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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

remember that JWST doesn't do visible spectrum and, regardless, it's specialized for faint distant objects. From JWST's perspective, Titan emits a lot of light. It's kind of like using a telephoto lens to take a picture of your foot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah. I ran it in docker for years and it was such a hassle compared to HAOS. The switch to VM was best decision I made regarding HA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Sorry, I didn't phrase that clearly. Sunn O))) was one of the best shows I've ever been to. GY!BE was terrible.

Sunn built up such an intensity and anticipation, and during the show they put a hell of a show. Fog covered the venue... they had vocalist Attila with them who was wearing a robe covered in mirror fragments and he had lasers on the end of each finger that he would bounce off the mirrors and into the crowd/fog. I've been to a few hundred shows and this light show alone would rank it up there, but the performance was something else too. It was the most intense and loud show ever (don't forget your hearos, lol), you could feel your skin and clothing vibrate. Supposedly the Brooklyn Masonic Temple has no noise ordinance to follow because they're grandfathered out of it, or something like that. It was loud.

With Godspeed You! Black Emperor I would have been better off if I stayed home and listened to low quality mp3. No stage presence, no engaging the crowd, nothing notable to say really. They sounded off and bored, like they were doing this because their family was held hostage. I don't know what I expected, but it was at least decent sound quality. This was not long after they got back together, so maybe that played into it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I saw Sunn and Godspeed You Black Emperor at different times in the same venue (Brooklyn Masonic Temple) and they were both the best show and the worst show I've ever seen in my life, respectively. Walked out halfway through Godspeed, it was so bad. Anyway, Sunn O))) rocks

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shut up, nerd! Let me have my gravitron

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sorry you're getting downvoted. I don't know if I agree with you, but back in the golden ages of Reddit the rule was don't downvote because you disagree, downvote because it's a shit comment. I don't think your comment was shit... I think we've brought way too much of modern reddit to lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

A few things:

  • Many (most?) ratings these days are self-assessed by the developer/publisher.
  • The review process has been heavily streamlined through IARC, so you can effectively get ESRB/PEGI/etc simultaneously. Governmental ratings (like GRAC in South Korea) still require you go through the government agency -- but some stores like Epic or Oculus can effectively do this for you -- and even then it's still self-assessed.
  • Some of the storefronts offer help with ratings, in a way doing what a publisher would do, if you self-publish. You take a quiz to determine ratings and ask questions before the rating boards even know you exist.
  • Ratings boards don't typically play the game. Sample screenshots and descriptions can be included in some submissions, especially if there's a grey area or the submitter is inexperienced, but it's often just apply and get your cert.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

You should watch it if you haven't! It's one of their best eps. They even got together to do a Rifftrax version of it live in theaters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Do you mean Manos: The Hands of Fate?

MST3K made it famous in what is probably one of their best episodes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

A Shield TV is probably overkill for you and the recommendations of a pi would do just fine, but if it's in budget I say go for the Shield TV. Mine is nearly 8 years old and I haven't had a single issue, streams 4k HDR, and runs so much better than any of the crap that comes with even the newest of TVs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If they're not technical and you don't feel like playing family help desk, you can't go wrong with either synology or qnap. The downside with them is the hardware is just barely powerful enough for a NAS. If they start to get into self-hosting at all -- pihole, home-assistant, minecraft servers, jellyfin, etc -- they'll quickly run into limitations.

If they're somewhat technical but not a Linux guru, I'd add Unraid (slackware based, but 100% UI-driven) to the list. I've been running it for years and it's been great. It makes running docker/VM a breeze on top of the hardware-agnostic setup of mixed drives that makes upgrading slowly over time painless.

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