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  1. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    if you want some super simple curries and more, Chetna has a good channel that covers the basics — https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC1VkNUPA6ieOuwXmk4SSJZw

    if you want some super simple curries and more, Chetna has a good channel that covers the basics — https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC1VkNUPA6ieOuwXmk4SSJZw

  2. Comment on Leave the phone, take a camera in ~tech

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    I've had a few over the years. The only one I have now is a toy camera made out of really dense cardboard or whatever. You assemble it yourself. Shooting from the hip with a top-down viewfinder...

    I've had a few over the years. The only one I have now is a toy camera made out of really dense cardboard or whatever. You assemble it yourself.

    Shooting from the hip with a top-down viewfinder gives a more natural angle, I find. I can't really explain it, but it feels like it does a better job observing. Its easier to be discreet and chat with your subjects, if you're posing people.

    Plenty of TLRs on ebay and around for not a lot of money. Just make sure you have a place to develop the film.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    I love bad hollywood remakes as validation. Its true, too.

    I love bad hollywood remakes as validation. Its true, too.

  4. Comment on Leave the phone, take a camera in ~tech

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    excellent title. i’ve been thinking of getting a proper digital camera. I’d love to have a digital TLR, but it doesn’t seem to exist outside of a few toy cameras (even just as a form factor.)

    excellent title.

    i’ve been thinking of getting a proper digital camera. I’d love to have a digital TLR, but it doesn’t seem to exist outside of a few toy cameras (even just as a form factor.)

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    in going through Fincher's work, I'm finishing tonight with The Killer (2023). I really like the film, but I think I am in the minority. I'm not even sure how to frame the film --- but I kind of...

    in going through Fincher's work, I'm finishing tonight with The Killer (2023). I really like the film, but I think I am in the minority.

    I'm not even sure how to frame the film --- but I kind of view it as a response to John Wick and other hitmen movies out around the same time. I really like the Casino-like hit that halts his narration and other stuff like that. Lots of little things like this are great. I also love that he orders stuff off of Amazon.

    All in all, fun little movie. I also appreciate that there's one part where I thought he slipped up, but it wasn't anything. It would have been a cheap little balancing of power in the moment.

    edit: tonight I watched Body Double (1984) -- I love the De Palma aesthetic so much. I can't even really nail down what it is, but his films always have this... je ne se quoi.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on 'Saturday Night Live' hit with backlash for using AI images in ~tv

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    its typically 60% good every week.

    its typically 60% good every week.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech

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    sad that a good stance is so rare these days

    sad that a good stance is so rare these days

  8. Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech

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    if anything, the Vivaldi team is against using AI for the browser, which is refreshing.

    if anything, the Vivaldi team is against using AI for the browser, which is refreshing.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    nice! Oldboy / the Vengeance trilogy was great --- but Oldboy itself is one of the few 'oh jesus christ.. what the fuck' movies. so good. Outside of specific directors, I really liked How to Make...

    nice! Oldboy / the Vengeance trilogy was great --- but Oldboy itself is one of the few 'oh jesus christ.. what the fuck' movies. so good.

    Outside of specific directors, I really liked How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024). Just a nice movie.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    I prefer Sorcerer, but each has their strengths. nobody sweats like Roy Scheider. If you haven’t already, There are some really great korean films like Memories of Murder (2003), The Handmaiden...

    I prefer Sorcerer, but each has their strengths. nobody sweats like Roy Scheider.

    If you haven’t already, There are some really great korean films like Memories of Murder (2003), The Handmaiden (2016), and so much more.

    Have you seen Ozu’s Floating Weeds yet? I think that is my favorite of his… but it changes :)

  11. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    In my Fincher-fest, tonight is Gone Girl -- a film and book I both loved. Great film. Carrie Coon melts into every role and never looks the same twice. edit: I forgot to note that I am only doing...

    In my Fincher-fest, tonight is Gone Girl -- a film and book I both loved. Great film. Carrie Coon melts into every role and never looks the same twice.

    edit: I forgot to note that I am only doing the commentary tracks! I'm very very familiar with these movies, so I figured I'd go this route. Fincher does pretty good commentaries. A lot of directors (etc) will give a play by play, which is stupid. Fincher is all behind the scenes and process.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    did you end up seeing it? Its pretty great... long, but worth it. I've got a version some rando made that uses scenes from the Japanese DVD and some other stuff. I don't think it's 1:1, but its...

    did you end up seeing it? Its pretty great... long, but worth it. I've got a version some rando made that uses scenes from the Japanese DVD and some other stuff. I don't think it's 1:1, but its close enough.

