Unless I’m underthinking it, they probably have access to a wide database of genetic profiles (maybe from 23 and me) and were able to determine that the deceased was closely related to people from that region.

After that they check missing person reports from the area, find likely candidates, contact individuals related to missing people who match the profile, do genetic testing, and identify a close relative.

IS THAT A PINEAPPLE NEXT TO THE PIZZA??!!!

Three times a day at least for me.

In my opinion, copyright laws should only apply to the original text, and only for a limited time. If someone wants to make a sequel to the book I just wrote? Go for it, it’s not going to be cannon or from the same author. If they want to publish it in Spanish? No, it’s substantially the same.

Likewise, if I paint a picture of my OC, I should have copywrite over that picture, no one else can sell or print it, but not the characteristics which make up the OC.

It seems at first that this would lead to a horrible Disney stealing intellection property situation, but I don’t think so. Instead, everyone would be doing the reverse. Pop culture would be reabsorped by the masses. Films are,at the end of the day, produced by artist, except now those artist are the essential element, not the ip. A studio is only valuable if they can produce great films, not aquire the best brand. Let’s let the masses take a crack at superman.

Tell me about it! I’m like, “Stop it!” When people are blowing up my phone. I wish I could afford a hotel, but sometimes I just go to the library, rent a headset, and lock myself in the unisex. Pure bliss.

I do feel like this is an exercise in “whataboutism.” The Greek ship was a horrible tragedy brought on by unpleasant geopolitical realities, the submarine was a mystery, with a wacky story, exotic setting, and eclectic cast.

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Hi everyone,

Well, it has been a wild ride. I joined reddit over a decade ago, when it was still much smaller and different from today. I quickly stumbled upon r/theoryofreddit and was fascinated by all the discussion and theories about how communities work. So when after a while mod applications opened up I applied, which was my first experience modding on reddit. My experiences there also prompted me to start experimenting with ways to make moderation easier through various user scripts and CSS hacks. This eventually resulted in a very early version of toolbox, although some earlier experiments never made it to the general public.

In the decade that followed I was involved in various communities and Toolbox developed into a project that used by over 20.000 (twenty thousand) mods all over reddit. But over the past few years reddit has been moving slowly in a direction that I believe is not good for the health of many communities. So even before this whole API debacle properly started I was already burned out and tired with reddit.

What I said in this post holds true even more today. I am just tired with the platform’s now accelerated decline, see also this comment.

So, over the past two weeks I have decided that I am not going to use reddit anymore.

As a mod, I already did quit my last actual subreddit last year (r/history). Yesterday I cleaned up a few of the smaller subreddits I was still involved as well. As a user I went through all my subscriptions and unsubscribed from all of them with the exception of r/modnews and r/modcoord. The last two because I’ll stick around a bit for the meta stuff, certainly to see how things end up. But I think I have invested more than enough time in this platform, probably more than has been healthy at times.

I want to use this post to thank everyone who has been involved with me in a mod team, involved with toolbox and all users of toolbox. “Wait, why is this posted on r/creesch and not r/toolbox?”

Fair question, with a simple answer. This is me saying my goodbyes for now, not strictly a toolbox announcement. While a lot of people see me and toolbox as one and the same thing, many different people contributed over the years and the project itself is not going away. I am also not going nuclear by disabling it as that would make me no better than certain admin actions in the past couple of weeks. As I said here two weeks ago. I will speak my mind, but toolbox itself has since it’s inception be there for all mods to help them out. I am not going to abuse that trust we build over the years by forcing my opinion. “Why not quit reddit entirely, delete your account, be done with it?”

I thought about it. But I am not really the nuclear type. And to be completely honest, over a decade of work and effort is difficult to entirely let go. I really do dislike the direction reddit has chosen to go but I’d like to be able to check in to see if there is a shift in course. And yes, while reddit profits from the information on reddit it also is information regular people might benefit from. If I deleted my account, including scrubbing all comments my voice, over what has happened in the past two weeks (years, honestly) will also no longer be there.

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I’d be pretty worried if I were them. Whisper and meta’s new voice processing software are pretty damn good.

This is why I always have a ubuntu LTS installer on a USB drive for when everything which brings me joy inevitably crumbles around me.

So you’ll get old and have jacked arm muscles?

Recently I took a mandatory active shooter training here in FL. Generally, the training was well put together. The instructors included active police officers. They said, if someone is suspicious (has a big coat, concealing something, etc) to call 911.

They also mentioned that the new constitutional carry law eliminates the need for a special license for concealed carry. Also all the place I work the public are allowed to open carry guns.

So I’m supposed to keep an eye out for suspicious activity, but anyone can walk in with a 1911 stuck in thier pants, or a AR-15 slung over thier shoulder.

Fun.

Yeah, I love mullvad. I don’t use my VPN every month, so the low monthly cost, and the privacy friendly purchase methods, are big pluses.

My biggest issue with this is that it could deincentivize power companies from applying adequate electricity. It also can result in horrible bills. We’ve seen that during rolling blackouts in Texas, some people unexpectedly racked up multi thousand dollar bills just running heaters to stay alive, those who opted for flex pay anyway.

Electricity has become necessary for life in many areas. I just don’t like turning it into a speculative investment strategy.

Wouldn’t it be better to invest in large scale renewalble energy solutions which would necessarily contain surplus energy management in the grid, allowing individuals to contribute energy in the case of a shortage, and then allowing win turbine downtime, or panel maintenance for example, in the cases of surplus?

I have a deep fondness for David Lynch. The relationships he cultivates with staff and talent seems admirable, and more than his surrealism, I appreciate his ability to take mundane, or rote scenes and inject something new. For example, in twin peaks the straight lace fbi main character’s “rally the forces scene” has him revealing he has a literal belief that he is a physic, or the introduction of the police office having the decorative deer head collapse on the table. It’s just little visual and conceptual additions which subvert the viewers expectations and gets you reconsidering the scene. You can tell he’s having fun.

Additionally, I think that kojima studios work on death stranding actually scratches the same itch, though not a film. I love the little emotional beats Norman Reedus’ character takes whenever people insist on shaking his hand (he is phobic of touch), and the more earnest, sudo comedic scenes, like when you meet a character who dies and is revived every 23 minutes in his house without any preparation or context are welcome diversions which capture the magic of the weird while delivering essential exposition.

Defederation might be a good thing, and I don’t think we should assign a taboo to it.

What I believe, is it establishes a direct chain of responsibility. Instance owners are responsible for what thier users say and do on. This incentivises moderation, but unlike other systems, defederated instances don’t cease to exist. In fact, they could thrive, and even mutually contribute to other instances. A new insurance could even preemptively defederate from instances they know won’t gell well, allowing communities to build without facing threats of harassment.

I believe, it gives the opportunity for Lemmy users to create a diverse collection congruent communities. Not everything can, or should, be consolidated into one great house.

I’m too afraid to ask what the rule is.

These are all reasonable feature request! I’ve heard that devs are working on instance banning and migrating communities between instances, but it was second hand.

I sort of think it has… Honestly, I’ve had to practice listening for the bell, myself.