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I read both of these in the last year and they're both phenomenal. I'm working my way through the classics, there's a reason they've survived centuries. Actually, I listened to a d…

We're getting into the 1930s now - the sound era and the start of the Golden Age. Here's some recommendations. The Divorcee - Norma Shearer won best actress for this performance of…

You want to suck air through the filters rather than blow into them. For one, this keeps the fans cleaner but also it's more efficient, reducing turbulence inside the box. https://…

There's certainly something to novelty wearing off with time but I don't think that diminishes historical work. When I listen to Abbott and Costello perform "Who's on First?" (c. 1…

Check out the 24h chart on https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7456/Who-will-win-t... The roughly 50-45 Trump-Biden favor briefly flipped to 48-50 but now looks to be revertin…

Their own video showing this interface is awkward as hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MirzFk_DSiI Speech is not an optimal interface (in most cases). The AI just rambles along…

"Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise"[0] isn't bad either. [0] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

I wonder what kind of pain is involved with maintaining every new feature release with bug and compatibility fixes forever*.

Unfortunately, your local farm raised meat might still go to that big slaughterhouse. It's expensive for small farmers to run their own on-site USDA inspected slaughterhouse. Also,…

Disney use Unreal Engine for their dynamic greenscreen LED wall which they film The Mandalorian and others against. That's got to be at least as important as Fortnite characters.

> Tesla absolutely refuses for some reason. That reason might be the $10/mo they get people to pay for live traffic, satellite maps, and access to music streaming.

They also do this thing at the top of their product page [0] where they say 11,000 lbs towing capacity, 340 mi. range (estimated), 2.6 sec 0-60 mph (with leadout). But they aren't …

One of the stills [0] shows a Tilta Nucleus-M focus/zoom wheel [1], see it in use on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx5s0M-_ib4 [0] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2023/10/b…

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> I am sad about unnecessary suffering of the animals I eat as well Then stop eating them.

It's not moral when all public good is sacrificed for familial benefit.

Yea but they only have the TdF and a smattering of the French races (Paris-Roubaix, etc.), if you want to watch cycling year round it's not sufficient. As an American, I think the …

There’s all kinds of funky geo restrictions for the tdf and a bunch of other races. The rights are a mess. In the US you need to use a vpn to watch the tdf on GCN+.

He'll be counting the votes.

It's wild they still have the original design on their pre-order website. They know that what you order will not look anything like that thing on https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck -…

It's not whether they're alive but if they can suffer.

Imagine wearing this fucking thing at your daughter's birthday party just so you can "re-live" it later.