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Comment on What long book series is worth its page count? in ~books
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Comment on Disney’s Snow White | Official trailer in ~movies
shrike Link ParentThe trailer looks like they reimagined the whole thing from the start. It might work or it might not. What I can be absolutely sure about is that The Internet will lose their collective minds over...The trailer looks like they reimagined the whole thing from the start. It might work or it might not.
What I can be absolutely sure about is that The Internet will lose their collective minds over this and the rage content will flow (and make money for people creating it).
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Comment on Disney’s Snow White | Official trailer in ~movies
shrike Link ParentPeople were complaining that it didn't match the original animation. But (IIRC) it was actually based on the Broadway play that they did from the animation, which had more songs in it.People were complaining that it didn't match the original animation.
But (IIRC) it was actually based on the Broadway play that they did from the animation, which had more songs in it.
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Comment on You should have a website in ~tech
shrike Link ParentThere are people who sell actual things they make and their only online presence is on Meta-controlled sites. If something happens to that, they lose their whole following AND their business....There are people who sell actual things they make and their only online presence is on Meta-controlled sites. If something happens to that, they lose their whole following AND their business. They're so young or so chronically online that they can't fathom a world outside Instagram for example.
Even small tweaks to The Algorithm that decides who sees their posts is a huge hit to their revenue if they're doing something that doesn't get promoted as much.
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Comment on You should have a website in ~tech
shrike Link ParentThere might be a disconnect here. If your only online connections are to people who are close enough to you personally for you to give them your personal phone number or email address (or home...Why would you see my empty homepage url and not my email or my phone number? Or message my partner or mutual friends?
There might be a disconnect here. If your only online connections are to people who are close enough to you personally for you to give them your personal phone number or email address (or home address), this is not for you.
I do NOT want people cold-calling my partner either by email or phone if my accounts go missing and my online-only friends/acquaintances start to wonder where I disappeared. Those people don't even know if I have a partner, many of them have no clue where I live, they most definitely don't know my real name, phone number or email.
My online presence and offline persona are separate for a reason and very rarely do they mix. I think we're both in the generation where sharing your face, real name etc. online was considered bad form and a bad idea in general.
Now it has become the norm to paste your face and real name on every thought you have.
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Comment on How decentralized is Bluesky really? in ~comp
shrike Link ParentPeople still manage to remember their email addresses, a mastodon username isn't much more complicated.Just remembering username and password is hard enough for some people
People still manage to remember their email addresses, a mastodon username isn't much more complicated.
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Comment on You should have a website in ~tech
shrike Link ParentIt can be as much of a "presence" as you want of course. If the photos you took of your dinner is what you want people to see, put them on your own site in addition to whatever social media site...It can be as much of a "presence" as you want of course.
If the photos you took of your dinner is what you want people to see, put them on your own site in addition to whatever social media site you want to. This can be automated to a decent degree if you want to (with IFTT, Zapier, n8n, etc).
Let's take a hypothetical: If I follow you on social media, I'll most likely see your home page URL multiple times, maybe I'll even click on it to find out about your other accounts. If you suddenly disappear from whatever site, I have at least a vague memory that you had a site you controlled. No matter how downranked it is by search engines, I can at least go try to find it or maybe it's still in my browser history or I'll remember it off the top of my head. I can go there and check if you have any info why the account went away.
But if you really don't care about people finding you when some AI moderation system decides arbitrarily to nuke your profiles from existence, then by all means don't have a central place you control. I don't care and I don't have a "homepage". I couldn't care less about my "personal brand". There are exactly three photos of me on the internet and I've been here when Netscape 4.7 was the shizznizzle.
I've just seen way too many people cry how their whole livelihood disappeared when their main account got disappeared from whatever site they were using and want to tell them that there are options they can control.
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Comment on Is the Cybertruck really that bad? in ~transport
shrike LinkIt's supposed to be a "truck" that can tow heavy shit. They made the chassis from cast aluminium. Which is brittle and will crack. There is a reason heavy duty vehicles use steel frames, steel...It's supposed to be a "truck" that can tow heavy shit. They made the chassis from cast aluminium. Which is brittle and will crack.
There is a reason heavy duty vehicles use steel frames, steel bends, but won't crack.
WhistlinDiesel is annoying if you're under 30, but the video has good points on aluminium vs steel frames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_scBKKHi7WQ
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Comment on Is the Cybertruck really that bad? in ~transport
shrike Link ParentIt's a Jeep Thing, you wouldn't understand =)It's a Jeep Thing, you wouldn't understand =)
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Comment on You should have a website in ~tech
shrike Link ParentPeople used to write blogs for themselves, not to farm massive engagement or to build a personal brand.People used to write blogs for themselves, not to farm massive engagement or to build a personal brand.
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Comment on You should have a website in ~tech
shrike (edited )Link ParentI think the idea behind that is that you need to own your identity online. Own your own house instead of renting a room in 7 different megacorp offices. Even if your house is just an empty plot...I think the idea behind that is that you need to own your identity online.
