myrmidex

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Last June, fans of Comedy Central – the long-running channel behind beloved programmes such as The Daily Show and South Park – received an unwelcome surprise. Paramount Global, Comedy Central’s parent company, unceremoniously purged the vast repository of video content on the channel’s website, which dated back to the late 1990s.

Every Daily Show episode since Jon Stewart took over as host in 1999? Disappeared. The historic remains of The Colbert Report? Disappeared. Presumably, one hopes, those materials remain archived internally somewhere, but for the general masses, they’re kaput. Instead, the links redirect visitors to Paramount+, a streaming service whose offerings pale in comparison. (The service offers recent seasons of the Daily Show to paying subscribers, but only a fraction of the prior archive.)

Such digital demolitions are becoming routine. For fans and scholars of pop culture, 2024 may go down as the year the internet shrank. Despite the immense archiving capabilities of the internet, we’re living through an age of mass deletion, a moment when entertainment and media corporations see themselves not as custodians of valuable cultural history, once freely available, but as ruthless maximisers of profit. Those of us who believe in the historical value of accessing media from the past are paying the price.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 28 points 4 days ago

Fun fact, during the same trip he also mentioned that doctors assisting abortions are hired killers.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago

no indeed, I don't think it's that specific. I mainly browse the weekly exploration playlist, based on my listens, which either recommends other of my favorite songs that I hadn't listened yet, or unknown songs that usually fit my styles. Enough for me to cut the subscriptions 🥳

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I second this, very nice indeed!

I also use their Picard software to check the downloaded album, then it updates the metadata automatically and places them in the appropriate folder structure.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

Always reminds me of the hilarious Rockbuster:

The Scottish fellas can't get into their emails. KL

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago

It's a very intersting viewpoint, pardon me for exploring further. So future you (or me) is also dead until the brief flash of life where yours and his consciousness finally overlap, before lapsing into nothingness again.

It's very reasonable even, to think everything not experienced this very moment is totally alien to us.

Thanks for stretching my grey matter on this dull day!

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

By that rationale, wouldn't other people then also be dead, as you cannot experience their consciousness?

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Is that true about Graham Linehan? This will soil any future watching of IT Crowd, Black Books, and Father Ted for me.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Distro Chooser is giving you great advice. I love EndeavourOS. First started out on it with KDE, now I'm on sway, everything just works perfectly, so I can definitely recommend it!

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Ex-banker president targets banks... Now that'd be quite an unexpecred headline! Shame it'll never be.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Olauncher - very minimal, no distractions. Shows the app's full name instead of icons, handfull of links on the main page, the rest can be found in the app drawer in a long list of app names.

Edit: just saw the mention here of mlauncher, an open source fork. Making the switch now 🙂

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