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I remember once reading a Frank Miller rant in one of the Sin City comics, where he was describing boomers as being overly liberal, like "social justice warriors", referencing what boomers represented in American universities. I was reading it some 20 years after the comic was released, and it was quite funny because by then boomers were associated with being overly conservative and greedy real estate hoarders and short-term-profit CEOs, with complete disregard for everything else (not that this was anything new, it just felt like they had doubled down on the worst features of the previous generation).

I always viewed Gen X as a mix of cynicism and geek culture, and in those battles that arose online, mainly between Boomers and Millennials, Gen X was the "chill" gen. However, now that the majority of CEOs are Gen X, we are seeing an unprecedented mass surveillance and data-collection economy, like fucking Gen Xers want complete control over everyone. And yeah, I think Gen X is going to be remembered for that, just as Boomers are being remembered as completely out-of-touch greedy conservatives with consolidate wealth instead of for the cultural changes they led in the 60s and 70s.

It seems that in early Web 2.0, Millennials were associated with "social justice warriors". Inclusivity and visibility seemed like very Millennial concerns, but when I see places like 4chan and 9gag, I realize it's not kids there, it's a bunch o resented people in their 30s and 40s, the Culture War is a very Millennial thing, it was industrialized, became a performance, and when in power, that generation will probably be remembered for hate.

It seems like we are not remembered for when our generation was the opposition, but for what it did when it became the establishment. What do you think?

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The changes that increased the disassociation between wages and productivity came before Boomers had any control, they just managed to enjoy an economy before speculative markets became completely unrealistic and out of hand. If voting could do anything (talking about how Gen X is outnumbered by Boomers and Millennials), I guess Millennials would have already voted that companies can't own housing and for progressive property taxation to stop the hoarding and make houses affordable again. Older Gen X was the last generation able to acquire property before current absurd markets. Millennials are the last generation to have a glimpse of what is "owning" stuff, although only superfluous things, so I don't think Gen Z and α will have this attrition with Millennials - the Millennials equivalent of "Ok Boomer" will probably be about complaining about black and transgender characters on TV shows and not condescending outdated unrealistic speeches about wages and expenses.
However, Gen Z is coming to adulthood in a world where you own shit, everything is a subscription model you have to pay forever, and this economic model, even if you can root it before Gen X, is being developed, pushed, and becoming the standard by Gen X... so in this post I'm seeing a lot of Gen X people quite mad at this suggestion, but I'm sure Boomers that heavily identify themselves with the cultural zeitgeist of their generation are also quite mad at what "Boomers" represent in today's politics... why do you think it won't happen to you? "Ok Xer".

Hello,

I hope my question suits this community.

I've been working the past 72 hours reverse engineering an undocumented BLE mesh lamp. The process involved decompiling an apk, capturing bluetooth packets, checking how other people reverse engineered, checking and reading lots of related repositories, but finally (I'm so happy) it's working!

In simple terms: I can now fully control my ceiling lamp (color, brightness, on/off, white color temperature) with a Python script.

I was thinking about wrapping FastAPI around it to expose API endpoints and run it on my Raspberry Pi Zero and then use my laptop to turn on / off or change the color when something happens.

But which event or what should happen to turn the light on/off?

EDIT: If you own this lamp and you're actively searching for code repositories on Github regarding this lamp, you will find it. I just don't want to post a public link here.

Personally I think the US government wastes enough on nonsense so I'm not really bothered. Plus if you look at most wealthy people in the USA they got that way through scamming and crime. I wish I knew how to get money like that.

Karen Carpenter for me

Hi, I'm looking for a country whose people or government mainly support my values. I'm looking for a country that:

• supports wildlife protection

• supports eco-friendly things and solar/wind energy

• supports freedom of expression and does NOT criminalize queer people, be it trans, gay, bi, pan, intersex, asexual, etc.

• peaceful, low crime

• community-oriented

• equal and just

• very friendly towards animals, filled with animal sanctuaries and no-kill shelters

• free education and/or healthcare (preferably education and healthcare are free/government-funded)

• high taxes are therefore fine to me

• compassion-oriented

• affordable food with low unhoused rates and high employment rates

In the languages of my ancestors, for example, if someone was 14 years old, they would be "14 år gammal" in Swedish (14 years old) and "14 Jahre alt" in German (14 years old), but in Italian, they would say "ho 14 anni" (I have 14 years).

I want to financially support FOSS projects starting in 2026, and would love to get some inspiration!

I have an audio disc that I want to produce a one to one ISO of (it has some marks).

When I try to use "ddrescue" to copy it, I get the following error message. ddrescue: /dev/sr0: Unaligned read error. Is sector size correct?.

What am I doing wrong? I would assume "ddrescue" would automatically figure out the sector size.

To note, I want to use "ddrescue" because "abcde" keeps hitting read errors on the disk.

Edit:

Seems that "ddrescue" does not support audio discs (https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/558628).

