Pat_Riot

joined 1 year ago

Who is your preferred Democratic presidential candidate, and why? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

This statement has never been truer

What's the cutest animal that you'd be terrified to get close to? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Wow, nobody said sea lion yet. Cute, yes. Vicious, also yes.

Essential movies to watch in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Big Trouble in Little China

Princess Bride

Romancing the Stone

The Shining

Full Metal Jacket

My Mother's real name is Karen. She is kind, loving, and sacrifices much for others. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Right? I've known some Becky's that were alright but I have also met some real Becky's.

We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Those are rookie numbers. Install Linux and pump those numbers up.

I have never wanted a custom shirt in my life so badly, till now. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah, that shirt hard AF

This pisses me off so much in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

That's not an unfair portrayal in the southern US.

Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Beethoven would have loved DAWs and synthesizers. He would have vomited at the thought of a machine plying HIS trade autonomously.

Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (4 children)

With all of the tools you described the entire creative process is still done by a human musician. Sequencers have to be programmed. VSTs are just instruments and they DAWs have simply replaced expensive studio equipment so poors like me can produce a decent sounding track.

I don't want to see generated images or AI coded video games either.

Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Fuck the music industry, but fuck AI made music even more. The goddamn robot is supposed to take my factory job and leave me with the time to write songs not the other way around

Hey she tried her best ok in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, you see the joke is that teachers aren't people.

Child Advocates Back Surgeon General's Call for Tobacco-Like Warnings on Social Media in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (7 children)

The fact is, with the world we live in being like it is, why the fuck not smoke? For the chance to live a little further into the distopian hellscape of our impending future? Some reward that is for denying myself something I enjoy.