whaleross

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My god! Is there an YouTube alternative at all!? in c/asklemmy
[–] whaleross 17 points 8 hours ago

Technical platforms? Yes.

Content platforms? No.

cool thing I found on Pinterest in c/[email protected]
[–] whaleross 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So how and why does this work so well?

Alternative to IMDb? in c/[email protected]
[–] whaleross 16 points 1 day ago

Almost any service except IMDb takes it's based data from TMDb. It is the source for freely available crowd collected movie data.

There are self hosted alternatives like Mediatracker, Flox, Watcharr etc that are hit and miss depending on your requirements and none of them as polished as a commercial service. All of them too rely on base data from TMDb.

Looking for a new distro. Ditching Windows. in c/[email protected]
[–] whaleross 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Similar story here. Tried some latest versions of popular distros. Settled with Fedora KDE. Fedora supported nearly everything in my convertible laptop out of the box where others were hit and miss. Easy transition from Windows 10. KDE doesn't enforce it's own opinions of desktop and workflow like Gnome does. Steam, Epic and GoG all play fine. It's my daily driver now. Much recommended.

hard choice in c/[email protected]
[–] whaleross 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about getting policed by The Police?

Name my homelab! What should my hostnames be? in c/asklemmy
[–] whaleross 5 points 6 days ago

That would be brilliant for a honey trap. The second server on the network switched the second l for an i. The third one has both.

Bit more cheese in c/comicstrips
[–] whaleross 3 points 6 days ago

And antihistamines to break the sweats.

Ornate barcode feels like it's breaking the fourth wall, somehow in c/showerthoughts
[–] whaleross 3 points 6 days ago

Exactly!

Ornate barcode feels like it's breaking the fourth wall, somehow in c/showerthoughts
[–] whaleross 3 points 6 days ago

You know, when the designer did something funny with it. Like elongating the end and making it into a giraffe.

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Ornate barcode feels like it's breaking the fourth wall, somehow (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by whaleross to c/showerthoughts
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall

Linux distros if they were high school stereotypes in c/linuxmemes
[–] whaleross 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mint has not been the new kid for ten years plus. The first iterations of Mint was in 2006.

Mint is the kid that everybody likes despite not even sharing any interests.

Infographic about clothes produced in EU in c/[email protected]
[–] whaleross 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I recommend IceBugs, Swedish manufacturer with environmental profile. Absolutely awesome running and trekking shoes and their insoles are way better than the ones from a regular shoe store.

Also Adidas is still German, isn't it? They still have good soles on their sneakers.

Women in Metal in c/[email protected]
[–] whaleross 3 points 1 week ago

Wendy O Williams was and will forever be the queen of anarcho punk rock.

Too bad she decided to leave, but it was her way to go.

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Influencers people are finding their way to the Fediverse (self.mildlyinfuriating)
 

Got spam today from someone trying to tap this new market and create a following.

Please don't encourage them. If it catches on it will be terrible. Don't let them destroy this for us.

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Trakt.tv has limited lists to maximum 2 of 100 items and watchlist to 100 items unless you pay $60/year (self.enshittification)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by whaleross to c/enshittification
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This is a new change because not enough people find their VIP features worth the money.

I'll be moving to TMDb instead. And you should know that Trakt would not exist without TMDb open and free database and API.

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File a petition for the EU Parliament to ban Twitter and call it "Make Europe Great Again" (self.crazyideas)
submitted 2 months ago by whaleross to c/crazyideas
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A fashionable mono-bra that keeps one titty under decorative wraps and the other flopping in the wind (self.shitty_million_dollar_ideas)
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Would a textile curtain last longer hanging still or in a slight breeze that makes it move ever so gently? (self.askscience)
submitted 3 months ago by whaleross to c/askscience
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I'm thinking that hanging still doesn't stress the fiber but possibly makes it stiff and brittle while a gentle motion caused a small wear but keeps the textile flexible. Any material science people in the house?

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Dogs probably think we are nuts for washing our clothes when they finally smell of us and the places we've been (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 3 months ago by whaleross to c/showerthoughts
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Do you know how hay is sorted? (self.dadjokes)
submitted 4 months ago by whaleross to c/dadjokes
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Alfalfabetically.

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Hugs to you all (self.general)
submitted 4 months ago by whaleross to c/general
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I think everybody needs one today

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What is the first good thing that comes to mind when reading this question? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 5 months ago by whaleross to c/asklemmy
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Pharmacy dogs that takes a sniff at your butt at entry and gives advice on diet and nutritional supplements (self.showerthoughts)
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If there was a 90s retro aesthetic similar to the current 80s neon and synthwave like the 80s never were - what would it be like? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by whaleross to c/asklemmy
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Edit; I'm not asking what the 90s were like because I was there. I'm thinking what the pastiche of the 90s would be like should it have a revival like the 80s one that is nothing like the real 1980s by young people that presumably only have vague ideas from magazines and music and movies to go by. Like for example if it takes off from grunge but not like it was then but like it is idealised by kids today, what would it be like? What else was a 90s thing? Boy bands and indie pop mixed together on MTV? Hardcore techno and jungle/dnb with it's own analogue distribution channels by mail, flyers, mixtapes? Last generation of B-movies with practical effects shot on film before that part of the industry degraded into C-tier on digital with terrible CGI in the 00s? Mainstream pop culture, whatever that was? Television and radio, magazines and records before the internet took off? How would any or all of that be reimagined by people that didn't live it back then? I had no interest then nor do I have today for fashion magazines so if somebody knows I'd love to hear your twist on the topic.

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