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@ Cracks_InTheWalls @sh.itjust.works

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  • I want it to slap me across the face

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  • You can get cans at Dollaramas in ON for sure, but you're right, I haven't seen the canister-style bottles for a looong time.

    Used to drink unhealthy amounts of that shit.

  • What TV shows are absolutely worth watching?

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  • I LOVE Morel Orel. It's shockingly heavy shit. Alone in particular fucking killed me.

  • What are some music venues you like in your part of the world?

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  • Congratulations, you have now introduced me to Thee Ultra Bimboos and I will be forever grateful. Deep pool of stuff with this venue, excellent comment!

    Edit: Holy shit, this place has been around forever! Found some stuff from a DVD rip for a show in 1974. God damn, thanks dude!

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  • Not everyone likes your country-fried music, Bluegrass_Addict!

    (This is a joke, good to hear from you dude. You are right, this is a glaring omission and has been rectified).

    Unfortunately, I've only heard legends about Zaphods, missed the boat on that one personally. Lots of band footage on the web though!

  • What are some music venues you like in your part of the world?

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  • Well whaddya know, we just got one of those ourselves! History Ottawa.

  • What are some music venues you like in your part of the world?

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  • Will probably update as I think of more/add common genre family tags. If other Ottawans (the like between three or five of you I know are here) see this and want to add something, particularly for the defunct list, let me know.

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada🇨🇦

    ActiveHouse of TargDominion TavernRainbow BistroIrene'sGabba Hey (active-ish, kinda sorta)Cafe NostalgicaOverflow Brewing CompanyBronson Centre (usually slightly bigger, by my definition, acts)Avant Garde Bar (may need to phrase as Avant-Garde Bar sometimes)Jazz@248 (also search Jazz 248 or Jazz248)The Twenty Seven ClubMeow! That's HotMinotaure (technically Hull but I'm adding it)Live on ElginRed Bird

    DefunctCafe DekcufBarrymore'sBrass MonkeyAsk a Punk (noted there might be some newer stuff tagged with this anyway)Pressed Cafe (there was actually a series on local cable called 'Live at Pressed', if memory serves)Zaphod Beeblebrox (also search just Zaphod's)CinqholeGlue Pot Pub (there's also one in Australia you may get footage from)

  • What are some music venues you like in your part of the world?

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  • First video I saw was for Electric Riders - oh fuck yeah bud, thank you!

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    What are some music venues you like in your part of the world?

  • Why do people get mad at you for using Wikipedia, but treat Google and AI chatbots like they're gospel?

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  • I really want to know more about these specific people you've run into this with, particularly age, education level, and maybe political affliations (curious if it runs the gamut or not).

    For my part, Wikipedia's usually a good starting point 'source', like an encyclopedia would be. But the actual sources referenced by a given article, carefully evaluated, are much better. A Google Search (once you scroll past the AI summary) can also yield good sources. I don't bother with LLMs at all, too many issues with accuracy.

    End of the day, these are all signposts to actual sources, not sources themselves. What you find through any of them need to be evaluated by where they are getting their information. It also depends on the topic and level of discussion. I'm personally OK with quoting Wikipedia about a general piece of trivia, but if I'm trying to make a serious argument about something it'd be silly to rely on it if I don't know how strong the source behind it is. Could be well-researched and rock solid, could be bullshit with a flimsy reference no one's caught yet.

  • Have you read Canada’s constitution?

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  • Imma go ahead and say Bank St and wait to be proven wrong (think it actually is though).

    Edit: I'm technically wrong, it's Dwyer Hill Road at 70 km long. Stupid amalgamation...

  • I'm just a big toasty cinnamon bun that isn't fatally trapped in a crevice.

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  • Mountain climbing? Maybe.

    Cave diving? Nope nope nope, fuck that. Fuck spelunking too if it involves more than crouching a little bit.

  • We live in the future!

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  • I feel like this is something I'd hear discussed on the Park After Dark podcast (Trailer Park Boys thing, now with 100% less Bubbles for obvious reasons)

  • No MAID for mental illness: Parliamentary committee says

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  • Herein lies the rub - it is very difficult to determine if a given metal health condition is truly irremediable, to the point that the state should authorize physicians to help patients suffering from treatment-resistant cases end their lives, compared to other conditions.

    I've always been torn about MAID in this regard. I do truly think that the ability to end one's own life is a question of the right to bodily autonomy, a fundamental right from which all others spring. And obviously, it's better to accomplish this in the least painful, most dignified way possible if someone makes that choice.

