Blaze

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Is Lemmy.world centralization worth fighting against? in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
Pinging a few people who are among the usual posters in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
It's beginning to look a lot like fuck this. in c/gardening@lemmy.world
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Where are you located?

Reflecting on the firefish/calckey "moment" in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

IIRC, Catodon development is currently halted (https://catodon.social/notes/9rl77swzw25jjq7x).

Sharkey I don't know

There really is a whole *keys forks lore ha ha

NixOS Fork Announced by Jake Hamilton in c/nix@programming.dev
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Seems like an opportunity!

Dead Boy Detectives turns Neil Gaiman’s ghostly duo into “Hardy Boys on acid” in c/movies@lemm.ee
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 months ago (4 children)

From the sidebar:

A community focused on discussions on movies and TV shows.

It's called movies as hopefully at some point in the future we'll have TV shows split, but as Lemmy still has a small community it makes sense to consolidate both types of content here

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We are currently around 50k monthly active users. What do you think could lead to the next newcomers wave? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

A few ideas from the top of my head

  • Flairs that can be allowed to filter content in a community
  • Major online communites (can be subreddits, or other communities) moving to Lemmy
  • Reddit removing old.reddit
  • Reddit banning people using VPNs (already happening, see !reddit@lemmy.world )
  • Lemmy becoming the reference source of knowledge for a certain domain

Second point is probably crucial, but I don't see any major subreddit wanting to move here. StarTrek is the exception more that the rule.

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[Community promotion] !animation@lemm.ee for animation enthusiasts (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

!animation@lemm.ee

Thank you @darakan@lemm.ee for keep it active!

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Reddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months later (i.imgur.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/reddit@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink
 

For the threads with the older one on the left: https://lemmy.world/post/14859950

(Thank you @Nelots@lemm.ee )

Reflecting on the firefish/calckey "moment" in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

To me, FireFish got replaced by IceShrimp. Good looking interface, nice features (Antenna) and regular releases.

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Did your taste in movies change over time? How did it evolve from your 20s, to your 30, 40's and beyond? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
[META] So the "other community"'s admins are properly toxic? in c/movies@lemm.ee
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago

IIRC, Blaze (mod here) got banned under similar circumstances.

Hello,

That's indeed why I opened this community in the first place. For people interested, you can have a look at this post for the details (open the spoiler): https://lemmy.world/post/11446250

Beehaw's number of communities, and why it makes sense in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

I see where they come from, but from a new user perspective, it's quite confusing to see too similar-looking communities, more or less similarly active, with more or less the same type of content, and not know where to post

!android@programming.dev is more software development oriented, and !android@lemmy.ml has the typical lemmy.ml spin to it.

I’m not sure how either side would agree to “merge”, since wanting self-governance was the reason the split happened in the first place.

Indeed, but on that point I'm not sure how the LW is currently moderated. The moderators don't seem that active (it's a trend I've noticed among a few LW communities). If I have some time in the coming days, I might contact them to see if they are still interested in managing that community, or if uniting forces with lemdro.id would make more sense

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Google Pixel 8A leak reveals seven years of security updates (www.theverge.com)
My Pixel 5a just died after 5 months of use. Looking for a new phone I can deGoogle. in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

I share your pain... No solutions for you however, sorry

Pinging a few people who are among the usual posters in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

@Five@slrpnk.net for their contributions to skrpnk.net communities

*Permanently Deleted* in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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What are the best examples of a director going "all out" to get the best out of their actors? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Two examples:

Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg made the whole main cast go through 2 weeks of "hell week" boot camp. He made them suffer together.

Then he flew Matt Damon in on a private jet, put him up in a nice place, and made the rest of the cast fully aware of it.

So there was actually real animosity towards Damon for not having suffered like they did and you could feel it in the movie.

Inglorious Bastards - Quinton told Eli Roth they were going to shoot the "bear Jew" scene a certain day. He put him in the cave and filmed other things. Only to say they weren't ready for him.

He did this I think 2 or 3 days in a row.

When Roth finally comes out you can just see in his eyes the craziness and I can't imagine how it must have felt to finally be set free from this literal cage (cave).

What other examples do you know?

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I compared Google and Samsung’s AI photo-editing tools. It’s not even close. (www.digitaltrends.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/30602302

Interesting comparison of the AI eraser functions on the Pixel versus the Galaxy.

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Movie lines people laughed at in theaters despite not actually being intended to be funny? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

I remember in Revenge of the Sith, when the actor playing Vader yells "nooooooooo", at what is supposed to be the emotional climax of the trilogy, the theater roared in laughter.

Do you have other examples?

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Skywalker Saga Marathon Coming to Theaters on May the 4th (www.starwars.com)
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Are people excited for Furiosa? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Curious to see what the community thinks about the upcoming movie

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US Home Affordability by County (2023) by TA-MajestyPalm@reddit.com (files.catbox.moe)
 

This shows county median home values divided by county median household income, both for 2023.

For example a score of "5" means the median home price in that county is 5 times the median household income in that county.

Generally, a score under 4 is considered affordable, 4-6 is pushing it, and over 6 is unaffordable for the median income.

There are of course other factors to consider such as property tax, down payment amount, assistance programs, etc. Property tax often varies at the city/township level so is impossible to accurately show.

Median Household Income Data is from US Census Bureau.

Median Home Value from National Association of Realtors, and Zillow/Redfin .

Home Values Data Link with map (missing data pulled from Zillow/Redfin/Realtor)

https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics/county-median-home-prices-and-monthly-mortgage-payment

Source: https://ghostarchive.org/archive/YaavC

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Kummakivi is a 500.000 kg rock in Finland that has been balancing on another rock for 11.000 years (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kummakivi

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