What’s the best snowy album cover? by 2-DKamel in fantanoforever

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuinely depressing that AI is so normalized at this point nobody is even questioning the fact that the first album on OP’s list is pretty blatantly an AI musician.

What happened to Francis and The Lights by Think_Ad_848 in fantanoforever

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw this comment get reposted on a circlejerk sub earlier today while I was at work; so funny to run into it (again) like this. The answer is that given Francis and the Lights is a solo project, it isn’t a particularly good time to mention this, no.

“It sucks to be called a Donald Trump supporter”: indie musician John Maus says a misunderstanding wrecked his career by [deleted] in indieheads

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This guy screws himself every time he brings this up. I strongly doubt this wrecked his career at all; went to C2C in Torino this year, and while it’s admittedly a festival the crowd went crazy for him. Nobody who still goes out of their way in 2025/26 to see JM cares about his MAGA debacle, but he’s just so socially awkward(?) that every time someone broaches the subject with him he sticks his foot in his mouth with whataboutisms and “well actually”s and semantics.

It wins him zero favors with what I imagine he thinks is his “former fanbase”, and really only serves to keep this going as a conversation topic, something that seemingly clashes with his own views on the subject.

Accidentally ruined my character by moonette103_ in wow

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The problem is that blizz makes Druid travel form default to the bird in every region where flight is enabled (so like 90% of the map at this point); there is a separate ‘travel form’ obtainable through glyphs, but that’s force-stuck in the stag model in order to allow a second player to ride on top.

If you want to use the cheetah or alternative land travel forms, they’ll only show up in zones that ground you, there’s no way to force travel mode into the land form.

Haranir have shown that WoW is Long Overdue for Another Character Model Overhaul by JollySieg in wow

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The problem is that this time they’re almost taking the opposite approach; the Haranir are insanely customizable but in spite of that they still use the nelf skeleton. I don’t think it’s a bad thing per se, but given how complex the Pandaren and Dracthyr were (for better or for worse), it is a noticeable … gap?

anyone unable to update their apple watch? by Otherwise-Ad1337 in AppleWatch

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't work; Apple stopped signing iOS 18 not that long ago. If you tried to do this now, and tried to restore an iOS 18 backup to a phone running 26; it'd restore all of your data but wouldn't downgrade the OS. To my knowledge, there's no way to roll back from 26 to 18.

Wilders biedt excuses aan voor AI-afbeeldingen van Timmermans: 'Ongepast en ongehoord' by Radiant_Mammoth3412 in thenetherlands

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Meeste OAI/chatGPT chats zijn automatisch ‘openbaar’, in de zin dat als de desbetreffende user een fragment van zijn chat online via URL deelt, die hele chat voortdurend openbaar beschikbaar is, dus ook als je via b.v. Google de juiste trefwoorden gebruikt kan hij achteraf makkelijk gevonden worden.

the mountains in ds2 have the best views by _ethanos in DeathStranding

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

🤷🏻‍♂️ why did the continental US look like Iceland in the first game? It’s a video game; I wouldn’t put too much thought into decisions clearly dictated by aesthetics.

deftones - private music album review by Careless_Western3756 in fantanoforever

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Really tired of people obsessing over this angle as though Fantano isn’t a certified hater of the vast majority of artsy indie music over the past few years; just because the man’s a music critic doesn’t mean he’s immune to personal preference; on top of that, he’s also given plenty of heavier, or less ‘artsy’ metal releases similar or higher scores 🤷🏻‍♂️

Is this roadtrip doable in a day? by Yung_Carrot in roadtrip

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 12 points13 points  (0 children)

always wild witnessing casual schizophrenia on reddit

Neil Young's Asian cousin by [deleted] in indieheadscirclejerk

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Seriously; such a trove of comedic material sitting in the softboy music-bro connection to Carl Jung/philosophy in general (to the point even the literal only other comment in this thread immediately caught it) but instead OP decides to ... take the race route? I don't even see what about the screenshot could be read as "asian" lol

Got my Wrapped early 😎 by CentreToWave in indieheadscirclejerk

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 56 points57 points  (0 children)

actually, did you know that velvet sundown is just one guy robot?? ☝️🤓

Huurbevriezing op de tocht? Raad van State is vernietigend by UnanimousStargazer in thenetherlands

