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  • Yes, that, exactly that.

  • It made sense in 2002 when disk space was expensive. Today I shifted from Vorbis to FLAC.

  • Plex Amp is amazing.

  • MP3 library + Plex + Plex Amp is my choice.

  • Hold on, you can totally hear the difference between 128 and 320 kbps encoded MP3s, even with some generic mobile phone earbuds.

  • The WHO released some concerning numbers.

    I know Lemmists here don't trust anything from WHO but that's all I got.

  • The position that denouncing Israeli crimes is antisemitic has been the official position of Israel for decades,

    At this point, that's just a template answer, not different than the template answers China delivers everytime someone says something about the Uygur genocide, the Hong Kong occupation, or claims over Taiwan.

  • Me too.

    I'm both sad and very angry about the situation, nothing news worthy so far makes me feel so powerless.

  • Older voters are the best voters, so at the end of the day they’ll make sure that stuff stays intact, one way or the other.

    you know? that's actually a valid point.

  • I can agree with you. Thankfully I live in Europe where it's good ethics for politicians thinking about societal issues, but in the "land of the free" that's a luxury most people don't expect. So help yourself.

  • Don't worry, I'm just joking with you.

  • Good for you!

    But you know it's not common in the US to have this right, you live in those 24 States that give you this freedom. I'll tell you more, it's baffling to me that I cannot drink in America (again, in most States, not the whole country, happy now?) if I'm the passenger in a car and you're driving.

  • Was that guy the owner of the wow armory? Because otherwise... how did they get your cookie store inside your browser?

  • Anyone with a purpose, and money.

  • I hate you and how right you are.

  • at some point, noone will fucking care because everyone has their skeletons not in their closet but hanging from the balcony… which isn’t a bad state

    No, it's not a bad state, if that would be true for everyone. In reality, only poor and average people will have a graveyard balcony. The rich people will still hold their secrets.

    Or... everyone, rich and poor, don't hide their skeletons anymore, because people just... don't care anymore. We are over-flooded by information. Doesn't matter if it's useful or not. Actually I'm impressed how Israel's actions were decisive in stopping the Ukraine-Russia war. I have not heard any news about that war on the media for a week, so the war it's over, Russia went home, right?

    If Nixon was the President today, he wouldn't even think of resigning.

  • hey OP, you're so young you don't even know the difference between white pages and yellow pages!

  • I can enter any shop, any shop, buy a beer, go sit on a bench, and just drink it.

  • "traditional pensions" is a misleading lie. The idea of ceasing to work after reaching a certain age, has been around since around the 18th century, quite new stuff considering how long homo sapiens is around.

    And don't get angry at me, I personally think it's a great thing, I'm not an entrepeneur, I'm salaried and I'm hoping to retire eventually, but how the world economics is going, I'm not holding my breath.

    Retirement plans worked great during the wars, lots of fine men never reclaiming their retirement money after years of paying for it because they're all KIA. More money to share with fewer people.

    Then, after the war, we got the baby boom, lots of fresh meat eager to work to support the retirement of the previous workforce, or what remains of that, after all the PTSD and diseases.

    Now? Since you are reading this here on Lemmy, I'm supposing you're tech savy, educated and curious. So you already know population is shrinking around the (first) world. Retirement plans as we know are not sustainable.

    What I suggest, is talk to your bank, your consultant, your insurance. Figure out what kind of products they offer as "private retirement plans" and what's their suggestion. Don't expect the government to do something for you (especially in the US).

    Do it yesterday, if not possible, then as soon as you can. The earlier you start planning your future, the better.

    And if you change your mind, you could always withdraw that money and buy a house, which is something almost impossible until you escape the "living paycheck to paycheck" mentality.