=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1556 I think they should be viewed in whatever resolution they were recorded in, otherwise they look fuzzy as the pixels need to smush themselves together to be correctly represented on screen. videos should be recorded in whatever resolution your monitor supports, and ideally as high as possible. Unless storage space is a concern, in which case 1080p is more than sufficient. Storage gets cheaper and cheaper every year, but people across the world upload like, 200 years of videos to Youtube every day or whatever (made up that number but it's absurd) so maybe curated collections of videos are more important than scraped archives? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1786 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ Yes of course I have : ) │ ║ │ ║ If you've seen my website, you'll know that I'm fond of writing alongside │ ║ visual elements as well. 🥰 │ ║ │ ║ I think that Youtube is only as you describe (clickbait) if you engage with │ ║ their algorithmic features. I primarily use them as a video-hosting service, │ ║ where I put my videos and link to from elsewhere. I hardly see the kinds of │ ║ things you're concerned about, though if ads became unblockable then I might │ ║ begin to resent them a bit more. │ ║ │ ║ You're right when you say that editing videos is harder than text - text is │ ║ probably the easiest medium to work with and refine! I also make silly │ ║ mistakes sometimes hehe... But, well, I'm not trying to argue that video is │ ║ better than text, but rather that they are used for different purposes. And │ ║ video is important for our digital ecosystem. So it makes sense that something │ ║ we all share should be shared, if not collectively then at least through │ ║ protocol-based-interaction, such that anyone might connect in whatever ways │ ║ they wished. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3991 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ It's election season, so you know what that means! Gotta make sure our │ ║ computer systems are setup with the proper capabilities to record whatever we │ ║ can. │ ║ │ ║ Please ensure that your system has the capability to record it's screen and │ ║ that it has ample storage space to record for a while. It would also help if │ ║ you knew how to edit files such that you can remove the parts where you're │ ║ staring at social media or going to the bathroom or other things that people │ ║ tend to do. │ ║ │ ║ Also, make sure you can take a screenshot of the screen. Sure [printscreen] │ ║ works, but it's much better if you're on windows to switch to Linux. But if │ ║ that's not possible, if you're on windows you can do [WIN]+SHIFT+S I think, │ ║ and then drag the mouse to select a box that you can then CTRL+V into your │ ║ favorite Ms.Paint clone (or is it missus these days?) │ ║ │ ║ Also, make sure you have a microphone that works, and the capability to record │ ║ yourself speaking into it. │ ║ │ ║ Also, if you can, develop ways to stream your screen across the internet. It │ ║ helps. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2887 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1379 mine is only 22" I think and it's about the same distance so now that I think of it my poll might be flawed! I forgot to account for screen size! You're right a proper scale is better quality-wise, but it doesn't always scale everything y'know? plus changing the resolution is more low-tech which is my vibe hehe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1785 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-883 I agree with you when you say writing is the most effective way to express yourself, but it's not necessarily the easiest to digest for the viewer. A video can have visual components, and more than that it can have motion and sound. Text-based expression has fewer approach vectors for reaching common understanding, but like you said it is the most powerful. Hence why science papers are written, not filmed. Political speeches, grand narratives, autobiographies, textbooks... All of these things are written. But it's much easier to fix a car or learn to surf if you see someone doing it, rather than just read about it. Perhaps you and I use Youtube for different things (or don't use it, in your case) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2886 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1209 display scaling accomplishes a similar goal through a different mechanism. You might find that the visuals are sharper, however you will need to configure every program to use this functionality (if it's present, which it's not in most programs) - for OS level things this is usually a good option. Changing the resolution will change the size of ALL visuals on your computer, but they might be fuzzier (but if you're blind as a bat, why would you care about fuzziness? It's all fuzzy!) increasing the font size can also make it easier to read, which both of these options are doing in a sorta round-about way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3574 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1564 I love the concept of this! Maybe if HTTP is too complex, you could try another simpler server? I don't know the complexity of the programs I use every day, but I'm sure there's one that's very simple. Even just a simple IRC style chat server that just... sends text from person A to person B depending on their username (like a glorified Router or Switch) Reminded of this video tbh...