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What lasted exactly at the right time and would never work out today if it were released now or when it did release again? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It is a fun little thought experiment. Yeah, Lord of the Rings is largely cliche now because so much fantasy has borrowed from it so heavily for so long. But if it was never released the fantasy genre would be vastly different and if released in this alternate reality could be as impactful as it was when it originally released.

TIL Bill Cosby, Gene Hackman, Eartha Kitt, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, and Barbra Streisand were some of the names on Nixon's "Enemies List" in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now that is one hell of a product tagline

YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (10 children)

This must consume a tremendous amount of processing to do since they would have to transcode copies for every ad region/campaign and every resolution on demand. I am interested in how they made this financially viable.

Garage is an open source S3-compatible object storage cluster designed for self hosting in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I have been mostly happy with minio but the setup and update process are a bit painful so next time I find myself annoyed with it I might have to give this a shot.

Bill Gates says not to worry about AI's energy draw in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The AI solution will be to stop producing food. That would save enormous amounts of energy.

How do you handle family requests that you disagree with? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Whenever people ask me to put up right wing propaganda type shit I just say I can't find it

If you had one chance to eat or drink something poisonous without dying or experiencing any health repercussions, what would you try? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I would see what the big deal with heroine is