LemmyThinkAboutThat
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- Comment on What are some good "frugal" movie viewing setups? (Recommendations) 3 days ago:
Ditto on used flatscreen (not-smart tv) from thrift shops; they’re light enough that you can take it with you when you move.
$500-$1000 is a good budget so you can buy new (non-smart tv) at the big box stores.
Yes, you should consider a good projector and a white bed sheet from the same thrift shop and iron it (I speak from experience). If the acoustics in your room is good then you may not need to spend a lot of money on speakers/headphones.
My friend couldn’t find black bed sheets so she bought the ugly stained ones and dyed them black and put them behind the curtains. We were able to do this setup in her backyard for the kids, too.
I also used a pre-primed canvas with my easel and worked just fine as soon as I got the angle right. Both came from JoAnn Fabric when they were closing the stores (maybe $35?). However, my Bose speakers and Sennheiser headphones were not cheap. Living in concrete and 2 different types of insulated walls are probably the reason why the acoustics suck.
That setup was so portable and worked really well that when my friend borrowed it she told me I wasn’t getting it back. You need to decide what you want to spend top dollar on: VR headset, projector, TV, etc. I’m actually curious how you end up with your entertainment setup. Good luck.
- Comment on Where do you ask for TV Show suggestion on Lemy? 4 days ago:
Perhaps it’s Luther, Line of Duty, Broadchurch, Endeavor, The Tunnel?
Or Midsummer Murder, Case Histories, Professor T?
It doesn’t sound like Death in Paradise, Brokenwood Mysteries, The Frankenstein Chronicles, Annika or The Fall.
BritBox has a list of tv series similar to Sherlock, Alienist, etc.
There’s Haden Clark but that’s gruesome. There’s a TV series about it on AppleTV and somewhere else I can’t remember but same title.
I’ll come back if I think of anything else. Good luck!
- Comment on What are the easiest types of internet videos to make that are not slop? 1 week ago:
Cat videos! Have you seen the upvotes on those vids?!? Amazing (and easy)!
- Comment on Was there a Cold War conflict where the Soviets funded the right-wingers and the Americans funded the communists? 1 week ago:
Maybe the United States involvement in regime change in Latin America is what you had in mind?
Or perhaps you’d like to peruse through old CIA files.
- Comment on Trump Is Launching an AI Search Engine Powered by Perplexity 1 week ago:
…results that are complicated and intricate leaving users bewildered.
Perplexity is certainly an interesting choice for a company name. Coincidence perhaps?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
YOUR body, YOUR choice!
If you think that you’ll regret it later on, you can always make a deposit to a sperm bank. These days, I highly doubt it’s covered by insurance. Also, you need to do some research (and a lot of phone calls/emails); some places are so damn strict that you need an appointment just to get info.
A friend did that before, he has no regrets. Good luck, young lemming!
- Comment on Apple accidentally posts Galaxy Z Flip 7 promo video on official account [U] 2 weeks ago:
LOL. Yes, suable is word.
- Comment on Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites 2 weeks ago:
The financial part of this scam begins when users try to cash out any “winnings.” At that point, the gaming site will reject the request and prompt the user to make a “verification deposit” of cryptocurrency — typically around $100 — before any money can be distributed. Those who deposit cryptocurrency funds are soon asked for additional payments.
Nice lure…
In many ways, these scambling sites borrow from the playbook of “pig butchering” schemes, a rampant and far more elaborate crime in which people are gradually lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platforms.
…and it still works (unfortunately)!
- Comment on UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage 3 weeks ago:
Yes.
“We’re not at all surprised the UK government is deploying this tactic now when the world is paying attention to the horrors unfolding, they’d rather silence the discussion than confront their own complicity,” the moderators of r/IsraelCrimnes told me. “By labeling brutally documented atrocities as ‘mature content’ and gate‑keeping access, they reveal themselves as hypocrites: preaching democracy and human rights abroad while trampling them at home.”
It gets better:
Reddit explained that it will verify users’ age by partnering with Persona, an identity verification company that raised $200 million in April in a series D round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. Persona asks users to upload a selfie or photo ID in order to verify their age. Reddit says it does not have access to these images, and that Persona does not retain those photos for more than seven days.
Take a deep breath…
- Comment on PSA on privuhcy 3 weeks ago:
Brave for iOS has the Copy Clean Link option. There’s GNAT Cleaner from the App Store but I’ve never used it.
I tried adding screenshots but I haven’t been able to upload photos in almost a week.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I had to look up wine cans. Lol Learned something new today.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Any hobbies? How about breaking a record?
- Comment on What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol 1 month ago:
Thank you so much for that!😂
