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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • There probably is such a conspiracy theory, or many based on the same theme. Occam’s razor applies though - it’s far simpler to just assume that Putin is a self-aggrandizing dictator who dreams of conquest (what do you get for a girl who already has everything?). After all, if it looks like a selfish asshole, and it swims like a selfish asshole, and it quacks like a selfish asshole, then it probably is.

    Of course, there are many groups within the military-industrial complex who are happy to take advantage of his behavior.






  • It can recognize tracks based on a profile of the audio content in the file, so even if they’re not labeled properly it can (usually) identify them. The biggest problem I’ve had with using it is that many artists have re-released or rerecorded songs, or released the same album in different years in different countries but maybe with one track missing or with the tracks in a different order, and sometimes Picard will pick an album release that you know is incorrect. It will reorganize the files, and there are lots of options for controlling how it does that (e.g. file renaming and tagging, output to the same folder or a different one, automation of bulk processing). But you may have to guide it a little, especially if you have many albums from the same artist because then you’ll have overlaps.

    I’ve found the best approach to handling this is to work on one folder/album at a time and make sure it picks the correct release year for metadata reference.








  • Even if the military targets killed by these devices are not considered war crimes, there were several civilians killed and those deaths should be considered war crimes.

    The problem with using a weapon like this is that you can’t possibly know who is nearby at the detonation time. To me this seems similar to butterfly mines which have been internationally banned for 2 major reasons:

    • they can end up outside the military operation area - they’re light enough that they can be blown off-course while falling, and will float downstream if they land in water
    • children pick them up because they look like plastic toys

    It seems like the same logic should apply - this weapon is not discriminating enough and is therefore not a legitimate military option.