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Cake day: February 21st, 2024

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  • The thing is, we either get 2 more years of Biden, or 2 more years of Trump. Besides this one issue I don’t think Biden has been that bad. Trump and more broadly republicans have publicly declared their intent to move the country towards a dictatorship.

    In the election 2 years from now, if Biden is the president, we will have an interesting primary to see who is the next DNC candidate. If Trump is president, I’m not sure the country will be in a state where that’s possible (not to mention that if it doesn’t get that bad, the DNC will likely put Biden on the ballot regardless of what happens this year).







  • This is that “enlightened centrism” false equivalence.

    I honestly can’t believe that in good faith you can compare Biden and Trump as equals.

    One is a president whos platform is making minimal change.

    The other is a president whos platform is to tear down democracy and human rights.

    If you honestly can look at these two and say they are equal than I have to conclude you are at least indifferent to maintaining democracy and human rights.

    I know the “counter argument” is about Biden and Israel/Gaza, but the thing is, that’s not really up for debate because I don’t believe there’s any chance Trump would be better about Gaza.

    There are 2 options:

    • death in Gaza and status quo in the US
    • death in Gaza and loss of human rights and possibly our democracy in the US

  • WolfLink@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlChad VLC
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    4 months ago

    libvlc uses libavcodec

    VLC relays on ffmpeg for a lot of video decoding, as do lots of other media programs. Go look up the legal notice on your TV and there’s a good chance the ffmpeg licensing information is in there.





  • This is how microtransaction driven games typically work.

    You technically never need to pay, but they keep adding more content locked behind 1000 credit warbonds, and some of that content is very useful, and getting to 1000 medals takes a while if you aren’t specifically trying for it.

    If you actually want all of the gameplay affecting content (war bonds) you either need to grind specifically for medals for a long time or you need to pay.

    Other games that use a similar business model:

    • League of Legends
    • “Gacha” games like Genshin Impact and a lot of mobile-only games
    • Fortnite
    • typical digital TCGs

    (Also note all of these are free to play and only make money off microtransactions, which IMO makes Helldivers more predatory for double dipping)