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That's militainment! Big Hollywood succumbs to the Pentagon Borg by picoblaanket in c/latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago

Here are some good examples from the article:

In 2017’s “The Fate of the Furious” (F+F8), rapper and actor Ludacris reads a 30-word seeming-advertisement hyping Textron Systems’ remote-operated Ripsaw tank. It turns out Ludacris’ lines were written not by a scriptwriter, but by the Entertainment Liaison Office (the DOD). The scene effectively became an unskippable ad, brought to the viewer by the U.S. military.
...In the 2017 film "The Long Road Home"... in one scene, a military colonel claims that the 2004 Sadr City operation during the Iraq War, which resulted in the deaths of 22 servicemen and 940 Iraqis, was necessary to rid two million Iraqis from the oppression of a dictator and to provide them with a "better future." That claim ignores the series of false narratives — like the existence of WMD or Iraq’s purported ties to al-Qaida — that got U.S. boots on Iraqi soil in the first place.
...The second season of “Jack Ryan” has lovable Jim from “The Office” working through the CIA to topple a nuclear-armed Venezuelan dictator in hopes of installing a magnanimous liberal populist. The season aired around the same time Washington was parading Juan Guaido as Venezuela's new leader.
...For "Mission Impossible 7": The Defense Department loaned a Boeing-made V-22 Osprey for use in at least two scenes in which the aircraft would be filmed both internally and externally. The Osprey, known as the “widowmaker,” is a $120 billion disaster that is one accident away from being decommissioned, as it has already caused the deaths of 62 service members.
According to Stahl, these scenes are intentionally designed to “forge an emotional connection between the viewer and the weapon systems.” A connection that could ease the blow in a scenario where the viewer realizes how useless and expensive the F-35, Osprey and other systems like the LCS program have turned out to be. This serves to “normalize these huge expenditures,” he added.
While American people focus on state subsidies and welfare programs, they are “oblivious to the costs of our militaristic engagement with the world” — a cost that was briefly summarized at the end of the documentary as reaching $8 trillion in the period after 9/11 alone.

Imagine how much we could improve the world with that $8 trillion.

Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour by picoblaanket in c/workreform@lemmy.world

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The central feature of their business IS having drivers WAITING when a ride is requested.

So yes - it would be fair if they included some “waiting time” for each ride (maybe up to 15 minutes of actual waiting time).

These apps ONLY have value if there are drivers WAITING when a ride is requested, so drivers should be paid for that.

Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour by picoblaanket in c/workreform@lemmy.world

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Okay...

Give me the math of how this new wage would help you “make a killing”.

Keep in mind that this wage merely sets a floor for the specific-minutes when you have a fare.

(And brother - driving for uber is not "running your own business"... it's being maximally-exploited by a business... with no liability-protection, no security, and almost zero rights.)

Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour by picoblaanket in c/workreform@lemmy.world

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 35 points 3 months ago

If you wait 10 minutes for a fare… give a 20-minute ride to some suburban house… and then drive 20 minutes back to the city…

your pay would be $10.83 (with this new deal).

…that’s very different from $32.50 per hour.

Does an airline baggage-handler only get paid for the “specific minutes” when he is lifting luggage?
Does a cashier only get paid for “specific minutes” when there are customers in her line?

The original goal of this lawsuit was to classify drivers as employees under state law…

And that goal was ignored completely.

Uber and Lyft now required to pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour by picoblaanket in c/workreform@lemmy.world

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 98 points 3 months ago

It’s not as much as it seems…

The wage is only “for time spent traveling to pick up riders, and transporting them to their destination”.

No pay for driving back to the pickup area.
No pay for waiting when there are no fares.

It’s a per-minute wage, and only for certain minutes.

Rain garden installed in February already attracting visitors by picoblaanket in c/nolawns@slrpnk.net

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

I love the joy you feel from the appearance of a monarch - knowing what that signifies.

And I love the way you study the overall water channel.

Hey! Is there a place with a roadmap/future planned features list for memmy anywhere? by picoblaanket in c/memmy@lemmy.ml

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can see all open feature-requests and bugs in the memmy github repo.

In some cases, you can read dev comments about fixing that issue.

Is anybody else more active here then they were on Reddit? by picoblaanket in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That’s true - Lemmy displays new comments above “top” comments, allowing them to be seen by everyone.

Tips for using Lemmy? by picoblaanket in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To find new communities - go to https://lemmyverse.net/communities, click the top right "Home" icon and input your home instance (ex: lemmy.world)... now you can open/subscribe to every community you like.
Get a good mobile app - they are listed here (with a ton of other great new-user tips): https://lemmy.ml/post/1470777
Change your default "Sort Type" to "Subscribed + New" (in settings) - now you have a fresh feed of your exact interests, every time you open Lemmy.
Communicate in a genuine, open-minded way - to me, Lemmy is a good place to really connect with people, and have honest discussions (versus the often more 'performative' tone of greeddit).

[UserScript] Lemmy_monkey - a full restyle in the spirit of old.reddit - updated for Lemmy v0.18 by picoblaanket in c/plugins@sh.itjust.works

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

This cleans up the post info very well - it looks great, thank you :)

Lemmy v0.18.0 Release by picoblaanket in c/announcements@lemmy.ml

[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah Open Source is the foundation, and the future!

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[-] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

This is a very short story about sarcasm:

Ted opposes racist rants.

Yesterday - Ted posted a few exaggerated racist rants (sometimes with the /s).

2,177 people saw Ted’s racist rants.

50% of them guessed he was joking.
98% of them would not have seen a racist rant yesterday, if it weren’t for Ted's little gag.

So the question is:

Despite the sarcasm... isn’t Ted just spreading more of what he honestly deplores?

Is Ted subverting his own integrity?

Why not say how we actually feel?

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Lemmy Homepage Fail (with details) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by picoblaanket@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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UPDATE: HERE IS THE ANSWER

^^^^^^^

Hi,

Lemmy is awesome.

I’m having trouble launching my instance.

Here is a home page screenshot:

HERE'S THE FULL ERROR:

“Found. Redirecting to /404?err=FetchError: invalid json response body at http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/post/list?page=1&limit=20&sort=Active&type_=Local&saved_only=false 
reason: Unexpected token N in JSON at position 0”

IF YOU CLICK ‘SIGN UP’, CONSOLE SAYS:

client.js:formatted:60298 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'site')
    at n.get (client.js:formatted:60298)
    at n.get (client.js:formatted:60293)
    at n.a.render (client.js:formatted:59987)
    at Ae (client.js:formatted:7378)
    at Pe (client.js:formatted:7410)
    at client.js:formatted:7420
    at Ve (client.js:formatted:7423)
    at client.js:formatted:7495
    at Ue (client.js:formatted:7497)
    at qe (client.js:formatted:7819)

OFTEN REQUESTED LOGS / CONFIGS: (pastebin)

Docker logs (2 errors)

TL-DR (the 2 errors):
lemmy_server:::root_span_builder:NotFound
lemmy_server:::root_span_builder:captcha_incorrect

Lemmy config

Nginx config (/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ggg.com.conf)

PORTS

I have the following ports open on the server (maybe too many):

22, 80, 443, 8536, 5432, 1235

And the following rules in IPTABLES (maybe too many)

A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 8536 -j ACCEPT
A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 5432 -j ACCEPT
A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 1235 -j ACCEPT

I've failed at several 'fixes'.

If anyone knows what to do, I’d really appreciate the guidance.

If any more info is needed, I'll gladly provide.

Thank you