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mrnarwall

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  • Severance — Season 2 Official Trailer | Apple TV+

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  • I am dying for more of this show. I've been a big fan of anything Ben Stiller produces, and I was not let down with the first season. Now if only they could pick up the pace for producing the show.

    This is more of a current state of TV production problem, but this show is a live action, low/no special effects show that isn't taking you all over the world or something. I don't know what leads to the 2+ year wait between seasons. As long as the writing continues to be of quality, I'll try my best to be patient, but this is a frustrating trend

  • I want to learn how to code

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  • I always recommend https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ as it helps teach you python basics, as well as learning some coding fundamentals. Its free at the website, while offering a book version you can purchase. I have been coding in python professionally for 5 years, but I started with these tutorials (after doing a non-python coding bootcamp that focused on full stack web development)

  • are there any Lemmy clients in Android that allow for filtering out posts based on key words?

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  • I just downloaded it! So far it's easy to pick up

  • What food did you hate in the past, but enjoy now?

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  • I hated strawberries growing up. I would do anything and everything to not eat them. As an as adult I finally tried them again and loved them. It turns out I just hated low quality or not ripe strawberries

  • Cassette Beasts | The Gauntlet Update Launches Nov 20

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  • That is not at all what I got from looking over their steam page, whoops. But that sounds amazing and I'm getting it now

  • Cassette Beasts | The Gauntlet Update Launches Nov 20

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  • I've had this on my wishlist on steam for a while. I've been looking for team shooters that scratch that same itch overwatch did for me. I'd this any good?

  • Is there a decent add-free FOSS alternative to IMDB or Letterboxed

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  • If your comfortable with only an API that you can call to get any data you're looking for, there is omdb

  • The Star Trek: Lower Decks Poster Collection

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  • This is fantastic. I never realized how connected they all were. Thank you for sharing this

  • What is S3 storage?

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  • I have been exposed as a fraud and I will take my punishment! j/k, but worth noting

  • What is S3 storage?

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  • As part of AWS? S3 stands for "simple storage solution" and it is used for storing data in the cloud. A typical s3 setup has a "bucket" which would act like a folder directory on your computer. At that point it can be pretty much however you want to set it up. In theory it can store anything, as long as it can be converted into a binary string, I believe. I havent worked in AWS in a few years, but I recall it being easy enough to use for storing files when handling file transfers with other microservices like Lambdas. You just need to configure a few things, like the bucket name, the "file name" (I say it that way, because you dont necessarily have to store files - and anything stored in s3 has to be converted to that binary string), and the

    It can be even more than just simple storage when used with other microservices, the possibilities can be endless

  • What factors do you think contributed to the "Reddit Hivemind"? How do you believe it can be avoided?

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  • As someone who recently switch to Lemmy, I did notice that there is a general difference in the tone of conversation. This is the first time I've seen it put to words

  • Anyone with experience on music notation, which is the right way to transcribe this?

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  • Hi, I am a musician (thought almost entirely with using bass clef). I'm not sure I understand what you are transcribing. Are you trying to change the song into a different key, or are you just trying to write out the song as it would be in sheet music?

    And just for full disclosure, I am not familiar with this song, so I can't comment on the accuracy of it how it's written

  • AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt

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  • Robots.txt is a file that is is accessible as part of an http request. It's a backend configuration file that sets rules for what automatically running web crawlers are allowed. It can set both who is and who isn't allowed. Google is usually the most widely allowed domain for bots just because their crawler is how they find websites for search results. But it's basically the honor system. You could write a scraper today that goes to websites that it is being told it doesn't have permission to view this page, ignore it, and still get the information

  • chiaki4deck - New Release - 1.6.0 (and 1.6.1)

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  • I love the idea of chiaki so I can play my PS4 games while my wife watch TV, I just wish I could do something about the latency that isn't "plug everything in to Ethernet". I'd love to use it more, but I can't find anything that has worked

  • The 15 Best Hard Sci-Fi Movies That Define the Genre

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  • I do! In fact, I personally try to watch as many sci-fi movies in January as I can. I try not to discriminate, and give everything a chance that's vaguely sci-fi. I'll add Solaris to my list for sure

  • The 15 Best Hard Sci-Fi Movies That Define the Genre

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  • Okay, your comment is at the top, so here is my take on the list:

    There is a lot of overlap on this list and other "best (whatever) scifi" that pop up every so often. Yes Blade Runner was iconic and influential, but I already knew that.

    • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Good start. great visuals. lacks some context in the ending that are half explained in interviews and such. Personally, I like the book's take on it more.
    • Interstellar (2014) | A Nolan film. Also great visuals. This is one of the first movies I saw that somewhat accurately portrays what black holes are supposed to look like. It has a bunch of scenes where space or relativity or physics, etc, things are explained to experts that should already know what is being said. It works to get that info the viewer, but I found it a bit jarring
    • Gattaca (1997) | Anything produced by Danny DeVito (yes that one) gets my money. This is a big "What If" movie where the question is "In a world where most everyone can select the genetic makeup for their children, how does someone born naturally fit in and live?".
    • Solaris (1972) | Never seen it, but I've heard good things. I tried to watch the remake with George Clooney, but I couldnt get in to it.
    • Ex Machina (2015) | Great movie on the idea of an actual concept call the "Turing test". I will point out there are some trigger warnings
    • Coherence (2013) | never seen it. I added it to my list
    • Sunshine (2007) | I couldnt get in to this one. It may be because I just wasnt in the mood for some hard space scifi (They are trying to re-start the sun, how cool does that sounds?), or it could be because of the content. I've heard of a lot of people liking it, so check it out if it sounds interesting to you.
    • Primer (2004) | This is a great take on how suddenly having the ability to time travel might affect someone. There are some nested time line stuff that could be hard to follow, but overall great
    • Stalker (1979) | Haven't seen. it sounds intriguing though
    • Gravity (2013) | This is science fiction in the sense that this story is fictional and takes place in space. Without being a nasa expert, everything seems to be within today's level of technology. You could think of it as a disaster movie, but set in space. Overall fun, but in a different way than some of the other movies on this list
    • THX 1138 (1971) | I hated this movie. I find it derivative of Ayn Rand's Anthem, or Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451. Those books, plus THX 1138 feature a protagonist who is a cog in their own dystopia who breaks free and goes on a massive escape, eventually finding that the world is not as destroyed as they were told to believe. I felt like it suffered from all the same criticisms that George Lucas was given during the original star wars trilogy, but without anyone to refine his idea into something more unique or appealing.
    • Ad Astra (2019) | Great visuals, boring story about a man who cant move on from his deadbeat dad
    • Contact (1997) | Carl Sagan's story about humanity being contacted by an alien race and given further instructions. It does an interesting exploration of science vs faith when confronted by aliens
    • The Martian (2015) | Silly space action where a botanist figures out how survive on Mars and contact Nasa who have no idea that he is alive
    • Blade Runner (1982) | Humans have created manufactured clone robot people. they dont like being slaves by default and revolt. Now they are hunted to extinction. Harrison Ford is the type of officer assigned with tracking down some on Earth. Amazing visuals, weird narrative. There are like, 5 different cuts of this movie and I dont find any of them particularly good. I like the sequel more.

  • BAM! A toxic blast right to the face.

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  • the glaring lack of college football content on lemmy has been the biggest disappointment I have had. When I left twitter, I couldnt get real time sports news updates, /r/cfb filled that void. There is no comparable community yet in lemmy, or if there is, I havent found it

  • What are YOU self-hosting?

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  • I have a jellyfin server running on my local network. I tried running a minecraft server via port forwarding, but learned thats a terrible idea and put an end to that before anything bad happened. Thats now on a different service. I would like to run my own programming portfolio website eventually, but I am not that knowledgeable in networking, so its not something I am capable of doing correctly, yet

  • Star Wars, Marvel, and Avatar Films Delayed in Massive Disney Reshuffle - IGN

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  • I can't say I'm surprised. They already delayed and reworked some stuff from COVID, and that already kind of stopped the Marvel hype post-endgame. Without having reached their next "Avengers" level movie, the writer's strike gives them only the one option to delay some more