Leavingoldhabits

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[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ive never heard kiloliter, at that point I say a thousand liters, or a cubic meter.

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Watch subseries mentions vampires quite a lot, and is a really good read. IIRC, the fifth elephant and thud! Have them as more than just ‘extras’ and names mentioned.

While you can pick up most any discworld book as a first one, and have a good time, a lot of people recommend reading at least the sub series in order, the watch series starts with Guards! Guards! And is really enjoyable all the way through, and a great place to start your discworld journey.

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Whatever the cause, this doesn’t look good. About 60 million people without power.

At least in Valencia there’s cell service, as I was able to WhatsApp some family there to check on them.

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hungary itself is leaning quite heavily into an authoritarian vibe these days. If one were to go this route, I’d recommend taking advantage of your new EU-citizen status and find permanent residence in a country with stronger democratic traditions.

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don’t know where you are, but here in Norway, people tend to get paid when their work is used for commercial or entertainment purposes.

Of course, very few can live off of royalties alone, but a lot of artists get a considerable amount income from their previous works.

(Edited in total, I matched the anger I felt from what I was answering to, and decided to moderate)

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Any experienced union film director, editor, DOP, writer, sound designer comes to mind (at least where I’m from)

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I know quite a few people who rely on royalties for a good chunk of their income. That includes musicians, visual artists and film workers.

Saying it doesn’t exist seems very ignorant.

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It didn’t stop with the camera either. In the early days, wrangling the files and setting up a functional workflow was a nightmare as well.

4K raw video before hardware acceleration was no joke!

 

The last time Trump won, there was this constant barrage of scandals and frankly horrifying news permeating my online experience. And while I admit that from my European perspective, there was some entertainment in the whole thing, the experience was more exhausting than anything else.

I like to keep up with the news, but I also like my mental health. Are there any effective strategies for keeping the amount of trump-spam I’m exposed to at an absolute minimum, while also keeping up with whatever else is going on in the world?