European legal systems are largely built around the idea that courts are apolitical, and that judges make their decisions neutrally based on the word of the law and the facts of the case.

This is of course impossible, but some people—especially judges themselves—are afraid that the system would collapse if the public learned how political the work of courts really is. So when France started publishing all the judgments of their courts to the public, they also forbade the public from studying individual judges.

It’s pretty funky.

Of course, studying the performance of individual judges is criminalized in France, so we have very limited ability to know about their individual performance. :)

It’s a huge lie that judges are neutral, but some argue it’s a necessary lie.

I think it is fair to say that Pet Sounds is one of the greatest cultural achievements of mankind throughout history. What a man.

Sure, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that under this model, small artists with little money seem to have a strong incentive not to put their music up for sale, which will cost both them and Bandcamp potential profits.

Maybe they could offer fans to sponsor a membership for artists if they want to unlock premium features.

Fair enough. But musicians are not really “any type of venture”.

Bandwagon is already taking on a risk by hosting music for free for listening. If they could find ways in which both them and the artists could profit from music published on the platform that lacks the commercial potential to justify a €10 subscription, this would be a win/win. Considering that it seems they are already hosting the music for free.

I think that would be most people these days.

Notepad++, fucking what hahaha.

And yeah, it really does not take much research online to learn about gsconnect.

I don’t understand the hardware support part, but I also don’t understand “peripheral software that runs with many keyboards and mice”. If I had to install software to use my keyboard I would riot. Maybe I’m just too primitive.

A rule of thumb for weirdness in age difference is age/2+7, leaving you at 51/2+7=32,5. So going by that, 30 is a bit on the young side, which is obvious also from the fact that you felt the need to create this thread.

If one person would be in a position to judge you for it (or rightfully feel weird about it) it’s your daughter. It’s safe to say she seems cool with it, so whatever.

It’s been a ‘slow’ recovery process for the TV star

How dare they.

on many communities and instances

Bingo!

We have no ambition of being more lenient than Reddit, it’s just less centralized. If people want to be bigots they can find themselves an instance and a community for that, and other people can choose not to be exposed to their bullshit. That’s the whole point.

Also, the UKSC judgment is a pseudo-scientific piece of junk. Agreeing with it is a big-ass red flag.

What is it like?

For me, it’s my favourite thing in the world. I feel more at home when I’m in the middle of the mountains not having seen people for days than when I’m in any building I’ve ever lived in. We evolved for these conditions, and at least for some of us it resonates with our souls - much like the ocean calls to others.

The experience of hiking is a bit like running, just dragged out over days. In the beginning you have energy. At some point you get tired, and you might want to stop for a while and you’re worried if you’re going to make it. And then you push through, and suddenly your body is in walking mode. So don’t get too worried if you start feeling tired early in the hike.

As for the tent, the experience varies a lot. Is it raining? Are there lots of mosquitoes or midges? Is it cold? Are you walking until sunset, or do you have time at the camp site? What is the terrain you put your tent on?

You generally don’t have the answer to those questions. I have had a wide variety of experiences in tents - crazy tent pole-breaking winds, thunderstorms beyond anything I believed was possible, floods, cows trying to graze underneath the tent in the middle of the night. Most of the time though the biggest event is waking up to the view, or going out to take a leak at night and enjoying the night sky.

The important thing is to always be flexible and open to improvise. When you’re in up there you’re at the mercy of the mountain, and you adjust your plans accordingly. Many mountain folks believe that the mountain has a will of its own that needs to be respected, and I don’t hink it’s too far from reality. Following from that is that the experience is never completely predictable, which is part of what makes its appeal infinite.

Enjoy!

Also looking at the projects he has created, saying that he has not delivered anything seems a bit… Imprecise.

Every project I know of on the Fediverse is a work in progress, and it’s always a question of prioritization. But Dansup has created, and continues to create, some amazing stuff. Even if he sometimes gets a bit ahead of himself in advertising stuff.

It, uhm, predicts tokens?

If calling it a word predictor is oversimplifying, I mean.

How do you do, fellow humans 🤖🛹

The story of how Zappa and the Mothers got a contract is amazing. Basically a label guy walked into a gig as they played Trouble Every Day, their only song ever with conventional commercial potential, and signed them on the spot.

Once they got to the studio and started playing some tremendously weird stuff it was too late to stop them.

The Android keyboard always worked well for me, but I don’t trust them one bit. So I changed my phone keyboard into something that is worse at guessing what I’m trying to say, but I’m somewhat confident I am not being surveilled through it.

I started using it a month or two ago, and ever since I have started making a billion typos when writing on mobile.

Also, I guess the demography of the communities you’re in matters. I think quite a few of us over here are not native speakers. Sometimes I’ll also write with my keyboard set to the wrong language by accident, “leasing to all mines” of freaky autocorrects.

Especially if they don’t take themselves oversly seriously.

Be your goofy self, if people are turned off by that you would never be happy with them anyway.

Edit: That said, this logic only applies if you do it for yourselves because it’s fun. If it’s something you do as a dating strategy it is, indeed, doomed.

Oh damn, you’re right!

But sometimes on the fediverse there’s a “copy link to post/comment on original instance”, which I sometimes find to be useful. But this is already pretty great!

That’s true - it would be useful to have a “copy direct link” option in the menu bar for each comment. @rimu@piefed.social

I just put together my first feed today, collecting more than 60 US protest communities into one feed: https://piefed.social/f/50501

In the drop-down menus on top I can choose between either the communities I’m subscribed to, or the feeds I subscribe to. I can subscribe to public feeds compiled by other users, including users on other PieFed instances. I can also make a private feed if I don’t feel like sharing it.

It’s pretty great. Would absolutely recommend.

There are two main instances:
https://piefed.social/ and https://feddit.online/
There’s no mobile app/APK support at the moment, but it’s coming soon.