HelloMcFly (u/HelloMcFly)

HelloMcFly commented on Climbing catfish filmed scaling waterfalls science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/MaysonL

MisterTea · 2 days ago

Even The catfish we get in the states isn't great. By itself it's not a good tasting fish but it's not inedible. I was given a simple recipe which is to bread chunks of catfish in a 50/50 mix of flour and corn meal seasoned with Lawry's seasoned salt and fry them in light oil. Comes out pretty tasty and even better with lemon and tartar sauce.

HelloMcFly · 2 days ago

Farm-raised catfish (usually caught in lakes/ponds where it has been stocked) in the US is delicious to many, especially in the South and southern Midwest. Wild catfish can be good too but probably won't be if coming from particularly muddy waters.

HelloMcFly commented on Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines waxy.org/2025/08/will-smi... · Posted by u/jay_kyburz

jay_kyburz · 2 days ago

I found those spiderverse movies really hard to watch because of the low frame rate. I don't think it was artistic, it was cheap.

HelloMcFly · 2 days ago

I mean, it was an artistic choice, and it wasn't cheap at $90m budget. That doesn't mean you're obligated to enjoy the end product by any means, but they were really doing some interesting things! https://medium.com/everythingcg/spider-man-into-the-spider-v...

HelloMcFly commented on U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking bill, "Block BEARD" torrentfreak.com/u-s-sena... · Posted by u/HieronymusBosch

EliRivers · a month ago

Unhelpful but related; back in the day (15 or so years ago), Netflix had a truly excellent back catalogue of old movies. Over a hundred thousand titles. A DVD collection that we just didn't realise was going to vanish as quickly as it arose.

The current offering is just... less. I don't know if I mean in terms of sheer number of titles, but a million episodes of slop is just more slop. Netflix peaked 15 years ago and we didn't even notice.

HelloMcFly · a month ago

This is why I started getting into physical media. I was subbed to so many services, but I felt like only 15% of the time would any service I want have the movie (and almost never Netflix as they prefer their own content slop).

HelloMcFly commented on Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death energyvanguard.com/blog/t... · Posted by u/almuhalil

filleokus · a month ago

Many people with mosquito issues around here (Sweden) uses something like https://www.clasohlson.com/se/Mosquito-Magnet/p/31-7190 which burns propane to produce Co2 to lure in mosquitoes and then sucks them in with a fan towards a metal grid to zap them with electricity.

Non-poisonous and from what I've heard fairly effective. Not sure if these exists in the US?

HelloMcFly · a month ago

I used one of these for two weeks. It killed many mosquitos, yes, but it killed far, far more non-mosquito pollinators which ultimately is not acceptable to me. If I didn't care about the other insects, I'd just spray my yard with poison and be done with it.

As always, YMMV

HelloMcFly commented on Show HN: I built an AI that turns any book into a text adventure game kathaaverse.com/... · Posted by u/rcrKnight

sunrunner · a month ago

> Once you are done with consuption there is no point in reflecting on it nor having a conversation about it with other fellow humans.

If you believe that art is communication (and I do) why _wouldn't_ you want to reflect on it or discuss it post 'consumption'?

HelloMcFly · a month ago

Machine-generated content isn't "art" because there isn't intention or a point of view, it's just audio/visual stimuli. It doesn't mean it can never be interesting, it doesn't mean it can't even be beautiful. But it's not art, not to me.

That said, I can readily acknowledge that artists can use AI as a tool in the creation of their art. I don't have a philosophical or intellectual problem with viewing AI as a tool and believing it can be a powerful aid in the creation of POV-driven art.

But there is a line somewhere between "no AI" and "entirely AI" that turns it from art to stimuli. I can't define it exactly, and even if I could, knowing that a particular work was partially created by AI creates a requirement that I trust the creator that the bulk of what I'm engaging with is from them, not the machine. And it's very difficult for me to make that leap of trust.