    But at the same time, how many people who have had treatment-resistant mental health conditions but eventually found a successful course of treatment, and are living content lives today, would no longer be with us if we set the bar too low? What diagnostic criteria can be set to definitively state a given patient will live this way and suffer the same or worse between the time they ask for MAID and the time of their natural death?

    I don't know - I wrestle with the ethical implications here. Happy to hear others' perspectives on this.

  • Huh (2026-06-11)

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  • Just when I thought I was done with it forever, back to topics in Digital Humanities I go. Surely differences in generational attitudes towards AI art is something someone in a DH department has been diving deep on these days...

  • me_irl

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  • Likely going to work on setting up something more robust in the coming months, but a Debrid subscription + Streamio has served me pretty well with only two failures to date (this one included).

  • Huh (2026-06-11)

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  • 'Ordinary' is doing a lot of work here. I can think of a lot of ordinary people I've met who hate AI art. Seems more accurate to say that not everyone is put off by it.

    Does seem to be a generational element though, with older generations not caring as much. Case in point is one of the pinball places here. The owner's been an AI art enthusiast for a while, younger folks hate it to the point that they'll actively avoid the place, the older 'I was a pinball wizard in the 80s' crowd don't seem as bothered.

  • Loops is now on Google Play

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  • You can also do it the other way, and call out Mastodon users from Lemmy.

    I did that to Jason Scott once, though I think he was less than happy about it. I was just shocked it worked.

  • The rise of "dopamine sites": fake food delivery and shopping apps that satisfy cravings without spending a cent

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  • I simultaneously think it's fucked, and I can immediately think of people in my life where this'd be harm reduction.

  • How do I unrot my brain from AI, how do I start using ChatGPT less and less, and is improv a good enough way to fix an AI-rotted brain?

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  • I'll speak directly to the last question: if you use AI as a means to generate 'creative' output (see: ideas on various topics/themes stolen from other folks), improv will likely help with learning to think on your feet and confidence in expressing yourself with reference just to the electrical impulses in your own noggin.

    But I don't think that alone is sufficient to fix a truly 'AI-rotted brain', which I take to mean a mind that reaches for easy answers and shortcuts. That's a bigger project, and there's a lot of good comments here and on your other post in that vein.

    I don't know your IRL circumstances, but a project idea for you: take a walk around the place you live with a notepad. Write down every question you have about any old stuff that catches your fancy/strikes you as weird (probably a good idea to take pictures too). Try and find the answers to those questions without using AI - instead, talk to a librarian, send an email to your local historical society, etc. etc. Ask for resources about the topic in question. Bonus points if you take that info and make something creative with it - a poem, a short story about someone contemporary to the thing you're curious about, one act play, interpretive dance, whatever.

    Like this for you simply because, depending on where you live and what catches your fancy, there may not be that much info fed into an AI database, but there could totally be a book/collection in an archive/knowledgeable person who'd be happy to chat about it.

  • They'll change their tune real fast

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  • Gotta ask, 3 years out - did you have any takers on this?

  • Psychedelic Music @lemmy.world
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    2024

    Os Estilhaços - Chama Mor

  • Streetwear @lemmy.world
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    Say what you will, I thought I looked fly AF

  • Maple Music @piefed.ca
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    Space Rock

    Altar of the Fuzz - Colossal

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    rule

  • Psychedelic Music @lemmy.world
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    Prog Rock

    Khan - Break the Chains

  • Music @lemmy.world
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    Garage Rock

    Lambrini Girls - Cult of Celebrity

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What's your favourite non-English cuss word?

  • Connect A Song @lemmy.world
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    Googoosh - Gomshodeh

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    The Samsung photo gallery 'Style' function is AI, right?

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    bridge rule

  • Ottawa @lemmy.ca
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    A little nostalgia - The Flaps play their last show at The Gluepot Pub (closed in 2019)

  • Connect A Song @lemmy.world
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    Bloc Party - Banquet

  • [moved to piefed.ca] Maple Music @lemmy.ca
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    Comedy Rock

    Sons of Butcher - Denim Dreamin'

  • [moved to piefed.ca] Maple Music @lemmy.ca
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    Finely Tuned Elephant - Moongazing in Tokyo Jazz Fusion

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What's something good that's happened to you this month?

  • Connect A Song @lemmy.world
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    Billy Talent - Rusted from the Rain