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  1. Comment on Your favorite band that no one has heard of? in ~music

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    Me and my wife both saw something recently that sparked a memory of sugar water and we couldn't believe the other knew of it. The conversation went soemthing like this: "oh man, you remember that...

    Me and my wife both saw something recently that sparked a memory of sugar water and we couldn't believe the other knew of it. The conversation went soemthing like this:
    "oh man, you remember that song from the Michele Gondry music video collection?!"
    "what? Who?.. I remember it from Buffy"
    "Buffy...?"

    2 votes

  2. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~movies

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    Oh man I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remembers this one. It's always crickets whenever I bring it up. Also you're right, flying rocket punch was pretty badass at the time.

    Oh man I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remembers this one. It's always crickets whenever I bring it up. Also you're right, flying rocket punch was pretty badass at the time.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    Bobby fingers Michael Jackson diorama video on YouTube, please look it up immediately

    Bobby fingers Michael Jackson diorama video on YouTube, please look it up immediately

    1 vote

  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~movies

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    Robot Jox is a terrible 1989 dystopian futuristic film where the world issues are not settled by war, but rather by one on one combat with giant Gundamesque robots. Russia is the bad guy, the...

    Robot Jox is a terrible 1989 dystopian futuristic film where the world issues are not settled by war, but rather by one on one combat with giant Gundamesque robots. Russia is the bad guy, the acting is terrible, tons of cliches, bad plot and shit effects, but I God damn love that movie. Almost no one I've ever talked to has heard about it.

    Solarbabies is a 1986 film, also post apocalyptic dystopian future. The world has run out of water, there's apparently no parents and all kids live in a dessert prison like camp. They play a future variant of lacross against each other in gang like nomadic teams. Lucas Hass discovers an alien orb (think locnar rip off from heavy metal) and their quest to free themselves and restore the earth's water resolves in epic fashion... Everything about this movie is disjointed and priced together in editing but again I love this movie so much and no one knows about it.

    I have digital copies of both is anyone really wants see, just message me.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    As someone who literally just spend the last 2 weeks 3d scanning, printing, finishing and painting mini sculptures for a live job, this video was of particular interest to me. I was sitting in a...

    As someone who literally just spend the last 2 weeks 3d scanning, printing, finishing and painting mini sculptures for a live job, this video was of particular interest to me.
    I was sitting in a waiting room this morning with the audio off just admiring the technique and workflow. I was not until hours later when I plugged my headphones in that I realized this wasn't just an ASMR soundtrack... Holy fuck, this videos stock went up like 50 points!
    Brad pit in snatch meets Lego batman. This was almost as momentous as the day I realized the primitive technology YouTube channel has stellar subtitle tracks detailing everything happening on screen.
    You have made my day with this video sir, thank you.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on What is your background TV solution? in ~tv

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    I don't know if this is ridiculous or genius. I often scroll though plex endlessly weighing options, but I also hate coming in half way through a movie. I've never used plex dvr so not entirely...

    I don't know if this is ridiculous or genius. I often scroll though plex endlessly weighing options, but I also hate coming in half way through a movie. I've never used plex dvr so not entirely sure how this would look from a ui perspective. Is there a menu akin to cable TV? Either way I've bookmarked this for interest. Thanks for sharing @trebory6

    9 votes

  7. Comment on Let's talk nostalgia in ~talk

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    I think our first family pc was windows 95 based but commander keen was a staple for me and by brother. We got a disc called game empire from incredible universe which was a collection of...

    I think our first family pc was windows 95 based but commander keen was a staple for me and by brother. We got a disc called game empire from incredible universe which was a collection of freeware/shareware and demo games. It was endless hours of fun that probably should of been spent elsewhere, but what else are a couple suburban kids supposed to do in 1997?
    Some of our favorites were catacombs 3D, secret agent, and Blake stone, and for whatever reason we insisted saving everything to the windows "my briefcase" folder which is nostalgia in itself.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on I would really appreciate some help. Looking for moving, thoughtful or observant or interesting songs that aren't metal or rap/hiphop in ~music

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    Changes - Charles Bradley The original by Ozzy is moving, but this version is brimming with soul

    Changes - Charles Bradley

    The original by Ozzy is moving, but this version is brimming with soul

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Weeknight meal recommendations in ~food

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    That sausage and potato one sounds great, I'm gunna try that next time instead. Thanks!

    That sausage and potato one sounds great, I'm gunna try that next time instead. Thanks!

  10. Comment on Weeknight meal recommendations in ~food

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    I second sheet pan meals, super easy to mix and match. My wife and kids love this one: https://kalynskitchen.com/roasted-sweet-potatoes-sausage-and-broccoli-sheet-pan-meal/ I sub the seasoning for...

    I second sheet pan meals, super easy to mix and match. My wife and kids love this one:
    https://kalynskitchen.com/roasted-sweet-potatoes-sausage-and-broccoli-sheet-pan-meal/
    I sub the seasoning for a premade rub I use often. Also I throw some Balsamic glaze in with the sweet potatoes. Anyway it's super hard to mess these up or overcook so as previous poster said

    5 votes

  11. Comment on What consumeristic and somewhat pointless hobby do you have? in ~hobbies

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    I'm a cg artist who's wordobe is almost exclusively flannels, jeans, and old band t shirts. When i get hone and walk in the door my pants barely stay on 5 mins. I hate having to dress up for...

