MylesRyden

MylesRyden, 1 day ago to random

Ambrose Bierce nailing it over a century ago in the Devil's Dictionary:

CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

#coporations #Billionaires

MylesRyden, 3 days ago to ChatGPT

These two posts showed up one after another on my timeline. 🤣

#ChatGPT #MysteryAIHypeTheater3000 #AIHype

MylesRyden, 4 days ago to internet

Possible interesting trend...

I am subbing in a high school class that, since it is the last day of school for seniors, has nothing to do. Everyone is on their phones, of course.

But the guys in the class are using their phones to interact...they are showing each other stuff and laughing, etc. The girls are intently staring at their screens thumbing alone.

Not sure what to make of this, but I don't think it can be good.

#TechSocial #SocialMedia

MylesRyden, 17 days ago to HashtagGames

Had 10 puns all ready for the contest.

I thought at least one would win.

But no pun in ten did.

#PunAnything
#HashTagGames

MylesRyden, 17 days ago to HashtagGames

It's true that Dick is a hell of a sailor.

But's he's not the rigger Mort is.

#PunAnything
#HashTagGames

MylesRyden, 24 days ago to random

POGAČAR Tadej

#TrollTips

MylesRyden, 24 days ago to random

Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan
Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Juan Pedro López, Spain
Ben O'Connor, Australia
Florian Lipowitz, Germany
Jonathan Milan, Italy
Romain Bardet, France
Laurence Pithie, New Zealand

#8nationsgiro
#CouchPeloton

MylesRyden, 1 month ago to mst3k

Further proof that "AI" is not really a thing (as if such proof is necessary)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is streaming on YouTube, it's a legit stream from Shout! Factory.

YT drops ads into the stream, essentially at random, in the middle of scenes. Which is stupid and makes the stream fairly unwatchable.

MST3K was originally a cable TV show and has commercial breaks built into it -- the original bumpers are still in the show. The show also features a flashing light signal that the characters in the show recognize as "commercial sign." It literally signals some of the commercial breaks.

A twelve year old could identify the commercial break points in all 10 seasons of the show in an afternoon.

Instead, YT dropped three random commercial breaks in the middle of scenes in a half hour. As much as I love MST3K, I can't watch that. Total #enshittification. Doesn't help YT, the advertisers or Shout!

If Google had an actual AI that worked, you would think they would apply it here. Seems pretty simple, and surely other old TV shows are streaming on YT as well.

#MST3K #AIHype #MysteryAIHypeTheater3000

MylesRyden, 1 month ago to random

I don't want to hear about how the covid lockdowns killed socialization.

I am in a high school homeroom right now. The room is dead silent and every single student is staring at their phone.

Big Tech has killed socialization.

MylesRyden, 1 month ago to random

Many years ago, I predicted that the Internet would eventually become "cable TV." which in many ways it has.

Now it seems that TV (which already sucks so hard it hurts) is going to get worse by becoming the Internet.

The enshittification is getting really deep, really fast.

#enshittification #TVSucks

The Dystopian Future of TV Is AI-Generated 'FAST' Garbage

https://www.404media.co/the-dystopian-future-of-tv-is-ai-generated-fast-garbage/

MylesRyden, 1 month ago to random

I don't give the slightest crap about Alec Baldwin, but can't help being exposed to the whole thing. Of course my sympathy goes to the family of the person killed.

But here is what amazes me.

I'm no engineer or expert, but it sure seems to me that there is no need for a real gun on a movie set. It seems to me there must be some way that guns can be modified to be unable to take any kind of live ammunition and still provide the desired effect cinematic effect.

Surely some kind of flash device can be engineered that would be harmless. Thousands of gunshots have been recorded so the sound can be foleyed. CGI could add to the effect if necessary -- it's only a thousandth of a second, how expensive can it be? If you need the sound on set for the actors to react to, some kind of electronic trigger could be linked to speakers to produce a realistic sound.

Why are the guns themselves the only thing that can't be faked?

#TVSucks #MoviesSuck

MylesRyden, 1 month ago to HashtagGames

Afternoon De-Light

#AltEclipseASongOrPoem
#HashtagGames

I'll show myself out now...

MylesRyden, 1 month ago to random

@Vivaldi

So, it is fantastic that many people here are posting images here with extensive alt-text descriptions -- hooray for them.

However, now when I scroll through my timeline here, I often can not seen the images as the tooltip completely covers the image. Is there any way in Vivaldi to turn off those tool tips on a universal basis?

(I did post this on the forum but have had no luck with an answer so far!)

Thanks!

MylesRyden, 1 month ago to random

I am not sure why I started on this little project or if it even has any value, but hey.

I found a VHS video vault on archive.org and found that removing two thirds of the video actually made them more watchable and entertaining. So, I decided to make it permanent and actually edit them, not just skip through while watching.

This is sort of a proof of concept attempt, an anti-drug short.

Let me know what you think!

Nightmare on Drug Street - Otaku Farms

https://peertube.otakufarms.com/w/5ifYPkGRMHUvdvL4RLN2GE

MylesRyden, 2 months ago to HashtagGames

Police Academy 3: The Musical

#HashtagGames
#LesserKnownBroadwayMusicals

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to KDE

So far, I have to say that my #KDE #Plasma6 experience sucks.

The theme I was using doesn't work. The icons all suck. EventCalendar, which was synced to my Google calendar is dead. Vivaldi looks like crap. The panel at the bottom of my screen is floating up probably 100 pixels, leaving useless space below it, I can't find a way to sink it to the actual bottom of the screen. I had increased all my font sizes because my eyes are bad, they have all shrunk and changing the font sizes and the interface percentage doesn't fix it.

So far, not a happy experience @kde

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to kde

Is there a way to revert back to Plasma 5.27?

I don't think #Plasma6 is ready for prime time. When I open apps, the title bar goes above the screen space and I can't move or close the app or use the menus.

@kde

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to KDE

Sadly, the #Plasma6 update has broken my system and my spirit.

After 5 years of enthusiastic #KDE usage and evangelism, I have decided with a heavy heart that I have to move on to something else.

Very obvious bugs -- KDE app windows don't resize properly, shut down options in menus not working, settings carried forward incorrectly and probably more.

Themes and widgets, some that I have depended on, completely destroyed.

Probably the worst computer day I have ever had. Like Charlie Brown, I had a lie down in a dark room to see if the sadness would lessen, but it didn't.

So long, KDE, it was a good five year run.

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to HashtagGames

I knew this would happen.

#HashtagMyGravestone
#HashItOut
#hashtagGames

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to kde

This looks very interesting, something any opensource organization/project might want to emulate. Right @kde ?

Introducing Canonical’s Open Documentation Academy | Ubuntu

https://ubuntu.com/blog/introducing-canonicals-open-documentation-academy

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to HashtagGames

We Built this City -- A Long Time Ago

Jefferson Wheelchair

#ElderASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to HashtagGames

The Beagle has Landed

and I will get this one out of the way

Where Beagles Dare

#DarwinAMovie
#HashTagGames

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to HashtagGames

Blazing Tortoises!

#DarwinAMovie
#HashTagGames

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to HashtagGames

The Seven-Per-Cent Evolution

#DarwinAMovie
#HashTagGames

MylesRyden, 3 months ago to HashtagGames

The Galápagos Falcon

#DarwinAMovie
#HashTagGames