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Comment on These cookies are 3D-printed and made of recycled plastic in ~science
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Comment on What are the genuinely worst films of all time? in ~movies
Loopdriver Link ParentThe room is a train wreck moving in slow motion :D When a work mate suggested me to watch it because it was "the worst movie ever"I considered it a challenge. Anyway... it was terrible from the...The room is a train wreck moving in slow motion :D
When a work mate suggested me to watch it because it was "the worst movie ever"I considered it a challenge.
Anyway... it was terrible from the beginning to the end, the acting was simply horrible. There are a couple of actors that here and there land a line in the right way (maybe...?) but the lead actor and his girlfriend couldn't act should their lives depended on that.
But... somehow... it grows on you. It's the cinematic version of eating some really bad trash food. Intoxicating :)p.s. you should check "the disaster artist" btw, a mockumentary about the production of "the Room" :)
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Comment on What is your "when I found out about 9/11" story? in ~talk
Loopdriver (edited )LinkI was in the office at the time. I remember it was around 3 or 4 p.m. and someone simply asked if internet got broken because everytime he tried to load a page it simply did not work. Everyone in...I was in the office at the time.
I remember it was around 3 or 4 p.m. and someone simply asked if internet got broken because everytime he tried to load a page it simply did not work. Everyone in the office tried it out, to understand if it was a problem of his computer but it turned out the guy was right, the internet simply didn't work properly. The intranet pages were ok but as soon as you tried to go somewhere else it was incredibly slow.
I think someone tried to load a famous news website and after a minute the page loaded, with no images but there was the news about the attack.
As soon as he started to read it, in loud voice, every one in the office gathered behind is monitor to understand what just happened.The rest of the afternoon was spent to collect the whole story. I am not sure if i remember correctly but the internet connection was restored after half an hour more or less... I have to say everyone just wanted to go back home and the rest of the afternoon was probably spent jumping from a news outlet to the other to read the different articles.
What i can say is that, a part from being horrorific, it was pretty surreal
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Comment on 'The Ghost in the Shell' just ended, what are your thoughts? in ~anime
Loopdriver (edited )LinkI really really liked the visual style. The vibrant colours and the high fidelity to shirow drawings somehow set it apart from the rest, in a good way. Most of the many iterations of this story...I really really liked the visual style. The vibrant colours and the high fidelity to shirow drawings somehow set it apart from the rest, in a good way.
Most of the many iterations of this story just tried to recreate the same feeling of the mamoru oshii's movie over and over again... The fact they go in a different direction is nice.Storywise I found it pretty consistent with the manga but consider I read it eons ago :)
Sometimes I found it coming off, a sketch here... Two sentences there... But all in all it was very good in my opinion. -
Comment on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in ~tech
Loopdriver Link ParentI can relate... I would like to add that I suspect the focus crisis we somehow face nowadays could be partially tracked to this. People are constantly interrupted. You watch a video and after 50...I can relate... I would like to add that I suspect the focus crisis we somehow face nowadays could be partially tracked to this.
People are constantly interrupted. You watch a video and after 50 seconds you have an unstoppable ads, you watch a movie and... Same, you open the news and the first thing that greets you is the cookie popup... Followed by newsletters subscribe ads, and eventually a huge ads you have to click... Then after a while the support us popup... And so on and so forth.Apart from the fact it's very annoying... It is almost impossible to focus on anything even if someone wants to.
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
Loopdriver LinkBeen on Fedora for one year (more or less). Never had a problem and i'm quite shocked to think i have never ever reinstalled anything, let alone the whole OS. I don't know what i was thinking but...Been on Fedora for one year (more or less).
Never had a problem and i'm quite shocked to think i have never ever reinstalled anything, let alone the whole OS.I don't know what i was thinking but maybe i expected it to be less robust, i dunno... or that i could stumble upon something i couldn't manage... and instead everything works just fine. I have tuned a couple of things here and there, mostly aesthetic. The only complain i have is that as soon as the new version arrives it just bricks most of my gnome extensions and i have to wait a couple of weeks before having the desktop i am used to. For the rest it's simply... flawless.
