I remember the junkbuster proxy from before this stuff was done with browser extensions. Is it time for that approach to make a comeback?

Animato – Fashionation by MIke Jittlov. Shot on 16mm film before music videos were a thing. Music: “I Know A Place” sung by Petula Clark. 3 minutes approx.

Terrible but watchable transfer with awful sound, especially near the beginning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1siHLicEYc

Also, a much fancier one, “Midichlorian Rhapsody”, a Star Wars parody of Bohemian Rhapsody. Home studio music production with one guy playing almost all of the instruments, sync’d to video clips from Star Wars movies. Recaps the whole stupid prequel series in 6 minutes. Brilliant, absolutely pro level performances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvlTVgeivU

It’s kind of dodgy selling something that you were given, without prior arrangement. Obviously it’s legal but that’s not what you’re asking, I think.

I recently gave someone a leftover, non-driveable car worth maybe $2K on the basis that he liked the car and he wanted to get it running and drive it. But to bypass potential awkwardness if the repair project didn’t work out, I explicitly told him that it was fine with me if he sold it and kept the money. That seemed like a good way to handle it.

I’ve received a few smaller gift items from people online. I wouldn’t sell them but could see regifting them.

DIY doesn’t necessarily mean your own network, but at minimum, all the privacy-protecting software (cryptography etc.) has to be running on hardware that you control and operate. As soon as someone else is running it for you, they become a point of failure and a place to pressure.

Wasn’t able to view it in the browser. Had to download it to look at it. 130MB or whatever it was sounded like some kind of documentary, not a 2 minute promo due to the ridiculous bit rate.

This is pretty lame, 2 minute video at 9+ megabits, doesn’t say much in-browser player doesn’t work for me, 131MB download. Downvote.

Hoom papa, hoom papa, hoom papa mow mow… my heart’s on fire, for Gojira.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basso_profondo

And I mean, yes, vocal performances were around way before recording equipment.

I’m skeptical, there are legal requirements for telcos and data retention. “Privacy as a service” beyond basic level has rarely worked as advertised. To to better, DIY.

More chicken = less beef, or more meat consumption in general, or more meat consumption in less developed countries while staying about the same in more developed ones, or what?

Well thanks for at least explaining what it is, but isn’t Matrix already self hostable? Anyway what’s wrong with IRC?

I don’t get email notifications, but that number next to the icon changing is annoying. I have a few old responses that I’ve left “unread” on purpose, so I’m reminded to get around to dealing with them (look at some url or whatever). When the number changes, that means there are actual new responses, which after a day or two tend to be useless depending on the topic. So I’d rather shut them off.

It might be to stop the damn notifications you keep getting whenever anyone posts to a thread you started. Also it’s reasonable to think discussion forums are in some sense ephemeral. If you want a persistent store of knowledge, try Wikipedia. Lemmy could also host wikis if it’s worthwhile, like reddit does.

This is in Australia. NT = Northern Territories.

I’m happy with Fastmail, no idea about Proton, but the Proton CEO’s antics are a bit too tech-bro for me.

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Yep. A buddy of mine lives in the same apt. building as a recognizable celebrity. One time he was in an elevator with her but didn’t look at her or say anything. She gave him an appreciative nod as she got off the elevator.

Famous old story. There is a fire alarm in a fancy hotel. Guests are told to go to the front of the lobby (near the exit, in case they have to evacuate) and wait for an all-clear. They do that except for this one guy, who lingers around the service desk or something. Hotel worker goes up to him and says “excuse me sir, guests have to wait over there (pointing)”. Guy puffs up and says “you know you are talking to the vice president?”. Hotel worker goes apologetic and says “oh I’m sorry sir, I didn’t know! Do whatver you have to” and leaves the guy alone.

A minute later the hotel worker returns with a suspicious look, and asks the guy “Wait a minute sir, what are you the vice president of?”. Guy puffs even more and with a chill in his voice says “the United States of America!”. Worker says “Oh! Get over there then (points to guest area). I thought you were the vice president of the hotel!”.

Dr. Sylvia Szabo has joined the Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme (UHWB) International Programme Office (IPO), hosted by the Institute of Urban Environment (IUE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Xiamen, China in May 2026.

Is this some kind of spam? There are other companies in the same space and they’ll make their own sales pitches. Web search does find some stuff about Gloria shutting down.