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[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I need both a Luigi emoji and a guillotine emoji, for no apparent reasons.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 days ago (4 children)

6.9 stars, starring Kristen Bell and Aubrey Plaza

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/

You could calculate it more accurately, of course. But the relationship between earth's circumference and the distance to the moon is roughly 1:10, purely by coincidence, making it easy to calculate an estimate when scaling earth up or down.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I looked up the circumference of a football and it said about 70cm. As the moon is about 10 times the circumference of the earth away, that'd put the moon at 7m away.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I want to travel to China about as much as I want to travel to the US or Russia.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Australia is wider than the moon. If earth had the size of a football (soccer), the moon would be about 7m away. If the sun had a diameter of 1m, Neptune would be 5.6km away. In that scale model, the next star would be placed in the outer planets. Space is insanely big.

Ja, das sehe ich auch so. Alles, was die Raserei einschränkt, wird ja hier als unverschämte Gängelei verstanden. Ich fahre seit über 30 Jahren und wurde in der Zeit ein einziges Mal geblitzt. Im Ausland, mit 87 wo 80 erlaubt waren. Hat dann auch gleich 50 Euro gekostet.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh, man. I have a list. Although it's been years since I watched it, so my memory is hazy.

That whole thing where he just stumbles upon his old friend who is coincidentally in charge of this space project and just decides he is the right guy for the job? Fucking dumb writing.

Anne Hathaway's character and her speech about love? God-awful writing.

All those weird planets they are visiting, just to show off some weird space shit? Stupid writing.

The insanely idiotic decisions these supposedly highly trained and intelligent characters make again and again? My god, what idiotic writing.

Him flying into a black hole, discovering the fuckth dimension is fucking love and pushing some books off his bookshelf back in time? I would have walked out at that point, but I watched it at home.

And that's only the shit that pissed me off so much I can still remember it all these years later.

Nolan makes movies that are visually amazing and because he can try out weird stuff they are sometimes great, but acting like he's the best thing ever who can do no bad is ignoring all the really, really stupid stuff he does in his movies and I think Interstellar is the worst, with Tenet being a close second.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Christopher Nolan is quite overrated. Interstellar was shockingly dumb. I think he has gotten to a point where either not enough people are honest with him when his ideas are really stupid or his ego simply doesn't allow him to listen to people.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It does? Must've been 30 years since I last saw it. Might be time for a re-watch.

 

Pictured here is Catherine Combs, then 19 years of age. If you don't know what this is from, just search for Folgers' infamous Coming Home commercial.

 
 

I am currently using Trilium for my notes. But I am constantly annoyed by the mobile experience. What I want:

  • sync across devices from a central server (this is why I went with Trilium, as having a web client means there's always the same notes everywhere)

  • native Android app with local storage so that I don't have to log in just for looking up a single note (this is what annoys me most about Trilium, plus the UX on mobile)

  • web version (for use on PC)

I only need very basic markup, markdown support is enough. I don't worry about security, as I run everything inside my own VPN.

Is there something like this out there? I always see people raving about Obsidian, but sync seems to really suck there. Using some folder sync is a no go for me.

 

I use a SIP provider for the landline at home. When on vacation I want to be able to make outbound calls with my landline number. I know this can be done, but I have no idea how. Does anyone here have some pointers for required hardware, software and configuration?

 

I am building a Wireguard tool for myself and I would like to receive events when a peer connects or disconnects. Does someone know if this is possible through some kernel API or EBPF?

 

I am looking for a movie, late 90s to late aughts. What I remember is a press junket for a fictional movie in some hotel and the chaos around it. One specific thing I remember is the director in the movie buying the Unabomber's shack to complete the movie.

 

Da fehlen mir wirklich die Worte.

 

Hi,

Is there good literature on how to repair stuff? Just general things, not specific appliances. How to repair wood, how to properly sand wood and metal, how to replace a tile, how to read and analyze circuits, identify faulty parts and correct replacements, etc. I just want to become better at repairing stuff.

 

I have a MiTV box with Android that runs apps for Jellyfin, Prime Video and Disney Plus. I would like to replace it with a mini PC, like some N100 box, to have more control over what runs on it. I tried a Pi with Kodi once, but I hate the UI so much. It's just not my thing.

What other options do I have with self-hosted alternatives? I want a central UI like AndroidTV offers, I need Jellyfin, Disney Plus, Prime Video and some local TV station's streaming offerings and some remote control.

I don't think that's possible, as you can only run Disney and Prime in a browser or their apps. And using a browser on the TV is not nice UX. But maybe some of the great people here have cracked that nut and can help me.

 

Are there any free/open-source TTS options out there that are on the same level as Google Cloud's? I tried a lot of free ones, but they are absolutely awful and still sound like my Amiga did 30 years ago. With LLMs being available as open source, I am hoping there's also a good TTS offering I just haven't found yet.

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