    One big change, I think, is the Crazy 88 scene in color and uncut. I think I prefer it.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    if you haven't already, track down the made for TV 12 Angry Men with Tony Danza. Its an interesting comparison

    if you haven't already, track down the made for TV 12 Angry Men with Tony Danza. Its an interesting comparison

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Gift recommendations in ~life

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    I've got this Miir 20oz Wide Mouth hydroflask -- $35 or whatever -- I love it and use it all day, every day. Cleans up quick and keeps stuff hot or cold for ~6hrs or more. Other than that,...

    I've got this Miir 20oz Wide Mouth hydroflask -- $35 or whatever -- I love it and use it all day, every day. Cleans up quick and keeps stuff hot or cold for ~6hrs or more.

    Other than that, gift-wise... weed gummies are cheap and I'm giving them away.... like candy this year. :)

    2 votes

  15. Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech

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    yeah, its a faux-shadowban. The user has no idea their stuff is being removed unless they check it from an incognito window. So its sort of the same but localized. In my sub, I've got a few...

    yeah, its a faux-shadowban. The user has no idea their stuff is being removed unless they check it from an incognito window. So its sort of the same but localized.

    In my sub, I've got a few hundred people in this condition and some of them have been spewing vile stuff for years, but nobody sees it.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech

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    we can do this to remove everything from someone. type: any author: name: [username1, username2] action: remove action_reason:"idiots" I solo mod a sub with ~2m -- without this rule, I'd be screwed :)

    we can do this to remove everything from someone.

        type: any
    author:
        name: [username1, username2]
    action: remove
    action_reason:"idiots"

    I solo mod a sub with ~2m -- without this rule, I'd be screwed :)

  17. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    definitely go through Ozu, Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Takeshi Kitano, etc -- the big names are big for a reason. For Ozu and Kurosawa, I also did commentary tracks. For Kurosawa,...

    definitely go through Ozu, Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Takeshi Kitano, etc -- the big names are big for a reason. For Ozu and Kurosawa, I also did commentary tracks. For Kurosawa, Stephen Prince (author of The Warrior's Camera) teaches Kurosawa or something and... well, he knows everything about everything.

    I love Samurai films, so I did a lot of those... I had an extended period of Shaw Brothers films (etc), too. Not to mention Zatoichi, Lone Wolf and Cub etc, too.

    For french films, Three Colors Trilogy, Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), Le Trou, Amour, Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim), The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur, also watch Sorcerer), La Haine, Le Samouraï, L'Atalante etc. A top-list will cover the standards like Breathless, Jeanne Dielman etc --- so many perfect films.

    If you do do a list, don't go in order of the rating, though. I did that with kung fu and was so excited at first then it became a bit of a slog.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    oh man! it isn’t a perfect film, but it’s pretty neat and worth the watch. it almost feels like something from Nolan. The pace and rhythm is also interesting. definitely worth a watch.

    oh man! it isn’t a perfect film, but it’s pretty neat and worth the watch. it almost feels like something from Nolan. The pace and rhythm is also interesting. definitely worth a watch.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    Here is everything I watched this year everything.. I think The Pelican Brief (1993) The Beast (La Bête) (2023) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) A Different Man (2024) The Mechanic (1972)...

    Here is everything I watched this year

    everything.. I think

    pretty tame year. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, Anora, Islands, and Nouvelle Vague were all standouts for newer films.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~movies

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    oh, not too bad then. Back around 2014 or so I crossed 200 but it was all japanese, russian, and french stuff... and I was completely burned out on cinema for a few months until a double of...

    oh, not too bad then. Back around 2014 or so I crossed 200 but it was all japanese, russian, and french stuff... and I was completely burned out on cinema for a few months until a double of Yojimbo and Sanjuro was in an art-house theatre. Without that double, I think it would have been ages until I saw anything with a subtitle.

    I probably do 80 per year these days.. maybe more if I watch new stuff.

    3 votes