OroPla

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by OroPla 6d ago
Some are 576p and at that point the difference to higher resolutions isn't as pronounced, especially if you sit a fair bit away from a TV that isn't 120". Unfortunately, though, very few DVDs are 576p.
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by OroPla 6d ago
I heard of a study [1] claiming that people that swear more have a larger vocabulary in general, so your efforts might be counter-intuitive to your goal. Don't see how deprivation of some words leads to the knowledge of other words, ei
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by OroPla 6d ago
Take Wolfenstein 3D (1992) as an example. Genre defining game, no question. Spear of Destiny (also 1992) is not only more of the same game, but an entire new game worth of new content. Great, but it's not part of any conversation. Then
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by OroPla 6d ago
Success is measured in profit for companies and it seems that the numbers of what games like Death Stranding cost compared to what they earned back are not available, so it likely isn't looking rosy. I'm seeing claims of a cost in
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by OroPla 6d ago
Try before you buy is what piracy is for. I would prefer if there was another venue to try before paying, but the industry hasn't figured this out in the past hundred years, so piracy it is. Streaming could be an acceptable compromise
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by OroPla 6d ago
Who pays when a natural occurring rock slide totals your car? There are already situations where no one can be held liable.
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by OroPla 6d ago
I never quite understood the obsession with keeping some language away from children that everyone uses themselves. The words are there because they are needed. Walking the euphemism treadmill is a Sisyphus effort.
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by OroPla 6d ago
It's called a profit deal [1]. People don't pay to get the crap, they pay to have a fun experience and get a memento of it. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6Y3_EEXys&t=39s
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by OroPla 6d ago
I am still happy with my decision to never get entertainment subscription services. I buy CDs (that I rip) and BDs (that I let someone else rip, since that's a science in itself). This guarantees me access forever and I get to sell dow
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by OroPla 7d ago
That's because the 1950s were seventy years ago, not fifty, which only brings you back to the 1970s.
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by OroPla 7d ago
As long as it is repeated often enough, everyone will accept it and most will also believe it. Even when corrected later, whatever was repeated more often will live on. This is why all the things you are supposed to believe are repeated and
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by OroPla 7d ago
How did the industrial revolution relate to copyright? Seems related to patents instead. In the context of copyright we are talking about books in that century. Shakespeare predates copyright. Though, we are not only talking fiction, but al
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by OroPla 7d ago
The industry can just push and promote people it picked itself and then bind them some other way. How would this work with open software, which is not public domain and often sees the original creator step away down the line?
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by OroPla 7d ago
I want it gone for decades already, but no one listens to me. It has always been my hope that AI can finally make it happen by incentivizing people with bottomless pits full of money to solve the problem.
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by OroPla 7d ago
If that was the reason, it should be completely abolished as the exact opposite was achieved. See for example this article [1] > unlike neighboring England and France, Germany experienced an unparalleled explosion of knowledge in the 19t
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by OroPla 7d ago
But why should this be allowed? Fairy tales are still popular, but they don't have copyright either.
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by OroPla 8d ago
My unfocused mind tends to be completely empty. For example, when I'm just looking out the window and think of absolutely nothing. Though, for some reason whenever I tell people I think nothing they think I just don't want to tell
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by OroPla 8d ago
I'll start caring once this arrives on sub $200 phones and only once my current sub $200 phone completely breaks down. Not that I have to pay - my company buys my phone either way. But for some reason you need to go sub $200 to get dua
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by OroPla 8d ago
I separate everything by decade > type > year (of start date). Don't even keep multiple seasons in the same folder if they are from different years. Still ends up mixing all types within a decade. But I prefer splitting things by
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by OroPla 8d ago
By using a bunch of CLI tools and self-written scripts. I don't use streaming (though, mpv can likely handle it). Prefer to have all media I use locally. Don't watch video on my phone, either.
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by OroPla 8d ago
Plenty of shows continue in a movie, like Firefly (2002) -> Serenity (2005), so I can see why you'd want to mix.
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by OroPla 8d ago
I do run a Jellyfin server for family, but I don't use it that much. I just do everything through a terminal, like I do most other stuff. It's faster and less finicky, I feel.
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by OroPla 8d ago
Not necessarily something everyone enjoys as much as I did. But I wish everyone to find a book that he enjoys as much as I did: https://www.webnovel.com/book/reverend-insanity_799685840600...
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by OroPla 9d ago
Is it a stretch to imagine a compromised LLM writing compromising code? I've been operating under the assumption that LLM code might be bad and not working, but I hadn't thought about it compromising a system.
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by OroPla 9d ago
If the novel is any good, you'll continue reading despite not setting away time and it will also be worthwhile to read in every minute of spare time you can get. Just finished up my second re-read of an unfinished book that kinda ruine
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by OroPla 9d ago
I'm regularly charmed by the idea of e-readers, especially really small ones like this. But then I remember I already have a phone where I can comfortably read on for hours with an aggressive blue-light filter that turns the entire scr
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by OroPla 9d ago
My Blu-ray rips do not. Yes, I also couldn't watch a Blu-ray in a normal player. Too many ads.
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by OroPla 9d ago
I don't mind as long as it doesn't take me out of the story. It probably helps that I don't recognize most products being placed, as I do not know ads. Thinking about it... product placements do introduce an interesting dynam
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by OroPla 9d ago
Sexism is defined as prejudice or discrimination based on sex. Prejudice means to form an opinion before the facts are in, but if the facts are there and support you, it is not prejudice. Discrimination is fairly broad, but in this case can
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by OroPla 9d ago
It's how our brain works. I don't think anyone can see long term success cutting out things that stimulate our brain in just the right way. If you cut a few out, you'll just discover some others. Things were a lot better for

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