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Cake day: July 17th, 2023

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  • Do you have a link to the manifesto? I can’t seem to find it anywhere. It’s strange how little information is easily available on it; every article I see in search results is informationless fluff, with various attempts to spin something, but they’re all so unclear on what the thing they’re spinning is in the first place it comes across very strange.

    To be honest I’ve always kinda thought how much things get censored is overblown, but damn, someone just killed half a dozen people (half of them children), injured hundreds more, and released a manifesto as to why they did it - yet somehow it gets buried. Instead there’s an endless stream of speculation, blame, and talk about everything else. I don’t think there could be anything in the writing that would concern me more than the degree to which it seems to be deliberately ignored.






  • Oo yes! Dr Strangelove feels like it could have been made yesterday. Those two and It’s A Wonderful Life are by far my three favorite B&W movies, as someone who generally doesn’t enjoy movies of that era much.

    Oh, I was also pleasantly surprised by Dracula which I saw recently, it’s very well put together. Second half drags but overall it’s surprisingly watchable by modern standards considering its age. I enjoyed it quite a bit.


  • I was thinking the same thing - it’d be nice if they could just keep doing what they’re doing now since it’s great, but who knows, maybe this will lead to some other great films that otherwise never would have been made. If they can maintain their quality in the big budget space, there’s a relatively unfilled niche for popcorn flicks made with care and artistry.

    Off the top of my head, Mad Max: Fury Road fits the description of ‘big budget, action, based on existing IP’ and I don’t think anyone would wish that hadn’t been made.

    Maybe they will start producing garbage; it’s entirely possible. I’d rather have a little optimism and wait to hate until it actually happens though. It’d be awesome to see what passionate and talented filmmakers like the Daniels would do with both a big budget and the creative freedom A24 has historically offered.


  • I find myself saying this one a lot. When I feel like I’m putting in effort and the other person won’t meet me in the middle something like this always seems to slip out, but I hate how passive aggressive it is.

    Reframing it so ‘the problem’ is the problem rather than the person is a good idea. Helps with communication, and if it can be internalized, it seems like a better way to think about the conflict too.




  • You make some good points - I don’t think anyone can reasonably argue linux is in a state where a ‘regular’ user will find it more productive than windows. But, statements like these make as many assumptions about an individual’s use case and workflow as saying ‘everyone should use linux because xyz’:

    If you live in a bubble where you don’t have to collaborate with anyone else

    There are annoyances from time to time, sure, but they’re way fewer and simpler to deal with than the hoops you’ve to go through to get a minimal and viable/productive desktop experience on Linux

    If you buy a Windows license and spend the time you would’ve spent dealing with Linux compatibility issues doing your actual job you’ll, most likely, get a better ROI.

    Again, it’s certainly not reasonable to say linux is universally (or even generally) better for productivity. But neither is it reasonable to say it always isn’t. Operating systems are tools, which one to use depends entirely on the situation.