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  1. Comment on What films did you love in your late teens to mid twenties? What makes a good young adult film? in ~movies

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    Pleasantville was formative for me. Seeing young adults come to terms with the hypocrisy of the adults of generations them, highlighted through the “tv/time-jump” gimmick of the story really hit...

    Pleasantville was formative for me. Seeing young adults come to terms with the hypocrisy of the adults of generations them, highlighted through the “tv/time-jump” gimmick of the story really hit home at 17 for me. Tobey maguire comes back to the real world and has to take care of his mom, and that helped me make the transition to adulthood as I played similar roles in the years soon after

  2. Comment on What’s the one item you make for get togethers that everyone loves that is secretly super easy to prepare? in ~food

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    Broccoli salad is out most requested and easiest dish for BBQs! Crazy easy, all amounts are basically “to taste”. This is essentially a broccoli coleslaw Raw broccoli washed and cut into bite...

    Broccoli salad is out most requested and easiest dish for BBQs!

    Crazy easy, all amounts are basically “to taste”. This is essentially a broccoli coleslaw

    Raw broccoli washed and cut into bite sized florets
    1/2 cup Mayo
    Splash of Apple cider vinegar
    1/4 cup Golden raisins
    1/4 cup Sunflower seeds
    1/4 cup Sugar (I use 20 stevia drops for my low carb version)
    A little salt

    Stir it up, that’s it! It’ll be a hit with burgers etc

  3. Comment on Are any AI virtual assistants actually useful? in ~tech

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    I use otter daily at work, and it has been absolutely key for catching all details from client call after client call, and being able to go back and reference previous decisions https://rewind.ai...

    I use otter daily at work, and it has been absolutely key for catching all details from client call after client call, and being able to go back and reference previous decisions

    https://rewind.ai is fascinating and I’m trying that out as well as a subscriber

    We’re rapidly approaching a moment where we’ll have a decent local AI augmented with memories of everything we’ve told it, heard, or seen. Rewind.ai gets close. We’re building something similar internally at my company just for our own use that searches all notes, project tickets, and transcripts from a project and provides relevant chunks to an AI when you ask it a question, so it can answer in an informed way and provide links to sources

    I think when we have that for our email and texts all local on our phone without going up to the web without privacy implications, that will be the AI moment for consumers.

    Hey siri, when’s Jane arriving?
    “She said she’s 15min late, so she should be here at 4:30, but you asked me to remind you that she’s always later than she expects, so maybe 5pm”

    Hey siri, did I ever get back to dave about the car?
    “It doesn’t look like it, his last message asked when you want to bring it in. Want me to respond?”

    That’s going to be transformative for a lot of people, and we could do it today on a desktop with a vector database, langchain, and a large local llama model. I have to imagine apple is going full-court press on launching Siri 2.0 by 2024’s wwdc

    2 votes

  4. Comment on I wanna hear your music! in ~creative

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    Growing up, I always wanted to write music for video games, and pursued music until my first year of college. A few years later, I got to get back into it and started making chiptune music on an...

    Growing up, I always wanted to write music for video games, and pursued music until my first year of college.

    A few years later, I got to get back into it and started making chiptune music on an actual retro game boy. I released it all under creative Commons license and let people use it for their games and videos and whatever they want.

    I haven’t gotten to do as much lately, But I still love writing and hope to get back to it someday it’s so gratifying when someone uses my work and let me know about it and I get to be part of the creative process

    https://ericskiff.com/music

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down (2019) in ~music

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    Took me a minute but then I was full on laughing out loud. This was awesome

    Took me a minute but then I was full on laughing out loud. This was awesome

    1 vote

  6. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    I'm personally fascinated to see if the invite-only system helps and how long it makes sense to retain that. With community behavior guidelines and less ability to make abusive throw-away accounts...

    I'm personally fascinated to see if the invite-only system helps and how long it makes sense to retain that. With community behavior guidelines and less ability to make abusive throw-away accounts there may be less of this sort of thing overall.

    From my perspective, hackernews has done a decent job maintaining a community that is both insightful and constructive, even when people disagree.

    7 votes

  7. Comment on Books for someone who wants to get back into reading in ~books

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    My favorite book of any genre is Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" it's got so many powerful resonances with today's culture and where we could be heading while also being compelling scifi....

    My favorite book of any genre is Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" it's got so many powerful resonances with today's culture and where we could be heading while also being compelling scifi.

    Daemon by Daniel Suarez is my recent favorite.

    Finally, If you haven't tried audiobooks and have any commute time in your life, it's an amazing way to turn boring time into learning / enjoyment time. I personally do 2 learning books and 1 book for enjoyment.

    The Bobiverse trilogy is super meta, funny, and also solid sci-fi

    2 votes

  8. Comment on I want an emulation box for my TV. What options best fit my needs? in ~games

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    The retropie distro (and if you want to go looking for a torrent, there are a number of images complete with ROMs and additional art and setup done) really makes emulation fun and easy. It gets...

    The retropie distro (and if you want to go looking for a torrent, there are a number of images complete with ROMs and additional art and setup done) really makes emulation fun and easy.
    It gets very close to what you're asking for, but Dreamcast is not there. We play a lot of PS1 games (Tekken, Tony hawk 2, Castlevania) and some Mario kart 64 on it though, and anything older us just flawless.

    I've built dozens of these to give to friends, and built 3 custom arcade rigs with it.

    For $70 (all in for pi 3b+, case, wired SNES style controllers, SD card and power supply) it's totally worth it to see if it scratches your itch! If not you can upgrade to something beefier

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    Gunship's. Retro future synthwave aesthetic has been in heavy rotation for me lafely

    Gunship's. Retro future synthwave aesthetic has been in heavy rotation for me lafely

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Pokémon: Detective Pikachu | Official trailer 2 in ~movies

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    I am so completely surprised. This looks AMAZING. I love the tone, the look, the irreverent banter. I really did not expect to want to see this and now I can't wait.

    I am so completely surprised. This looks AMAZING. I love the tone, the look, the irreverent banter. I really did not expect to want to see this and now I can't wait.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Web developers - What is your stack? in ~comp

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    Generally Ruby on Rails, with bootstrap for our HTML framework, SASS for css, and vanilla JS.

    Generally Ruby on Rails, with bootstrap for our HTML framework, SASS for css, and vanilla JS.

  12. Comment on What is a book that left an impression on you? in ~books

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    "never split the difference" by Chris Voss I actively avoided negotiation books before this one, and it completely changed my thinking and approach. Empathy for your counterpart can unlock better...

    "never split the difference" by Chris Voss
    I actively avoided negotiation books before this one, and it completely changed my thinking and approach. Empathy for your counterpart can unlock better outcomes for both of you, and sometimes you discover what they really need in the process

    2 votes

  13. Comment on What programming language do you use for work and what's your favorite language? in ~comp

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    Ruby On Rails at work, mostly python, circuitpython, and Arduino stuff at home for my hardware projects

    Ruby On Rails at work, mostly python, circuitpython, and Arduino stuff at home for my hardware projects

    1 vote

  14. Comment on What mobile games are worth playing? in ~games

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    I’m currently obsessed with stardew valley.

    I’m currently obsessed with stardew valley.

    4 votes