Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025, dir James Cameron) by recently_Coco in c/trailers
[-] recently_Coco 2 points 6 days ago

Looks like the same movie again. Happy for those that like the first two.

Why do people call it “woke”? by recently_Coco in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] recently_Coco 139 points 1 week ago

It's from the 30s, actually.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

Implies waking up to the systemic violence and oppression and beginning to do something about it.

Then it began being used as a bad thing because people were understanding systemic harm and those in power did not like it.

Overuse the word, make it mean nothing, remove its power, push the people back into oppression.

No brainer by recently_Coco in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[-] recently_Coco 34 points 4 weeks ago

I could do so much with free gravel, you have no idea.

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Starlite or Surface Linux? (self.surfacelinux)
submitted 1 month ago by recently_Coco to c/surfacelinux@lemmy.sdf.org
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I'm looking to buy a new tablet for grad school. Mostly to read PDFs of text books and take handwritten notes.

Additionally, I'd like it to be powerful enough for some casual use in my down time. Maybe run some simple games like Balatro or others of that caliber.

I was wondering if y'all could speak to which of these options seem the best for me?

  1. buy a new Starlite tablet (Linux pre-installed!)
  2. buy a new surface and load Gnome
  3. try to find a used surface and load Gnome
  4. something easy I haven't thought of.

Some considerations:

a) From looking at the specs, a Starlite and a new Surface of around the same price have similar RAM. I don't know enough about processors to know which is better though.

b) I'd rather not support Microsoft directly, so I'm less inclined to buy a new Surface, but I'm not sure if the used market will be too limiting for me

c) I don't know how difficult it is to put Linux on a surface. I'm imagining as a Windows proprietary device it's going to be a little testy about it. My experience installing windows is putting Mint or Kubuntu on an older Win10 PC and laptop.

What does the community think? Any words of advice for me?

Want to Teach in Oklahoma? You May Have to Prove You're Not 'Woke' by recently_Coco in c/news@lemmy.world
[-] recently_Coco 41 points 2 months ago

I think that's actually the plan. There's been moves to dismantle public education entirely, and once there is no more public education in Oklahoma, then the private schools can hire whoever they want.

Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be? by recently_Coco in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] recently_Coco 43 points 3 months ago

"The revolution will not be televised"

It's a phrase I hear a lot in leftist spaces. Effectively, you have to be aware that publicizing these things is a great way to get them shut down.

The work is being done locally, and quietly. Advertising these events in public spaces like this one will very likely lead to them not getting off the ground due to infiltration or oppression

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Four Junes! Three years and three months HRT (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 months ago by recently_Coco to c/mtf
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What are they up to now? by recently_Coco in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[-] recently_Coco 61 points 7 months ago

There are a lot fewer of them around now than when I was a kid. The trend continues down as we keep doing mass commercial fishing the way we do.

Wikipedia

gen z gorillas by recently_Coco in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[-] recently_Coco 126 points 10 months ago

something something Gorilla Warfare.

NFL player uses pirate streaming site to watch his own team. by recently_Coco in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[-] recently_Coco 33 points 11 months ago

Absolutely this. It speaks a lot that it's easier for a millionaire to pirate the game than to get it legally. Make it easy and cheap and people will use it.

Time is cruel by recently_Coco in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[-] recently_Coco 80 points 1 year ago

This scene was from An Extremely Goofy Movie, released on 2000.

But the point does stand...

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Best library of free special effects? (self.foss)
submitted 1 year ago by recently_Coco to c/foss@beehaw.org
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I'm looking for free simple special effects to overlay onto videos in KdenLive. Things like explosions, fire, and particle effects. Are there any good free or open source libraries for this kind of thing?

A New Study Investigates 'The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter' To Mastodon by recently_Coco in c/technology@beehaw.org
[-] recently_Coco 42 points 1 year ago

It's a shame, really. A non-centralized internet has existed before and must exist again if it's to remain useable. It's sad so many have given up because of early internet struggles. Things are even far less painful now than I remember them being in the past.

What plot holes could be adequately explained away with a single shot or line of dialogue? by recently_Coco in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] recently_Coco 83 points 1 year ago

A little bit more emphasis during Star Wars that Vader wanted the Storm Troopers to aim poorly and let them get away. It would have solved decades of jokes and arguments about Storm Trooper weapon accuracy.

Why are people censoring "bad" words? by recently_Coco in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] recently_Coco 36 points 2 years ago

A lot of it comes from Tiktok culture. YouTube has started doing it too.

Videos that say "kill", "rape", "died", etc are all deprioritized by the algorithm if not demonetized entirely.

People have been editing subtitles to avoid these words, and the behavior spread.

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