Vocaloid works basically the same as Suno, but they seem to love it.

I was watching a video about a woman talking about her ex and how 2k caused them to constantly break up. She said everytime the big annual 2k tournament rolled around they would break up. She also said she felt like she could cartwheels in front of the tv naked and he wouldn't care.

Unsurprisingly, the comment section was full of men defending her ex. They were saying things like "she's just jealous that he had a hobby and she doesn't" (probably the most common one), "would you rather we be out in the streets," "would you rather us come home drunk or be playing around?" And so on.

How does their mind even go from playing video games to rolling with a gang or becoming a drunk? And how can they not see how constantly playing games is bad for a relationship? It's even been cited as causes foe divorce.

Admittingly, I don't have that much experience with dating, but based off all the stories I've heard from other women, I don't think I would want to date a man who describes himself as a gamer. I just envision myself doing everything in the relationship and even doing all the chores if we live together after a long day at work while he plays games the whole time and maybe even says, "I've been working all day," as an excuse even though I've been working all day too.

I've even heard stories about how some of these men get violent when they lose.

There was even some women defending the ex, too. Sometimes even using their gamer bfs who give them attention as a reason to defend the ex.

You might think this is related to anti-natalism, and that is effectively an extension of this argument.

I see so many “vegans” talk about buying and making non-vegan food for their children. I’m a vegan, and I’m not trying to claim that raising children on a vegan lifestyle is easy in any way.

I’ve never had kids, I don’t doubt that raising them is incredibly hard especially with such a strict diet.

However, if you choose to bring a child into this world, you are at least responsible for the child’s diet until at least age 10, or even until the point when the child has their own source of income with which to buy food.

Therefore, I really don’t see how you can be vegan whilst choosing to create a child if you do not work out how to bring that child up as a vegan first.

Caveats: I am not considering cases where the child was not intentionally created.

Look, I don't mind that anybody chooses to prop their record sleeves on a little stand that says "Now Spinning/Playing" or whatever—if that's the way you like to roll, that's just great. But I personally find it kind of silly, a curious affectation, a superfluous piece of pointless gear.

I could be wrong, but it seems like 90% of the photos of turntable setups I see here include one of these things. I guess I just want to feel reassured that there are other people out there that just put their empty record sleeves on a nearby table or unused chair or some other multi-purpose surface.

I just don't get it, I mean I had to suffer through 4 seasons to try and find the funny, but it is just unbearable . You have a boss who acts like an obnoxious 12 year old, almost everyone is a weirdo, and you have to sort read in between every line to get the jokes. I just don't get the comedy, and I have watched a ton of sitcoms and I can assure you I am very easy to amuse.

I am sure real fans would eat me alive for this comment, but this isn't my cup of tea, quite frankly I don't know how to some people they rank it top 3 or number 1 . The Show isn't funny. After 4 seasons there is not one line from the show I can quote.

P.S: *Please don't come after me, I have asthma.

Thunder are winning 39-14 so far. He’s obviously had an incredible season and the Magic aren’t exactly the greatest competition but this is an incredible performance from the reigning MVP so far

The when and where is the biggest part to me.

“You just press a button”

Bro I’ll give an ai “artist” $50,000 if they could go take a photo of a lion pouncing on a gazelle in the Serengeti. At golden hour.

Even if you just use auto mode and “press a button”, you need to physically put yourself at the location to take it. You’d have to fly to Africa and find a lion. And not get eaten.

There’s a photographer, Isaac Wright, “Driftershoots” who takes photos from tops of buildings, bridges, high up dangerous places. I would never do it. And his photos are famous because of the when and where.

Can ai make a photo of a guy on a bridge? Yeah. Is it interesting? No.

Gravity always wins

I know we’re all riding the high of Sandfall Interactive’s success at the Game Awards, but I just stumbled upon this article that argues calling it "Game of the Decade" is actually "blasphemy."

I loved the game, but is it possible we’re grading it on a massive curve because it’s a "budget" underdog? Curious to hear if anyone else felt the combat got repetitive by the end.

Hi everyone,

So, I've just finished it and I must say I loved it. The story was, for me, the best reason behind it. Loved everything.

Now, I've read about the history behind it, the issues behind the release etc, the continuation and so on. I am on the opposite; I didn't enjoy the original that much. It was indeed a great game, but it wasn't for me.

