The best part is how in the end-stages of capitalism, everything keeps getting worse for consumers. While prices go up, even. It’s awesome. /s

But William wanted more. He tried working at the Opel automobile factory. Then as a car salesman. Nothing satisfied him. He kept pestering his uncle for a better position, a higher title, more money.

Adolf was furious. “I didn’t become Chancellor for the benefit of my family,” he reportedly said. “No one is going to climb on my back.”

William, desperate and resentful, made a catastrophic decision: he tried to blackmail Adolf Hitler.

He threatened to tell newspapers that Adolf’s paternal grandfather was allegedly a Jewish merchant named Leopold Frankenberger—a rumor that would destroy Hitler’s credibility with his antisemitic base.

So, not someone automatically deserving of praise. Maybe he stopped being a devious, greedy blackmailer later in life, but this certainly isn’t flattering and we don’t know anything about the type of person he was behind closed doors after he served.

That’s a clever way of bringing it back to the Jews. Good job. Pro move. It’s always antisemitism, even when you didn’t think they could find a way.

If they just made up a bunch of accusations with paltry evidence to prove it, the scandal would make headlines. “iPhone maker found to be full of shit in court!” is clickworthy gold. I don’t think your stance is very strong. Every entity tries to spin things in their favor, but you make it sound like they’d bring an empty case and they very much would not. No one starts a lawsuit they don’t think they can win unless they’re someone with no credibility and endless money like Elon Musk (see lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI) or oil companies going after environmental lawyers.

Lemme help you spice things up: Wait until you’re passing by a guy who’s super clean cut and wearing business attire. As you go by, yell: “Get a haircut, hippy!” It’s funny every time.

I hate to tell you this, but the mullets were very real. It was a dark time and we’re all glad it’s in the past.

I ripped 298 Blu-Rays and a smaller number of DVDs with MakeMKV. Twice because I lost the whole collection due to my own bs the first time (make sure you have excellent backups, folks). I would not go through the process a third time, but that has nothing to do with the software.

I frequently add links to a book that I oft recommend, a torrent exposing USA fascists, and a podcast about the housing crisis. It wouldn’t kill me to do two more, but there’s only so much time I’m willing to spend.

Let’s see, that’s like four or five articles with basically the same observation this week? That I’ve seen or read about. There are probably others. The clock is ticking.

For a good ongoing rundown of what a shit hype bubble the industry is in, see the newsletter and podcast of Ed Zitron.

People keep replying to recommendations for Zitron’s work asking for links or thanking people who post them. Can people not search “Ed Zitron newsletter,” or “Ed Zitron podcast”? I’m kinda surprised how much this happens (I promote his work on every story about AI going to shit because he does a great job of breaking it all down).

Someone needs a furry tummy rub.

This is the cutest pic so far today. So good that I had to send it to my partner. What a cutie.

Yes. It’s one of the checkmarks in the don’t-have-kids column.

Black people loved slavery. There. I cut out all the euphemisms and just got us to the end goal to save us some time.

Yes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.

Yes, if they’re lying to perpetuate fraud.

I’m skeptical. If these people truly are of a tribe attempting to reclaim stolen land, I support them. But the cynic in me wonders if they’re cosplaying and looking for a con.

https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/conservative@lemmy.world

No, really. Click through.

I want some drugs!

Also, old records (from early in the CD era) had nowhere near the fidelity of modern records. I played a modern record for my father once and he was astounded how far they’ve come.

Digital fidelity (sample rate) grows more granular in higher frequencies because that’s easier for us to distinguish. (See the Fletcher-Munson Curve from Bell Labs: on a bell curve, we hear best at the frequency of a baby crying.) Think of stair steps that get closer and more numerous over time. That’s a representation of the resolution of the sound across frequencies from low to high. I may be explaining it poorly because I moved away from audio engineering toward a different career a long time ago.

Analog has all the information that’s missing in between the larger, wider steps. It’s not a placebo (didn’t say you called it that). It’s how digital audio works.

My instance isn’t allowing me to upload images for some reason. It had extended downtime the other day, so maybe that’s related. Anyway, here’s a link to a page with a chart that illustrates what I’m attempting to describe.