Correlation != Causation
As others have pointed out we have better lives today because of scientific and technological progress not because of capitalism.
Correlation != Causation
As others have pointed out we have better lives today because of scientific and technological progress not because of capitalism.
-WhatsApp is now exclusive to the Meta iOS App Store.-
That many real life users.
Because it is. Just recently some VPN provider I already forgot the name of cancelled all lifetime subscriptions. There were multiple posts on Lemmy about it.
A shitty narrator can get me to hate a book I like.
And that is where I see potential for AI. There are quite a few books which I’d love to listen to but they are all narrated by a guy whose narration I can’t stand. AI would open the possibility to choose a voice and I might actually get to enjoy those books. It’s Amazon though so the ethical implications and quality concerns are something I’m worried about.
Ants… some people would rob their mother for the Ants
Just waiting for the definitive edition to release 🤞
the human population is very much reliant on animal sources to sustain itself
Do you have a source for that? What % of the global meat consumption is actually necessary and what is just for pleasure? And don’t get me started on food waste…
what is required to continue existing as a species
Do you mean scale up as a species? We’ve existed for how many thousands of years in a sustainable way?
the distinctive categories of pets and livestock are an unfortunate requirement of our current situation
A requirement for what? You said we need animals to sustain ourselves. What do we need the distinction of pets for?
People who treat ~~pets~~ animals as property are not good people.
FTFY
I’m not a militant vegan, I do make occasional exemptions for ethically sourced animal products. But the distinction between pets and other animals is just hypocritical.
You know what would help? Steam releasing a console. Valve, please just do what you did with the Steam Deck and put it in a box, offer 2-3 variations of specs and refresh them every 3-5 years.
Had this experience with Dead Cells. Regretted it and haven’t touched games until they reached 1.0 since then.