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Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by greenburger » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

MissTake wrote: post #29

Not about the format here; but I was interested in the image for “Brother Rat” downplaying Ronald Reagan’s billing, whereas the three posters available on IMDB has him basically on top billing. Wonder what changed…

I don't know, but it must have happened to Jane Wyman too.

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by jchw » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

s5300 wrote: post #27

jchw wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am not staff in any way, but in the spirit of the community, I would just like to point out the relevant guideline here. > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did. The correct course of action if the article is inappropriate is to flag it. Same…

>> I am not staff in any way, but in the spirit of the community, I would just like to point out the relevant guideline here. > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did. The correct course of action if the article is inappropriate is to flag it. S…

I should keep my mouth shut but... I am genuinely very curious: Can you please explain how this sort of conduct is supposed to help reduce transphobia and the associated suicides/murders? I don't follow at all.

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by ghaff » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 5:55 PM UTC

crunchyfrog wrote: post #18

sys32768 wrote: post #13

Very fascinating. Reminded me of FlexPlay from 2003, "self destructing" DVDs for short-term rentals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

It reminded me of DIVX[1] from 1999. Amazing how many times this horrible greedy idea was tried. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX

It isn't clear to me why it's unreasonable to have different pricing for rental vs. owning. In any case, the general trend seems to be towards not owning digital media in general.

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by getoffmyyawn » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

I was surprised to find that there is at least one working Cartrivision system out there[0] and the host of the video says to contact him if you have one you want fixed!

0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcpouZiZ4UE

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by apocalypstyx » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

FredPret wrote: post #30

apocalypstyx wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Seems like both sides want that

Oh, a both-sideser.

Well, if that's the case, you really shouldn't care. It should be as easy for you to be one as the other, yet those who invoke 'both sides' really only ever seem to be favoring one side.

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by funwares » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 6:00 PM UTC

NotYourLawyer wrote: post #2

> So DuArt Media Services got to work trying to rescue the tape . . . . DuArt then made a documentary about this, called “Lost and Found: The ’73 Knicks Championship Tape”. It won an Emmy. The punchline? That documentary seems to be lost. I'm just speechless.

The IMDb page for the film [0] does appear to have an Emmy win as trivia, but I can't find anything about this documentary on the 2013 Sports Emmy Awards Wikipedia page [1] or its source [2].

It is not listed as 'Outstanding Sports Documentary' winner or even as nominee. Same for the 2014 Sports Emmy Awards.

[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2883206/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Sports_Emmy_Awards

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20131118154841/http://www.emmyon...

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by Semaphor » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 6:04 PM UTC

Heh, I read it and remembered knowing a lot of it already. Of course, it turns out it was them even then [0] ;)

And yay! They are on tumblr! So much easier to read and I can subscribe to their posts.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28302722

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by shp0ngle » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 6:05 PM UTC

When I googled, it seems the document didn’t actually win an Emmy.

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by fknorangesite » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 6:05 PM UTC

sschueller wrote: post #12

throwawayacc3 wrote: post #8

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I don't understand? Why would you post a blog on the public internet and then have an issue over it being shared? It's not like HN is reprinting it and the discussions are interesting. I would not have know about this format if it hadn't been posted here.

> Why would you post a blog on the public internet and then have an issue over it being shared?

Correction: an issue with it being shared on Hacker News. Foone has explained this themselves:

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1440375176604966924?s=20

Re: Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch

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Post by labrador » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 6:06 PM UTC

The old "Tantalean punishment" reworked as a sexual fetish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus