BinzyBoi

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Incredible song by Unleash the Archers, a Metal band that hails from Vancouver.

 

Hopefully this is considered "offbeat". First time posting here.

 
 

Sole album release by a defunct band from Fredericton named The Names and Faces. Great music.

 

Give the song a listen, it's genuinely a banger.

 

Sorry if this doesn't belong here, more than happy to be pointed in the right direction if it doesn't.

I wanna do movie nights with friends where we watch movies together in the living room on my TV. I have a DVD player and VCR I got from the thrift shop as well as a few movies for both. However, I was thinking it would also be fun to expand the options available by downloading a bunch of public domain movies to play on the TV. Only issue is figuring how I'd work that all out.

The TV lacks any network connectivity features. While it has a USB slot, it can literally only detect pictures and set them up for slideshows. Even tried putting some video files on to test and it won't detect at all. Also because my computer is a desktop, connecting it directly to the TV from the other room is a no-go.

Is there some sort of device that serves this kind of purpose? Like something I can download videos to, and then connect it to my TV in a similar sense you would a DVD or VCR and be able to choose the content on the device using a remote? I'd really appreciate the help and pointers if this is something that exists.

 

Watched this all the time on Treehouse TV as a kid. Apparently it was originally on TVO? Crazy how I remember it so much despite it only having a single season apparently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm well aware, just trying to find positive stories to share.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Still don't fully agree. The environmental impact of shipping from overseas is costly, so investing in means to create product here rather than overseas should be seen as a necessity.

We grow tomatoes, cucumbers, cannabis, and some bell peppers in green houses here, and should invest in expanding those options available to Canadian consumers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

As much as I like them, their prices were insane. I get supporting local, but at that price point? Ouch.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

Look, if he just left it at saying that the protests were fine but the encampment was not, that would at least be understandable.

COMPARING IT TO THE FREEDOM CONVOY? BRUH

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Immediate thought that comes to mind is that you can follow the Lemmy and Pixelfed accounts from your Mastodon, which would give you some ease in accessing their posts via Mastodon, and then boost the posts from there.

Hope that helps a bit, tbf cross-platform interactions like this are something I have very limited experience with.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Not entirely. While you can interact with content from other social platforms like Mastodon and PeerTube from Lemmy, federation is best experienced when you utilize platforms with similar use cases.

For example, the link aggregators (Reddit-likes) on the fediverse are Lemmy, PieFed, Mbin, and until recently, Lotide. Each of these platforms have similar looks and purpose with slight differentiation. While you can communicate with video streaming or microblogging like PeerTube and Mastodon respectively, it's best to stay within the link aggregators and make a new account for those purposes.

To give an example with microblogging on the Fediverse, there's also a number of options. Biggest one is Mastodon, but others include Misskey and it's endless forks, Smithereen, Pleroma/Akkoma, Mitra, Threads, etc. all with their own interesting quirks. While they can interact with Lemmy and whatnot, their best interactions are going to be with similar-purposed platforms.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Genuinely surprised Smith is that low. Like, if it took into account how people nationally felt about Smith I'd see this as expected, but the Angus Reid poll referenced seems to be based on the approval ratings of the premiers by their constituents.

I swear not long back Smith had a 60% approval rating here, which is absurd to think about as expected as it is. Wonder if the podcast surfacing pissed people off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I actually haven't! I'll be sure to contact them!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! Hopefully that's still an option, so I'll likely ask the next time I'm in the area or have time on my hands.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you can manage to thicken it so that it stays in place, I see no issue. Just with peanut butter and mayonnaise, it's really easy to spread it over the adhesive without it spreading to where you don't need it and it staying in place.

Maybe a paper towel might work, but I'd still worry about preventing it from spreading elsewhere instead of staying place personally.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Yeesh, sorry for trying to make a post to the Positive News community.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Cat meows, more at 11

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