    I'm a cg artist who's wordobe is almost exclusively flannels, jeans, and old band t shirts. When i get hone and walk in the door my pants barely stay on 5 mins. I hate having to dress up for anything BUT... My wife gave me a fancy pocket watch for our wedding so when I do have to dress up, I have a custom 3 peice suit I pair with a silk pocket square and my pocket watch with the chain looped from my vest pocket to the button fold. I feel absolutely amazing for the night, but the next day it's right back to caveman attire.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Where to find digitalized illustrations from the past such as these? in ~arts

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    "pen and ink" is usually indictice of this style where shading relies on hatching and stippling rather than smooth gradients you'd get by any blending medium

    "pen and ink" is usually indictice of this style where shading relies on hatching and stippling rather than smooth gradients you'd get by any blending medium

  13. Comment on Film soundtrack discussion in ~music

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    I'll have to check those out, not familiar with much outside of the spaghetti western genre as you mentioned. I'm sure there's a decent Spotify playlist somewhere

    I'll have to check those out, not familiar with much outside of the spaghetti western genre as you mentioned. I'm sure there's a decent Spotify playlist somewhere

  14. Comment on Film soundtrack discussion in ~music

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    Came here to vote for interstellar, but ecstasy of gold is one of my absolute favorite peices of instrumental music. I didn't even think of it as a soundtrack even though it's obviously scored for...

    Came here to vote for interstellar, but ecstasy of gold is one of my absolute favorite peices of instrumental music. I didn't even think of it as a soundtrack even though it's obviously scored for a quite famous scene, so you're right, morricone for the win.

    Some great orchestration in the whole dollars trilogy, but there was also some great work in the score for hateful eight which I think might of been his last original score.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Need ideas on embedding info in old home movies in ~tech

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    Do it, you never know how much time anyone has left. Once that knowledge is gone... It's gone forever. That's what's motivating me on this

    Do it, you never know how much time anyone has left. Once that knowledge is gone... It's gone forever. That's what's motivating me on this

  16. Comment on Need ideas on embedding info in old home movies in ~tech

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    That's not a bad idea honestly but I would much rather not have to rely on YouTube. I used to host home movies in private on YT before I built a plex server, but if the reddit fiasco has taught me...

    That's not a bad idea honestly but I would much rather not have to rely on YouTube. I used to host home movies in private on YT before I built a plex server, but if the reddit fiasco has taught me anything its don't rely too heavily on entities with corporate intrests. That's not to say plex doesnt, but at least it's my own hardware so I can take my mp4 and srt and go elsewhere if I go that route as you also suggested.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Need ideas on embedding info in old home movies in ~tech

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    Checking it out right now, thanks!

    Checking it out right now, thanks!

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Need ideas on embedding info in old home movies in ~tech

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    The annotation tool you linked is essentially the same thing as frame.io but now that I'm thinking of it, if I was to go this route I might just bring the video into after effects and do some nice...

    The annotation tool you linked is essentially the same thing as frame.io but now that I'm thinking of it, if I was to go this route I might just bring the video into after effects and do some nice clean annotation.

    I like the 7labs AI driven tool you linked, that has some nice potential but ill have to research a bit more, thanks!

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Need ideas on embedding info in old home movies in ~tech

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    Now that you said it, it seems like such an obvious solution! I maintain a plex server as well, it's how all this came about (sharing a home movies library with family). I've never tried to make...

    Now that you said it, it seems like such an obvious solution! I maintain a plex server as well, it's how all this came about (sharing a home movies library with family).
    I've never tried to make my own subtitles but I assume it can't be that complicated. Any idea on a utility to sue for this? Would be great to be able to have custom positioning like I see soemtimes with European subtitles.

    3 votes

  20. Need ideas on embedding info in old home movies

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    I recently digitized some old home movies from my grandparents and looking through the film I realize I recognize almost no one. This got me thinking, I should go through this with my mother to...

    I recently digitized some old home movies from my grandparents and looking through the film I realize I recognize almost no one. This got me thinking, I should go through this with my mother to help me identify family members as she's probably the last person who knows who anyone is.

    Obviously I can just make a document with notes ex: 2:53 screen right, great uncle john"
    But I'm hoping there's a more elegant solution in which I can keep info with the file and not some auxiliary document that dosent live in the same place.

    I could just dump all that info into Metadata but that's maybe the lowest quality solution.
    The xray function of Amazon prime video is the example of the best solution in a perfect world. (if you don't know, when you pause or bring up the context menu on prime video, there's a bar that identifies everyone one scene with a matching headshot)

    I actually looked into it and there's an API that amazon uses for this called "RecognizeCelebrities" and uses images to train the program to recognize faces and populate it's menu. I'm not sure if it's open source but even if it was, it's over my level to use it practically I think.

    The last option I can think of is using a video markup platform like frame.io but that's not really a long term solution.

    Any ideas?

    16 votes