Animato – Fashionation by MIke Jittlov. Shot on 16mm film before music videos were a thing. Music: "I Know A Place" sung by Petula Clark. 3 minutes approx.
Terrible but watchable transfer with awful sound, especially near the beginning:
Also, a much fancier one, "Midichlorian Rhapsody", a Star Wars parody of Bohemian Rhapsody. Home studio music production with one guy playing almost all of the instruments, sync'd to video clips from Star Wars movies. Recaps the whole stupid prequel series in 6 minutes. Brilliant, absolutely pro level performances.
It's kind of dodgy selling something that you were given, without prior arrangement. Obviously it's legal but that's not what you're asking, I think.
I recently gave someone a leftover, non-driveable car worth maybe $2K on the basis that he liked the car and he wanted to get it running and drive it. But to bypass potential awkwardness if the repair project didn't work out, I explicitly told him that it was fine with me if he sold it and kept the money. That seemed like a good way to handle it.
I've received a few smaller gift items from people online. I wouldn't sell them but could see regifting them.
I think the idea is that the info is probably true, but has high enough likelihood of being false that you better check anyway, if it's something that matters. There's a whole topic in machine learning called "probable approximate correctness" that tries to make that notion precise. Les Valiant's book of a similar title introduced the concept and looks very good. I have it but haven't read it yet.
As long as they list the Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, I'm good. The Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912 will of course burn in Hades forever.
I don't get email notifications, but that number next to the icon changing is annoying. I have a few old responses that I've left "unread" on purpose, so I'm reminded to get around to dealing with them (look at some url or whatever). When the number changes, that means there are actual new responses, which after a day or two tend to be useless depending on the topic. So I'd rather shut them off.
It might be to stop the damn notifications you keep getting whenever anyone posts to a thread you started. Also it's reasonable to think discussion forums are in some sense ephemeral. If you want a persistent store of knowledge, try Wikipedia. Lemmy could also host wikis if it's worthwhile, like reddit does.
Yep. A buddy of mine lives in the same apt. building as a recognizable celebrity. One time he was in an elevator with her but didn't look at her or say anything. She gave him an appreciative nod as she got off the elevator.
Famous old story. There is a fire alarm in a fancy hotel. Guests are told to go to the front of the lobby (near the exit, in case they have to evacuate) and wait for an all-clear. They do that except for this one guy, who lingers around the service desk or something. Hotel worker goes up to him and says "excuse me sir, guests have to wait over there (pointing)". Guy puffs up and says "you know you are talking to the vice president?". Hotel worker goes apologetic and says "oh I'm sorry sir, I didn't know! Do whatver you have to" and leaves the guy alone.
A minute later the hotel worker returns with a suspicious look, and asks the guy "Wait a minute sir, what are you the vice president of?". Guy puffs even more and with a chill in his voice says "the United States of America!". Worker says "Oh! Get over there then (points to guest area). I thought you were the vice president of the hotel!".
Is this some kind of spam? There are other companies in the same space and they'll make their own sales pitches. Web search does find some stuff about Gloria shutting down.
Typewriters were relied on to create unauthorized self-published books, brochures, leaflets, and magazines. As a result, Soviet authorities began imposing strict controls on typewriter distribution. Every typewriter had its own registration number, which allowed the KGB and other repressive organizations to determine the source of unauthorized documents. Each typewriter’s unique imprint made it possible to find out who wrote the paper and where it could be printed. In “Diaries: Uncensored,” Les Taniuk mentioned that there were typewriters for checks on which nothing “like that” could be typed, and two more – carefully hidden. Ukrainian writer and translator Halyna Kyrpa had to destroy her typewriter after a reprint of “Internationalism or Russification” by Ukrainian literary critic, social activist, and dissident Ivan Dziuba was typed on it. (In her interview with Chytomo, she said that she smashed the machine with hammers and threw it into a lake.)
Is this the same basement every day, like at your house? Install some lights is one thought.