DrYes

joined 1 year ago
[–] DrYes@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Wanted to save you a click and write what record was actually set. Article doesn't mention it.
It's not most expensive SW prop

a miniature X-Wing starfighter from "A New Hope" sold for over $2.3 million in June

So it might be most expensive firearm prop, but we are left in the dark...
The article's author also doesn't know anything about props:

The original prop gun was modeled after the Mauser C96 broom handle pistol used by Frank Sinatra in "Naked Runner," and was built by "Star Wars" set decorator Roger Christian and armorer Carl Schmidt. It has gone on to be dubbed the "Hero" prop and is considered one of the most recognizable weapons in cinema history.

A hero prop is just the name for a prop that's seen in close-ups or is important.

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Probably just some cloaked Klingons

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

oo rah noos

"U" is not pronounced like "you" at all. "Noos" is also pretty off.

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Hope they learned and aren't announcing more than they can deliver again.

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

You'll just need to check how to install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers on your distro. For most that won't be a problem. Just a quick google search, haven't tried this myself:
https://itsfoss.com/nvidia-linux-mint/

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

Let's say your great-great grandfather stole bricks from a victim to build a factory that you now own and that provides a nice living. Because of that the victim was not able to build a factory and their descendants are poor.
Let's say this crime is very well documented.
Did you do the crime? No. Are you reaping the benefits of the crime? Yes.
Should you give that factory to the descendants? Should you be required to help the poor descendants? Would it be a nice gesture to help the poor descendants?
Nobody is asking for the factory. People are asking for a bit of help because it's clear that you are still reaping the benefits of a crime that was perpetrated by an ancestor and the victims descendants are still feeling the repercussions of that crime.

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Hm, AI isn't going to kill us with Skynet, it'll just corrode our knowledge and blur our reality.

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A growing web of hundreds of billions of websites, more data than even 100,000 of the most expensive iPhones mashed together could possibly store.

Should I read the rest of the article after stumbling upon this idiotic comparison?

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a Fitbit Versa with internal storage for music. The only way to get music onto the device is via the desktop app. The app cannot be downloaded anymore and it cannot be started because the login servers were shut down...

Guess I'll never buy a google product again.

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The dev builds are actually very recent but finding a cheap hardware is still not that easy. The forums are a great place to start, I guess.

[–] DrYes@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

thanks, that's a great starting point. It seems the SanDisk players aren't easily available anymore but I'll look for the other compatible devices.

 

Anyone know a good, hackable bluetooth mp3 player? Fitbit recently disabled transferring music to my Versa 1. Any cheap, preferably physically clippable, mp3 players? I guess storage being accessible over USB would be enough, but I'd love a device that is easily hackable to my hearts content.

#tech

 

The whole video is pretty good. But I found this part pretty interesting as I hadn't heard it before.

view more: next ›