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Armand1

@ Armand1 @lemmy.world

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  • This is getting laughably ridiculous

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  • Yeah unfortunately one vote every 4 or 5 years is not enough granularity to weigh in on specific issues. Also, politicians lie about what they will do all the time.

    Showing that a large amount of people are against an action, whether by petition or protest, is one of the tools we do have.

    This particular piece of legislation has been in the works for two administrations of two different parties. We're kind of sick of both of them so I think many people will likely vote for a 3rd party the next time around. Possibly the more progressive splinter group of our 'left" party.

  • This is getting laughably ridiculous

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  • Doesn't stop us from continuing to push. Since they responded we got 300 000 more signatures.

  • I'm a proud catholic and I can name all of them

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  • Nah don't worry I've got a decent VPN and that's fine with me.

  • This is getting laughably ridiculous

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  • Bernie Sanders accuses Harris of being 'influenced' by billionaires in 2024 race

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  • She was. You just have to look at their shift in stance on crypto after that industry made huge donations.

  • I'm a proud catholic and I can name all of them

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  • I've been cucked 😭. How dare my government take away access to my cat pictures.

  • Unionized Workers At Arkane, A Microsoft-Owned Studio, Demand That Microsoft Divest From Israel’s ‘Sinister Project For Gaza’ - Aftermath

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  • Well, I know what studio they are closing next.

  • Removed

    Mandatory age verification online in the EU - Amendment 186

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  • Reading the attached article, this seems to be a directive, rather than a law. We don't know what shape the law will take, or whether it will actually be implemented... No?

    Please correct me if I'm wrong. Not too familiar with this stuff.

    There's still time to push back, I would guess.

  • Spotify to raise prices in September

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  • I'm paying £20/m for a lossless family plan from Deezer... That's how they get you 😭. Now I'd have to apologize to my family members if I took away their subscription. Used to be around £17 when I started a few years back.

    I do not recommend getting a family plan.

  • Lead

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  • ...and microplastics in mine

  • My latest hyperfixation

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  • That's more or less what I'm saying yes, I do like the original film grain look of movies, and often attempts to remove it removed detail, making things look smudgy.

    As for if no codec is designed for this, Blu-Rays preserve film grain, often very well, and they use x265. Granted they do this partially by brute force by having a bit rate of 30mbps+, but I've found that you can quite easily reduce that but rate to 12mbps and still preserve most film grain reasonably well. Especially if you use h265, the CPU version (NVENC is nowhere near as good with grain).

    By comparison, with my brief stint with AV1 I found even maxing out the settings did not seem to preserve film grain. I guess the codec is inherently heavy handed, which is fine for what it's intended for.

    On film grain movies x264 can work, but then you typically need 20-50% more space for the same quality.

  • My latest hyperfixation

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  • I tried AV1, but it seems to work really poorly for compressing film grain which is my main usecase (movies).

    I realise you can add fake film grain, but that's not really my thing.

    I'm sure it's great for video game footage or low grain modern video, but that's not what I need it for.

    For now, I'll likely stick with x265.

  • US politicians lobby Trump to penalise Ireland if it passes Occupied Territories Bill

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  • Imagine having anti-boycott laws.

    If a person, company or country does not want to deal with another company or country, it should not have to. If you don't want to be boycotted, you shouldn't have done actions that would warrant boycotting. This takes away a valuable tool for forcing entries from taking accountability.

    The US does the same thing themselves, albeit by different means, when it tries to punish other countries with tariffs.

    And what about the restrictions of Gaza from being able to get food from literally anyone? Something that escalates the effects of boycott / sanctions to a literal blockade. An act of literal genocide? Does that not count more as a unilateral and obvious threat than poor Israel, unable to buy as many weapons as they used to?

  • Ah heck

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  • Better than 100% at least, I guess.

  • Ah heck

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  • Been there too. The advantage of writing the document though is that it means you can point people to it at least.

  • Ah heck

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  • The next stage in personal growth is to help others grow more competent and learn to delegate. That means you can then focus on the stuff only you can do.

    At least that's what I'm learning.

  • Abolishing the First Amendment for Israel - Chris Hedges

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  • It really is preposterous.

    Man-children unable to argue, instead just yelling and throwing a tantrum. Anything to keep their business interests and racism alive. The cognitive dissonance truly is raging here.

  • Congress Just Deleted Habeas Corpus From The Constitution On Its Website

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  • This isn't Uno. You can't just ignore parts of the rules you don't like.

    The article states they tried to say it was a "coding error" when people reported it, reverting the change. Curious how this site has been up for many years and there has never been a coding error that mysteriously targets specific laws that Trump dislikes.

  • i am really worried about what's going on in eu

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  • Not any more 😭