it’s either:

• losing
• loosening

no other choice.

“loosing” can only be used immediately before “the dogs of war”.

even in that case, usage of -ing form is poor grammar which takes away potential choices of phrasing and reduces possibilities for creativity.

*losing

they’re not gonna listen to it…

does proton want to be constantly harassed (aka investigated informally without charges nor warrants) by fbi, police, mi5, mi6, Interpol, Europol, etc etc via kyc laws and money laundering laws because a few hundreds/thousands petitioners said “do this”? they would receive even more requests for user data (which often don’t require warrants in many countries btw) than they already receive.

or would they rather continue to enable millions of users to escape censorship while still making lots of money and only sometimes harassed by LE?

in other words do you think proton is a conscience with software attached? or are they a money-making company that has slightly better values than certain other companies?

(rhetorical questions. i know the answers already)

no personal offense intended.

OUT OH MY GOD THANK YOU

i was incensed by the exclusivity announcement. i couldn’t understand why an indie developer (if they have any ethics) would sell out like that… of course i was answering my own question…

disclaimer: i don’t necessarily hate Netflix contents. i hate corporations trying to expand into everything, every market, every region, every industry and capture all resources and all customers like if Spectre from James Bond was a giant amoeba with a binge eating fetish.

edit: spelling/auto-complete 🤦

using romaji as a guide to pronounce is problematic no matter what system. pronouncing strictly based on kana is not problem free either. Korean hangul romanization may be a more obvious example of the dissonance with pronunciation but Japanese also has it.

most effective is to rely primarily on listening.

having grown up in US, I can say that our English instruction for anglophone natives draws a false equivalence between pronunciation and orthography/spelling. this creates a counterproductive mindset for approaching new languages.

if you’re not actually promoting gmail, you ought to make that explicitly clear.

by pointing out something bad about proton and praising gmail’s version of that, it looks like you’re doing nothing other than recommending gmail in a privacy community.

everyone already knows gmail has high usability and convenience and zero (financial) cost. using it as an example in this community is redundant and ineffective. better to use another e2ee email service as an example.

my favorite feature of freetube is the channel blocking and keyword blocking. my block list is probably thousands of items by now. consequently, my second favorite feature is the ability to hide the block lists 😂

(my fav feature is different than most important feature, which is of course privacy from YT/Big G. so please don’t complain that i don’t care about privacy)

in all seriousness, palantir and clearview are way more dangerous than most of the other shit going on out there. only Putin has greater max evil potential (when considering not only politics and military but also Russian Mafia and western politician campaign secret donations).

theyre basically Albion from watch dogs legion.

10 years for FFXV

14 years and counting for Winds of Winter

for context. 😮‍💨

well said!

other than paddling, same. exactly.

i know that even if i could manage myself well enough to be a good parent, other kids and adults absolutely cannot be trusted to treat my child humanely, whether my child is ND or not.

society continues proving this point every single day…

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thank you

I’ve heard of “pirate radio” since decades ago but never understood what is pirated about it.

are they broadcasting pirated music? broadcasting from ships committing maritime piracy? drinking Captain Morgan?

this “infographic” is a bit too straightforward for me. no setup & punchline, just a line.

i can relate to the content. just can’t laugh.

yes i know critiquing the comedy level may be considered off-topic. but off-topic is always on topic for us. 🤣

same

but i always wondered, if my few “friends” actually think of me as a friend, why do they never initiate contact outside of school or work…

rsd & depression followed…

much cooler than a waterproof phone!

i wonder if Kojima is also hated by his (current and) former employees like Kamiya (self admitted in interview in Unseen games YouTube channel)

dirt on water? mud?

unfortunately, Japan companies notoriously don’t give a shit about earning money by making their fans (especially international fans) happy.

generally Japan companies’ main motivation for fandom is to create niche one-off experiences in inconvenient locations at inconvenient times in a way that only Japan residents with lots of free time and disposable income can participate. because that makes those participants feel special and elite in an exclusive secret “ultra rich aristocratic” feeling club.

Japan society rarely gives residents the feeling of being special and valued in social groups or even family, so they feel strongly enough to spend and charge exorbitantly for the experience.