal touch and investment. Many people, as the author says, just comfortably coast through an algorithmic smoothie of familiar music. That is inferior to a friend saying "I made you this mix" and then you actually listen to it, attentively, more than once.

It doesn't have to be a CD. It can be a zip file. But the intention and focus was important.

I'm an outlier in that I never let "the algorithm" choose what plays. Sometimes I still make mixes for friends, though lately they've just been a collection of links. That process of choosing is meaningful. My friend still listens to the mix I made for them when their job laid them off, sometimes.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 35 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like a lot of companies don't do things the good way not because the good way is hard, or the bad way is cheaper, but because management is stupid. Stupid or sometimes apathetic.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is a horrible idea and everyone involved in its conception and implementation should be barred from working in technology ever again.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 47 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Some people love their country like a child loves their parent. Uncritical. They can do no wrong and are the best ever. Don't be like that.

Some people love their like like a peer loves a peer. You see their flaws and want them to be the best they can be. Be like that, even when it's uncomfortable and difficult.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've been saying that for years. Now I have about 250 albums drm-free on Bandcamp. A good chunk of that money went to the people making the music, too.

I know there are people out there paying a subscription to Spotify who listen to the same dozen albums over and over, too.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 43 points 3 weeks ago

We know. The problem is a lot of idiots want trump as a dictator.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 69 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

The problem is capitalism. Specifically, the consolidation of power in a small number of decision makers.

Break up the big companies. Stop letting them do mergers and acquisitions. You don't even have to do something radical like dismantling capitalism entirely.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 5 points 3 weeks ago

How did this get normalized?

The average user doesn't know or understand technical details, and don't believe they have any power to change anything

Also capitalism means a small number of assholes make most of the decisions for reasons that benefit them

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand why you'd want an AI browser to begin with. Most web tasks aren't hard.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 16 points 1 month ago

You're not going to find a rational, well reasoned, explanation. It's just emotions. Fear, pride, shame. Most people are too cowardly to do any difficult introspection, and an older person who's probably never practiced it is a unlikely to start now.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

I really would like less news coverage of trump supporters. Their opinions are bad. I'd like the news media to focus on humanizing everyone else.

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