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Read a paper few years ago that Slow TV[^1] will become popular in the digital era. I couldn't believe it at the time. And here we are. I guess it's a logical step to fight speed of current era. It did a sudden takeoff even in my country - Prague tram-cam is the best[^2]. [^1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_television [^2]: http://slowtv.playtvak.cz/prave-ted-mazaci-tramvaj-jede-prah...
One Halloween I logged into Ultima Online, and found I had been transformed into a deer. I could walk around and do deer stuff, but no weapons or magic or talking. Then some hippie bastard came along and tamed me! [1] I had to follow him all around and do what he told me to from then on, on that terrible day. [1] http://uo2.stratics.com/skill-guides/skills-and-professions/...
> I had to follow him all around and do what he told me to from then on, on that terrible day. I'm curious, how did that mechanic work? What stopped you from just refusing to follow orders?
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When coding I typically have Shibuya live stream on my small monitor in HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnzcw70 . Nice mix of nostalgia (been there), wanderlust (want to go back) and just awe at watching a slice of humanity scrambling across an intersection 8 hours 'in the future' and 6,000 miles away.
There are some beautiful videos showing 9+ hour plus train journeys across the Norwegian countryside, which also make for great background visuals while coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1sbKvjNcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIdnzamYDmQ&feature=iv&src_v...
It's not quite the same but I felt it's relevant.
Read a paper few years ago that Slow TV[^1] will become popular in the digital era. I couldn't believe it at the time. And here we are. I guess it's a logical step to fight speed of current era. It did a sudden takeoff even in my country - Prague tram-cam is the best[^2]. [^1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_television [^2]: http://slowtv.playtvak.cz/prave-ted-mazaci-tramvaj-jede-prah...
When coding I typically have Shibuya live stream on my small monitor in HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnzcw70 . Nice mix of nostalgia (been there), wanderlust (want to go back) and just awe at watching a slice of humanity scrambling across an intersection 8 hours 'in the future' and 6,000 miles away.
I'll use this if and when I need to experience a lot of humanity.
Always better to do it vicariously.
One Halloween I logged into Ultima Online, and found I had been transformed into a deer. I could walk around and do deer stuff, but no weapons or magic or talking. Then some hippie bastard came along and tamed me! [1] I had to follow him all around and do what he told me to from then on, on that terrible day. [1] http://uo2.stratics.com/skill-guides/skills-and-professions/...
> I had to follow him all around and do what he told me to from then on, on that terrible day. I'm curious, how did that mechanic work? What stopped you from just refusing to follow orders?
I'm legitimately looking forward to a "bird cam". If I can run it locally, I'm setting it up for Ultra-High with HighDef textures and leaving it streaming in the office. I love the GTA V cityscape.
The world in GTAV is seriously an achievement. I can say that there were points playing through it that I legitimately had to stop just to marvel at the view. For a video game, that is pretty impressive.
Even Red Dead Redemption and Just Cause 2 achieved that a few years earlier.
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> I had to follow him all around and do what he told me to from then on, on that terrible day. I'm curious, how did that mechanic work? What stopped you from just refusing to follow orders?
Deer honor
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There are some beautiful videos showing 9+ hour plus train journeys across the Norwegian countryside, which also make for great background visuals while coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1sbKvjNcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIdnzamYDmQ&feature=iv&src_v...
I really enjoy watching videos like this for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EeTfiBWZzU It's not quite the same but I felt it's relevant.
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When coding I typically have Shibuya live stream on my small monitor in HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnzcw70 . Nice mix of nostalgia (been there), wanderlust (want to go back) and just awe at watching a slice of humanity scrambling across an intersection 8 hours 'in the future' and 6,000 miles away.
Thank you so much for this. I'll use this if and when I need to experience a lot of humanity. Always better to do it vicariously.
Title makes it seem like this is from GTA: San Andreas when it's actually from GTA V.