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  1. Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes

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    I'm happy to see that you are staying. I always enjoy your comments and the perspective you bring to various topics.

    I'm happy to see that you are staying. I always enjoy your comments and the perspective you bring to various topics.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes

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    I have noticed some instances over my three years here -- a thread getting increasingly heated, followed by metaposting about that thread and the state of the site. Each time, I'd bookmark them...

    I have noticed some instances over my three years here -- a thread getting increasingly heated, followed by metaposting about that thread and the state of the site. Each time, I'd bookmark them for later perusal, but within a few hours I'd find that they had been completely removed from the site, or at least locked, and a few accounts had been similarly wiped from existence. It seems that Deimos usually takes swift action when such incidents occur. It's possible that you just never checked Tildes at exactly the right moment to witness the drama.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes

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    Some newer users have noticed that they don't have any invites to give out, but others have claimed that new accounts only get invites after a probationary period of unknown length, so it's hard...

    Some newer users have noticed that they don't have any invites to give out, but others have claimed that new accounts only get invites after a probationary period of unknown length, so it's hard to tell whether they will eventually get them. I've also heard it told that invites have been given to older users upon request in the past. Perhaps someone should get clarification from Deimos on this.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Elon Musk on tomatoes in ~food

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    You can copy a link to the video starting at a certain time, but you cannot specify the end time: https://youtu.be/XuoqKYxDHVc?t=31m30s

    You can copy a link to the video starting at a certain time, but you cannot specify the end time:

    https://youtu.be/XuoqKYxDHVc?t=31m30s

    8 votes

  5. Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official

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    I don't think we've ever interacted as I don't post often, but I've always found your contributions to be meaningful and worthwhile. I hope you find happiness on your other platforms!

    I don't think we've ever interacted as I don't post often, but I've always found your contributions to be meaningful and worthwhile. I hope you find happiness on your other platforms!

    20 votes

  6. Comment on Microsoft PowerToys in ~tech

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    I don't use it often, but it's quite handy when I do. I recently used this to turn my laptop's Copilot key back into a CTRL key.

    I don't use it often, but it's quite handy when I do. I recently used this to turn my laptop's Copilot key back into a CTRL key.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Finland offers a glimpse of the hurdles Chinese electric vehicle makers face in winning over Europe – consumers ask whether the cars spy on them, or if they have kill switches in ~transport

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    When I purchase things these days, I just consider which country I'd rather be spying on me.

    When I purchase things these days, I just consider which country I'd rather be spying on me.

    10 votes

  8. Comment on Another movie longshot request in ~movies

  9. Comment on Smush in ~games

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    "Rebar" is not a word in today's pile. How do I know which words are in the pile? I would have expected all words in the Scrabble dictionary to be accepted.

    "Rebar" is not a word in today's pile. How do I know which words are in the pile? I would have expected all words in the Scrabble dictionary to be accepted.

    12 votes

  10. Comment on Longshot - anyone has DVD or Blu ray of Convoy (1978) starring Kris Kristofferson, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine in English? in ~movies

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    Looking at lelio's comment, I think I have identified the source of the discrepancy: the European release was in PAL 25 fps, while the American release was in 23.976 fps. This would cause the...

    Looking at lelio's comment, I think I have identified the source of the discrepancy: the European release was in PAL 25 fps, while the American release was in 23.976 fps. This would cause the European release to play about 4% faster, resulting in a shorter runtime. I remember that I have run into issues with syncing subtitles timed for European releases onto American releases, caused by the frame rate difference.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Longshot - anyone has DVD or Blu ray of Convoy (1978) starring Kris Kristofferson, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine in English? in ~movies

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    There are Blu-rays with original English dubbing, but the reported length is not 1h47m. The regular release is 1h51m, and there is also an extended cut running at 1h56m. I also see dubs in...

    There are Blu-rays with original English dubbing, but the reported length is not 1h47m. The regular release is 1h51m, and there is also an extended cut running at 1h56m. I also see dubs in Russian, but not Czech.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech

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    Requesting the desktop site on mobile also works.

    Requesting the desktop site on mobile also works.

    10 votes

  13. Comment on US Supreme Court lets states block trans athletes from women’s and girls’ sports in ~lgbt

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    I treat an upvote on a post to be an indicator of newsworthiness or noteworthiness -- in other words, I hope more people will be aware of it. Sometimes, that applies to bad news.

    I treat an upvote on a post to be an indicator of newsworthiness or noteworthiness -- in other words, I hope more people will be aware of it. Sometimes, that applies to bad news.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

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    I think most GIFs these days are actually MP4s or WebMs with a .gif extension, and have been for many years. It wouldn't make sense to any image host to store them in the original format, but the...

    I think most GIFs these days are actually MP4s or WebMs with a .gif extension, and have been for many years. It wouldn't make sense to any image host to store them in the original format, but the use of GIF to mean "very short looping video or animation" somehow caught on.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages

  16. Comment on 4 × 3 in ~games

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    As with Connections, sometimes the final group is just all the words you had no idea about.

    As with Connections, sometimes the final group is just all the words you had no idea about.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Re-watched the Bourne Trilogy after several years, I understand now why it was so influential in ~movies

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    There was a two-part TV movie from 1988 that reportedly kept close to the source material: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094791/

    There was a two-part TV movie from 1988 that reportedly kept close to the source material:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094791/

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Earthbound Beginnings Remake (Mother 1 fan remake in Earthbound engine) completed after nineteen years in ~games

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    Great news! I'll definitely be playing this.

    Great news! I'll definitely be playing this.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ sequel in the works with Jim Carrey, Ron Howard in ~movies

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    Thanks for the heads up. Why would anyone ever want such a feature anyway?

    Thanks for the heads up. Why would anyone ever want such a feature anyway?

    2 votes

  20. Comment on My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month in ~comp

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    Looks like you're popular! Or being scraped by bots.

    Actioning this file would cause "www.acdw.net//clojure/" to exceed the per-day file actions limit of 80000 actions, try again later

    Looks like you're popular! Or being scraped by bots.

    1 vote