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I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts or listening just to audio of YouTube videos.

Most of what I listen to is fully scripted and edited, often with just one person talking. A small amount of what I listen to have two people with unscripted conversations that are edited to keep the episode on topic.

I've tried listening to fully unedited live conversation podcasts with anywhere from 2 to 4 people talking, and every one of them has driven me absolutely crazy. I usually pick episodes based on the topic in the title, to always find that either nobody in the podcasts knows/cares about the topic, or only one person knows about it. It results in conversations turning into mindnumbing rambling about nothing or one person explaining a topic to another person who is uninterested or just stupid.

If there is a podcast with multiple hosts that actually share an interest in a topic and keep it reasonably on topic I would really like to try it out.

We all make jokes that don't land, but sometimes we make jokes that should've been funny if anyone understood it.

Maybe it was too subtle, or too nuanced like a joke based off work-jargon.

Whatever it was, what joke did you say that should've had people in stitches but... didn't land?

Now is your time!

The setting is earth some year wayyyy in the future.

Because of runaway global warming caused by green house gas emissions planet earth became essentially uninhabitable; a giant ball of hot gas clouds. Everybody died.

Some alien race comes exploring for resources or whatever, but when they get here they find the planet is actually inhabited by the ghosts of all the angry souls that tried to warn people about our impending doom, along with some weirdly evolved flora and fauna maybe idk.

Obviously I haven't fleshed out all the details, but it sounded like the seed of a cool idea so I wanted to share it and see what people thought before I forget I ever had it.

Have any plans or nah? what do you have planed or would like to do for x-mas? please share if possible.

Searching for my people, I guess.

My partner hates it when I say that Die Hard is my favourite X-mas movie. Or, that I only want socks, underwear, and egg nog. She's lactose intolerant. Maybe I'm just X-mas intolerant.

Anyway, have at ye scallywags! Vent your frustrations! Build me an anti-X-mas list! I'm already celebrating New Year's over here.

I am seriously starting to question if YT have started selling packages where you can buy subscribers to your channel...

A few weeks ago I noted that I had been subscribed to three smaller channels of generic corporate slop videos, I unsubscribed naturally.

Today I was watching a video on my phone I suddenly noticed that as I was closing the video a pop up saying that I had subscribed to the channel, I was very confused as I was already subscribed to the channel I was watching, Hidden In Sweden (btw, the last video was very interesting), and I checked my subscriptions...

I had been subscribed to a random holiday home rental company in Spain's channel....

Are there ads that immediately subscribe you to a channel? What is going on?

Every industry is full of non-technical hills that people plant their flag on. What is yours?

(The other post was technical hills. I changed the question to non-technical.)

I am genuinely trying to get better at art. I'm not there yet (likely never will be), the lying machine is still better than me.

The context:

This is my sketch.

And this is what the ai output.

I like to think I poured my heart and soul into it. I know there are people who will tell me that I'm terrible for using ai at all. I'm also sorry if this is the wrong community to ask this question (ask reddit would delete my post instantly if I tried to post there).

Again, is this slop? I am not an artist. I drive a forklift real good, that's my skillset. So if I were to use the ai upscaled version for my book, well, I'm asking for opinions.

I don't just mean a wrench, unless thats it for you. I mean any tool you regularly use for work that you consider your most important. If you're a software person name whatever digital tool you guys use. Whatever the career everyone uses tools I dont care if they are digital, verbal, physical or psychological. For me its honestly probably a flashlight, before I use any tools I'm always investigating with my flashlight or using a laser to trace lines.

I like to prepare for everything. With the US house of reps passing the block med care for trans kids and RFK remored to announce it completely blocked, what are my options?

Off the top of my head 1) get meds in Canada or Mexico or 2) move out of the USA

Is there anything else?

Every industry is full of technical hills that people plant their flag on. What is yours?

By "Asian Countries", I'm specifically referring to East Asia and Southeast Asia... you know, the countries affected by british imperialism and the drug problem the brits caused in the past.

Edit: This question should not be misconstrued as me promoting such policies, I'm just curious about different perspectives.

I know that my parents would probably support such policies, so I'm wondering what westerners think...

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/33438194

I'm on crutches. Was planning to take a baked brie but don't feel like standing in the kitchen to make it. Someone will already do chicken nuggets. Have any ideas for a hot appetizer or something people will like i can pick up on the way?

Please try to provide some information and why you choose it.

I'll start:

• uni campus news
• archlinux news
• still drinking blog
• free game finders on steam

Just did an A.I. workshop today on how to improve my resume, cover-letter, and job search.

In general I don't use AI for much of anything, so while most of the info was pretty basic and kinda, well, useless, I did actually learn a few new things today.

You?

(No, I'm not a bot. If I was I wouldn't need to look for a job, I'd just take yours. ;P )

It's funny, I went to college and got my degree in mechanical engineering. I'm glad I went and it's definitely made my career easier. However, as a power plant operator, in my state a degree isn't needed, just licensing.

I like scrambled eggs to omelette. Less fried surface I guess.

Edit: shoulda said "same ingredients only" but I suppose this was clear enough.

For context, I (23M) live in the United States. In Ohio. A bit concerned about privacy because of the whole Nazi problem and the fact that I live in an abusive household.

I've been working on myself a lot recently and realized that I can't do this alone anymore (or rely on Internet strangers to talk about my issues). I feel like I finally have the strength to ask for help in the real world. I've just never done this before. What's it like? Is it warm and fuzzy, or cold and analytical? (Does it feel like someone is providing care and comfort, or is it more like an emotionally detached scientist meticulously studying you and scribbling down notes while mumbling "Hmm, I see, I see" while you yap at them?) Do you start to see results right away, or are things slow at first? How much stuff is recorded in a database that other systems can look up?