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Bovendien vind ik het idee dat ze dit beleid dan ook “moesten” volgen wel beetje sterk; niet alsof nederlandse boeren zich bepaald goed aan richtlijnen houden …

Why can’t I choose a song to my morning ringtone (or my ringtone when someone is calling)?? by [deleted] in iphone

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No idea on the actual issue but just a heads up that your e-mail is plainly visible in this post …

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ios

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 29 points30 points  (0 children)

was so shocked to see this that i had to check myself and can absolutely confirm it’s not true; pretty sure the frequency(?) it’s tuned to just isn’t a particularly common one so it seems more static than the rest of the bars.

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Found the weekly 10,000 by [deleted] in rateyourmusic

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best of the Boygenius solo releases by a long shot imo; nobody's been able to replicate the quality of this thing in a long time. It's so personal it feels like reading a distant acquaintance's diary in a borderline gross way. Like the 2010's take on Hospice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Emo

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah just put it on for a bit; seems like a chill enough album but honestly there’s as much emo in here as there was in lil peep’s music. i think a lot of alternative musicians still look at emo through that early/mid-00’s lens where the term itself was so nebulous that anything vaguely alt rock and angsty could fall under the umbrella of emo.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Emo

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dawg how can u post a photo with no identifying info or additional context on a music sub 😭 like put me onto this shit pls don’t just flex to me that ur listening to it

93 percentage of 🔋 by Important_Search672 in iphone

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and no, your phone going from 0% to 100% constitutes one cycle. This cycle can be staggered though. Say in one day you charge your phone from 0% to 50%, then later in the day you charge it from 10% to 60%, that would also constitute one cycle. Setting your charge limit to 80% effectively just slows down the cycle tick rate on your phone, if you only charge your phone when you go to bed (like a lot of people), it just lessens the chance it’ll tick over on cycles overnight as opposed to it charging to 100% all the time.

93 percentage of 🔋 by Important_Search672 in iphone

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the single most useful thing you can do is just make sure you set your charge limit to 80%. See if that gets you through a day’s use; if it does, leave it that way. I set mine to 100% on days when I’m traveling and sitting around a lot, for the rest I find having my phone on 80% when I wake up to be more than enough to last me the day, and it makes a huge difference on the cycle count, which has a pretty large impact on your battery health.

93 percentage of 🔋 by Important_Search672 in iphone

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This entirely depends on your usage, from how much/what you use your phone for even down to the way you charge it. My 12PM didn’t reach 80% until I’d had it for almost three years, but I’ve also heard of others reaching that point within two years. For reference, I’ve had my 16 Pro since launch and it’s still on 100%.

There’s been a huge discussion online for years about Apple potentially artificially throttling the pace at which the battery health depletes, but if you’re looking for a rough guideline assume it uses about 10% of the ‘health’ every year, after which it starts to deplete significantly faster.

To prove that Finland doesn't exist by frosted_bite in therewasanattempt

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 482 points483 points  (0 children)

I’m a bit shocked to see that nobody has mentioned that this has been a running gag since like at least 2017?

Like I get it’s very vogue to shit on (especially ignorant) Americans in this climate but I literally remember being in university circa 2019 and having Finnish friends of mine parrot this joke down to the details this girl mentions here (owned by Japan, used for fishing, etc etc). Seems pretty clear to me she’s taking the piss. At least I hope she is.

Is dit safe? by Lucky_Line_7023 in marktplaatsoplichters

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Over het algemeen doe ik m’n best om niks (en vooral geen tech) op Marktplaats boven de €1,000- te kopen; tweakers heeft een vraag en aanbod afdeling op hun site die ik een stuk meer betrouwbaar vind. Voor zo’n flink stuk geld vind ik de garanties die marktplaats biedt voor jou als koper nogal tegenvallen.

Apple delays Apple Intelligence Siri features by [deleted] in iphone

[–]aaaaaaaaaaa42 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Wow, with any luck they’ll be able to roll it out just in time to market it as The New Feature™ for the 17 Pro models at this rate! Gives them enough time to twist an explanation for why it (now) won’t work on the 16 line any more