Surprisingly enough, the cuts for (much shorter) airtime worked quite well. Some parts of the plot were lost, and people were inexplicably saved from certain pickles to appear unharmed — but that was to be expected. I enjoyed the edit more than I expected. There were more exterior shots added than strictly necessary, and I guess they were often used to disguise cuts.
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I had issues with the hamfisted way the War Chief was retroactively confirmed as an earlier incarnation of the Master, with the Saxon Master's theme inserted into the soundtrack, and a sound effect of a beginning regeneration after the War Chief's demise. That seemed an unnecessary indulgence of old fanboys' head cannon.
The reason to race through most of the serial, of course, was to get to the Time Lord trial and the Second Doctor's regeneration into the Third — canonically eliminating another ambiguity from the Whoniverse that had until now allowed for the Season 6B theory.
The trial had some fun, 21st century additions that I rather enjoyed — if you know you know — but the added regeneration sequence didn't just fill a gap where fans' imaginations had run creative for 55 years. It also gave us an absolutely atrocious CGI rendered closeup shot of "Jon Pertwee".
Is anybody happier and better off that we have this new end to War Games? I doubt anybody is more than indifferent to those dreary last minutes. And I'll definitely remember season 6B fonder.
No worries. Given the season, surely it's the recurring Bahhum bug.
Probably true. I don't see anything like that in the article, though?
So what I take away after a quick skim on xmas eve is... this is an attempt at one app for all (or big parts) of the fediverse?
I think this is the most mature and versatile one? Bookwyrm is nice for what it does, but it's only books.
Semantics. If person A is protected by privacy rights in her jurisdiction, but her data is scraped by project B from one where such rights conveniently aren't legally respected, A should still be able to expect some way of injunction.
Using one LLM to fuck up a lot more is poetic I suppose. I'd just rather not use them in the first place.
I'm trying to optimise my human efficiency vs effort here, but yeah. Get your point.
Theoretically speaking, what level of nonsense are we talking about in order to really mess up the training model?
a) Something that doesn't represent the actual contents of the website (like posting "The Odyssey" to the llms.txt of a software documentation site),
b) a randomly generated wall of real words out of context, or
c) just straight lorem ipsum filler?
Yeah, terrific use for a mini PC. Will some self hosters and home labbers spit bile at the thought? Probably. It's a matter of personal requirements.
Basically, like you say, most mini PCs are quiet, power efficient, and just carry that bit more oomph than a SBC.
For context, Rock Paper Shotgun is a gaming site, which is why the reviewer focuses so heavily on game performance on different mini PCs. Unsurprisingly, the answer to the title isn't an unequivocal "yes", but some of the little lunch boxes fare quite well despite their limited specs.
A more accurate title would be "Should gamers bother with mini PCs," but given their audience that would be superfluous 🙂 I think mini PC gaming will continue to be a niche interest, but there are certainly other and probably better uses for the tiny computers.
Yeah, the only threat to Big Tech is that they might sink a lot of money into training material they'd have to give away later. But releasing the material into the Public Domain is not exactly an improvement for the people whose data and work has been used without consent or payment.
"Congratulations, your rights are still being violated, but now the data is free to use for everyone".
I guess White's Web3 is going just great updates hurt some butts? I mean, it can't be fun to be up to your neck in an elaborate scam and have somebody keep showing you receipts proving that you're in fact up to your neck in an elaborate scam.
If I understand correctly, OP is after the non-Russian Pale Moon browser start page, not the project home page.
Ah, yeah. Minus one does have a sentimental streak. I'll definitely give Son of Godzilla a rewatch this year!
Ah, damn. I read some advance news earlier in the month so I only skimmed this one. There goes my Fugitive 6B pipedream 🙂
Oh man, is it confirmed that it's a Second to Third Doctor regeneration? 😞
I were holding out hopes that they'd snuck in a cheeky Jo Martin cameo!
Just putting this question out here, as my family xmas traditions revolve around movies. Sure, food and presents, but movies before and after.
Now, christmas themed monster and horror movies in general? I can name lots, but no kaiju films come to mind. And I know christmas isn't a culturally Japanese thing, but maybe some cinematic elements were adopted via osmosis from Western culture?
So, allowing for the tiny fact that Santa isn't going to turn up to help Godzilla defeat King Ghidorah, and there likely won't be scenes of kids fighting around the christmas tree — what do you think is the christmassiest of kaiju movies?
Probably on the lighter side of "piracy", but as this is currently the only Kodi addons community on Lemmy (that I can find), I thought it was worth the shot.
I've been using the Youtube add-on with Kodi for years, partly to access trailers but also to share videos from my (Android) phone, using the Newpipe app. Until of course Google decided that you need API keys to access Youtube — and I got rid of my Google accounts way back, so that's not an option.