And "abcde" already uses "cdda paranoia".

In limbo, warm, languorous

I'm aware of the issues with imported products vs locally produced products and Chinas politics in general.

However, let's assume there would be a good reason to buy a Chinese product. How can you distinguish between all those almost identical looking unspeakable brands on Amazon from "proper" Chinese brands with a good reputation and track record in China?

What are the Chinese "equivalents" to European and US brands e.g. in household appliances, tools, IT, food etc?

Hi, so I was thinking about moving to Germany or Russia, but I have a question: which one is more open-minded?

If I participate in the exchange program, I will inevitably be in Germany, but as for Germany or Russia (or maybe Latvia or Kyrgyzstan)...

Which of these four countries is the safest?

Basically title. Normally we put something "normal" like cocktail shrimp but what's everyone else doing?

Hello fediverse! I’m looking to find out how I can see more locally made products so I can avoid purchasing big corp in the states. I’ve found offer up 5e app, but I’m curious if there is better local marketplace applications similar to Etsy for a small area? I don’t wanna use big tech marketplace and my experience with Craigslist has been less than ideal. If there nothing that exists then I’d love to hear tips on how to find local items as an introvert.

So, for those who don't know, there are many people in real life who identify as an anime archetype called "yandere". Yanderes are "someone initially sweet and loving who becomes dangerously obsessed and often violent due to intense romantic love, frequently targeting rivals or anyone perceived as a threat to their relationship with their crush". They will go from "deredere", which is basically like very lovestruck, to "yan" which means "mentally sick" basically.

There is a whole subreddit called r/Yanderes on Reddit that I lurk through sometimes and it pops up in my girlfriend's feed sometimes despite her never commenting on it and being banned from it because we are polyamorous.

Often these IRL yanderes will talk about how unfair it is that their crushes say they want a stalker partner and then get mad when they actually get stalked, though I can't see why you would want that in the first place.

They will talk about being controlling, obsessive, and some are even stalkers like mentioned above. I heard someone found a site and shared it with people to stalk their crushes.

More often than not, because their whole theme is being obsessed with one person and that person only, they HATE polyamorous people and open relationships and some of the subs are more hatred of polyamorous people than yandere content.

They view polyamorous people like me as cheaters, ban them from the sub, and talk about how they "hate polyamorous 'people'" and such.

They constantly talk about how they're going to kill/castrate "cheaters" too, which likely includes polyamorous people who they view as cheaters.

What I don't get is that I understand not liking polyamory because it isn't your thing, or only being obsessed with one person so you are monogamous but I don't get hating on a lifestyle that doesn't affect you and caring about it so much.

Furthermore, lack of consent such as in stalking is not "love" or romantic at all.

Or an easy way to make money in general

so after 2 hours of staring into a backlit screen neurogenesis occurs

the second type of neurogenesis happen when like reading AI garble (derealization & psychosis) and doomscrolling (casino effect) and being terminally online in an social media echo chamber

okay. so. does it matter for any sort of brainrot to switch to an e-ink display? i am assuming it stops neurogenesis but idk

I'm learning Russian and I don't know what it is for that, but in German I've seen "xier", "sier", and "dey". I might use "dey/dem".

Hi, so I use any pronouns now but I tend to gravitate towards they/them as I'm nonbinary and faintly bigender. I saw a thread on Reddit asking people what pronouns would be used instead of they/them in Russian but it was full of people calling them weirdos and saying no one has to respect them. Because, you know, it's Reddit. Anyway, anyone familiar with Russian, what pronouns can I use?

Somalia has been embroiled in civil war for years now. The recent recognition of Somaliland by the entity, and the ongoing genocide in Sudan are both supported by the Gulf as well. I'm thinking that this is trying to push Somalia to de jure balkanization with the express goal being the destabilization of the horn. I'd like to hear others' thoughts on this.

-A year ago, I released a demo of a Fnf mod based on the game Onmyoji (I haven't played it, but I like it enough). I've never had any followers on any social media platform despite drawing for years, so I don't have an audience to show my projects to, and I feel like all the work isn't worth it if no one appreciates it. I want to do it for the love of it and finish it for enjoyment and fun, but at the same time, it's discouraging to know that no one is interested, and not even the Fnf community has cared because it's not about something well-known or super elaborate. I don't want pity, but I'm open to advice other than "Just do it because you enjoy it". I feel discouraged.

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/58212892

I think it is possible to embed invisible information into videos and images. This way peopple could track where you got an image from, the source from which you copied it, and people who copy your image to share it again. https://github.com/ShieldMnt/invisible-watermark

Services like youtube or twitter could embed such watermarks into content they serve to specific users without them knowing; Smartphone-cameras could mark images in secret.

I guess blurring, rotating or dithering the image could destroy watermarks. Or maybe just sharing a screenshot of an image instead of the original image. Format conversions may help too.

Keywords: digital-watermarking. tracking.