HeartyOfGlass

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You are being tortured. Your captor is forcing you to listen to someone else eat. What are they eating? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

"Themselves"

Don't bow at me (November 10, 1907) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

The term remained in use as a technical ethnic term in anthropological and historiographical literature into the late 1980s.

It's hard to fault him there in the early 1900s when it was an "accepted" scientific term until nearly a century later. Thank you for sharing that link 'cause that's a new one to me!

Anon defends Michael Jackson in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago

The thing is - there is no evidence of sexual misconduct. He's been investigated by just about everyone from local cops to the FBI since the early 90s, and despite the outcry there's never been evidence. Considering how our justice system dealt with another high-profile figure's history of sexual abuse, I have to believe something concrete would've turned up by now.

Inappropriate? Absolutely. Illegal? Pedophilia? Doubtful. I mean, provided we genuinely believe in "Innocent until proven guilty" ideal...

Island Sandpipers by Sally Swatland in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

She sells 'em

Please stop making Alien movies in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

"Covenant" and "Prometheus" would've been killer movies to kick off a new IP.

I might be the old man shouting at clouds, but I've been turned off to all franchise "reboots". Just sick of rehashes and revisits and the cute little "winks" these movies do to the previous installments. Have an original thought, damn.

Why I Prefer Minetest To Minecraft - YouTube in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Notes while I'm watching:

  1. The "vibe" is different - in my head I translated this to "he likes the GUI more"
  2. Minetest has zero "story" / progression (so no Ender Dragon to gear up for & fight) - it's purely a sandbox experience.
  3. better performance, apparently runs on potato laptops pretty well
  4. Mods are built-in, and don't require tools like Forge or whatever to tweak a jar file ⬅️ THIS is cool!
  5. Customization via the Settings menu

The "built-in support for mods" caught my eye. That's pretty slick, and a headache with MC.

tl;dr - it runs on just about everything, and focuses on giving the player an easy-to-mod "sandbox" to play in.

Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Gotta brush up on the ol' powershell

20 years ago, Pirate Bay's response to legal threats from DreamWorks in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 133 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

One day I hope to write a "go fuck yourself" email of this caliber.

This is too cute in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Just occurred to me - are there streamers who read books aloud for their audience? Like a live audiobook?

What's a life lesson you learned the hard way that you'd want to share with others to help them avoid the same mistake? in c/[email protected]
Pip Boys could have caught on in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

"I'll just look it up on my wristlojackimator"

Haha, 420 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The scariest thing in the world would be if they gave Sinbad another tv show.

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Do people still sculpt? Any sculptors here on Lemmy? (lemm.ee)
 

I'm confident the answer to the initial question is "yes", but in my little corner of the world I've never met a sculptor - no students, no teachers, no amateurs or professionals - and I don't recall hearing about significant sculptures being erected anywhere in the last few decades.

Sculpting fascinates me, but I'm totally ignorant of how it works. If you’re a sculptor -

  • when/how did you start? Do you start with clay and pottery?
  • How do you "practice"? Play-doh? Gotta imagine it's different based on your preferred medium?
  • do artists still use marble? Seems like it'd be insanely expensive & one mistake screws the whole thing up
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Upscaling poor quality content? (lemm.ee)
 

Ahoy, mateys

I've seen some concert footage on YouTube that's been upscaled via "AI", and some of the examples look incredible.

Is it possible to upscale the video content I've acquired? I have a few series that look to have been recorded on VHS tapes crammed with dirt.

Opinions & ideation are welcome. Mostly curious whether it's feasible.

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What's your auto-complete setup? (lemm.ee)
 

Recent versions of Vim include a built-in auto-complete feature, and of course there are a half-billion other auto-complete plugins available through GitHub.

What's your setup? Plugins, or vanilla? Suggested tweaks?

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At least he'll always have her bracelet... (i.imgur.com)
 

S02E01 - A Flight to Remember 👆

S03E05 - Amazon Women in the Mood 👇

I love this show.

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