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miblo

@miblo@mas.to

video indexer & publishing services provider (for hire via https://miblo.net/cinera#hire) • software developer • strummer • baker • mistake maker–learner • coexister

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LaserdiscTurtle, to random
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I've been having an occasional skipping issue with my player when discs reach the end of side A so thought it was time to open it up for some maintenance.

I couldn't see anything wrong so I mostly just gave everything a good clean, paying special attention to the pickup guide rail. Hopefully it will do the trick!

This thing has seen some abuse. It's had one careful owner...and that's me...I can't say much for the previous owners. It keeps soldiering on though!

LaserdiscTurtle,
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For those of you who have never seen a player change sides!

It's a crazy design! The whole laser pickup flips to the opposite side of the machine while the disc stops, changes direction and speeds up again.

I assume all the stabilisation hardware built into the pickup made it too expensive to add one for each side. Either way you'd still have to wait for the disc to stop, change direction, and speed up again.

video/mp4

squaregoldfish, to Facebook
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I got a notification on that plans to use my posts etc. for training and said they were using the Legitimate Interest justification for doing it.

I sent in an objection stating that using data for training AI doesn't fall within the remit of what a user might reasonably expect the company to do with my data on the basis of the service being provided: https://www.gdpreu.org/the-regulation/key-concepts/legitimate-interest/

They have upheld my objection and will not use my data. So you can do it too!

aral, to DuckDuckGo
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Duck Duck Go is down because Bing is down.

(Also, you saw the recent AI stuff, right?)

Folks, I know… I use Duck Duck Go also but remember they have venture capital. Enjoy it while it lasts (or let’s fund and build alternatives differently that aren’t temporary businesses with profit motives and exits but commons-owned institutions working for the common good).

garrett,
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@Fury @aral There's a huge table of search engines, all compared by tracking, organizational type (for-profit, non-profit, collective, hobby, personal), jurisdiction (US, countries in Europe, etc.), various safety ratings, and technical features at https://searchengine.party/

All of these can be added to a browser as a default search engine too, but it's a little convoluted. (The gist: Visit the site, right click on the URL bar, add it. Look in browser settings under search and set it as default.)

grammargirl, to history
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Do you love books and history? If so, you'll love this week's Grammar Girl podcast because Peter Sokolowski tells us stories about the special Armed Services Editions of books that were created especially for the troops in WWII.

Listen while you get ready for gatherings this weekend, and you'll have great bits of trivia to share!

PODCAST: https://pod.link/173429229

TRANSCRIPT: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/sokolowski-wwii

YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/7X08MlvihXU

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CountBinface, to random
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It’s meant to be.

garrett, to DuckDuckGo
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Since and aren't working as is down, instead of going to , perhaps check out https://searchengine.party/ instead and find an alternate engine.

To set a search engine as your default, visit the site and right click the URL bar, and select add. Then change your default in settings.

(Firefox will add it as an option in the default engines in settings. Chrome will open settings with it as an "inactive shortcut" which you can "make default" in the entry's menu.)

mattgodbolt, to random
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Happy 12th Birthday to the funny little project that stole my name

sarahjamielewis, to random
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"Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

The computer, however, will stop you from recording DRM'd content.

Find it fascinating that when faced with drawing safety and security boundaries, the primary beneficiary is not the owner of the device, or the person using it, but random corporations who control the intellectual property rights.

The system doesn't work for you.

sean_ae, to random
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going thru some old folders, found this funny little oversteps outtake (12.10.08)

miblo, (edited ) to music
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Video game played on guitar? That's what I'm up to in this here video, my first ever attempt at editing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqfFfTM_GE

There are nine games represented here: Vagrant Story • Sonic the Hedgehog • UNDERTALE • Streets of Rage II • EarthBound • DELTARUNE • Final Fantasy VII • 2064: Read Only Memories • Tetris

bagder, to random
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8.8.0 is here

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/05/22/curl-8-8-0/

buffyleigh, to random
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The index is finished!!! It only took me 3 months, lol. :blobcatsipsweat:

My question is: was no one pressing records in 1966? There's only one album in our list from that year (Alton Ellis) and it's not even a full album, it's a compilation that includes some singles released in '66.

https://1001otheralbums.com/index/

buffyleigh, to random
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Okay, so, like, this is the first album I've ever listened to. I honestly didn't know until he died that was also actually in bands. I must've heard them before at some point, I just didn't know the connection. Wtf, RIP, tattoo the names of the dead on your hands, etc. etc.

