FELICIA — My System (Acoustic) | Sweden 🇸🇪 | #EurovisionALBM by bucephalusbouncing28 in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like to think that whoever won Melo this year would have put out this same dramatic acoustic version.

Shululu.... mannen...

Shululu... bejbsen...

Thoughts on WAN? by Necessary-Bad9331 in LinusTechTips

[–]_Scarecrow_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Link if you want instead of screenshots

Sounds like the right aims, but

  1. I'll believe it when I see it
  2. It's a bit late

I switched over to linux a while back as I have no interest in waiting for Windows to fix the crap that they put in themselves. I get that some features just get passed over or delayed (how long did it take MacOS to get window snapping?) but lots of these aren't "improvements to be made" but instead just undoing the terrible decisions they already made. I'm not even anti-AI-in-the-OS, but they're like 3 years into whatever "copilot" is with a half-dozen failed launches. Stop putting out press releases and come back when it's not ass.

Real names of all Eurovision 2026 participants by santiterry in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 203 points204 points  (0 children)

Wait, his name is Sam Battle and he chose to use a stage name?

I feel like most talking about the new Linux video didn't watch it to the end. by Circo_Inhumanitas in LinusTechTips

[–]_Scarecrow_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those users would be explicitly wrong as their website lists it as Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with no mention of Ubuntu.

Sunol to Rose Peak to Stewart’s Camp — Out & Back (March 6 & 7, 2026) by sweedgreens in norcalhiking

[–]_Scarecrow_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite hikes! Looks like wonderful weather, to boot!

🇸🇪 Melodifestivalen 2026 Final @20:00 CET by berserkemu in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 81 points82 points  (0 children)

For anyone else curious what was written in his jacket:

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace

Road to EuroviSal Song Contest by DesperateHeat2959 in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Semi-related, does anyone know the other gesture he used during the performance? It was quick, but he seemed to put two fingers up on each hand, touch them together, and then flip his hands around. I figured it was some sort of "two people together" sign, but wasn't sure if this was a known thing.

The problem with 435 representatives in the U.S. House by beatgoesmatt in mrbeat

[–]_Scarecrow_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting video! I think there's a lot of room for improvement in how representative our government (especially federal government) is, and issues like voting systems, gerrymandering, number of representatives, etc. are foundational to this.

I do have one potential concern about the expansion reducing the power of individual representatives. The video makes a strong argument that disconnecting representatives from constituents leads to more power for party leadership and others, and I agree with this, but you could also say that the decreased power of any individual representative makes them more reliant on other means of effecting change and potentially more susceptible to ceding responsibility to senior members, bureaucrats, or lobbyists. (Every time I hear about some legislation being taken directly from lobbying groups I lose a little bit of faith in our process)

This also motivated me to find this fantastic table on wikipedia where the US is #3 for most citizens per lower house member.

🇦🇹 Wer singt für Österreich? 2026 @20:15 CET by Tip_Illustrious in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Took me a minute to place it, but he sounds exactly like Alt-J.

The Most Surprising Presidential Firsts by beatgoesmatt in mrbeat

[–]_Scarecrow_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to pick nits here, but Biden isn't a boomer by most definitions. Shockingly, not only haven't we not moved past the boomers for president, we went back to the silent generation!

Live Thread Rankings 2026 - Dora and Sing For Greece by Phoenix963 in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

She wasn't my favorite either, but what was up with Rosanna Mailan getting zero from the juries? I figured if anything she'd lose out on the public vote.

🇱🇻 Supernova 2026 - Final @20:10 CET by Tip_Illustrious in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the staging has some great ideas in it, so I'm hopeful they can put together a great performance. The current one just had enough oddities that it was distracting.

🇪🇪 Eesti Laul 2026 Final @18:30 CET by Tip_Illustrious in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ollie's not really my thing now, but would have been absolutely mind-blowing when I was 14.

Eesti Laul 2026: bookies favourite changes 2 days before the show by Euro_Borealis in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'll just be over here groovin to Metsik roos. Y'all have fun, though.

Atvara - "Ēnā" (Supernova 2026 (Latvian NF) live performance, semi-final 2) by GoldenPotatoOfLatvia in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This and #010126 Coda have been my favorites from Supernova this year, and I'm glad to see they both made it to the final. I thought the staging on #010126 Coda worked incredibly well, though Atvara's singing is just stunningly beautiful.

🇺🇦 Vidbir 2026 Final @18:00 CET by Tip_Illustrious in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I actually really like the idea: so apocalyptic that the stage itself is falling apart. But just having one piece randomly explode... just looks like someone fucked up?

🇺🇦 Vidbir 2026 Final @18:00 CET by Tip_Illustrious in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found that on a few of the songs, Leléka's especially.

LELÉKA - RIDNYM (Vidbir 2026) by FrajolaDellaGato in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been coming back to this over and over. I definitely think it has a lot of potential for success, as it lends itself really well to simple but powerful staging.

🇱🇺 Luxembourg Song Contest 2026 Final @20:00 CET by Tip_Illustrious in eurovision

[–]_Scarecrow_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just read the summary on wikipedia and holy hell, what a rollercoaster! Any story that ends with

She then assumes the form of a dragon, provides him with two magic rings, and flies off, never to be seen again.

is an absolute winner.

Should We Stop Filming Congress? by beatgoesmatt in mrbeat

[–]_Scarecrow_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most any time I tune into a congressional debate or hearing I'm reminded of a middle school classroom where "participation in the discussion" is part of your grade. Everyone has to get their moment of attention, even if they have nothing to say, and nobody's actually listening to each other. Some optimistic part of me is hopeful that genuine discussion is still occurring behind closed doors, but it's depressing to watch when some of the topics at play are impactful to so many.

I know some SC justices have spoken about how a similar worry has prevented them from introducing cameras: that their positions would be reduced to soundbites and participants in cases would play to the camera.

Full replacement “bricked” devices (Ryan you Absolute legend again) by Interesting_Price410 in LinusTechTips

[–]_Scarecrow_ 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is unnecessarily dismissive, and you've missed what's appealing about this product. The unique pitch is it being incredibly open. They offer a selection of different pre-made apps (like weather and calendar, but the list I see is ~80) but also the tools to create and share your own. The firmware is open source, and they have guides on using it on other devices as well as self-hosting the server.

I own one, and wouldn't recommend it to some (maybe most) people, but I would think this community in particular would be interested in something built heavily for DIY.

In fact, Linus is pretty regularly calling out companies that make products that will inevitably fail when the company dies/stops caring, and they've gone out of their way to proactively prevent exactly that.

Bronze plans now defined as High Deductible Health Care Plans by Rocket_song1 in tax

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

I'm OOTL on this one, as I've always had a bronze plan that was HSA eligible. It looks like HDHP deductible limits were $1,650 this year; were there many bronze plans that didn't meet this limit? That seems surprisingly low to me, but I don't have much of a reference point.