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  1. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    My local theater is showing more Christmas movies than new ones these days. I had never seen It's a Wonderful Life before, and after seeing it the first time, I decided to go back again the next...

    My local theater is showing more Christmas movies than new ones these days. I had never seen It's a Wonderful Life before, and after seeing it the first time, I decided to go back again the next day. The sad scenes in that movie pack a punch. I also went and saw Elf. I had already seen it a long time ago as a kid, but it was still enjoyable this time as an adult. It's different when you can understand both the story and the comedy :P

    4 votes

  2. Comment on What are your predictions for 2025? in ~talk

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    Which subreddit(s) are giving you that problem? I am still able to join and leave subreddits normally.

    Which subreddit(s) are giving you that problem? I am still able to join and leave subreddits normally.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on What are your predictions for 2025? in ~talk

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    Here's one on a much smaller scale than everyone else's predictions: I expect Reddit to finally break old reddit in a way that convinces me to finally quit the site. They won't officially...

    Here's one on a much smaller scale than everyone else's predictions: I expect Reddit to finally break old reddit in a way that convinces me to finally quit the site. They won't officially deprecate old reddit, but they will change something on shreddit that breaks a critical function of old reddit, and they will never bother to fix it or provide an official workaround. In 2024, they even removed the ability to log in via old reddit, redirecting you through shreddit instead. So I feel like the writing is on the wall.

    20 votes

  4. Comment on Astro Bot wins Game of the Year 2024 in ~games

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    Well deserved; Astro Bot captured the feeling of playing Sly Cooper that I've had trouble finding as an adult.

    Well deserved; Astro Bot captured the feeling of playing Sly Cooper that I've had trouble finding as an adult.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on The World History Encyclopedia and AI in ~humanities.history

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    In my experience, fact-checking and plagiarism avoidance are exactly the things that AI is not good at.

    [We will] use artificial intelligence to enhance our human review processes more efficiently. This includes improving tasks such as fact-checking and plagiarism detection.

    In my experience, fact-checking and plagiarism avoidance are exactly the things that AI is not good at.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Recommendations about which Android texting app to use? in ~tech

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    Hmm, when I try to install it, it says I can't because it is made for the wrong version of Android. Maybe I'll try again later, but Textra has been working well for now.

    Hmm, when I try to install it, it says I can't because it is made for the wrong version of Android. Maybe I'll try again later, but Textra has been working well for now.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Recommendations about which Android texting app to use? in ~tech

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    Thanks for the recommendation; I installed Textra and it has been working well for the past day or so. I think I'll stick with it.

    Thanks for the recommendation; I installed Textra and it has been working well for the past day or so. I think I'll stick with it.

    1 vote

  8. Recommendations about which Android texting app to use?

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    Could someone please recommend a text messaging app for Android that is reasonably secure? Verizon is discontinuing their native texting (SMS) app. They recommend switching to Google Messages, but...

    Could someone please recommend a text messaging app for Android that is reasonably secure?

    Verizon is discontinuing their native texting (SMS) app. They recommend switching to Google Messages, but I would not like Google to have access to my entire text messaging history. I tried Signal, but my old messages don't transfer over (minor problem), and almost none of my family are willing to switch to Signal (big problem). When I search for advice, I get a bunch of AI slop articles and advertisements. So I figured I might have better luck asking here: Is there any text messaging app for Android that works well and isn't going to hoover up all my data?

    16 votes

  9. Comment on Why are people on social media fixated on sharing insane takes for "criticism" or mocking? in ~talk

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    I've noticed this even in non-political contexts. I make a weekly post to r/CFB analyzing voting patterns in the Associated Press college football rankings. Even for something as unimportant as...

    I've noticed this even in non-political contexts. I make a weekly post to r/CFB analyzing voting patterns in the Associated Press college football rankings. Even for something as unimportant as that, the majority of comments are mocking or memeing against specific voters instead of commenting on the data. It's discouraging because it takes a moderate amount of effort to make every week, but the quality of interactions in the comments is steadily getting worse.

    I've considered posting it to Tildes as well, since the quality of conversations is better here, but there are so few sportsball nerds around here that I might not get any response at all.

    9 votes

  10. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    Could you please explain what this means in a bit more detail? I'm relatively new getting into movies and don't know what you mean by comparing it to TV.

    it feels televisual with its camera movement and editing.

    The plotting and structure is also super TV like.

    Could you please explain what this means in a bit more detail? I'm relatively new getting into movies and don't know what you mean by comparing it to TV.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on 'Moana 2', 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator 2' fueling Thanksgiving to historic $422m domestic box office record in ~movies

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    Ah, I see; it looks like it's the same as reddit tables. Thanks!

