I’ve never smoked one inside, other than in a cigar shop smoking lounge. I would never do that to my house lol.

Good.

Yep. Cigarettes smell and taste terrible, but I love the smell of pipe tobacco and cigars. I enjoy smoking a cigar a few times a year. Though, the smoke only smells good in the moment. Once it permeates clothing, it reeks just as bad as cigarette smoke the next day.

My great grandmother got married at 14 and had my grandmother at 15.

I think many comments have already nailed it.

I would add that while I hate the use of LLMs to completely generate artwork, I don’t have a problem with AI enhanced editing tools. For example, AI powered noise reduction for high ISO photography is very useful. It’s not creating the content. Just helping fix a problem. Same with AI enhanced retouching to an extent. If the tech can improve and simplify the process of removing an errant power line, dust spec, or pimple in a photograph, then it’s great. These use cases help streamline otherwise tedious bullshit work that photographers usually don’t want to do.

I also think it’s great hearing about the tech is improving scientific endeavors. Helping to spot cancers etc. As long as it is done ethically, these are great uses for it.

I want a FOSS version of the original core use of Facebook. A place to keep up with IRL friends and aquaintences. Share photos and updates with everyone you know. Organize and send out event invites. Facebook groups.

Sure you can do that the old fashion way. But the convenience of those features is the only reason I still use Facebook. I assume its what keeps most of FB userbase around.

It’s pretty normal. I took 6 years. I was having a good time.

r/vintagecameras

I created !camera_collecting@lemm.ee as a replacement. So far it’s just me posting.

Its only a sin if you feel empathy for the other gods.

I had no interest in this movie either way, but now I want to see if its even remotely as bad as people are claiming it is.

The USA is supposed to be a “free country.” Everyone within its borders should have the right to criticize the country, or anything at all, and not face repercussions from the government.

That doesn’t mean they won’t face repercussions from everyone else in the country, who also have the right to criticize them.

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divers? was that supposed to say “divots?” Are there actually documented cases of someones skull deforming from wearing headphones enough? I have never heard of such a thing.

The new Stanley cup collector craze absolutely. It’s bonkers.

That said Stanley makes high quality stuff at far more reasonable prices than Yeti. I have a Stanley coffee thermos I have used every day for almost a decade. It was like $30.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with having strong brand preferences based on reputation and personal experience. The issue is when people become fanboys.

The worst one IMHO is YETI coolers. Sure their stuff is well made but the prices are obscene, and there are loads of absolute tools who will buy everything they make and make a cooler brand their whole identity. $40 for a 5 gallon bucket? Come on.

Nah it’s usually a RAM Cummins turbo diesel with an “I’d rather be cummin than stroking” sticker across the back window.

At this point there is a pretty solid list of reasons to avoid Brave and use another FOSS privacy focused option.

Personally, everything I’ve read about Brave makes me trust them even less than Microsoft, and Google.

Thats fair. I haven’t really noticed any of those issues. For my use case of just organizing and streaming my desktop’s media library to my TV, its fantastic.

The most infuriating thing about Plex for me was when they shifted to force you to start with their BS streaming service at open. I only used Plex for my personal media collection. So having to jump through a bunch of menus to get to the only thing I want to use in their app was the biggest reason to switch for me. Maybe there is a way to fix that, but I could never find one.

Jellyfin just does your personal media library and opens right up into it when the app starts. Its simpler, faster, and FOSS.

Jellyfin is so much better anyway. I used plex for years and it has steadily enshitified.