Recently (uhm.. couple of months i guess) i have installed Bazzite on my gaming rig and i really liked it, all the games i have played were perfect BUT... the first time i have installed the OS (with kde) the colours were just horrible. The colour scheme was over saturated. I have tried to look for solutions online, i have prompted some AIs... nothing. The only solution i found was to install it again (this time with gnome) and now it is perfect.
So... I dunno. I suppose that when it works it works but i'm just too ignorant to undestand how to fix things i do not like. But that's more a "me" pain point than a linux pain point i suppose :)
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Comment on What theme do you use with Tildes? in ~tildes
Loopdriver Link ParentSame here... Anything else is too bright for my taste :)Same here... Anything else is too bright for my taste :)
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Comment on Are others finding themselves spending less and less time online? in ~tech
Loopdriver Link..now that you're pointing it out... yes. The internet, a long long long time ago, was a "place" where i went to see what was going on. I spent hours on geocities, forums, etc... I had way more.....now that you're pointing it out... yes.
The internet, a long long long time ago, was a "place" where i went to see what was going on. I spent hours on geocities, forums, etc...
I had way more time when i was young... but yet... I really felt it like it was a town, with infinite roads and every road took me somewhere.Now internet has become just a tool, a sort of huge library, a source of knowledge i can try to tap.
I have seen than i turn on the pc and go online only if i have a problem to solve.
Do i need, i dunno... to install a new OS? Do i need a guide on how to do some handy job at home? Do i need to listen to someone to speak a language i'm studying? Do i... I go to youtube and look for a video there, or i just look for a thread on reddit or, recently, i just prompt an AI and ask for the solution and the sources.And once the solution i have found works i go back to my normal life.
The town has been demolished, mostly. Some roads are still there but not too many anymore and i think i've become tired to look for them :)
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Comment on Epic Games Store will support Linux "soon" in ~games
Loopdriver (edited )LinkThat is good. Sadly I am a bit lazy and I use my gaming rig via controller, neither epic not gog have something similar to steam big picture so probably I will install the games using heroic and...That is good. Sadly I am a bit lazy and I use my gaming rig via controller, neither epic not gog have something similar to steam big picture so probably I will install the games using heroic and then I will launch them through steam anyway.
But it is good nonetheless, it gives Linux another reason to be more popular among gamers.
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Comment on Choosing a printer in ~tech
Loopdriver Link ParentI second this. I also have a Brother printer (HL-L2350DW) and it works perfectly. The toner lasts quite a lot, it's pretty cheap and I have never ever installed any drive. I print from every...I second this. I also have a Brother printer (HL-L2350DW) and it works perfectly. The toner lasts quite a lot, it's pretty cheap and I have never ever installed any drive. I print from every device and the only difference from trim's printer is that mine is in black and white because I decided needed no colours (said in this way it did sound depressing... But you understood what I meant :)
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Comment on Would you eat "Casu Marzu," Sardinia's famous maggot infested cheese? in ~food
Loopdriver Link ParentI can't talk for the whole island but from the part of Sardinia I know (the south west) I'd say the young generation is not super into that, at least... the young people i know are not interested...I can't talk for the whole island but from the part of Sardinia I know (the south west) I'd say the young generation is not super into that, at least... the young people i know are not interested and some of them, even if they live there, consider it gross.
This, combined to the fact I am not completely sure it's that easy to get your hands on the cheese because i guess you need to to know the producer or someone who introduces you to him, makes casu marzu an endangered food species in my opinion.
I am pretty sure if you go in a restaurant not in a normal turist spot, or you go in the hinterland and visit your old relatives maybe they can offer you a taste of it... but as far as i know it has become more a curiosity to tickle the feelings of strangers or something to eat to highlight a special event (a dinner with relatives you rarely see, the lunch of the 15th of august, etc.) than something to consume regularly (as normal cheese, myrtle liqueur and the other food the land has to offer).
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Comment on Would you eat "Casu Marzu," Sardinia's famous maggot infested cheese? in ~food
Loopdriver LinkUhm... I have tried it a couple of times. I have some relatives who still live in Sardinia and back in the days one in my uncle took out this little "treasure" for us to taste. The taste is very...Uhm... I have tried it a couple of times. I have some relatives who still live in Sardinia and back in the days one in my uncle took out this little "treasure" for us to taste.