HelloMcFly commented on Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters thepinknews.com/2025/07/2... · Posted by u/mediumdeviation

crooked-v · a month ago

The US in particular doesn't have a national identity system in the first place because the Republican party has opposed the concept for a long timr for various reasons both ideological ("mark of the beast" claims are less of a thing these days but have been made in the past) and political (having a patchwork of systems makes voter suppression and stochastic disenfranchisement of undesireables easier). Without that, any kind of unified verification system is very unlikely to happen.

HelloMcFly · a month ago

Would Passports not be considered a "national identity system"?

HelloMcFly commented on Ring introducing new feature to allow police to live-stream access to cameras eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07... · Posted by u/xoa

ethagnawl · a month ago

Dogwood bushes and Rose of Sharon grow rather quickly and make a nice "green screen". They lose some of their coverage in the winter, though, so you way want to mix in a row of evergreens for good measure.

HelloMcFly · a month ago

I can't get past this comment without noting how invasive and aggressive spreading rose of sharon is, I'm constantly pulling out new growth due to my neighbor's plant. What a headache.

HelloMcFly commented on I'm done with social media – Or: why I have a blog now carolinecrampton.com/im-d... · Posted by u/anarbadalov

gspencley · 2 months ago

Yes, these are often referred to as "Magic Links."

When it comes to the security implications, consider that email has long been a "single point of failure" for a lot of services in the form of the "forgot password" feature that emails you a link to reset your password.

When I'm talking to non-tech people in my life about how best to protect themselves, I usually tell them to think about priorities and disaster scenarios. What would suck the most if it got hacked? The two that are usually at the top of the list for pretty much everyone are email and online banking. Others might include Amazon accounts (hackers can order themselves gift cards with your CC if compromised etc.) Prioritize securing those with a strong password + MFA. The rest is case by case but make sure to use a password manager so you're not reusing passwords.

HelloMcFly · 2 months ago

I have never seen a use of a Magic Link that wasn't because I asked the Magic Link to be sent to me. Never, ever had one sent to me in a marketing/engagement email.

HelloMcFly commented on I'm done with social media – Or: why I have a blog now carolinecrampton.com/im-d... · Posted by u/anarbadalov

hbn · 2 months ago

> Its absolutely bllsht these companies can effect us in this way.

I'd be one of the last people to defend Instagram/Meta/Zuck, but is that really your takeaway from this? Execution videos are absolutely against Instagram's TOS and I'm sure they want it on their platform even less than you.

If anything, Instagram's issue is they're too heavy on the robo-censorship. My friend posted a photo of him standing on one leg with a chair in his hands, making a goofy face, with the caption "I'm gonna hit you with this chair!" directed at no one in particular, and it was taken down for, quote: "encouraging violence and leading to risk of physical harm, or a direct threat to public safety." Appeal was rejected too, and the post had to be deleted.

This happens because they're trying to moderate against people posting execution videos. One slipped through the cracks seemingly, but it's not like they don't put a lot of effort into preventing that. It's pretty hard to do at Meta's scale where most of the earth's population is using their platforms.

HelloMcFly · 2 months ago

> Execution videos are absolutely against Instagram's TOS and I'm sure they want it on their platform even less than you.

Hardly a comforting statement to someone who just watched one of these videos served algorithmically to them on a very, very mature platform.

HelloMcFly commented on Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses craigmod.com/ridgeline/21... · Posted by u/speckx

diggan · 2 months ago

> That's lawsuit city

Aren't private businesses in the US allowed to deny access to their premises for any reasons? Seems like a weird thing to get sued over, I think in most places if you own the local, you get to decide who goes there, unless it's a place for government or similar.

HelloMcFly · 2 months ago

You may deny entry based on your own criteria provided you are not discriminating on race, color, religion, national origin, disability status, veteran status, age (more wiggle room here) or other state-specific traits (sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, etc.).

I don't think there's any place in America that would be illegal to bar entry based on the presence of tattoos.