I've installed the Invidious add-on as well, but I can't get it to work in the same way that the YT add-on did. Now, I know Google are doing their worst to trip up Invidious instances as well, but the issues might also be due to poor configuration on my part...
So my question is basically in the title — is there any way to use Youtube on Kodi without API keys? I've tried searching online but it seems that, unlike me, most people are fine connecting a Youtube account to their home media centre...
Any advice or just links to tutorials are much appreciated!
> > > It’s really important to point out that our own interaction with tech may have changed to be extremely controlled, and seem like we have a dependency on corporations… but the original underlying structure still exists. We have power to exist independently, and create our own alternatives too. > > > > At the core of it, we can participate our own way, if we know where to look. > You can still create websites, your own tools, distribute your own software… and how to do that is a very important understanding to cultivate. > > > > Tech literacy is an imperative, especially in the era that we are in right now. > >
In Radio Times' fireside chat, the two writers reveal all.
> > > what are Davies and Moffat’s secrets to telling a great Yuletide yarn? And what do they get up to at Christmas themselves? In [Radio Times'] exclusive fireside chat, they reveal all. Are you sitting comfortably? Then they’ll begin… > >
In which the writers of christmas episodes past and present discuss
- each other's christmas specials;
- how Joy to the world came about;
- why the Doctor doesn't just solve everything by going in the TARDIS;
- writing, and why AI won't steal creative writers' jobs; and
- what comes next on Doctor Who?
The special edition will also feature recovered footage not seen since the original broadcast.
According to Radio Times,
> > > this new version of the serial will feature a 'lost' piece of Doctor Who history – while the Second Doctor's regeneration into the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) originally took place off-screen, the special edition of The War Games will depict the changeover on-screen. > >
and
> > > We're also promised the new release – which will air on BBC Four and be available on BBC iPlayer – will feature "recovered footage not seen since the original broadcast". > >
First of all, yes: I'm an art snob. I'm not interested in some rando's drawings of dragons, their "badass" OC, crying airbrushed wolves or whatever. Unfortunately, that is pretty much the limits of art communities that I've been able to find on here.
I've been looking for communities here on art theory, art history and movements, contemporary artists and exhibitions, but to no avail. Don't people go to galleries and art museums, or have their own, conceptual or more hands-on art practice?
Or is it just that the threadiverse has inherited so many Reddit neckbeards that it's basically hostile to any form of aesthetic intellectualism?
To preempt suggestions of "just start your own" — yeah, but I'm looking for a community more than just me going on about my preferences.
So I'm hoping somebody can tell me I just suck at searching and there are several communities just like I've been looking for. Second best result would be a handful of other art snobs going "YES! I'D LOVE THAT TOO," so we can at least co-mod a new community together.
Thanks in advance!
First of all, yes: I'm an art snob. I'm not interested in some rando's drawings of dragons, their "badass" OC, crying airbrushed wolves or whatever. Unfortunately, that is pretty much the limits of art communities that I've been able to find on here.
I've been looking for communities here on art theory, art history and movements, contemporary artists and exhibitions, but to no avail. Don't people go to galleries and art museums, or have their own, conceptual or more hands-on art practice?
Or is it just that the threadiverse has inherited so many Reddit neckbeards that it's basically hostile to any form of aesthetic intellectualism?
To preempt suggestions of "just start your own" — yeah, but I'm looking for a community more than just me going on about my preferences.
So I'm hoping somebody can tell me I just suck at searching and there are several communities just like I've been looking for. Second best result would be a handful of other art snobs going "YES! I'D LOVE THAT TOO," so we can at least co-mod a new community together.
Thanks in advance!
haverholm @kbin.earth I used to make comics. I know that because strangers would look at my work and immediately share their most excruciatingly banal experiences with me:
— that time a motorised wheelchair cut in front of them in the line at the supermarket; — when the dentist pulled the wrong tooth and they tried to get a discount; — eating off an apple and finding half a worm in it;
every anecdote rounded of with a triumphant "You should make a comic about that!"
Then I would take my 300 pages graphic novel out of their hands, both of us knowing full well they weren't going to buy it, and I'd smile politely, "Yeah, sure. Someday."
"Don't try to cheat me out of my royalties when you publish it," they would guffaw and walk away to grant comics creator status onto their next victim.
Nowadays I make work that feels even more truly like comics to me than that almost twenty years old graphic novel. Collage-y, abstract stuff that breaks all the rules just begging to be broken. Linear narrative is ashes settling in my trails, montage stretched thin and warping in new, interesting directions.
I teach comics techniques at a university level based in my current work. I even make an infrequent podcast talking to other avantgarde artists about their work in the same field.
Still, sometimes at night my subconscious whispers the truth in my ear: Nobody ever insists I turn their inane bullshit nonevents into comics these days, and while I am a happier, more balanced person as a result of that, I guess that means I don't make comics any longer after all.