In Hollywood, the first weekend of May is traditionally seen as the official kick-off of the summer movie season: an auspicious blockbuster date that has, of late, become rather a boring one....
I'm looking for the top European bank that doesn't block your funds without reason. For instance, many individuals have reported online that Revolut has blocked their accounts suddenly and sometimes for various months.
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what's everyone's experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
For example, /r/mildyinteresting has 286k subscribers. Lemmy has around 51k active users across the entire platform and all of it’s communities. And /r/mildyinteresting is a misspelling of the even more popular /r/mildlyinteresting (23.4 million subscribers).
Even some of the niche gaming communities are larger on Reddit (/r/Kenshi, 145k; /r/factorio, 370k).
I would take those numbers with a grain of salt. Reddit tends to artificially pump these numbers, for instance geodefaults have millions of subs but only a few hundreds actively participating
As an example. I grew up in hip-hop but at a certain point I stopped listening to new people and realised recently that I’d slept on some bangers. Like Kendrick particularly, but even people like Juice WRLD and Xxxtentacion....
I just noticed this when I saw a strange "Achievement Unlocked" notification pop up on Reddit. What do you think of this? It seems like a retention tactic to me, like what Amino had with its streak leaderboards, and GameFAQs currently has with streak achievements for logging on ten days in a row and also for all days of a month.
If The Dark Knight felt like a relentless crime thriller inspired by the cinema of Michael Mann, The Dark Knight Rises explored the spiritual and emotional journey of Christian Bale’s version of Bruce Wayne. By connecting to the storyline involving the League of Shadows first introduced in Batman Begins, Nolan and his brother...
The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to...
So far I've checked several "getting started"'s and FAQ's and Google and everyone just tells me that it's possible but nobody tells me fucking WHERE. So obviously I'm in need of help. Preferably with a diagram or colourful pictures....
Now anyone can be made mod/admin without their consent . A yes or no option would be much appreciated so someone can't abuse it and make innocent people mod/admin of troubling instances or communities .
As Cities Skylines II still isn't worth it (the sub has a regular thread about that, in summary: no it's not: https://old.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1ch6lup/is_cities_skylines_ii_worth_it_megathread/) which games scratch your city building itch?
Analysts: PS5 Outsold Xbox Almost 5 To 1 This Past Quarter ( www.forbes.com )
LEGO Jurassic World 76965 Dinosaur Missions: Stegosaurus Discovery - a LEGO Stego at last [Review] - The Brothers Brick ( www.brothers-brick.com )
Early Finnish summer [OC] ( i.imgur.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32354837...
The Fall Guy to Megalopolis: is 2024 the year of the box-office megaflop? ( www.theguardian.com )
In Hollywood, the first weekend of May is traditionally seen as the official kick-off of the summer movie season: an auspicious blockbuster date that has, of late, become rather a boring one....
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I'm looking for the top European bank that doesn't block your funds without reason. For instance, many individuals have reported online that Revolut has blocked their accounts suddenly and sometimes for various months.
Many new topics
https://piefed.social/topic/tv-movies/star-trek...
I'm finally moving over to Lemmy! What are your favorite active communities on the platform?
Movie Night tonight, Saturday 7:30pm Eastern ( cytu.be )
Feel free to show up early if you want to hang out and share clips. People do that earliest about an hour before the movie starts on a good day....
Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years ( www.cnet.com )
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9647496...
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads ( www.techradar.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15542273...
Is Lemmy a good alternative?
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what's everyone's experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
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Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more ( www.tomshardware.com )
As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music?
As an example. I grew up in hip-hop but at a certain point I stopped listening to new people and realised recently that I’d slept on some bangers. Like Kendrick particularly, but even people like Juice WRLD and Xxxtentacion....
Best Lemmy App in 2024
Now that the Reddit exodus is about a year old and the client apps have matured, what's the latest state of the above question?...
the fediverse has a heartbeat ( cdn.catsweat.com )
Lenovo and Motorola phones, tablets and other devices banned in Germany ( www.gizchina.com )
There's apparently a Reddit activity streak achievement system now. ( lemmy.world )
I just noticed this when I saw a strange "Achievement Unlocked" notification pop up on Reddit. What do you think of this? It seems like a retention tactic to me, like what Amino had with its streak leaderboards, and GameFAQs currently has with streak achievements for logging on ten days in a row and also for all days of a month.
The 165-Year-Old Novel That Helped Inspire ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ ( collider.com )
If The Dark Knight felt like a relentless crime thriller inspired by the cinema of Michael Mann, The Dark Knight Rises explored the spiritual and emotional journey of Christian Bale’s version of Bruce Wayne. By connecting to the storyline involving the League of Shadows first introduced in Batman Begins, Nolan and his brother...
In-depth discussion about the agency of characters in Blade Runner 2049 ( discuss.online )
Link to the original comments: https://discuss.online/comment/8360152...
Euro bottles are so much better now ( toobnix.org )
I know they're supposed to be good for the environment but... God I hate those caps.
PieFed development update, May 2024
Here's some highlights from the last 3 weeks and who contributed:...
System of a Down singer Serj Tankian's new book details band’s up and downs, and what fuels his activism ( www.latimes.com )
We are doing a movie night tonight 7:30 Eastern ( cytu.be )
We're just going to hang out at cytube and watch a few movies, share videos. We are doing it here: https://cytu.be/r/matrixhub...
2024 Presidential Election Survey ( forms.gle )
Want to know where people stand about the presidential candidates.
1000+ Firefox for Android extensions now available – Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog ( blog.mozilla.org )
The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to...
Lemmy subscribe to post
Is there a way to subscribe to a post/comment of others to get notifications for new comments? If it’s currently not available, is it being worked on?
Okay, I give up. How do I user-block instances?
So far I've checked several "getting started"'s and FAQ's and Google and everyone just tells me that it's possible but nobody tells me fucking WHERE. So obviously I'm in need of help. Preferably with a diagram or colourful pictures....
Wish granted! ( lemmy.world )
What I have Learned from Two Years of Running a Small Social Media Website ( cheapskatesguide.org )
Hey can we get a function that asks the user in question if they want to be mod/admin ?
Now anyone can be made mod/admin without their consent . A yes or no option would be much appreciated so someone can't abuse it and make innocent people mod/admin of troubling instances or communities .
Life expectancy in 1800, 1950 and 2015
Patient gamers, what are your favourite city builders?
As Cities Skylines II still isn't worth it (the sub has a regular thread about that, in summary: no it's not: https://old.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/1ch6lup/is_cities_skylines_ii_worth_it_megathread/) which games scratch your city building itch?
How Larian Studios skirted bankruptcy before making Divinity: Original Sin (2018) ( www.pcgamer.com )
Old article, but still interesting
Parents, what your mobile phone/tablet policy for your children? How old are they?
Puzzle made easy for biginner's ( lemmy.fediverse.observer )
TGIF, What are your plans / How is your week-end going?
[IJustWatched] Blade Runner 2049. What do you think about it?
Second time I watched it, first time was during its theatrical release....