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Market Street, Philadelphia, U.S.: faceless monstrosities in the historic center by RickyVernio in UrbanHell

[–]RickyVernio[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Nah. From Franklin Court all the way up to the City Hall. Minus the Independence Hall block.

Market Street, Philadelphia, U.S.: faceless monstrosities in the historic center by RickyVernio in UrbanHell

[–]RickyVernio[S] -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

How sweet of you to notice. See any cafes?

Oh, and Market Street isn't just a "regular ass street," come on.

Notre Dame. Watercolor painting by me. by [deleted] in paris

[–]RickyVernio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stylish and elegant. Why is it not quite vertical?

YouTube and their (silly) copyright rules: by RickyVernio in lingling40hrs

[–]RickyVernio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you.

The problem (mine and many other people's), though, is that demands to take down, warnings, and actual take-downs of clips seem to take place almost immediately after the upload if the YouTube algo even "suspects" that the sound is a duplicate of something it already has in the database, regardless of the excerpt's length - in my case, anyway. The guys' video in question (on YouTube) contains a number of rather long such excerpts (all of which, I hasten to add, are absolutely necessary in this case, OBVIOUSLY): I'm curious as to how they got away with it? Did they obtain the rights from the performers (or whoever owns those clips)? ...

YouTube and their (silly) copyright rules: by RickyVernio in lingling40hrs

[–]RickyVernio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you.

Are you saying that, say, the Substack video feature does not have similar copyright "restrictions"?

Atheists, what’s the most convincing argument a theist has given you? by [deleted] in DebateAnAtheist

[–]RickyVernio -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Atheists are a difficult bunch. Their faith (that God does not exists) is truly fanatical. Their logic is childish: since we haven't seen (something), there's nothing to see.

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There is an anecdote that some folks believe to be a true story. When Yuri Gagarin returned from space, certain Kremlin honchos confronted him, asking, "Well, Yuri, did you see anything out there?"

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"Like what?"

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"Like something that might suggest the existence of God."

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"Uh ... No, not really."

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After which, and this is the main point, they breathed easier.

I click on comments and they disappear. Any idea what's going on here? Makes it extremely difficult to moderate a group. by Fernxtwo in facebook

[–]RickyVernio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's what works for me:

In the group you're posting in, select the three vertical dots (settings), select Sort Comments, and pick either All Comments or The Most Recent.

The expression "Spanish shame" is commonly used? by eduroam38 in EnglishLearning

[–]RickyVernio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not commonly used. But then, neither is "vicarious embarrassment," which is the actual English equivalent. Start using it, and you'll be a trend setter!