Agreed, most of the characters in the book are so flat, and only do things because the plot needed them to do that thing.
The Netflix series managed to make the character’s motivations seem more believable which I appreciated.
Agreed, most of the characters in the book are so flat, and only do things because the plot needed them to do that thing.
The Netflix series managed to make the character’s motivations seem more believable which I appreciated.
I just wish Signal had better history and backup features.
Well, to quote a classic film:
“Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.”
New Coke was the 80s, not 70s — they actually briefly brought it back as part of a Stranger Things tie-in. Super interesting to actually taste it.
I miss AskScienceFiction; it was always fun reading those in-universe answers.
There’s one here on LemmyWorld, but it’s pretty dead: !AskScienceFiction@lemmy.world
IIRC, my dad bought progressives from Zenni and said they were as good as the ones he got from an optician.
I think so, I believe you can open them in Books via the Files app on iOS.
Depends on the platform.
If you’re on an Apple device at least, the built-in Books app works great for reading ePub files.
The problem typically isn’t that the community doesn’t exist – the problem is that it does exist but is empty or mostly empty.
In short, open source APIs for everything.
That’s also my favorite name
I definitely recommend Dracula — not only is it good, but it’s also the prototype for basically every subsequent vampire book/movie:
When there’s a subreddit about something you’re interested in, but it’s run by mods who enforce a extensive collection of esoteric posting rules.
We’re sorry, but you’ve posted about Topic C on a Wednesday, which is strictly prohibited. Discussion of Topic C is only allowed in the megathread which is only open for comments on the first Saturday of odd numbered months. Didn’t you read our rules?
Completely agree on all points.
An additional one I’d argue is a huge part of HN’s success is their employment of a full-time moderator, dang, who does a great job.
This is actually why I’m excited for ActivityPub in Threads. I’m hoping that it can function as a gateway drug to the Fediverse.
“Like Threads? Then continue to follow all your friends there while moving to an ad-free Mastodon client!”
I love the idea of this, but the only reason I check Instagram is to see what my friends are posting, which I couldn’t do on an alternative, sadly.
I still haven’t quite forgiven Google for abandoning owners of the Nexus 5X the second the Pixel came out…
they have full control over the app
Yup, this is also my problem with Signal; you’re stuck with whatever boneheaded decisions the devs make and there’s nothing you can do about it. Personally, my pet peeve is their refusal to add any kind of data export. As someone who likes backing up chat history, this is a dealbreaker for me.
If Lemmy ends up with enough interesting content that it supplants Reddit as a source for vapid YouTube channels’ content, I see that as a win for Lemmy.
Seems about the same?