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Curious to see if this will apply to music. YouTube seems to be filled with AI music these days - just do a search for "focus music" or the like, and you'll see creators pushing ne…

Wasn't aware of this deal from Nov 2025 until now, but was alerted via an email from Songkick this morning along the lines of "We’re writing to explain how your personal data will …

Decisions made under the context of a global pandemic, which needed to be consistent, easy to understand, and easily enforceable. I'm comfortable with the way that was handled in t…

I get why people from certain countries instinctively see any government involvement as bad, but I don’t think that’s a universal truth? Yes, bad government can do enormous harm, b…

Is that based on your personal interpretation of the facts, or do you think there is part of this study that proves that?

I'm always desperate to understand the mechanisms around this, so thank you for the insights. Regarding the opening line of your last paragraph, are you in disagreement with the id…

'Gramps' has been recommended to me in the past.

Can you explain your opposition to Singer's views? I understand he argues in favor of legalising voluntary euthanasia, and increased abortion rights. As a non-religious person, his…

I kinda assumed you were referring to Trump (?) But my point all along has been that "youtube personality getting house firebombed" != "ridiculous authoritarianism in Australia". I…

No, I don't think the government needs to be directly involved for it to be considered bad. The example you describe sounds very bad to me. But my comment was questioning OP's sugg…

OK, but you did seem to be holding the firebombing incident up as an example of Australia's "ridiculous authoritarianism". I'm just not quite seeing how it shows authoritarianism i…

By 'journalist' are you referring to the recent firebombing of the house of YouTube personalty friendlyjordies? Love the guy, but it sounds like you're implying this is an example …

Are you familiar with Metalstorm? Pretty fantastic site for all things metal music related. The 'New Releases' and 'Upcoming Releases' section under 'News and Events' at the top wo…