ImpossibilityBox @ ImpossibilityBox @lemmy.world

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From what I've heard Emma Stone is playing Rocky.

Yes a lot of movies do magically switch to English but I am unaware of any where the actual language itself and learning it and misunderstanding it is a major plot point. I'm sure there must be I just can't think of any.

Your points are fair and you definitely consume a lot of content compared to me (at least where audio books are concerned). If you are OK with piracy then there is no real need to discuss cost and value. Nothing is going to match the value of free. For me Audible is a good value because I won't pirate media and their is enough content there (a token a month combined with included free content) to keep me occupied basically forever.

The thing that I can't figure out qnd no one has been able to explain to me is this: If no one pays for content or is only paying a small amount for unlimited access, how are the artists and content creators going to make a living?

In an ideal world every creator would be able to crowd source their success like Andy did/slash Brandon Sanderson does but I feel like a lot of smaller artists would never gain enough traction to be found by a broader audience.

Other people have pointed out possibilities like Patreon but if I subscribed to the lowest teir of every creator I follow I would be paying an absurd amount of money each month. Probably waaay more than I could afford.

The one thing that I do to try and support artists is that if I find myself consuming their content on a larger scale compared to my other stuff I will find a way to purchase physical media from them. Be it a book from Andy, A vinyl record from Devin Townsend, or a chalk bag from Magnus Midtbo. That way more of my money goes to support them as directly as possible. Piracy and unlimited subscription models just don't fit the way that I consume content.

If you have other ideas on what we can do to properly support content creators, get exposed to smaller unknown creators from around the globe, and get rid of money going into the hands of giant corporations I am all ears.

Oh man the Three Body Problem. That there is quite the interesting series of books. It's one of the few that I go back to on a regular(ish) basis to re-read.

First I know that everyone loves to hate on Amazon and rightly so. Second I am also aware that there are apps that allow you to use audio books from public libraries which is great resource that everyone should take advantage of if they can.

I guess the question I have for you is how quickly do you go through audio books? If it's only 1 or 2 books a month Audible isn't that bad.

For me $15 a month for audible has me more than covered for the audio books I listen to. If I do end up finishing my current book before the next credit of the month there are plenty of podcasts and free audiobooks to listen to to tide me over, or I can go back and re-listen to a past book.

Personally I believe that Audio books should ALWAYS cost significantly more than the original book. The amount of work that goes into an audio book recording is mind boggling in some instances and I am willing to pay to make sure publishers will still provide audio books as options.

wether or not someone should be taking the option of making it a Amazon exclusive is a challenging question. Someone probably laid down a stack of cash with some graphs that said this is our user base. You will get the majority of your plays here anyways and we are willing to pay for it. Does that mean less opportunity overall for readers? Yes. Is it also possible that this ensures a better pay day for the Author, Voice Actor, Editors and Engineers? Also possibly yes. I have no issues with creative getting paid for their work.

The Audio book was FANTASTIC. It's a bit goofy and plays a little loosy goosey with some of the "SCI" part in Sci-fi. I also recommend this to anybody looking for a book recommendation, it's an easy read and entertaining.

It did however highlight a very interesting challenge that the movie is going to face.

In the book Grace sets up a translation system for communication initially but after a while just simply understands what is being said. In a book/audio book format the reader will only understand the words grace understands and because of the format we accept the limitation and don't really think about it.

How the heck are they going to make an alien who speaks in chords understandable for the audience in the film?

The truest of all statements.

Absolutely understood but when you are uncomfortable sitting in any position, or lying down, again, in any position, sometimes standing is the only option.

It probably would have been weirder if she came out and just saw me quietly standing in the middle of the room.

Oh man... short answer is yes.

BUUuuuuUuut... There are several different ways to make your own keycaps.

Silicon molds for resin pours. Sometimes even multistage pours for different parts of the cap.

3d printing/laser sintering is also an option and probably the easiest entry point into custom keycaps.

Clay/Ceramic can be sculpted to make caps.

You can order blank PCB caps in nearly every style of profile possible. You can then custom design your own legends and dye sublimate then onto the keys.

Some actual lunatic even went as far to manually load every blank Keycap into a CNC mill to carve out the letters so he could backfill it with a different material of his choice (I don't remember the specifics).

It's a deeeeep rabbit hole.

Really gnarly plaque buildup.

Nope, my family was never really financially stable and we lived next door to a nurse (extreme luck) for small cuts and bruises/illnessess, so the only time I ever actually saw a doctor was for wisdom teeth and a freeway speed car accident that broke a bunch of my bones.

I only recently at the young old age of 32 got insurance that actually covers anything, but old habits die hard so doc visits of any kind are kind of taboo in my brain.

I may or may not occasionally get super fixated on tasks I'm doing. The only reason I know it was fifty minutes was because I listened to the entire Sleep Token album "This Place Will Become Your Tomb".

You can bet your ass that those steepers are nice and shiny clean.

Before we move to fillable bags we would soak the infusers in vinager overnight every week or two. They stayed nice and sparkling clean.

I love this take.

In my defense the kitchen is as far from the bedroom as you can get in our apartment and it's an variable speed electric so you can run it relitively slow for (again, relatively) quite operation.

I started with a acid brush, and then moved onto a nylon. The residue was being very stuborn which is why I moved onto the brass brush and dremel.

I finished outt which a fabric wheel in the dremel, the idea being to help wipe away any brass or residue that got left being in the final cleaning steps.

Right! My one concession to here (loving) statement is that my ideas of productive can often lean towards the absurd.

Yes, I am handplaning bowling alley floor for a desk at 11:30 at night... why do you ask?

I got started simply because I had been using the same dirty gaming keyboard for over a decade and it finally died. I knew from peripheral experience that most consumer electronic devices are e-waste so I went the custom route so that I could control the quality.

I settles on a case pretty quickly but couldn't decide on switches. I got a sampler pack but that doesn't really give you a good idea of the full typing experience so I went ahead and just bought 3 full sets of switches.

I quickly got tired of switching the out of the keyboard whenever I wanted to try a different set so I went out and got a second good but not AS good case just to serve as a test bed.

Well that meant I needed another set of keycaps. So I went looking and there was a deal I found for purchasing multiple sets.

If you are counting we are now at 3 sets of switches, 3 sets of caps, and 2 cases. I think you can see where this is headed.

What I ended up learning is that you can REALLY dial in the feel and responsiveness of a keyboard for what you want.

Do you want a commanding, powerful keyboard that feels like you are accomplishing something with every keystroke? Heavy, clicky switches with THICK PBT caps.

Do want a smooth fast speed demon for gaming/typing? Start looking into shirt throw linear switches with choc caps.

Good every day workhorse for all around use? Tactile are a great place to start?

But what case material do I choose? Metal, resin, plastic? Gasket mount pcb? Foam underlayment? What type of Keycap material do I like? PBT, ABS? maybe some resin, or metal even. How about some exotic ceramic keycaps?

How am I going to discover the combo that I like the best? You try them all and end up with a massive collection.

To anyone that might be interested in this you should check out VCV rack. It's a free software emulation of modular euroracks. They even have software recreations of classic modules that would be considered standard for most racks.

Obviously this route lacks the major aspect of physical interaction and feedback which many say is a large component in there enjoyment of the hobby but you can still learn all the basic and experiment to find out if it's something that grabs your interests.

Fair warning: If you do catch the bug there will be a point in time where you start trying to justify spending $400 on a single LFO module. This is normal. Don't be afraid.

I started to get deep into film photography but when I realized I was researching hospital grade HEPA filters so I could put a darkroom into the bedroom closet I decided I needed to take a step back.

I love film photography and the fact that I recently moved a very short distance from the Kodak film plant in NY is slowly drawing me back into it.

I wonder if the local community college has a dark room I could rent.

That is my understanding! The lowest grind setting on this is easily fine enough for a moka pot. I do not have any espresso experience to say whether or not it would be passable for an espresso machine.