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  1. Comment on Beer peeps, what have you been drinking? in ~food

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    Ain't a thing wrong with that either. Back when I drank beer I favored the heavier end 90% of the time, but still had some nice simple lagers on standby for days when I just wanted something cold,...

    Ain't a thing wrong with that either. Back when I drank beer I favored the heavier end 90% of the time, but still had some nice simple lagers on standby for days when I just wanted something cold, smooth, refreshing, and uncomplicated.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Beer peeps, what have you been drinking? in ~food

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    Thing is, I have physically recoiled while drinking sours and it was wonderful, but yeah unsurprising we share tastes in beer too. Ever tried any sours?

    Thing is, I have physically recoiled while drinking sours and it was wonderful, but yeah unsurprising we share tastes in beer too. Ever tried any sours?

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Beer peeps, what have you been drinking? in ~food

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    You not only have wonderful taste in whiskey, you mirror my tastes in beer as well. At least back when I drank beer. IPAs (with very few exceptions that didn't focus on blowing out your tastebuds)...

    The only thing I don't have is any IPAs. Fuck IPAs. They all taste like soap to me. I don't understand the appeal of super bitter, super floral, hop-heavy beers, especially those insane double-hopped, and triple-hopped IPAs. What a horrible trend! :P

    p.s. La Fin du Monde is amongst my faves as far as Tripels go. But everything Unibroue makes is honestly incredible. Excellent choice!

    You not only have wonderful taste in whiskey, you mirror my tastes in beer as well. At least back when I drank beer. IPAs (with very few exceptions that didn't focus on blowing out your tastebuds) were always hell and Unibroue makes absurdly good beer. Was always fun because my wife loved those palate wrecking IPAs, but couldn't stand my sours and vice versa.

    I have exactly two beers left in my cabinet because when I gave away the last of my 20+ bombers, there were two that I couldn't give up. Sours by New Belgium La Folie and La Terroir, both are easily the greatest sours I have ever had and the real secret is to pour them both in the same glass for a whole new level with them combined.

    Another I'd suggest people try is Wells Banana Bread beer. It's not an every day sort of thing, but take a good sip, then breath out slowly. It'll taste just like warm banana bread on your tongue like you've walked in to try Willy Wonka's multi course meal gum, just without the turning into fruit part.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes down? in ~tildes

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    I survived Tildes downtime, AMA!

    I think that's probably the longest unplanned downtime we've ever had?

    I survived Tildes downtime, AMA!

    11 votes

  5. Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! in ~tildes

  6. Comment on Reddit is going to enforce rate-limiting the API's free tier as well as charging for higher rates in ~tech

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    As a mod of NSFW subs over on reddit, it's fine. This isn't meant to be a reddit replacement and porn, with very few exceptions, is extremely low effort content that doesn't have a place here....

    As a mod of NSFW subs over on reddit, it's fine.
    This isn't meant to be a reddit replacement and porn, with very few exceptions, is extremely low effort content that doesn't have a place here. There's plenty of porn to be found on the internet elsewhere.

    7 votes

  7. Comment on Amazon employees stage walkout over return-to-office mandate, climate goals, and layoffs in ~tech

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    Pointless, or toothless rather. Amazon has somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.2-1.5Million+ employees. 1,900 worldwide walked out midday. They'll be going back to work tomorrow. A half day of...

    Pointless, or toothless rather.

    Amazon has somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.2-1.5Million+ employees.
    1,900 worldwide walked out midday.
    They'll be going back to work tomorrow.

    A half day of "disruption" by pushing today's menial office work to tomorrow does nothing and says nothing. There have been numerous walkouts of all sorts both at Amazon and other places (Starbucks is another that recently comes to mind). A day or three of no work by a small group of people that ultimately get suspended, fired, or don't get their barely-enough-to-beat-inflation-raise that year isn't even a blip on the radar.

    Want to make sure you're heard? Pull the fire alarm on the way out, when the building is clear, toss in a molotov cocktail or twenty. They might listen to demands if their headquarters is razed to the ground.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Reddit is going to enforce rate-limiting the API's free tier as well as charging for higher rates in ~tech

  9. Comment on Sex, cyborgs and videotape: an introduction to Japanese V-cinema in ~movies

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    In the 90s, Japan’s direct-to-video film industry – a world filled with sex, action, and cheap, titillating crime – was booming. Two decades on, we select the unlikely cult classics it left behind
    As Japan’s economy boomed in the late 80s, its film industry faced a crisis. Box office sales were plummeting towards an all-time low of 122.9 million in 1996, with major studio Nikkatsu declaring bankruptcy by 1993. As home video devices became increasingly affordable, nationwide video rentals from some 16,000 stores would total 840 million in 1989. The solution was obvious: instead of pouring megabucks into big-screen productions, the big studios would focus on cheap, eye-grabbing straight-to-video films to pose on rental store shelves. In 1989, with the release of Toei’s Crime Hunter, a wild and revolutionary new arena of production and distribution was confirmed: so-called ‘V-Cinema’.

