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arthurpizza
arthurpizza @ art @lemmy.world
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  • Some things to keep in mind about the theater experience.

    • Only a handful of theaters do film IMAX anymore. A lot of IMAX locations are just 4k DCP (Digital Cinema Package)
    • Most theaters in the world are digital projectors with a max resolution of 1998x1080 or 2048x858

    Part of the reason these factors still exist is cost. A poorly maintained film projector with a lousy film print can ruin a movie going experience. Hollywood would sometimes release so very shitty prints. The digital projectors are much easier to maintain so the experience is often more ideal for the average movie goer.

    Having said that, if a theater takes good care of their film projectors and they have a well made and well kept print, the experience can be amazing.

  • Every time I move to a new area this is one of things I do. Outside of Google, a lot of the other maps start with open street maps as their data set as it's an excellent jumping off point. So you're not just helping open street maps You're helping most map applications.

  • 5 minutes is about as long as it took to download that mammoth 2MB jpg from this struggling Lemmy server.

    Seriously though, I can download an ISO, flash it to USB, boot up and do an entire system install in less than 15 minutes. The only limiting factor is the speed of the internet.

  • This is less about the AI tech itself but about using the tech to cheat the workers out of pay. We can't put the AI genie back in the bottle but we can make rules to keep them from using it to exploit us.

  • Windows XP looked like such a downgrade from Windows 2000. Lacked stability. Wanted something more customizable. I liked the idea of community powered software so Linux was the solution.

  • Liftoff has been a joy to use.

  • This is a terrible take. He was an annoyance and liability for the show. He contributed minimally and these productions are better off without him.

    The "Innocent until proven guilty" part of the argument only makes sense of he was only fired for breaking the law.

  • The green color that Apple chose for SMS was picked because of how harsh it is on the eyes. They want you to hate talking to non Apple users.

  • Everyone should be using a password manager. Every service should have a different password (and some service should have several passwords) and it's impossible for the average person to keep track of all of those. Every time I hear about someone losing control of an account it's because they were using the same password as another service.

    I recommend:

    • KeePassDX: Can be completely offline. Probably the most secure but can be a little awkward to use sometimes.
    • Bitwarden: Cloud based but open source. You could run a server but the main service offers MOST of the features for free.

    Your mileage may very with some of the proprietary platforms. However my job uses 1 Password and it seems to be fairly safe.

  • Currently I think that deb + flatpak is best combo. However with immutable systems become more mainstream that might change. However I do believe that flatpak will continue.

  • Jeff is 100 spot on. IBM/Redhat is really shooting themselves in the foot for some short term profits.

  • This is not a violation of the GPL. They are allowed to charge for access to the source. If you provide binaries/images to a customer, you also must provide source. However, anyone who doesn't pay isn't entitled to it.

    However, this is still a total bonehead move.

  • This is why I'm a cargo shorts guy.

    Stylish? No.

    Secure? Most definitely.