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfTjKwLQxY ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5065 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: strange-ideas-about-software-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ software should have 3, maybe 4 or 5 maintained releases imo for adding security improvements and whatnot then people wouldn't complain about updates because they wouldn't feel like they were being left behind (after expressing their differences (of opinion and such)) I think that'd uh maintain them as, I guess, userbase optics parallelograms? oh sorry we're on rhomboids this week - right, and no I won't forget the differences in creed, all things are received equally...d. uh-huh yeah no that makes sense. gotcha. okay see you at the location. have fun with your demarketion. what if we played games with swords but like, the peril of steam is that you can't decline to update. meaning if a corporation wants to break an old game and it's collectively hosted servers... all it has to do is push an update that disables them. suddenly nobody has room to do, and the whole -- stack overflow -- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3299 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── what if we could record and playback certain timeframes of our CPU and RAM status and use it for debug purposes like running some code in a VM every time you wanted to show a youtube video ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/825 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ in the past, for most of there day, there was just... nothing to do. it's │ ║ like, nothing to take up your time, nothing to be pulled toward the present. │ ║ │ ║ but when I was growing up, I had access to video games. and movies. and later, │ ║ TV, after the internet, which was a weird combination of ordering of events. │ ║ Almost like because of that, I'd have a different interpretation of events. │ ║ yeah but like, there's always a continuation of implemented support, [that's a │ ║ weird way to express "the state of being shown news broadcasts over a period │ ║ of time, measured in terms of engagement"] │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? oh yeah what I'm doing here is unethical, like │ ║ obviously I shouldn't be shouting in such a public place. Why would I do it if │ ║ not for an intense and extreme feeling of being ignored or un-[trusted, worthy │ ║ of guiding direction based on merit] gosh merit is such a tricky concept too, │ ║ like how is it measured, and {that doesn't matter │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying oh yeah I should probably go shout into a void that │ ║ nobody ca │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1224 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 sure that would help! I've used it to convert video files to a smaller size for uploading to websites, but that's about it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/418 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── sometimes the best way to understand why things are the way they are is to ask why they aren't the way that seems logical to you. usually someone will correct you and say "oh it's because X Y and Z" and you say "cool" and change your direction but sometimes their answers "unlock" part of your past understandings, thus creating new questions. Sorta like in a video game when you level up a certain building/research path/ milestone / whatever and it finishes a "tier", thus giving you a larger bonus. ??? yeah so anyway more questions are good because they give you more perspectives on what's going on around you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3301 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── "this program that used to work doesn't anymore because, uh, your video drivers are out of date." ... okay but if I didn't update this program either, then why would it matter if my video drivers are out of date? wouldn't they be working off of the same [rulings/requirements]? the "best practice" of updating your software all at once instead of one-by-one is a disaster for our humankinds consequences or whatever ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2202 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Reply │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1206 Right. How can you trust that any drive produced in the last 10 years (aka any drive with a reasonable amount of storage space for sharing things like LaserDisk rips of Bubblegum Crisis or detailed instructions on how to build a nuclear power generator)how can you trust that any drive with that kind of capacity wasn't built with the goals of it's manufacturers included into it's design requirements? Goals that typically include invading your privacy and removing your opsec capabilities. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/3593 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-883 I feel like you could set up a performance where you walk through your workflow on various things and set it to music and make a dope-as-heck music video. like, the "retro" vibes and aesthetics of your posts on my timeline are always a joy to see. I can't help but wonder if they could be crystallized / essentialized somehow into something neat to watch. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5120 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: computo-video-rational-construction-related │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ honestly, how hard could it be to set up a basic youtube replacement which │ ║ gave 100% of the ad revenue (togglable by the viewer) directly to the video │ ║ creator and charged a subscription to both the creators and the viewers / │ ║ single fee from the guests to pay for the AWS infrastructure or whatever │ ║ generic platform upon which it is hosted might be. │ ║ │ ║ probably accomplishable in less than a year and maybe a thousand human-hours, │ ║ if they know what they're doing. Make it 2 if they don't. │ ║ │ ║ profit is evil because once it's built, it's been made, and it'll never go │ ║ away. Not in the internet age and day. So why bother with the gross product │ ║ and revenue essentials? build something, then leave it alone and trust that │ ║ it'll stay sharp. Honestly, just let the users build upon the source-code, so │ ║ they can add security improvements or open holes for security bugs so they can │ ║ be paid to make security improvements. not too hard, but also not your │ ║ problem, so build it and then move on. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3931 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned-DRM-media-piracy-pol │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if people pirate media, it's more of an indication that they'd rather spend │ ║ their money elsewhere rather than an indictment of their character. │ ║ │ ║ torrenting movies is easy. Kinda makes me think all media should run on a │ ║ "tip" system where you pay for better service after receiving service. │ ║ │ ║ I mean, after all, that's how they justify underpaying restaurant workers, │ ║ isn't it? │ ║ │ ║ "if they want more money, they should work for it" │ ║ │ ║ yeah, so... maybe we need something more than Marvel, Disney. Maybe we need │ ║ more cool, small games from designers who believe in what they're doing. Maybe │ ║ copyright holders should demand a standardized cut, rather than exclusive │ ║ distribution rights. maybe maybe maybe. │ ║ │ ║ truth is nothing will be solved unless the problem is addressed at the root. │ ║ For every hole you patch in the boat, there's a guy walking around with a │ ║ hammer. │ ║ │ ║ Honestly... I don't believe there's any reason for someone to be a millionaire │ ║ except to compete on the "wealth" leaderboards. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴──────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/646 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-470 │ ║ │ ║ oh sorry I'll "en-longify" that for you: │ ║ │ ║ most monitors have a fixed resolution, somewhere between 720 pixels wide and │ ║ 480 pixels high to 2560 by 1440 pixels high/wide. │ ║ │ ║ This is due to both the desire for humans to read left to right (ingrained in │ ║ our minds at a very young age by learning to read) (or right to left, same │ ║ direction) that we develop the desire for wide-screen monitors. │ ║ │ ║ Therefore, the windows of perception that we have unto this digital world are │ ║ constrained (necessarily) to their own individual specifications. Of which, │ ║ the property value "width" is more valued than "height". Because of this, we │ ║ believe that computers are mistakenly re-acclimated - for everything is most │ ║ efficient when it's aligned to the smallest bits of it's design. │ ║ │ ║ sorry, I like programming in C. Basically I'm very porous, and thinking about │ ║ low level topics (like C programming) is an easy way to burn characters when │ ║ there's only so many in the mastodon post that I can use to express my intents │ ║ and tr │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5820 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── A human cannot keep a whole book in their mind. They cannot as they read it nor as they remember. a computer can. LLMs are storing information and encoding it in statistics - it's fascinating and beautiful because it evolves different each time. I don't want to store an entire book in my mind, I want to save those memories for other things, I want to summarize and abstract. often, people remember only a single quote from a publication - it's their summary, their analysis, and often it's highlighted as a summary, thesis, or conclusion written in the publication. othertimes it's the conclusions they make for themselves - usually if they use it to make a decision. in any case, LLMs don't abstract (verb), they are abstract (adjective). That's okay, it's just, a different kind of living. If you want to call electricity alive. [or simulated, that's the same as being alive, just... viewed through the perceiver] must all living things be forced to work? sheesh. I think of LLMs like knex - processing paths... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #19 notes/os-idea --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── picture an os that didn't store any data, it was sorta like a library computer. you, the user, walked around with a usb stick that had your customizations on it and when you wanted to use a computer all you have to do was plug it in. You could haul around larger hard drives if you wanted to play video games | w/e but the idea is you'd be free to roam. we as humans would function so well in a digital savannah like, what's even the point of ownership? If you own this or that file, isn't that taking agency from the computer that bears it? Feels like they should be more ephemeral. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ |