Rhaedas

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 4 hours ago

Death ray from space?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That is correct, but in the end Frankenstein is the real monster.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Does it stay on, or is it blinking?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I can see why The Scream jumped out as unique with its surreal image, but in his 205 works he's got a few that are decent paintings. Just not as eye catching. And I'm no expert, so maybe someone with knowledge of use of color or flow or whatever could say what level he was.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

Would have been perfect if the last panel didn't have the original web results anymore.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's certainly not a direct comparison, but both changed things. And blew things up in the process.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Or tell her she has a mix, and let her decide what she wants to be. I've seen plenty of people who look one way but claim roots and heritage from something I didn't know about. She's not just white, nor just brown. She's Violet.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

The first chapter of Larry Niven's Ringworld mentions this. At that point they have had transporter technology for a while, where you step on a pad and instantly you're somewhere else in the world. Opening up that level of ability to move around meant people mixed as well, and after a few generations everyone tended to be more similar than different. Probably not realistic, as there will still be culture and prejudices that influence pairing for a while, even if everywhere and everyone was just a step away.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 54 points 1 day ago

With or without the camera degradation? I'll bet that cost extra.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

It's just Breaking Bad, the other two are just manifestations of it.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

I've partially closed one before when I was by the window to help block some of the light but still allow me to look out. It was also a half-filled plane and I had the whole row. If someone beside me was sleeping or reading and it was too bright I would have closed it fully.

Just be aware of your surroundings and others. Too many people are so deep into their own stuff they don't see others around them or what might help them.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

That sounds right. Have an outline of what might be necessary for a situation, but don't over explain it. And while it's for visual media, I think Roddenberry's suggestion also works. Don't take out a technology and explain it, just show it in use (don't tell). The reader will get it.

 

Made something a few months ago and put it on Amazon. Have different variations of covers and two sizes (50 and 100 pages, for 25 and 50 observation nights). Looking for options on the concept, contents (you can view the interior pages for their layout on the Amazon page).

Wondering if it's too flashy and a simple cover might work better, or if it's just because it's Amazon and there's too much competition. Or of course if it's just not what's being looked for.

 

Running Ubuntu 22.04:

I've tried searching for a solution to this, but there's way too many false positives. I know you can enable/disable using a single instance in two places, but that's not my issue. If I open a video the first time, VLC works fine. If I have both the "only use one instance" off, I can click on other videos and they run too. But if I have any combination of those boxes checked I can only play the first video, and to play a new video I have to manually close the VLC player.

What I want to happen is to have one player spawn, but any new video will run in that player, overriding the existing video. Is that just not possible? I don't want to have to close the window every time I run something new, and I don't want to have to go back and lose a whole bunch of separate VLC instances when I'm done.

Update: I found the solution, and I should have tried it first before posting. Oh well, at least I didn't leave anyone who might find this hanging like a DenverCoder9.

Being Ubuntu, VLC was installed via Snap (I can't recall if I did it or it's default). I suppose I should look into the de-Snap process I've seen mentioned before, as I've also had a few non-crash errors since running Ubuntu where snap was the source.

So the solution was to install the Debian version in terminal, not Snap. It works like I expect and wanted, and I can run video after video and it uses the same window.

 

I have an older robot vacuum that has finally shown some age in its battery. The charger will charge for about 15 mins and then gets an error, but it's enough to do a decent vacuuming of the room if I charge then vacuum, then repeat once more. I can't leave it on the charger now due to the error repeating, so basically I run it dead until the next time.

So my question is, can I continue doing this since it works well enough, or is there potential problems/danger with the battery being at less capacity? I could buy a new battery, they aren't terrible in price, but if it works and is safe, why not continue what I'm doing until it completely gives out?

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