DrGiltspur

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[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it was called The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looking forward to the Musk/Zuck ass-to-ass scene...

 

Hope you all find this interesting, delighted I got the chance to have a play with the machine!

 

There was no finished script or even an ending and a key cast member became fatally ill during the production. Three decades after the release of the landmark Hollywood thriller, the cast and crew look back at the film's chaotic creation and reflect on the legacy of the instant classic that almost fell apart

 

Revisiting the 1997 Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick for PC! This started off as simple FFB stick nostalgia, showing off a few Windows 95 games, annnd ended up going down rabbit holes on gameport adapters, DirectX, patent trolls, and the quiet demise/resurrection of force feedback flight sticks.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I remember when this movie first came out, Mark Kermode (uk film critic) was reviewing it on his podcast and noted that Flatley had won "Best Actor" for this movie at the "Monaco Streaming Film Festival". Kermode pointed out, that for this to be true it must mean that it competed against at least one other movie, which somehow had acting worse that Flatley's. So Kermode went on a quest to learn more about this film festival and the other films in the competition. Each week on the podcast he gave updates on his quest. He was able to get in touch with someone from the festival who could confirm that yes, it was a real festival and that yes, there were other films in competition. When asked about these other films, the correspondent couldn't directly provide any information and would need to consult "the archives" (for a film festival that had taken place 4 months prior). The back and forth went on for weeks, but ultimately Kermode had to give up. We never found out what films had worse acting than Flatley in Blackbird...

 

"When you order James Bond from Wish"

 

Designers say the high-tech Sphere in Las Vegas will redefine the concert-going experience. Others say it’s an expensive boondoggle

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I only recently updated my android phone so I won't be jumping on this immediately. But I am very excited to see something like this arrive in the US. Will definitely be keeping an eye on it.

Between this and the Framework Laptop it seems like we can be hopeful about having more repairable devices. I hope this is a trend that catches on.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most folks here are tech savvy and don't mind the kbin name, but I don't expect some of my friends to 'get' it.

To be honest, I don't 'get' it either. Does kbin mean anything? Is it meant to be like 'cabin' or something...

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, Feedly is great. Been using it for years and very happy with it.

It's kind of a bummer that RSS never took off the way it deserved. It is kind of a precursor to what we have now with Fediverse/ActivityPub.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

All I knew playing it was that if I lowered them, the game played cheering sounds and booed me if I raised them.

As a kid, whenever I had to raise taxes, I would raise them one increment higher than I needed and get all the boos. Then lower back down one increment to get the cheers. I figured if you end on cheers, that must mean they are happy, right?

 

Here are the rules every film series, no matter how big or small, should remember when it's time to say goodbye

 

Valve cites unclear legal status, copyrighted training data in rejection message.

 

Unofficial Myst port for 8-bit Atari 2600 gives the '90s adventure a '70s makeover.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy has so far made $0 total profit. So that makes them substantially more profitable than Reddit.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Oh, that's too bad. I've been using Stitcher for years and was pretty happy with it.

What other podcast apps for Android are people using that they would recommend?

I've tried using Spotify previously for podcasts, but I find it frustrating since the app is primarily designed for music. It works well for music, but the podcasts experience is awkwardly grafted on and does not work well for me.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I found this bit amusing:

To get WinGPT working without a proxy, the Dialup.net developer has also developed a 16-bit port of the WolfSSL library to support TLS 1.2 and 1.3 connections on the ancient operating system. This port is, as the developer says, "not secure, not reliable, and there is no warranty," and it should be used for entertainment purposes only. The port doesn't verify security certificates and uses "a fake random number generator" to function.

 

Developer has ported modern SSL/TLS libraries to Windows 3.1 to get it working.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Very photogenic kitty.

[–] DrGiltspur@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

otherwise a very nice device.

"Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"

 

Pixar just had its worst opening ever, so what happened? We have some ideas.

 

Today on AD, Margot Robbie takes us behind the scenes of ‘Barbie’ for an exclusive tour of the Barbie Dreamhouse. When tasked with bringing these iconic childhood toys to life on the big screen, Greta Gerwig enlisted the skills of production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer. Taking inspiration from Palm Springs midcentury modernism they’ve created a whimsical fuchsia pink fantasy where slides replace stairs and there’s not a wall in sight–when touring this impressive set it’s hard not to feel a rush of playful nostalgia as Greta states “I wanted to capture what was so ridiculously fun about the Dreamhouses." Barbie hits theaters on July 21.

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