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  • paper_moon@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What lyric has stood the test of time for you?
    3·
    5 小时前

    As far as story telling, and war goes, “The General” by Dispatch:

    [Verse 1]

    There was a decorated general with a heart of gold

    That likened him to all the stories he told

    Of past battles won and lost, and legends of old

    A seasoned veteran in his own time

    On the battlefield, he gained respectful fame

    With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name

    He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face

    And always urged his men on

    [Verse 2]

    But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream

    The old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning

    He awoke from that night to tell what he had seen

    And walked slowly out of his tent

    All the men held tall with their chests in the air

    With courage in their blood and a fire in their stare

    And it was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare

    Till the old general told them to go home

    [Chorus]

    He said, "I have seen the others, and I have discovered

    That this fight is not worth fighting

    And I’ve seen their mothers

    And I will no other

    To follow me where I’m going

    So take your shower, shine your shoes, you got no time to lose

    You are young and you must be living

    So take your shower, shine your shoes, you got no time to lose

    You are young and you must be living

    Go now, you are forgiven"

    [Verse 3]

    But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders

    Not knowing what to do with their contradicting orders

    The general said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further

    The men could go as they pleased

    But not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead

    Till one by one they stepped back, and not a word was said

    And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head

    He then prepared to fight

    [Chorus]

    He said, "I have seen the others, and I have discovered

    That this fight is not worth fighting

    And I’ve seen their mothers

    And I will no other

    To follow me where I’m going

    [Outro]

    Go now, you are forgiven

    Go now, you are forgiven

    Go now, you are forgiven

    Go

  • paper_moon@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Border Czar Says He Is Pulling 700 Immigration Agents Out of Minneapolis
    10·
    2 天前

    Its only a victory if we can ensure they don’t attack another city in 2 weeks.

    I’m actually not happy they’re cooling their aggression because it feels like they’re just letting the boiling pot cool for a sec, we need the heat to keep coming to keep people angry and engaged enough to not fall back into apathy and putting their heads in the sand again. Just like school shootings, if you wait long enough, Minnesota will just be another school shooting that people shake their heads over and go back to doing whatever they were doing.

  • paper_moon@lemmy.worldtoHome Automation@lemmy.world•Belkin dropping support for most Wemo devicesEnglish
    3·
    10 天前

    I have a bunch of belkin wemo, tp-link kasa and some other off brand smart switches that I use with home assistant locally. The problem I see here, is that as far as I know you still need the manufacturers app to link the smart switch to your network for the initial set up. The second they abandon the apps and stop updating them, people are gonna have problems. If you ever need to reset the switch, or change your WiFi SSID/password, or you move and have to set up the devices anew, you still need the manufacturers apps to do that initial set up.

    I’m really hoping someone builds an app or service that can handle the initial handshake to get the device on your network from the initial WiFi hotspot they set up for their phone app to do its thing.