    It would transform the industry in the decade thereafter. Male consumers lapped up promises of big guns and (often) even bigger boobs advertised on video box covers, as low-budget B-movies were churned out en masse. Within a year of launching its V-Cinema label, Toei was making 22 per cent of its annual income from video releases. In the process, all kinds of talented young actors and filmmakers suddenly found themselves with a new platform to showcase their talents. Some of the biggest names in Japanese cinema today – from Venice Silver Lion winner Kiyoshi Kurosawa to Cannes 2023 Best Actor winner Koji Yakusho (Cure) – all cut their teeth working on direct-to-video (DTV) productions in the 90s.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Happy 5th Birthday, Tildes! in ~tildes

    AugustusFerdinand
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    While there are some planned features, there's nothing truly broken about the site, user created groups have never been part of the plan, nor has Tildes ever been intended to be a reddit replacement.

    While there are some planned features, there's nothing truly broken about the site, user created groups have never been part of the plan, nor has Tildes ever been intended to be a reddit replacement.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Reddit is going to enforce rate-limiting the API's free tier as well as charging for higher rates in ~tech

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    Wow, that was ten years ago... time flies. Worth noting that reddit only had a problem with subs like /r/jailbait after widespread media attention. They were perfectly fine with it being one of...

    Wow, that was ten years ago... time flies.

    Worth noting that reddit only had a problem with subs like /r/jailbait after widespread media attention. They were perfectly fine with it being one of the top viewed subs and bringing in boatloads of traffic by being the number one result in google searches. Had no problem with the creator of the sub having a direct line to the admins for years, building the mod tools and guides still used to this day, and made awards specifically for him (both physical and site badges). Had no problem with him running dozens of the top SFW subs either.

    Without those subs they'd rather people forget, reddit simply wouldn't exist today.

    17 votes

  13. Comment on Reddit is going to enforce rate-limiting the API's free tier as well as charging for higher rates in ~tech

    AugustusFerdinand
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    Not only have they banned NSFW on third party apps, Imgur announced they were banning and removing it all, which will effectively nuke huge portions of it across reddit and the web...

    Also, there will be no adult content on third party apps.

    Not only have they banned NSFW on third party apps, Imgur announced they were banning and removing it all, which will effectively nuke huge portions of it across reddit and the web (upside/downside depends on your views). Reddit then recently announced that they're going to officially allow (it's been possible through loopholes for awhile) NSFW content uploaded to reddit's image hosting (static images only, no gifs/videos yet).

    My opinion/prediction remains the same.

    1. Imgur bans NSFW the same day reddit announces banning NSFW in 3rd party apps. (Done)
    2. Reddit allows NSFW on their own hosting to control the content. (Done)
    3. Reddit locks NSFW behind Reddit Premium paywall because they don't run ads in NSFW subs.
    4. Revenue skyrockets because porn still runs user generated sites.
    5. Reddit bans all porn, deletes the subs (already half happening, if you get an NSFW sub banned, as I have, they will completely ignore any efforts to get it unbanned), and the NSFW content as they file for IPO, with revenues looking great from all the premium subscriptions.
    6. Higher ups cash out at IPO, fuck over employees given stock just like Buzzfeed, and the price tanks at the next quarterly earnings call.
    37 votes

  14. Comment on Reddit is going to enforce rate-limiting the API's free tier as well as charging for higher rates in ~tech

  15. Comment on IRC for tildes? in ~tildes

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    No. There's a "reasonably active" unofficial Discord server for Tildes, but that's it. Honestly, chat rooms just cause the formation of cliques and fracturing of community.

    No.
    There's a "reasonably active" unofficial Discord server for Tildes, but that's it. Honestly, chat rooms just cause the formation of cliques and fracturing of community.

    23 votes

  18. Comment on MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's most terrifying mod in ~games

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    Went into this blind because I haven't ever been a part of Doom modding, just a filthy Doom casual that's played the standard version of each game as they've come out over the years. Started...

    Went into this blind because I haven't ever been a part of Doom modding, just a filthy Doom casual that's played the standard version of each game as they've come out over the years. Started getting...

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    House of Leaves vibes at the 10 minute mark and pleasantly surprised to have that come to fruition at the intermission. House of Leaves is also by far the most terrifying book I have read and absolutely amazing. I have a newer full color edition (my first edition was lost by a friend that borrowed it) and I remember the first time I read it was over the course of 2-3 days, doing little else. I didn't shower. I barely left my room. I had to be reminded to eat.
    It was amazing.

    Thanks for posting, I probably wouldn't have found this video otherwise.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Anyone here in or familiar with Denver and the surrounding area? Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist... in ~hobbies

  20. Comment on Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland filed for bankruptcy in wake of hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits in ~humanities

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    First link is so poorly cited it might as well be a tweet, the second almost exclusively deals with history dated so long ago as to not matter, even in the "modern medicine" section. Nonetheless a...

    First link is so poorly cited it might as well be a tweet, the second almost exclusively deals with history dated so long ago as to not matter, even in the "modern medicine" section. Nonetheless a business with a charitable arm, no matter how large it may be, is still a business.

    The final nail in the coffin is evidenced in the basis for the article itself. Who else this large, but a business files for bankruptcy to protect its existence and assets when the sins of it's past come knocking?

    1 vote