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potentially illegal.

ianovic69 ,
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That's a strange film. I watched it at the cinema when released and enjoyed the visuals, but it seemed like the story was purposely simplified to a wild west love yarn so that the audience would have to focus on the visuals. There's so little to distract from the "cutting edge" CGI, any depth to the plot or characters would be detrimental to the six fucking years he spent making it.

Which I can understand as it does achieve that. And I didn't hate it, mainly because it did look amazing and I wasn't distracted from that. But I've never watched it again and wouldn't want to.

Weird.

ianovic69 ,
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I can be. The other day, I was driving on a 70mph road and the lead car two in front hit a young deer. She had tried her best to avoid it but there was nothing she could do.

She pulled over with her signals flashing and as I went past I realised no one was going to stop, and then I had the thought of that happening to my wife, who is a vegetarian and would have been in bits, so I pulled over and ran back to check on her.

She was crying and shaking, I asked her to drop the window a bit and if she was ok. I told her it wasn't her fault and she should take as long as needed before driving, and that I would be in my car if needed.

I had my lunch and her husband soon arrived, coming to thank me, which I wasn't expecting. They were very nice and it was very sad and I was slightly emotional. They left eventually and I carried on with my day.

I can be grumpy as fuck, though.

ianovic69 OP ,
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I assumed that anyone visiting the Fediverse is also a resident human of the Earth.

Edit: My apologies, I must have double posted this but I've no idea how. Anyway, it's superfluous so I've crossed through it for clarity.

ianovic69 OP ,
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I assumed that anyone visiting the Fediverse is also a resident human of the Earth.

ianovic69 OP ,
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Slightly odd that you would assume this one graph is the only information people have been exposed to.

ianovic69 ,
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I try to make electronic music, mostly with a laptop but I also have some equipment. It's really just to scratch my engineering itch.

Photography. I mostly use my phone but I have a proper camera which is for my very specific use case.

I've been doing both of these most of my life, my father gave me my first camera around 10yo and I got into electronic music at about the same age.

My son is using my old camera a lot now, and he's making music on his PC. Which is very pleasing to me.

ianovic69 ,
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Does your DAW not have those built in or are you after hardware?

ianovic69 ,
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Most modern DAWs will have plenty of realistic sounds, it's getting them to play realistically that's difficult.

Edit: forgot you use Linux.

ianovic69 ,
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Greetings from the UK!

https://feddit.uk/post/13079766

ianovic69 ,
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Happy birthday FedditUK!

ianovic69 ,
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I found this article which gives an excellent general overview of the subject with a content list first.

Four wheel drive is much more prevalent now, but it's generally more expensive to implement and increases running costs.

ianovic69 ,
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Guys, I'll distract him, you get his bike!

ianovic69 ,
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Uploaded a couple, spread the cat love!

ianovic69 ,
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No Dave.

ianovic69 ,
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Is that one blue eye? He's great, more Pepper please!

ianovic69 ,
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Uplifting news

Sweet graffiti

Optimists unite

Normative determinism

They give me a bit of balance, along with the cats. Must have cats.

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What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke?

Maybe they're used to various shortcuts in their writing that they picked up before autocorrect became common, but these habits are too idiosyncratic for autocorrect to handle properly. However, that doesn't explain the emails I've had to decipher that were typed on desktop keyboards. Has anyone else younger than 45 or so felt similarly frustrated with geriatrics' messages?

@asklemmy

ianovic69 ,
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Early 2000s we started playing Typing of the Dead in our breaks so we could get the parts of work that needed typing done more quickly.

Still can't type, I switched to swiping on phones the minute I could.

ianovic69 ,
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Football Manager phone versions.

All on Windows XP:

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Max Payne

Max Payne 2

Aliens Versus Predator 2

Half Life

COD 1,2 and 3

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Are there any EV cars without any "technology"?

Like the title says, are there any EVs that just have a Bluetooth radio and that's it? Like a normal car, not a smartphone on wheels? If not, do you all think that this will actually happen at some point? This is the main reason why I can't (and will never) buy an EV. I like to have actual buttons everywhere on my car. I think...

ianovic69 ,
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BMW iX3. It has both and is almost exactly like the X3 ICE predecessor.

With age, convenience features become more desirable. YMMV.

ianovic69 ,
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As you've discovered, Bose lead the way in ANC. The way to know if there's a new model coming, is firstly to check the release date of the current one, and secondly to see if significant price cuts across retail are coinciding with the release schedule.

Failing that, or at least not being conclusive enough to make a decision, check retail at the usual seasonal sale periods. You can do this historically for additional info.

Don't forget to check the manufacturers website as well.

That's my guide to buying electronics.

ianovic69 ,
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In practical terms, how realistic is it to just not allow the stuff to be made?

I see much less of it these days, which is great and it's usually replaced with cardboard that I imagine is much easier to recycle.

Can we do away with completely? It's such an awful substance, it grinds my gears, as they say.

What scenarios do you envision might arise once animals join our ranks? ( spectrum.ieee.org )

I heard about this because someone I know personally on here says she's helping to work on this (which by the way sounds like it would perfectly fit the format/structure of the fediverse) and I felt too fascinated to not ask. What are some scenarios that comes to mind when you think of this being a thing?

ianovic69 ,
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but may eventually be placated if insects are unable to communicate and we develop convincing meat like insect protein forms.

Brave of you to assume enough insects will exist.

ianovic69 ,
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Subscribed/New, as per Reddit. I've never used anything else regularly.

ianovic69 ,
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I've used my Genelec for over 25 years for everything from mixing/mastering to house parties and home listening. They are indestructible and sound amazing. Never selling.

ianovic69 ,
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Get the lazy cunts back to work, that'll stop them foreign cunts coming over here and taking our jobs!

Or something....

ianovic69 ,
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It absolutely amazes me that grown adults willingly put themselves in danger for the sake of a company that specifically instructs them not to, and therefore obviously does not care about them.

HR can and will hang them out to dry without any comebacks.

It's disgusting and I tell staff this when they join and I repeat it often.

And they still do it. Which can end up with having an investigation and dismissal. You can't help some people.

ianovic69 ,
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Sorry, I genuinely don't understand your comment. Could you please explain?

ianovic69 ,
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Ok, I appreciate yours, and the others replies. Thank you.

ianovic69 ,
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I despise bagpipes. Anyone who thinks that awful noise is in any way related to actual music should have a set jammed into their ears so hard they come out the other side.

/Rant over.

ianovic69 ,
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At the bottom of the ocean?

ianovic69 ,
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every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.

Well he's not wrong there!

ianovic69 ,
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It was green when I was in the north of Norway.

https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/85ee21e7-a543-408f-a631-7a98158f0a23.jpeg

This was taken with my phone.

ianovic69 ,
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Fantastic! Bloody lawyers can naff off. They should be disbarred and publicly shamed.

ianovic69 ,
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I wish the local authorities in the West Midlands didn't continue regardless. I've seen loads of cut verges and central reservations already. Awful. I'll have a battle with the wife soon as well no doubt.

ianovic69 ,
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Hydrogen is made using fossil fuel energy. Compressing it to liquid is, I believe, an expensive and inefficient process. There's no magic solution unfortunately.

ianovic69 ,
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Thanks for the informative comment, much appreciated.

I've also heard talk of hydrogen cargo ships but I don't know if that's realistic.

There's also a container technology that's been developed at Sheffield University, I believe. Each hydrogen molecule is held within its own container and it effectively becomes a liquid. Great for storage and transfer.

ianovic69 ,
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I couldn't agree more, but I try not to think about it to much as I have teenage children. It's bloody scary!

ianovic69 ,
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The dishwasher. Washing up is not fun, especially in summer.

ianovic69 ,
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Refrigeration is my favourite on your list. Without it, there's no lager.

ianovic69 ,
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The industrial revolution was the biggest double edged sword ever!

The washing machine was probably the next big time saver. Now we spend all our free time on the internet...

ianovic69 ,
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Pulp Fiction.

ianovic69 ,
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Can't believe I've irked the governor. Sorry boss, I'll go donate some extra as penance for my sin (⁠༎ຶ⁠ ⁠෴⁠ ⁠༎ຶ⁠)

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