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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Just watched Episode 1, gonna start posting my thoughts here in the comments. For context, I’m watching the show in Japanese with English Subtitles.

    Episode 1: Bulma and Son Goku

    • I’ve probably watched this episode more times than I can count, partially because of all the times I’ve gone to start rewatching the series, but then stopped for one reason or another. I practically have all these early episodes memorized.
    • I think this episode is a great introduction to our two lead characters (for this arc anyway), as well as giving the viewer a taste of the series’ tone.
    • I have mixed feelings on the filler scene with the Pilaf Gang. On the one hand, I think there’s merit to establishing them in the first episode, especially with how big a presence they have in the anime version of this arc. On the other hand though, I think that the original manga chapter’s very simple storyline focusing only on Goku and Bulma, without exploring anything of the larger world yet, feels a bit more focused, and the contrast between it and later chapters in terms of scope makes our discovery of the world through Goku’s eyes feel more effective.







  • More recently, we have determined that there isn’t value in having a downstream rebuilder.

    Alright, well, there it is in plain English. They’re killing downstream clones like Rocky, Alma, etc.

    I have to wonder how this is going to affect software which officially only supports (insert RHEL clone here). I use DaVinci Resolve for work every day, historically they’ve only supported CentOS, and just recently they started supporting Rocky as well. VFX isn’t my wheelhouse, but I know the situation is basically the same for those programs as well.



  • It doesn’t matter how hard Reddit tries to break up the protest, if they don’t reverse course on this, the site will implode on July 1st when the API changes happen and mods of large subreddits no longer can use the tools they need to do their jobs. Reddit’s trying to claim they have new mod tools in the works, but I’m sure they’re full of shit.

    Everyone at that company is an absolute idiot for not listening to the moderators they’re actively antagonizing right now, and it’s going to blow up in their faces.









  • You’re not the first person I’ve seen make this argument, and it’s definitely a difficult situation.

    End of the day though, this line of argument essentially allows Reddit to hold us hostage. While it is unfortunate that this will be in some ways harmful to the internet as a whole, it’s ultimately our content, and we have the right to remove it if we wish.

    That said, I do think that, if anyone has a history of being particularly helpful on Reddit, they should consider backing up their comments, and possibly reposting the relevant information to a blog or something similar, or maybe even here on Lemmy.