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Democrats introduce bill to eliminate student loan interest for current borrowers in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Yeah but nuking the filibuster, if that's what you're referring to, would actually be a horrible idea.

If Democrats are a majority, then they will pass anything unopposed, which would be great. Means progress and getting shit done.

But if we end up with Republican majority, we're going to be in a world of shit, very fast because they'd get the same benefits.

Voting matters. Vote trash out.

What do you specialize in pirating? in c/[email protected]

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What do you specialize in pirating? (lemmy.world)

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What is your primary media that you pirate?

Mine has always been music. I don't really download a lot of it as much anymore. But I am registered to a dirt cheap MP3 site where I pay $1.22 for an entire album and then download it.

Games, I used to have pirated but I've got so damn many that it defeats the purpose. I've downloaded hundreds of ROMs of old games and gotten some DRM-free stuff from DDL. I'm set for life on games.

Movies, I don't pirate. I've built a steady collection just by thrifting alone for dirt cheap movies, not even burned copies.

Books, I mean if I really had the ambition to, I'd pirate. But I honestly prefer having the books in my hand and I can get them for cheap.

Shows, same as movies. I thrift a lot and that neutralizes the need for me to pirate.

Software, yeah I still occasionally will pirate if there's a program I'm not going to sink some $$$ digits for or some poor sap out there wanting to charge $70 for a "lifetime license" for a software of a tool I'd need desperately for something I want done and I'm not gonna wait a lifetime for to finally afford without buyer's remorse.

So, music and software is all I'm after because I love music above all other media.

Google is ruining the entire web in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I think the moment for me was when they had Mark Zuckerberg himself, testify to Congress.

They didn't "grill him" as media would've liked to have you believe. The guy danced around all of Congress because they themselves didn't know a damn thing about what he was saying. Of course he wasn't penalized and got off scot-free.

Just like every other tech company. The FTC, has no teeth. The FCC, has no teeth. Congress, has no brain.

Google is ruining the entire web in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

The US will welcome it with open arms. Because of course, America.

Google Fiber: Summer is “Just Speeding Up,” NC Gets 5 Gbps in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm content with 100MBPS myself. It's fast enough to load sites nigh instantaneously. I don't have a lot of hiccups. It downloads things reasonably well.

I would rather be on 100MBPS than the times where, I wasn't. Like I remember dial-up, 33kbps. I remember shitty ass DSL 768kbps. I remember local "broadband" of 1 ~ 5MB.

If I got anything less than 100MBPS, then I'd be discontented. The only way I'd be even more content is probably being on your level or 250MBPS at least. Why would I need gigabit connectivity? It sounds like something I'd need, if I was like a business or having multiple people around. I'm only one person though.

What would you considered "Ethical Piracy" in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

It is not okay to pirate just to resell to others. It is a huge red flag.

I pirate to save money and if industries are going to play hardball on making everything available.

Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech. in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Just because one outside source merges with another, doesn't mean you're a founder of the source that you've absorbed to. That'd be like saying Microsoft and Apple merged, so Steve Jobs is a founder of Microsoft. It doesn't work like that. He'd still be considered a founder of Apple.

It's the gold rush over? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

That would be an honest shame. All of this fuss of moving over and for what? Just for that rush of a breeze of not being on Reddit? I wondered how many treated it as that, took a break from Reddit before hopping back onto Reddit expecting things to magically improve during the time they were gone for.

It's still a shitty place, people.

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Are you about tired of people complaining about the 'world ending'? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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