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The Witch
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I actually have an Xbox Series X but I want to be able to play games from my Deck while in bed. How is the lag and performance?
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Who's the source artist for this? Would love to follow him on Instagram
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I'll admit that it looks cool, but man...I just have a hard time seeing how that could possibly be functional.
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Absolutely love the fabric brands. This inspired me to go buy that Timex, thank you for sharing!
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Fine. Let him have the place. The experience here on Lemmy has been vastly superior anyway. Engagement is 1,000x better. It’s night and day how much kinder, thoughtful, and intelligent people here have been.
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This is exactly how I learned all those years ago, and to this day, I still use vim regularly. As in, literally, I was using it on a server this morning to make some changes. It's just become natural to me now.
This article perfectly explains why large social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit) are trash. > What you’ll get is a place where everyone is a stranger, where being a jerk is the norm, where there is no sense of belonging, where civility and arguing in good faith is irrelevant because you’re not talking to someone, you’re performing in front of an audience to make the number next to your comment go up so you can briefly feel something that almost resembles belonging and shared values.
It’s beyond wild to me why anyone would have any kind of “loyalty” to Amazon. I’m also somewhat astonished at how popular it’s become to hook everything in your house up to the Internet, including door locks. I understand these aren’t new observations or concerns, but it still surprises me how people go “all in” on anything corporate, and anything smart home. (I say, posting from one of the many Apple devices in my Apple-only home. Well, I’m fairly agnostic about my servers, at least, running a mix of Rocky and Ubuntu, depending. Whatever gets the job done.) Seems like corporations the last couple of years have been leaning HARD into giving people reasons why they can’t be trusted.
It’s beyond wild to me why anyone would have any kind of “loyalty” to Amazon. I’m also somewhat astonished at how popular it’s become to hook everything in your house up to the Internet, including door locks. I understand these aren’t new observations or concerns, but it still surprises me how people go “all in” on anything corporate, and anything smart home. (I say, posting from one of the many Apple devices in my Apple-only home.) Seems like corporations the last couple of years have been leaning HARD into giving people reasons why they can’t be trusted.
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IMO it’s fine to just make a post about it in one of the larger communities that seems appropriate. Now is exactly the time for us to promote one another! And Lemmy doesn’t have an algorithm, so you’re going to have to do some leg work to get the word out. I think people will be appreciative and understanding of that, I would be.
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/r/whowouldwin :(
Also /r/tiktokcringe, so many of the videos there had me nearly in tears in laughter
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Not sure what you mean?
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I'll be upset if you don't! :P
helleborezine.bigcartel.com
I saw Grady Hendrix recommend this on Facebook (sigh, yes, Facebook...I know, but plenty of people--like Grady Hendrix--still use it) and thought it looked fascinating. > Founded in 2019 by writer and editor Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, with art direction by Nathaniel Hébert, HELLEBORE is a small press devoted to British folk horror and the occult. As well as the magazine of the same name, HELLEBORE has published a travel guide (The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain) and a card game (The Magical Card Battle of Britain). A World Fantasy Awards finalist in 2022, HELLEBORE has been featured in Fortean Times, Starburst Magazine, Rue Morgue, SFX and others.
I'm nearly of a mind to start a couple of Lemmy instances and front them with a load balancer--I have the resources and technical ability to build a Lemmy instance for scale--but I have *zero* interest in moderating the thing. I don't want to deal with the headache of everything that goes along with that, and don't want any responsibility for the users or content. Would anyone be interested in a 'Lemmy Infra as-a-Service,' where I keep things running but hand off the management keys to you?
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Looks cool as hell, though there's almost zero information on it :/
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Did you take this yourself?
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Probably because the lemmy.ml server is getting hammered. It's only going to get worse in the next couple of days. There are other Lemmy instances, such as beehaw.org, that you can register at as well. Lemmy.ml and other instances will be able to see and interact with them because of their federated nature, but it may help distribute the load
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I think it would be better to just post their pictures here directly, right?
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Thanks!
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Probably this one: https://www.sinn.de/en/Modell/910_SRS.htm
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Austin Powers quote! https://libquotes.com/mike-myers/quote/lbb8l7s
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Lol Austin Powers: https://libquotes.com/mike-myers/quote/lbb8l7s
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The Nun (rewatch). Scared the hell out of me when I first saw it. Valak is a fantastically creepy demon. The way they handled it in The Conjuring 2 (I think it was) with the painting was great. Creepy as hell.
Whereas I might’ve been less generous with upvotes on Reddit, I think it’s important in these early formative stages to let others know that I appreciate their contributions. I hope it encourages growth and activity!
I'm one of the recent Reddit converts, and one of my favorite subs is /r/comics. It's one of the few places that makes me laugh, a bright spot in my day, and as someone with dogshit mental health (like everyone else I guess), losing access to that sub is going to hurt, *bad*. If you follow artists there, please consider posting their work here!
The /r/earthporn subreddit was one of the top 5 subs I was desperately going to miss, ***thank you so much*** for making this!!
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How slick does this look? It’s even “affordable” at €234 (compared to the Sinn I someday want that cost thousands…)
I was riding my bike a few weeks ago and came across this couple parked in their old MG, watching the sun set. They allowed me to take a few pictures of them. Wish I hadn't cut off the back part of the car in the composition, but alas. Taken with a Canon EOS R7, 18mm, f/5.6 (Also I know this is my 3rd upload in the past couple of days, but I'm trying to help get this community going!)
Evidently TST says they may consider opening a publicly funded school in OK after the state approved public funding for a Christian school. I hope they do.
These kinds of monsters are totally cliche, but even as a veteran horror fan and late-30s male, this one still creeped me the fuck out. Anyone else? Supposedly Valak first appears in *The Lesser Key of Solomon*: https://allthatsinteresting.com/valak > Solomon features King Solomon of Old Testament fame who was renowned for his wisdom. At some point around the second century B.C., the idea spread that the king’s realm of knowledge had also included certain secrets of astrology and magic. The grimoire bearing his name lists the 72 demons that the king supposedly vanquished during his reign, providing readers with their names and instructions for expelling them should they come in contact with such spirits themselves. Valak, which is sometimes also spelled Ualac, Valu, Volac, Doolas or Volach, is the 62nd spirit listed in Solomon, according to which he “appeareth like a boy with angels wings, riding on a two-headed dragon.” His special power, according to the text, is finding snakes and hidden treasures while leading an army of 30 demons. I don’t believe in any of that and I’m not at all religious, but it’s creepy and interesting to me anyway!
Taken with a Canon EOS R7, 24mm, 4/5.6
Saw this little fella in a bush outside my front door the other day. Taken with a Canon EOS R7, 150mm, f/8
[StokerCon](https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/) is next week! I'm going, and will be moderating a panel on AI. I also have a story that's in an anthology ([Mother: Tales of Love and Terror, by *Weird Little Worlds*](https://weirdlittleworlds.com/mother-tales-of-love-and-terror/)) that's up for a Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Anthology. Is anyone else going?!
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I would've loved to see him in the Premier League, but it'll really be something to see him in MLS. He's 'only' 35, still has a couple of seasons left in the tank. He'll be a monster for Miami.