Tell your friend in a dictorial country that Lemmy.ml has pro dictorial leanings and is probably not the best instance for someone who is feeling oppressed.

Need a fireproof data safe. Typically around $600-700

I use fireproof safe (good one) and annual backup to that.

Very nice. Why paint 3d? (assume it is 2d picture)

What is still in progress? Leaves a lot to the imagination (oh, I just need to add in the three headed river demon)

Most of the time I’m self aware enough to say, “hey how’s it going man!?” every once in awhile, I’ll get a weird false confidence and say, “nice to see you again Steve!”

Who the hell even is Madam Chris Genius?

Damn this post. This is really going to f up my weekend plans.

Don’t assume it was an action you should avoid in the future. Try the “. ML” instance perhaps, but I think these ask lemme channels are bottom of the barrel for mods. It’s just a power trip for them and these “ask” forums are a transient population without a strong sense of community. I’d chalk it up to some bad luck with a grumpy mod and move on.

I have a projector and play video Playlists off Tidal for parties. Really excels at video Playlists including smart Playlists you don’t need to manually curate. I’ve been a subscriber for awhile, but imagine there is at least some access to this with free accounts.

Im willing to bet that the conversation that would start if you were to ask would only lead to regret

Wouldn’t call it paranoia so much as standard operating procedure for safe pirating. Everyone has their own risk tolerance but IP guarding during anything involved with pirating is the norm.

Is it faster than 7z or have better ratios?

It’s not big at all. But agree, this is the way.

This image obtained with a 1990s micro camera?

I see. Now I’m kinda bummed I never took advantage of that option to mix personal collection with the Tidal Playlists - did not know it did that.

A quick search turned up tunemymusic.com which let’s you upload a m3u Playlist to Tidal. This might be a good solution. I’ll have to play with it myself later.

Can you clarify what the plex relationship has to do with this? I use plex and Tidal and always thought it was a little weird that I could access my plex account through plex app or Tidal app. I still think Tidal has some of the best algorithms for finding new / new to me music. I’m very disappointed that most AI engines seem to suck at good music recommendations ; I thought this might be one meaningful thing I could use them for.

Google 100% gonna kill that sometime soon.

There are lots of barriers to this. Artists are firewalled to make sure everyone else gets a cut first. I general pirates tend to seek out direct support routes and undercut gatekeepers. Make it easy enough for people to access media directly and cheaply without ads with minimal middlemen and the majority will take this route. These opportunities are rarer and rarer though.

My bank account argues otherwise

Well glad you beat me to it - one bit of unpaid writing I don’t need to do now! You also have to recruit a free labor force to do the really important work - your reviewers. Reviewers are more inclined to work for higher impact journals and join their editorial boards. It is messy and there are alternatives, but it is a culture of altruism that has become abused and engrained.