I really like how Letterboxd used their big data. By using the Watchlist (the to-watch list of movies users wants to see) of everyone, they can find movies a lot of people want to watch, but it’s impossible to stream and very challenging to buy, and license those movies for their online rental store.
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It’s a nisse, also known as a tomte. It can be described as a Nordic household spirit, or as a barn gnome.
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movies@piefed.social•Jim Carrey Offered to Return $20 Million ‘Grinch’ Payday and Quit the Movie Amid ‘Panic Attacks’ Over Makeup; A Man ‘Who Trained the Military on Enduring Torture’ Was Hired to Help
341·1 个月前Fun fact: How the Grinch stole Christmas is one of three Christmas movies in history to win an Academy Award, and did so for Best makeup.
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Fediverse vs Disinformation@lemmy.dbzer0.com•What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid
6·3 个月前On the entry for Adolf Hitler, the führer’s leadership and “rapid economic” achievements are noted before the Holocaust; the “Islam” page questions the religion’s “inherent compatibility with liberal democracy.” The Grokipedia entry for Musk himself notes a “reported 20-pound weight loss” and propensity for “weightlifting and strength training,” while omitting any direct reference to Musk’s maternal grandfather—a man who thoroughly documented his own vociferous racism and antidemocratic beliefs and supported South Africa’s apartheid regime.
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The Shitpost Office@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Be Gay: Increase Pension Size
3·3 个月前My guess would be that gay men are less likely to have children, both because of fewer accidental pregnancies and an adverse system of adoption. This makes them less likely to take less demanding careers or part time jobs to have time to spend on child-rearing, which is a popular explanation for why the average woman earns less.
It would be interesting to see if the wage gap shrinks when comparing the income of childless couples of different orientations.
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ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Please? I finished Good Omens... what next?English
2·3 个月前Tress of the Emerald Sea is the most Good Omens like book Brandon Sanderson has written (he cited it as an inspiration), and is a good jumping on point for the Cosmere.
I’m not weak in the force, I’m just midichlorianly challenged.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•The average age of Disney princesses is 505y.
13·5 个月前I didn’t realize Mulan was a child soldier until now.
They had the golden opportunity to name it “Aksjon flyplass” (Operation Airport), but went with Die Hard 2. But they returned (without a vengance) for the third Die Hard, which they named “Die Hard i New York” (Die Hard in New York). Similar to how “You Only Live Twice” was titled “James Bond i Japan” in Norway.
While the word “speed” indeed is “fart” in Norwegian, the movie “Speed” was released as “Speed” in Norway.
The poster is photoshoped, as one easily can tell by the premiere date in the bottom of the poster. The date “June 10” would’ve been written as “10. juni” in Norway.
Today, most movies not primarily marketed for children are released with their English titles in Norway. And back when the movies were translated to Norwegian, the titles were often not direct translations. In fact, the Norwegian Wikipedia-article for Speed makes an interesting claim about the the 1975 Japanese movie Speed was based on. While known in Japan as “Shinkansen daibakuha”, and as “The Bullet Train” in English speaking countries, the article claims that the Norwegian title was “Expressen er lastet med… dynamitt!”, directly translated as “The Express is loaded with… dynamite!”. I can’t find any sources to support this claim, but it does follow the norm of translated titles of the time.
Other translated Norwegian film titles include “Airplane!” as “Hjelp, vi flyr!” (Help, we are flying!), “Die Hard” as “Aksjon skyskraper” (Operation Skyscraper), and “Deliverance” as “Piknik med døden” (Picnic with Death).
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the best Power Outlet, and why?
2·6 个月前I’ve never experienced the recessed circles collecting more dust than blowing a single deep breath would solve. And I’ve never even seen any grime in them. I suppose of you used it outside, but every type would get grimy that way.
I suspect you’re thinking of a scene from Man of Steel. This is from the recently released Superman. And in this movie
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he is put in a concentration camp, while being told that he isn’t entitled to due process. Escaping is a lot harder than in Man of Steel.


What would you suggest that the woman should have done instead?