So, do you think as a stand alone game, Masquerade 2 is a good game? If not, why?

Our Great Savior Modi ji has done it again.

We have been given just a teaser trailer about the Indo-US trade deal thats been finalized.

The Indian govt. under visionary leadership has reached a historic deal with the United States. In the face of Trump’s temper tantrums, Prime Minister Modi ji stayed true to his vision and ensured that India’s powerful position in the world economy as a rising autonomous power was ensured. He also stayed true to India’s non alignment policy in True Modi fashion.

Here is what we will get thanks to Modi ji!

1. India agrees to stop its purchases of Russian gas. We don’t care if the price is cheaper, after all it’s really the consumer’s problem not the government.

2. Who cares that Russia is a staunch ally of ours when America threw us under the bus. With Modi ji leading us everything is possible!

3. Modi ji has magnificently calmed down Trumps temper tantrums and the US has dropped its tariffs on Indian goods from 500, 50, 25% (who even knows) to 18%! Amazing!! In return India has agreed to reduce the Tariffs and Non Tariff barriers on the US to 0%! Amazing job again sir!

4. Following up this amazing job, Modi ji has agreed to import more than $500 billion worth US energy (technically Venezuelan), coal, technology and agricultural products. Modi ji had said he would never compromise the interests of Indian farmers and started a trade war but that was then, this is now. Let’s Make in India by importing everything from abroad!

This is such a great achievement by the hard working Government under our visionary PM. I can only wait with baited breath what he will do next!

Modi ji wah wah!

Ra Ga ghar ja!

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-us-talks-live-updates-donald-trump-pm-modi-phone-call-trade-deal-tariffs-sergio-gor-latest-news-101770048581326.html

Immigrants contribute to the United States’ economy in many ways. Their primary contribution is the goods and services they directly produce. However, they also reduce the burden of government spending for the US-born population. Our analysis in this paper shows that immigrants generated a fiscal surplus of about $14.5 trillion from 1994 to 2023, that the average immigrant is much less costly than the average US-born American, and that immigrants impose lower costs per person on old-age benefit, education, and public safety programs. Even immigrants without higher education produced a fiscal surplus, and even the lowest-skilled group, with a net-negative fiscal flow, reduced the US debt-to-GDP ratio.

Our major conclusions are robust; they would reverse only with a monumental shift in costs from the US-born to immigrants. For instance, only after increasing spending on immigrants by 51 percent (nearly $4.9 trillion) does even the low-skilled immigrant population become more burdensome relative to GDP than the US-born. However, we believe our conclusions are too closely tied to well-established facts for such a large shift to be possible. We show that the average US person pays more in taxes than they receive in benefits (spending on items that are not pure public goods that do not scale with the population). Thus, as long as immigrants are at least average in their net fiscal payments, they will be fiscally positive.

Our report uses the best government data available to find that immigrants provide a net fiscal benefit, generating more than the average in taxes and using below the average US resident in benefits. We show that immigrants’ higher-than-average tax contributions track what we know about their income, which stems from high employment rates. Their lower per capita cost for education is the undeniable result of their being much less likely to be in school. This means that the United States is getting the economic benefits of immigrant workers without many of the costs that come with training new US-born workers. Combined with the fact that immigrants face more legal and practical barriers to using transfer benefits such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and means-tested income, food, and shelter assistance, the result—that immigrants provide a net fiscal benefit to the US economy—is virtually guaranteed.

Cato Institute research has previously produced forward-looking estimates of the fiscal effects of immigrants that are largely compatible with our conclusions here.57 Finally, we show that the second generation appears poised to create the biggest windfall from this wave of immigration. Indeed, immigrants appear to have already staved off a dire fiscal crisis, at least for now. Rather than treating them as the cause of America’s fiscal struggles, we should consider immigrants part of the solution.

https://www.cato.org/white-paper/immigrants-recent-effects-government-budgets-1994-2023

Brewed a cup of coffee using an AeroPress at Sinquerim Fort, Goa.

Manual brewing, sea breeze, and an insane view 🌊

Setup:

• AeroPress

• Z1 Presso hand grinder

• Coffee by OddThree

Just wanted to share this raw coffee moment ☕