https://shellac.bandcamp.com/album/to-all-trains

yurnidiot, to random
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can't tell me this isn't skilled labor 🥑💨

woman packing avocados in a box by tossing them from one hand to the other rapidly without looking at the catching hand

benroyce,
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@yurnidiot

context:

harvesting in the or

someone up high is cutting off the fruit and dropping it down

it's a heavy hard fruit, a hit to the noggin is definitely life threatening, and durian has killed

it also has lots of big sharp spikes, that's how it catches in the burlap

i'd be dead within the first hour of work

catching durian

1001otheralbums.com, to Nirvana
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We’re still on a break from posting spotlights on albums from our 1001 Other Albums list, but I’m stressed and sad, and therefore I need a little list-making therapy. And so, in honor of the late great Steve Albini who suddenly left us this week, here is a (possibly incomplete) list of the albums from The List that he had a part in, in one way or another:

And, so we have a nice round number of 10 albums, here are a couple not on The List but probably friggin should be:

I think those make a nice little tribute playlist to keep us going for a bit. And, if you want to look up more, here is a (likely very incomplete) list of other bands/artists on The List that Albini worked with, on albums of theirs not on The List: Ben Frost, Cheap Trick, Don Caballero, Esben and the Witch, Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gogol Bordello, Jim O’Rourke, Jimmy Page, Joanna Newsom, Low, Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, Nine Inch Nails, Pussy Galore, Richard Youngs, Robert Plant, Songs: Ohia, The Ex, The Stooges, and Yonatan Gat.

Feel free to share your favorite Albini-ed album below (and, if it’s not already in The List, let me know if you want me to add it).

Thanks for the music, Steve.

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/05/11/steve-albini-rip/

protonprivacy, to random
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Looking for privacy-friendly alternatives to Zoom? We’ve got you covered: https://protonvpn.com/blog/zoom-alternatives/

grimalkina, to random
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Whether or not knowledge workers are safe to learn is a canary in the coal mine for innovation. Just as whether or not children are safe to learn is a canary in the coal mine for whether a society cares about advancing.

Something that made an indelible impression on me way back in college was the Sartre notion of bad faith: our ability to unmake the consequences of our choices to such an extent that we negate choice, we abdicate as agents.

We are holding bad faith with human innovation.

futurebird, to random
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Could we design a skyscraper & sewer system with the intent of creating ecological niches all through the building? Some of the work with green roofs touches on this... can your building handle rain like a forest, not produce fast run-off? Maybe even act as a water sink for less well designed nearby areas. You collect the runoff and get all the moss and plants your parking garage neighbor can't be bothered with.

Don't be mad about the bugs in the walls, design walls that attract the best bugs.

buffyleigh, to random
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New out today!!! They're always on my AOTY lists, and this release is no different.

https://bigbrave.bandcamp.com/album/a-chaos-of-flowers

CSLee, to seresearchers
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NEW RESEARCH PAPER OUT! In this paper, @grimalkina and I explore how review anxiety is maintained and exacerbated to develop a model of code review anxiety. We also go a step further to develop and test the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for code review anxiety, so that we can reduce code review anxiety in an evidence-based and empirically-supported way (because science > vibes): https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/8k5a4

@seresearchers

gamingonlinux, to foss
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Descent 3 has been made open source https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/descent-3-has-been-made-open-source/

coffeegeek, to coffee
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New this morning on CoffeeGeek: our latest Feature Guide:

The Best Budget Coffee Grinders for 2024. Our recommendations for the best quality and best bang for the buck multipurpose coffee grinders available today.

cc @coffee @espresso

https://coffeegeek.com/guides/feature-guides/best-budget-coffee-grinders-for-2024/

JasonThorne, to transit
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“Give way” … one bus equals 80 cars and 80 people (on the back of all the city buses in Baku).

A red city bus on a street with buildings in the background and a clear blue sky.

buffyleigh, to music
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Calling all fans! 📢 (Un)inspired by the non-comprehensiveness of the You Must Hear Before You Die list, we're making a Mastodonian 1001 Albums list! 📝

Tell me THE album(s) you think everyone should hear, any genre/language/year, and I'll add to the list (reply here or DM; let me know if you want the submission to be anonymous). And even if you don't add an album, check out the list - maybe you'll find your next fave. :ablobjam:

https://www.discogs.com/lists/1001-Albums-John-Mastodon-Says-You-Must-Hear-Before-You-Die-Or-Like-Dont-But-Trust-ThemAlbums-Are-Al/1462453

buffyleigh,
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I just finished adding all the 1966 albums y'all sent in (turns out, ALL the albums came out in 1966, lol), and then did some math. :calculator:

The List now has 1066 albums BUT 113 are on the "official" list. That means we still have 48 spots left to fill before we technically hit 1001 "other" albums. So, yeah, still accepting submissions. :mariobrosdance:

https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/

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