“A Different World” (1987 NBC) is now on Netflix, and the HD upscale is... not good.
The show was shot and mastered on video in 4:3. The version on Netflix is cropped to 16:9, and has significant ML sharpening and odd softening. The show looks both over-crisp and gauzy/dreamy.
1/
So annoying.
OK, so a $1000 pen, but if pens aren't your thing, a $44 set of the cheapest tools known to man...
When the airline starts charging for carry-ons
"Make the rich even richer"...insanity.
If Canadians want proof that Poilievre is NOT on our side, here it is #cdnpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1112886...
I just want to let everyone know this is nothing like the Great Depression.
This time we'll get to see videos of the rich people jump out of their skyscraper windows!
Such a bad take on this, get a clue.
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
Shame on CTV for crumbling under pressure. This is exactly why people are moving away from traditional media and following @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to get their news. Keep doing what you are doing!
Ah c'mon CTV, wtf :(
What a creep
I can smell the BO and stale cigarettes all the way here
Welcome/Bienvenue
"In Canada, where people don’t fear bankruptcy for seeking care, patients come in and they just talk to you, about doctor things. That’s a profound relief, for them and me."
A U.S. doctor, new to Canada, speaks to the jarring differences in the two countries' healthcare.
This is a great piece.
Young men can't pay rent, but they are buying crypto? How out of touch are you?
Elbows up!
Elbows up, Canada.
I cancelled all the streaming services and went back to DVD and Bluray. The streaming services turned to shit.
lol, yeah, Russia stocks up on munitions while Ukraine shoots its last bullets, sounds like a trap to me.
Did he ask Grok for those stats or what
Maybe Nato should stop buying US equipment...
A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)
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I like the growing discontent over modern technology. Not in the Luddite (I know, colloquially) sense but in the banality and lack of majesty that technology used to have
Technology used to be fun and exciting and now it's just black rectangles that want you to sign in (to siphon your data) and pay
"Those countries have emptied their jails and sent us their criminals..."
I have cancelled them all and went back to Bluray and DVDs.
everyone mocks me for using WordPerfect but I'll have the last laugh in 2029 when it's the only software without a ruinous A.I. assistant