    Ah, I see; it looks like it's the same as reddit tables. Thanks!

    3 votes

  12. Comment on 'Moana 2', 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator 2' fueling Thanksgiving to historic $422m domestic box office record in ~movies

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    From the article, here are the Thanksgiving weekend numbers: Title Box Office Tickets Sold Moana 2 $221 M 17.4 M Wicked $117.5 M 8.7 M Gladiator 2 $44 M 3.3 M Off-topic: does Tildes support tables?

    From the article, here are the Thanksgiving weekend numbers:

    Title Box Office Tickets Sold
    Moana 2 $221 M 17.4 M
    Wicked $117.5 M 8.7 M
    Gladiator 2 $44 M 3.3 M

    Off-topic: does Tildes support tables?

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I watched Gladiator and Gladiator 2 recently. They are very similar movies, so if you liked the first one, you will like the new one too. I'm considering whether or not to go to Wicked and maybe...

    I watched Gladiator and Gladiator 2 recently. They are very similar movies, so if you liked the first one, you will like the new one too. I'm considering whether or not to go to Wicked and maybe Moana 2; they don't seem like the kind of movie I'd be interested in, but their reviews are generally positive (Esp. Wicked).

    I also watched Rebel Without A Cause and enjoyed it. The story is simple enough for an idiot like me to follow along, but still interesting.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ AKA ‘Glicked’ fuel $205m combined weekend, best pre-Thanksgiving frame in eleven years in ~movies

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    Don't most major releases still come out on disc a few months after their theatrical run ends? Maybe not smaller movies anymore, but the big names are still available.

    Don't most major releases still come out on disc a few months after their theatrical run ends? Maybe not smaller movies anymore, but the big names are still available.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors in ~tech

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    /offtopic May I suggest changing the title to the more neutral "How John Deere Monopolizes Machine Repairs" from DeArrow?

    /offtopic

    May I suggest changing the title to the more neutral "How John Deere Monopolizes Machine Repairs" from DeArrow?

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Maybe Bluesky has "won" in ~tech

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    How practical would a "phone parlor" type place be? Set up tables and chairs in a public third space. Instead of doomscrolling at home, you can take a seat at the phone parlor and doomscroll...

    How practical would a "phone parlor" type place be? Set up tables and chairs in a public third space. Instead of doomscrolling at home, you can take a seat at the phone parlor and doomscroll there. But everyone there is implicitly saying that others are welcome to interrupt and have some kind of social interaction. Hire one guy to hang out all day and kick out vandals, creeps, and the like.

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Google is testing the ‘impact’ of removing EU news from search results in ~tech

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    As an OSM contributor, I disagree on this point. While detail is filling in every day, it is not on the level of proprietary maps yet in many areas. I've recently taken to improving my hometown...

    OpenStreetMaps is just as capable of a database [as Google Maps]...

    As an OSM contributor, I disagree on this point. While detail is filling in every day, it is not on the level of proprietary maps yet in many areas. I've recently taken to improving my hometown with a 5-figure population. Before I started, it basically just marked roads, major public services like the airport, schools, hospital, and post office, and fewer than 20 private businesses that had added themselves.

    You can't search for "gas stations in [town]" because they aren't mapped yet. You can't get "directions to P Sherman 42 Wallaby Way" because almost nothing has street addresses yet. OSM is slowly getting better, and hopefully it gets there one day, but in 2024, it is not a drop-in replacement for Google Maps for many users.

    8 votes

  18. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    My story is boring. "Perryapsis" is a play on the astronomical term "periapsis" that can also be shortened into a real name.

    My story is boring. "Perryapsis" is a play on the astronomical term "periapsis" that can also be shortened into a real name.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    A while back, I asked for super hero movie recommendations for a noob and received several good ones. That made me look into more of them, but seemingly almost none of them use numbered sequels....

    A while back, I asked for super hero movie recommendations for a noob and received several good ones. That made me look into more of them, but seemingly almost none of them use numbered sequels. I'm hesitant to look them up and expose myself to spoilers. Are there spoiler-free guides or machete order types of resources for the most popular franchises? Thanks!

    2 votes

  20. Comment on How do people get over enshittification? in ~life

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    Veering slightly /offtopic, is there a non-profane alternative term for "enshittification"? It's a useful word, but I can't use it in certain settings because of the swearing....

    Veering slightly /offtopic, is there a non-profane alternative term for "enshittification"? It's a useful word, but I can't use it in certain settings because of the swearing. "Bait-and-Switch-as-a-Service" describes it well, but even that is too snarky for some professional contexts.

    4 votes