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What older movies made a good use of either side stepping special effects or have effects that somehow still hold up today? Why are they good movies?

I’m autistic, I’ve had one haircut since covid because I hate the sensory aspect of haircuts. I’ve been searching online of how to cut hair and it doesn’t look that hard, but a lot of people seem to advise against it. I think that if I fuck it up it’s not the end of the world, I can just go to a professional. But I have very long hair so I have a lot of opportunity for trial and error. I think that if I get some practice, it’s something I can continue to do going forward. I also don’t particularly care how it looks, I just want it to be shorter.

Let me explain what I mean:

I live in Canada but so much media I consume is from the United States that I tend to assume stories take place there by default until told otherwise. Once, I read a book set in England (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime) and I assumed it was set in the United States until the main character went to London. But the other day, I watched the new Frankenstein movie and it dawned on me that I didn’t know where Frankenstein takes place but, because it’s based on an older book, I assumed somewhere in Europe.

Fucking coworkers talking about me in front of me.

I just get too overwhelmed if I have any important life things and can’t start working on a hobby project because I’m too afraid I wouldn’t have the time to finish it or that it might hurt my real obligations. I’ve never been able to balance these two.

I’m just concerned that the government and corporations seem to be planning to destroy the current internet, perhaps turning it into a garbage dump using artificial intelligence, and create a new internet that will require personal identification.

I know this might be a weird and stupid question, but I’m curious.

#neverskiplegday

I’m half joking, but as a 30-something who used to be very active, I recognize I’m over the hill and my joints sound like pop rocks

Heard the term and that some people don’t like it. I think I follow a few of them, but I wanted to know what other people thought about them, in case I’ve missed something

Have you been rocking an old classic? Discovering something new? Revisiting some nostalgic bands from the past?

Because this guy has the funniest name ever 💀

I call him Steve online and I go by Larry.

Everyone seems so good at English so I wondered how many people learned it to such proficiency and how many are just natives

Its hard to decry the evils of capitalism when there’s never been any other successful systems. Id like to hear your thoughts.

Hi. I was wondering if there are some important isolated servers that do not participate in the federation and thus require joining them? Or these are mostly small private servers that are not worth attention in general?

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I’ll start by saying I don’t trust any bank to give me a list of green investments. Mine has a “pay monthly and we will invest for you” but the list of companies it has are all from BlackRock and have a bunch of US companies, oil and gas giants pretending to have green goals, and techno-fascist companies like Tesla on the list because “they’re going electric”.

We’ll be getting a free skinner moth trap soon. Basic one with no lights.

I have been a big sports fan all my life, but I feel myself withdrawing HARD from pro sports this year.

What are some less known or underused open source fonts?

Mine is Consumer.

Not just a bootish-peninsula, I am sure that was apparent quickly, I am asking when cartographers confirmed in fact that the peninsula was accurately drawn strikingly like a boot.

Hey.

Sorry if thia type of question isn’t allowed, I tried on AskPolitics as well but that comm looks mega dead so I’m x-posting here

It feels like the web is becoming more closed every year — fewer open forums, more platforms locking away data and communities behind logins. What do you think are the biggest forces driving the decline of the open internet? Are walled gardens like Discord the main problem, or is it something else like artificial intelligence, corporate consolidation, surveillance, or changing user habits?

So she sends me this clip for something called Retro Snap, I do a little reading up on it and discover that it’s overpriced, cheap hardware, made by a “business” that ghosts you when you need support, takes down negative reviews and even tries to bribe mods to take down critical posts. For starters. So fuck them.

I promised my kid they’d get a laptop when they learn to read well enough.

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Winter is coming in the northern hemisphere, time to ask some hard-hitting questions.

I want something we can both connect with and say “Look, that’s us!” We’re both very shy and in a new relationship though we always smile at each other <3

It feels like the web is becoming more closed every year — fewer open forums, more platforms locking away data and communities behind logins. What do you think are the biggest forces driving the decline of the open internet? Are walled gardens like Discord the main problem, or is it something else like artificial intelligence, corporate consolidation, surveillance, or changing user habits?

I am looking for an online resource to learn finances/economics/investment from the ground up.

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