The taste is very strong, in my opinion, but not in a bad way. It is just a super charged pecorino cheese. But I do not suggest eating it in summer... I remember that after the first bite I felt hot in my face, like the blood was rushing in my cheeks and my nose.
The maggots are there and it is difficult not to think about them but I guess they are just living cheese now because after all they have spent all life there... What I found curious was they jumped, not a lot, but a bunch of them jumped out of the cheese so my uncle had to put a cloth on the cheese to avoid the great escaping :)
Not all the cheese is the same, the part with the maggots is the core and the the cheese is very very soft so much so you can eat it with a spoon. The borders are just regular hard pecorino cheese.
What else... Yes... It's illegal to produce and sell it but I think now a lot of these people who still look for casu marzu are old people who are accustomed to its taste and know how to get it... Or tourists looking for something peculiar so they they can tell a story once they come back home. I think it will eventually fade away in 50 years once the people who produce it retire...
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Comment on GOG confirm they are working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux in ~games
Loopdriver Link ParentI may be wrong but... I am pretty sure the box of the first game had Descent Freespace printed on it when I bought it eons ago. In the south of Europe. Could it be that Conflict was more a title...I may be wrong but... I am pretty sure the box of the first game had Descent Freespace printed on it when I bought it eons ago. In the south of Europe. Could it be that Conflict was more a title given only in some countries?
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
Loopdriver Link ParentI am sure i will. I'm looking forward to try them as soon as i finish the current game i'm playing with. Thanks sooooooooo much! :DI am sure i will. I'm looking forward to try them as soon as i finish the current game i'm playing with.
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
Loopdriver Link ParentThanks so much :) I am sure my son will appreciate... And I am sure aragami2 will really scratch my tenchu itch :)Thanks so much :) I am sure my son will appreciate... And I am sure aragami2 will really scratch my tenchu itch :)
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
Loopdriver (edited )Link Parentuhm... Is it possibile to have Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)? I frequenly use the first one but colour me curious to see what they have invented on the second one. As far as I know it should be the...uhm... Is it possibile to have Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)? I frequenly use the first one but colour me curious to see what they have invented on the second one. As far as I know it should be the first game wrapped in sort of 3d enviroment where you can interact with others not only writing mails.
And Beholder 3 (played the other 2 and i found them... quite intriguing). This new iteration seems cool enough to keep the tradition.
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
Loopdriver Link ParentHi, Uhm... i'm pretty curious about Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, it sat in my wishlist for ages but i have never managed to buy it because... there was always something juicier. Can i try it :) ?Hi,
Uhm... i'm pretty curious about Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, it sat in my wishlist for ages but i have never managed to buy it because... there was always something juicier.
Can i try it :) ?
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
Loopdriver Link ParentHi, Can i ask Aragami2 and Strange Brigade :) ? I played the first Aragami, i'm a sucker for stealth games and I really like it so i'm curious about the sequel. Strange Brigade... it's because It...Hi,
Can i ask Aragami2 and Strange Brigade :) ?
I played the first Aragami, i'm a sucker for stealth games and I really like it so i'm curious about the sequel.Strange Brigade... it's because It really seems super intriguing... the '30, the mummies... and should it support the local co-op i am sure i'll have a lot of fun when playing with my son.
What can i say if not.... thank soooooooooooo much :D
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Loopdriver LinkI was one of them. I thought it was... weird but I justified it thinking that maybe they were just runes. And in fact they were talking about a game that maybe have runes in the lore.I was one of them. I thought it was... weird but I justified it thinking that maybe they were just runes. And in fact they were talking about a game that maybe have runes in the lore.
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Comment on Everything in ~science
Loopdriver Link ParentThey will eventually improve the page with the list of all the things :)They will eventually improve the page with the list of all the things :)
Uhm... I do not want to sound strange or anything but a part from the common flashbacks à la soylent green / snowpiercer... Are we 100% sure these cookies cannot contain micro plastics. It's odd...