Own your own house instead of renting a room in 7 different megacorp offices. Even if your house is just an empty plot with addresses to your rented megacorp offices :)
That way if, for some reason, all of your online presence on 3rd party sites goes away people can still find you if they want to.
Depending on what you do it doesn't have to be a site, some people have a mailing list. Chronically/professionally online people will have multiple backup accounts linked with the main account so that if the main one gets banned/suspended, their ability to contact their audience doesn't completely disappear.
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Comment on You should have a website in ~tech
shrike Link ParentSelf-hosting a Linktree gives you full control of your data and links. You can find out where people come from and which links they click if you care about that. You can also upgrade it from just...Self-hosting a Linktree gives you full control of your data and links. You can find out where people come from and which links they click if you care about that.
You can also upgrade it from just a link collection to an actual site later on without having to change the link in multiple places.
The goal isn't to have your self-hosted linktree to be indexed by Google, the goal is to have it in your social media profiles and people can go there to find more - instead of linktree and the like.
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Comment on You should have a website in ~tech
shrike LinkRelated to this is POSSE: https://indieweb.org/POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) If you spend any major time writing a comment or creating any content about a subject on a...Related to this is POSSE: https://indieweb.org/POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere)
If you spend any major time writing a comment or creating any content about a subject on a 3rd party platform, store it somewhere YOU control. It doesn't have to be a public site (I use Obsidian personally).
Then when you eventually end up writing about the same content, you can either link to your site (which is downranked by pretty much all social media sites btw) or just copy/paste your existing text again, modifying it as needed.
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Comment on Great shows with a truly satisfying ending? in ~tv
shrike Link ParentScrubs gets a satisfying ending if you don't bother with Season 9.Scrubs gets a satisfying ending if you don't bother with Season 9.
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Comment on Star Trek: Section 31 | Teaser trailer in ~movies
shrike Link ParentThis is a spin-off of Discovery, which is ... an experience. It's the only Star Trek show in my book that would improve at least 42% by getting rid of the "main" character. Pretty much every...This is a spin-off of Discovery, which is ... an experience.
It's the only Star Trek show in my book that would improve at least 42% by getting rid of the "main" character. Pretty much every single one of the other crew members is more interesting to follow.
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Comment on How do I sync my dotfiles between PC and laptop? in ~tech
shrike Link Parent+1 for chezmoi I’ve used multiple different systems during about 2 decades and chezmoi is the first one that just works and doesn’t try to be too much. Plus it’s super easy to bootstrap on a new...+1 for chezmoi
I’ve used multiple different systems during about 2 decades and chezmoi is the first one that just works and doesn’t try to be too much.
Plus it’s super easy to bootstrap on a new machine
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Comment on Don't talk to the police in ~life
shrike (edited )Link ParentOver here “police school” is a 4 year college level school with physical fitness requirements. After that there is a mandatory one year probation during which the future officer can be immediately...Over here “police school” is a 4 year college level school with physical fitness requirements.
After that there is a mandatory one year probation during which the future officer can be immediately dismissed.
Our police is pretty well trusted and respected. People do try to bring ACAB shit here but they’re just copying US attitudes and failing.
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Comment on Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital outside Cairo in ~enviro
shrike Link ParentTransporting hydrogen is a massive pain in the ass, it leaks from every container, the containers need to be MASSIVE because it needs to be pressurised to insane levels to be economical to move....Transporting hydrogen is a massive pain in the ass, it leaks from every container, the containers need to be MASSIVE because it needs to be pressurised to insane levels to be economical to move.
Hydrogen is good for grid-scale long term storage where pumped hydro and batteries are either cost-prohibitive or inconvenient. Use excess renewables to create hydrogen on-site and fill massive tanks in the middle of nowhere with it. When production dips, feed it back through grid-scale fuel cells.
In a limited way it might be possible to convert old natural gas pipes and infrastructure to hydrogen, but it still leaks like nobody's business and making the pipelines hydrogen proof is not exactly cheap.
But for Joe Regular's car? Never. Unless we figure out literal free electricity and have already filled every battery on the planet first.
For long-haul transport where EVs aren't valid for some reason? Maybe - but it'd millions an millions worth of infrastructure - and multiple trucks delivering the hydrogen for the other trucks :D
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Comment on Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital outside Cairo in ~enviro
shrike LinkWhy do people keep forgetting that hydrogen is not an energy source, it’s a storage medium. There is little to none “free” hydrogen we can just pump to a tank and use - it always needs to be...Why do people keep forgetting that hydrogen is not an energy source, it’s a storage medium.
There is little to none “free” hydrogen we can just pump to a tank and use - it always needs to be separated from other elements using tons and tons of energy.
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Comment on Why TV is wrong for Tolkien in ~tv
shrike LinkAFAIK the biggest issue in The Rings of Power series is that the Tolkien estate didn't license The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales for Amazon. Now they can just use appendices and random notes by...AFAIK the biggest issue in The Rings of Power series is that the Tolkien estate didn't license The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales for Amazon.
Now they can just use appendices and random notes by Tolkien, but explicitly can't use the actual material for content...
He literally had to find a new company to handle the printing, his regular one couldn't do books that big :D