Image description: a screenshot from the Wikipedia page for the Doctor Who TV series, with a user-added caption that reads “Preserve the media you can before it’s gone forever.” The Wikipedia article reads, “No 1960s episodes exist on their original videotapes (all surviving prints being film transfers), though some were...
It would be less of a problem. But most of the media I consume is younger than that, and yet it is still at risk of going away at any moment. Nobody wants to even sell digital copies, except for the ones on CD, DVD, etc. Most of the time your only option is a “license” to access it, or a monthly subscription. A couple of years ago I “bought” the new Blade Runner on Google Play. Turns out now you can only watch above 480p on their approved devices. Which does not include my PC, my main device. The same goes for the streaming services, you get shafted on quality if you aren’t using a “smart” tv.
Sometimes I find myself shopping for things that I’d prefer to go out and get within the same day, but now I’d have to order and wait a few days to get…So I’m wondering what some of those things may be for you?
you haven’t known true fear until you’re working with incredibly toxic chemicals or weighing tiny amounts and get the jumpscare of your life by one of these
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How many tabs do you have open? (lemmy.sdf.org)
And remember… it’s not a race!
Piracy is Preservation (feddit.de)
Image description: a screenshot from the Wikipedia page for the Doctor Who TV series, with a user-added caption that reads “Preserve the media you can before it’s gone forever.” The Wikipedia article reads, “No 1960s episodes exist on their original videotapes (all surviving prints being film transfers), though some were...
He did though. (mander.xyz)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Venter?wprov=sfla1
South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954 (lemmy.world)
Speediest little fella. (mander.xyz)
!physics
Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?
Here’s some of mine:...
Which items/products were you once able to get from local shops on a whim that you now more or less have to order online?
Sometimes I find myself shopping for things that I’d prefer to go out and get within the same day, but now I’d have to order and wait a few days to get…So I’m wondering what some of those things may be for you?
*screams exestentially* (mander.xyz)
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/science-4
The quickest way to be sure (startrek.website)
mantra that keeps me going through grad school (mander.xyz)
trees are pretty great. (mander.xyz)
this meme goes from acute to obtuse real quick (midwest.social)
🍸 I like to mix my solutions. The more the merrier. (mander.xyz)
Baby how cold is it oitside? (lemmy.world)
Matic is a $1,795 robot vacuum for people concerned about privacy (maticrobots.com)
Privacy (for robot vacuums) isn’t cheap. via the Verge.
Here we go again (thumbsnap.com)
pssssss (mander.xyz)
We must collect more (startrek.website)
cute couple (mander.xyz)
I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East (arstechnica.com)
Anthropologists suggest forts were built to secure key trade routes through the region.
Getting reassurance during literature research (feddit.de)
For anyone interested:...