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  1. Comment on Another one bites the dust! RARBG abruptly shuts down in ~tech

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    cough Usenet cough

    cough Usenet cough

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Disney is staring down the barrell of a no good, very bad year in ~movies

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    CNN is saying it opened to $117 million…not sure if that’s the three day or including Thursday previews though.

    CNN is saying it opened to $117 million…not sure if that’s the three day or including Thursday previews though.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Disney is staring down the barrell of a no good, very bad year in ~movies

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    We’ve also all come to expect that most movies will end up on some streaming service with three months. Most people are more than willing to wait than to spend the extra money to see a movie in...

    We’ve also all come to expect that most movies will end up on some streaming service with three months. Most people are more than willing to wait than to spend the extra money to see a movie in theaters.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Linus Sebastian is stepping down as CEO of Linus Media Group, Creator Warehouse, and Floatplane in ~tech

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    I agree that it’s a bit more nuanced than the GP comment implies. I can understand his position and see why he feels that way, even if I disagree. That’s the key. As leadership changes, there’s no...

    I agree that it’s a bit more nuanced than the GP comment implies. I can understand his position and see why he feels that way, even if I disagree.

    It’s an attitude that only works if you are the owner of a company.

    That’s the key. As leadership changes, there’s no guarantee that the new leadership will still feel the same way.

    Him feeling that way doesn’t legally protect his employees at all like being in a union does.

    12 votes

  5. Comment on Cannes: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ debuts to six-minute standing ovation in ~movies

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    It's not that the applause after the screening were lukewarm, it's that the broader critical world gave the movie lesser reviews after they are released widely.

    It's not that the applause after the screening were lukewarm, it's that the broader critical world gave the movie lesser reviews after they are released widely.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Cannes: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ debuts to six-minute standing ovation in ~movies

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    For those who don’t know, it’s not uncommon for a movie to debut at a festival to a long standing ovation like this. It also means absolutely nothing in terms of quality. Plenty of awful movies...

    For those who don’t know, it’s not uncommon for a movie to debut at a festival to a long standing ovation like this.

    It also means absolutely nothing in terms of quality. Plenty of awful movies have gotten long standing ovations at Cannes only to come out and be awful.

    7 votes

  7. Comment on Google released a .zip web domain and people can't decide if it's the phishing apocalypse or just as bad as any other dodgy link in ~comp

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    I think the biggest problem here is that nobody at Google seems to have raised the potential issues with the .zip domain. Or if they did, someone overruled them. Anyone who stops and thinks about...

    I think the biggest problem here is that nobody at Google seems to have raised the potential issues with the .zip domain.

    Or if they did, someone overruled them.

    Anyone who stops and thinks about it for even a few brief moments can see any number of potential pitfalls with this.

    12 votes

  8. Comment on Conan O’Brien Must Go | Sneak peek in ~tv

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    True, but it’s been nearly a decade since his show was cancelled.

    True, but it’s been nearly a decade since his show was cancelled.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Conan O’Brien Must Go | Sneak peek in ~tv

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    Late night talk shows have been the place comedy goes to die for a long time now, but Conan O'Brien is the only host in recent memory to actually be, you know, funny while hosting a late night...

    Late night talk shows have been the place comedy goes to die for a long time now, but Conan O'Brien is the only host in recent memory to actually be, you know, funny while hosting a late night show.

    So I'm sure this will be entertaining. It's exciting to see him breaking out of the stodgy late night format and trying so many different new things.

    7 votes

  10. Comment on This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV? in ~tech

  11. Comment on This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV? in ~tech

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    I'm sure they've thought of that and have some sort of mechanism to stop it.

    I'm sure they've thought of that and have some sort of mechanism to stop it.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV? in ~tech

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    I could see this being popular with a hotel or something like that. They get free TVs for each room and maybe a cut of the advertising. I'm sure lots of local businesses would pay good money to...

    I could see this being popular with a hotel or something like that. They get free TVs for each room and maybe a cut of the advertising. I'm sure lots of local businesses would pay good money to advertise on something like that.

    Definitely not something I'd want to happen, but I could see that happening at cheaper hotels.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Vice, decayed digital colossus, files for bankruptcy in ~news

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    Maybe in certain segments people still listen to what they have to say? I’m not in any of those demographics, so I can’t speak to that.

    Maybe in certain segments people still listen to what they have to say? I’m not in any of those demographics, so I can’t speak to that.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Vice, decayed digital colossus, files for bankruptcy in ~news

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    Vice has done some interesting work over the years but it always came across as if they were explicitly trying to be anti establishment - a bit try hard. Lately it’s just been a clickbait factory...

    Vice has done some interesting work over the years but it always came across as if they were explicitly trying to be anti establishment - a bit try hard.

    Lately it’s just been a clickbait factory though. Look at their homepage right now:

    • 10 Ways to Begin Doing Something
    • Drunk People Tell Us the Pettiest Thing They've Ever Done
    • How to Cope with a Break-Up Without Just Getting Wasted All the Time
    14 votes

  15. Comment on This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV? in ~tech

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    Presumably it will require a connection to the internet every so often or it will stop working. That’s what a lot of consoles do. I’m sure someone will figure out a way to jailbreak it or find a...

    Presumably it will require a connection to the internet every so often or it will stop working. That’s what a lot of consoles do.

    I’m sure someone will figure out a way to jailbreak it or find a way around it eventually though.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV? in ~tech

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    This is absolutely one of the worst ideas I’ve heard in a long time. And that’s saying something in an era where technology has been dominated by nonsense talk about NFTs and AI.

    This is absolutely one of the worst ideas I’ve heard in a long time. And that’s saying something in an era where technology has been dominated by nonsense talk about NFTs and AI.

    13 votes

  18. Comment on How do you imagine society would develop if dragons existed? in ~talk

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    We'd notice, but we wouldn't care. Look at how we treat the planet. There would be some complaints and groups trying to stop them from being hunted to extinction, but in the end we'd just kill...

    We'd notice, but we wouldn't care. Look at how we treat the planet. There would be some complaints and groups trying to stop them from being hunted to extinction, but in the end we'd just kill them all.

    (I realize this is a very pessimistic take but... gestures wildly around at the world)

    3 votes

  19. Comment on How do you imagine society would develop if dragons existed? in ~talk

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    Realistically, we would have killed them all a long time ago out of self defense. As soon as we developed sufficient technology, we would destroy them. And then we’d all be lamenting the loss of...

    Realistically, we would have killed them all a long time ago out of self defense. As soon as we developed sufficient technology, we would destroy them.

    And then we’d all be lamenting the loss of dragons like we do with the dodo.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on What was Twitter, anyway? in ~tech

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    Twitter was, for the first few years, a place where all the internet's different cultures could cross paths. It was where all the Venn diagrams of various cultures collided into one amazing town...

    Twitter was, for the first few years, a place where all the internet's different cultures could cross paths. It was where all the Venn diagrams of various cultures collided into one amazing town square.

    And then it spilled over into the mainstream and millions more people poured into the town square until it devolved into a place where no real conversation could happen. The town square was literally full of people just yelling at one another. It just turned into one giant scream that made it impossible to get anything of value out of the site.

    Oh, and it also turned into the Nazi bar. And I think that, sadly, will be Twitter's legacy. A place that welcomed evil people with open arms.

    10 votes