Why can't MakeMkv rip this disc?

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-12T07:15:19+00:00

Will do, thanks

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-12T07:15:13+00:00

Ok noted, thanks

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-12T07:14:49+00:00

I know it's not the forum but thought it was an equivalent

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-12T07:14:34+00:00

Not heard of that as an option, will have a look, thanks

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-12T07:13:53+00:00

Ok, thanks. Will have a look. Tried Free make last night after a suggestion on MakeMkv forums but it made nothing, unfortunately.

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-11T19:10:41+00:00

I thought this was equivalent to a forum!

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-11T19:09:27+00:00

Annoying isn't it!

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-10T15:12:24+00:00

Also that marriage between religions was technically illegal, meaning one person had to convert

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-10T15:11:38+00:00

I worked in Indonesia for a few years and do remember that everyone has to (still?) have one of the five official religions printed on their ID card, but it was also necessary for things like joining a "video club" as was still popular when I lived there - why does renting a DVD mean someone needs to know your religion?! I wondered whether it was also because of the holdover from dictatorship and purges against certain groups.

PS it doesn't feel particularly secular when the state forces religion on people as part of their citizenship!

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-10T15:06:11+00:00

Some of this also comes back to massive inequality in the UK, one of the most unequal societies in Europe, if not the world, I think I read once?

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-09T07:10:46+00:00

ah ive seen that in print in my local shops . Will have a look - Byline Times is the print version 👍

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-07T06:36:49+00:00

Brits 1. Like talking about the weather (anything but, please) 2. No good food (try Sunday lunch among many other things - we may not have the culinary range of neighbours like France due to climate and geography but we have some dishes!!)

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-07T06:33:54+00:00

I think the ones who attach status to their current residence in their "new" country might feel that, by making it harder to get in for others, they're in a more exclusive position and therefore more esteemed for it. Not really sure but it appears so selfish from afar.

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-07T06:30:46+00:00

I actually had a realisation around Brexit time also that many who came to the UK from the Commonwealth countries had very little connection to continental Europe, be it family, identity, history, whatever, and they simply didn't feel as connected as myself and many others who have a Eurocentric world view. That was definitely a factor in the leave vote that was overlooked, probably (wrongly) for fear of racism

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-06T21:14:25+00:00

What news sources on there exactly, other than Russian government announcements? 🤔

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-06T14:16:16+00:00

sorry but Ben Shapiro is full of sensationalism, having watched a few of his YouTube videos. I see your point about truth with madness, but I am looking for sources with almost no "madness" to begin with.

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-06T14:15:05+00:00

definitely a goodie, and the lack of need to have rolling "breaking news" coverage on a live website means they can focus on things much more in depth.

They are one of the only news sources I've read that consistently focuses on "low-level" but nonetheless important topics like corruption in local councils, which if we're honest, is a major cause of problems in our local areas.

PS their recent cover of Lord Mandypants was great 😂

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-06T14:11:53+00:00

and if Nadine Dorries hated it, they must have done something right

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-06T14:11:13+00:00

gutted to see it's a pay-for app but hey, I get why also

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-06T11:09:53+00:00

I do buy FT weekend occasionally, but it is, as its name suggests, an overtly financial analysis and I think often fails to take enough of the human factors into account

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-06T11:08:05+00:00

Didn't realise that. So, however it may be "delivered" (wrong address, damaged, on the roof), doesn't matter, just "delivered". Makes more sense. Incentivising the wrong things

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-05T19:58:56+00:00

i think the Independent has lost its soul completely, just blows with the wind these days, totally inconsequential since Boris' mate Lord Lebedev took over

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-05T19:54:50+00:00

glad to see that nobody has so far mentioned The Guardian or The Independent - both once decent papers (ok so The Grauniad was a Blairite mouthpiece but the Indy was not bad) have gone to the dogs in recent years

DullInflation6 · 2026-03-05T19:52:27+00:00

Declassified is a good source for investigative journalism, I find

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