It's maybe different for VFX, but I think for writers and actors, because the work is so erratic anyway and 'cos studios are trying to turn everything into a gig rather than a job, the WGA and SAG are ultimately the main providers.
I heard that Unions are especially important in the US because it's how many workers get their healthcare (which is easy to overlook if you're not from there, and aren't really familiar with the Private system)
Fairly unusual to see a poster where the gun is pointed directly at the viewer (it's more commonly positioned at a bit of an angle, if not completely to one of the sides.)
You wouldn't download a car
Well, I would. But not at the res of this pic (6024x4024)
The app was renamed (from Infinity), so the new Community would've pulled in a bunch of subscribers from the old Community on day 1:
| Date | % growth | community | subs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22/8 | 17328.00 | [email protected] | 231 |
| 23/8 | 123.64 | [email protected] | 400 |
| 24/8 | 65.61 | [email protected] | 562 |
| 25/8 | 5.18 | [email protected] | 616 |
| 26/8 | 3.89 | [email protected] | 665 |
| 27/8 | 13.85 | [email protected] | 761 |
| 28/8 | 1.26 | [email protected] | 792 |
It's looking like the crazy numbers will calm down from tomorrow
Day 3 of experimenting with using users_active_month instead of subscribers: https://feddit.nl/post/2445172
I'll do 7, and have a think. See if they've picked up anything that's different and interesting, compared to these lists.
Favourite ship names: Apart from the obvious - the "Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Mere Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath", I like the ship names that are references to other ship names, including "Me, I'm Counting" and "I Blame Your Mother"
Walkaway by Cory Doctorow features a trans character (not as one of the main characters though). I can't say much about it, because I didn't finish reading it (but I'm going to have another crack at it at some point).
Somewhat fittingly, I asked Bing beforehand to check whether it was cyberpunk, and it said:
Yes, Walkaway is a science fiction novel by Canadian writer Cory Doctorow that falls under the cyberpunk genre ¹. The novel was published in 2017 by Head of Zeus and Tor Books ¹. It is set in a near-future world where people are under surveillance and ruled over by a mega-rich elite, and follows the story of Hubert Espinoza, his friend Seth, and Natalie as they walk away from the everyday world or "Default" ¹. The novel explores themes of dystopia, utopia, oligarchy, surveillance, post-scarcity, alternative lifestyle, war, love and romance ¹.
I hope this helps!
Source: Conversation with Bing, 27/08/2023 (1) Walkaway (Doctorow novel) - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkaway_%28Doctorow_novel%29. (2) Leaving Default In Walkaway by Cory Doctorow - cyberpunks.com. https://www.cyberpunks.com/leaving-default-in-walkaway-by-cory-doctorow-2/. (3) Cory Doctorow’s WALKAWAY - Rudy Rucker. https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2017/07/19/cory-doctorows-walkaway/. (4) [PDF] [EPUB] Walkaway Download - OceanofPDF. https://oceanofpdf.com/authors/cory-doctorow/pdf-epub-walkaway-download/. (5) Walkaway Provides the Blueprints to Build a Better Utopia. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/walkaway-deconstructionist-post-cyberpunk-utopia/.
Awesome. Thanks for letting me know.
It looks like the director for this (Grant Singer) has 'only' done Music Videos before this. It'll be interesting to see where he ends up on lists like: RANKED: MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTORS TURNED FILM DIRECTORS - David Fincher seems the undisputed winner of this, but others seem hit-or-miss (ignoring questions of metacritic's own validity for the moment)
One solution, perhaps, is if Lemmy users were better able to overcome the inertia of moving Communities, Instances, accounts, etc. Essentially to be a moving target for anyone who might want to cause harm. DDoSing lemmy.world? Okay, but we're all on lemmy2.world now. Spamming a Community? Oh, you mean that one we all left?
I'm not criticizing others, because I'm as guilty of it any anyone, but it might be better if we realized that our usernames are meaningless, there's no Karma, our comment histories are full of ephemeral observations with only a very specific relevance. It wouldn't really matter if - worst case scenario - everything was deleted. I realise this wouldn't sound acceptable to new users, but since many of us on instances run by one person as a hobby, that might happen anyway.
(As I was typing this, someone just replied to a 17 days old comment I made, so maybe this is all rubbish)