Also, having been pretty oblivious of it for a while, I'm now seeing this farcical situation whereby Arch's package maintainers evidently have to keep six versions of electron in our [extra] repo. This is really unusual, and suggests to me a general lack of forethought in that ecosystem, you know? The fire-and-forget convenience for developers, and disrespect for everyone downstream.
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight is launching a new People’s Choice audience award at its upcoming edition, running alongside the main festival from May 15-26.
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Haven’t played anything these last several days, save a little bit of Cogmind. I don’t really enjoy traditional roguelikes, because there’s usually no real incentive to play them (i.e. story, atmosphere, engaging gameplay etc.), and, honestly, I just suck at them lol. But I do keep coming back to that one, because it’s just so immersive! And, for some reason, I get Blame! vibes from it; I guess it’s because of the whole abandoned facility full of robots thing.
Some other things I’m planning to do:
I’ve finished the main story of Yakuza 0 and now plan to do the remaining substories. After that, I’ll finally move on to Kiwami
Finished one ending of Lunacid, and will try to get to the rest (plus collect all the weapons and magic rings). While I tried my best to not use wikis or guides (so as not to spoil the secrets), I think this time I’ll probably need one. Well, FromSoft and FromSoft-inspired games really do be like that lol
I read the whole thing making fun of it thinking it was some moron who's literally never watched a horror film before, I scroll back up and it's Roger Fucking Ebert. I just can't express wtf
What you're in for:
"I found it disappointing, for two reasons: the superficial characterizations and the implausible behavior of the scientists on that icy outpost."
A lot of people hated it on release. Especially since it came right after E.T. and people were in the "aw, aliens can be cute" mood... even though even as a kid I found E.T. creepier than the Thing or xenomorphs (I hate the damn glowy spindly finger alien creep) :P
(also "The film was nominated at the Razzie Awards for Worst Musical Score" the heck? )
How do you celebrate #Independence Day in your country? In #Finland we have so called #Linnanjuhlat. It's a #Presidential#Reception where remarkable people are invited. Every year also some ordinary citizens get an invitation. The whole event can be watched on TV. The President and his spouse shake hands with all the guests. This year one of the noteworthy dresses was worn by the former Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Her dress has #Ukrainian colors. #SlavaUkraini
Angry outrage = free advertisement = more people hear about it and might be willing to throw money at them. Especially if there is already a huge existing fanbase.
Just a random example:
Avatar - The Last Airbender: The version of M. Night Shyamalan, not the upcoming movie. Widely regarded as one of the worst ever adaptions of an existing franchise, hated by fans to the point that it’s become a meme to outright deny this movie ever existed. But it was spread far and wide across the internet just HOW incredibly bad the movie was. Box office: $319,713,881 worldwide.
13 Assassins: Came out in the same year (2010) and is praised as a faithful but very polished and pleasing adaption of an older movie, generally favored by critics and fans alike. High ratings everywhere. But that story didn’t spark public outrage, and most people today won’t even remember that this movie exists, unlike the shitty AtLA movie. It is a well-made movie overall, faithful to the “source material”, loved by fans, but only grossed $18,689,058 world wide, roughly 17% of what the Avatar movie made in the same time frame.
Note that I am not saying that pissing off the fanbase is guaranteed to yield good results, and neither is it sustaineable in any way - but the execs aren’t interested in building something that will make them money in the long run. They’re only interested in quarterly profits and immediate results they can present to their shareholders and investors, and creating outrageous bullshit is more likely to make a bunch of people aware about what you created (albeit in a negative way). Once the public starts to lose interest again, they can just grab the next franchise and repeat the process.
@radpanda
Tymczasem Canonical - fundacja zajmująca się rozwojem dystrybucji Ubuntu zachwala pomysł przejścia z otwartoźródłowych pakietów .deb, których ilość w repozytorum różni się w zależności od dystrybucji, na „snap” – de facto zamkniętoźródłowy format pakietów, z automatyczną aktualizacją i odebraniem dotychczasowej możliwości szczegółowej regulacji aktualizacji.
@speaktrap
Mam nadzieję, że tak zrobią.
„LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. Its goal is to ensure Linux Mint would be able to continue to deliver the same user experience, and how much work would be involved, if Ubuntu was ever to disappear. LMDE is also one of our development targets, to guarantee the software we develop is compatible outside of Ubuntu.
LMDE aims to be as similar as possible to Linux Mint, but without using Ubuntu. The package base is provided by Debian instead.”
Cyt. za https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4570
I oraz:
„Others have objected to the closed-source nature of the Snap Store. Clément Lefèbvre (Linux Mint founder and project leader[83][84]) has written that Snap is biased and has a conflict of interest. The reasons he cited include it being governed by Canonical and locked to their store, and also that Snap works better on Ubuntu than on other distributions.[85] He later announced that the installing of Snap would be blocked by APT in Linux Mint,[86][87] although a way to disable this restriction would be documented.[88]”
Cyt. za Wikipedią https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_(software)#Reception#Reception)
Czyli jest nadzieja. Teraz piszę z laptopicy, która wraz z modernizacją otrzymała nowy SSD-ek w miejsce starego HDD-eka. Pierwszym, co zrobiłam po przywiezieniu jej z serwisu, było zainstalowanie najnowszej wersji LMDE, czyli 6 Faye. Firefox ESR (stabilniejsza wersja o przedłużonym wsparciu preferowana przez Debian i debiano-bezpośrednio-pochodne i załączana przez ich twórców jako domyślna) zainstalowałam po prostu pobierając .deb i instalując poprzez rzucenie w czeluść terminala zaklęciem „dpkg -i”. Można też zainstalować tę paczkę „po ludzku”, czyli albo za pomocą GDebi lub zleciwszy to Synaptic'owi.
A na Ubuntu(podobnych) już nie tylko od dłuższego czasu Chromium, lecz i od pierwszej połowy br. Firefox domyślnie „idzie” ze snapa, więc żeby się go pozbyć najpierw trzeba dołączyć jakieś repozytorium i dzięki temu można zainstalować „Liska” 115 esr po ludzku, a potem pozbyć się „snapowca”.
Na „blacharze” jest Ubuntu Studio i po serwisowaniu zainstaluję go od nowa, a obok albo AV Linux MX Edition (na Debianie) https://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/, tylko że on jest przeznaczony głównie do obróbki dźwięku, a ja potrzebuję czasem także „poznęcać się” nad obrazem.
Ewenetualnie postaram się jakoś korzystać z Ubuntu Studio, a obok „posieję” Solus OS koniecznie ze środowiskiem graficznym Budgie, ze względu na „śliczność” jego wyglądu oraz to, że jego twórcy i użytkownicy mogą mieć #snapisacrap głęboko w rziyci, gdyż ta dystrybucja jest oparta o pakiety „.eopkg”. Owszem, niektóre programy są w niej ze snapa, lecz pomimo tego, podczas poprzednich użytkowań jej udawało mi się ominąć to paskudztwo, czego i Wam życzę.
I was referencing TNG s1e4 (African stereotypes), s1e5 (Ferengi, especially early representation), DS9 s2e06 (ableism, see interview about stereotyping). The Voyager incident I don’t remember well, it may have been just quips about or enforcing gender norms, but I seem remember is being connected to Seven?
The opening #reception for the Packard Group National Exhibition 2023 is one week away! See you on August 25th from 5-7 pm at No. 7 Center in Vermillion, South Dakota. #packardgroup
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William Weber, a LowEndTalk member, was raided by Austrian police in 2012 for operating a Tor exit node that was allegedly used to distribute child pornography. While he was not arrested, many of his computers and devices were confiscated. He was later found guilty of supporting the distribution of child pornography through his...
Still, most countries don’t like random people to let other unidentified random people to do random stuff, most police officers are ill equipped or educated to deal with it, legislation hasn’t been tested in most places, and you’re running a hard to define, changing, and sometimes random level of risk.
Steve Oster recollected that a man called the show and complained, "You're ruining my kids by making them watch two women kiss like that." It was a production assistant who took the call. After hearing the man's complaint, the PA asked if the man would've been okay with his kids seeing one woman shoot the other. When the man said he would be okay with that, the PA said, "You should reconsider who's messing up your kids."
China’s booming EV companies eye U.S. competitors they see as ‘not ready’ (www.nbcnews.com)
Directors’ Fortnight Launches Cannes’ First Audience Award In Memory Of Chantal Akerman (deadline.com)
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight is launching a new People’s Choice audience award at its upcoming edition, running alongside the main festival from May 15-26.
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world)
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...
Consensus Empire: Empowering the Spectator through Letterboxd Reviews (www.sensesofcinema.com)
This is an academic essay on contemporary spectatorship which I quite enjoyed. Excerpt:...
The Witcher author is a fan of Henry Cavill's portrayal of Geralt – and even imagines the character speaking in Cavill's voice (www.gamesradar.com)
Oh no, it's one of those episodes, again! (lemmy.ml)
Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node (The Story of William Weber) - LowEndBox (lowendbox.com)
William Weber, a LowEndTalk member, was raided by Austrian police in 2012 for operating a Tor exit node that was allegedly used to distribute child pornography. While he was not arrested, many of his computers and devices were confiscated. He was later found guilty of supporting the distribution of child pornography through his...