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tmdyn commented on Ask HN: Recommend me some silent movies    · Posted by u/Shreesha_Bhan
fermigier · a year ago
I remember watching Intolerance (1916) by D.W. Griffith at the Avignon festival as a teenager in 1986, with a score interpreted by a live symphonic orchestra (https://festival-avignon.com/fr/edition-1986/programmation/i...). The movie in itself is definitively a masterpiece for its ambitious structure, innovative editing and grandiose production design (it was a flop at the box office in 1916.)

(Warning: Intolerance was Griffith's response to the widespread criticism of his earlier work, The Birth of a Nation (1915), considered "the most controversial film ever made in the United States" and "the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history" - so we're stepping into controversial territory here).

tmdyn · a year ago
Definitely an early entry in the “cancel culture is out of control” genre. The subtext is essentially “can’t even cause a revival of a racist paramilitary organization anymore, because of woke”
tmdyn commented on My $2.2k laptop can't drive two screens   notes.nokun.eu/post/2024-... · Posted by u/cunidev
mynegation · 2 years ago
So… perfect workaround for a work computer?
tmdyn · 2 years ago
Amusingly you can’t play some of our required LMS training through Displaylink
tmdyn commented on A South Carolina lawmaker is suing Instagram after his son died by suicide   cnn.com/2024/01/30/us/rep... · Posted by u/rectang
glorygut123 · 2 years ago
Surely the real problem here, to my non-American eyes, is having easy access to a firearm, no?
tmdyn · 2 years ago
To this American's eyes, not mentioning that at all is a glaring omission. I recognize they might not want to in the story of the representative's son (as it might come across as blaming the parents in a recent tragedy) but even though it's for sure relevant in the aggregate.
tmdyn commented on CEO video: back to the office now, or else   vice.com/en/article/7kxqn... · Posted by u/CarbonBasedUnit
mostlysimilar · 2 years ago
This is the shit company that bought vBulletin and ran it into the ground.
tmdyn · 2 years ago
And many big forums (and immediately stuffed them full of keyword advertising)
tmdyn commented on It's Not a Cigarette. It's Not a Vape. and It's Big in Japan   reason.com/2024/01/09/its... · Posted by u/ekianjo
tmdyn · 2 years ago
There are many references to heated tobacco as being safer in this article, but nothing supporting the contention. The filtered cigarette playbook used once again.
tmdyn commented on Amazon Q (Preview)   aws.amazon.com/q/... · Posted by u/haidev
tmdyn · 2 years ago
Is this why Amazon bought MGM? So they can use a James Bond movie character name?
tmdyn commented on Will anybody save Linux on Itanium?   theregister.com/2023/11/2... · Posted by u/lproven
tmdyn · 2 years ago
bugsbunnyno.jpg

I like using unloved old hardware and all, but there are better options in 2023

tmdyn commented on Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with RTO policy   businessinsider.com/amazo... · Posted by u/thunderbong
tmdyn · 2 years ago
If the promotion doesn’t come with a commensurate increase in salary to cover the commuting/relocation costs, I guess you’ll just get folks doing the whole rest and vest thing (as much as you can at AMZN)
tmdyn commented on Meta Now Charges $200 Annually for Privacy – A High Cost for User Data Security   twipla.com/en/blog/facebo... · Posted by u/TWIPLA
tmdyn · 2 years ago
I’d pay it except I don’t trust Meta not to collect the data or continue to monetize it in some way.
tmdyn commented on Rite Aid Files for Bankruptcy   cbsnews.com/news/rite-aid... · Posted by u/lxm
TylerE · 2 years ago
The problem is there are large swathes of drugs that you cannot legally ship through the mail, including, but not limited to - anxiety meds, ADHD meds, pain meds, sleep meds…

Once you have any mtbung that falls into that category, 90% of the benefits go away because if you have to go in for that one thing anyway, it’s mostly less hassle just to get everything there rather than split things up between multiple pharmacies.

tmdyn · 2 years ago
You can ship these via mail (CVS Caremark does), you just need an adult to sign to receive.

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