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What is your take on youtubers looking at multiple cameras on their videos ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Style over substance IMO. Trying to keep people's attention visually in case what they are saying isn't interesting enough.

If they had a second angle camera locked off on them from one side, and occasionally cut to that shot without turning to face the camera itself that'd be alright, and it's a useful tool for disguising edits, but needs to be done in moderation.

How should I mess with scammers? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Similarly, this guy would let Lenny handle it: https://youtu.be/XSoOrlh5i1k?si=PA1FWk4x3pYRpr3x

What's the one music album you would take on a desert island? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Leftism by Leftfield

Do people still use "google it" to mean searching the web? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

One English example is to "hoover" - people say it all the time when they mean using the vacuum cleaner, whether or not it's made by Hoover.

Am I the only one that thinks we should have dedicated buttons for copy/paste on keyboards? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks, will check that out.

Am I the only one that thinks we should have dedicated buttons for copy/paste on keyboards? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can see the benefit, although personally I'm too attuned to ctrl+c,v,z,x

A key I'd really like to see on computer keyboards is a shift key that behaves the same as on a phone, toggling between lowercase, Title Case, and UPPERCASE.

It'd be so useful to be able to select text you've already typed and change the format. Phones have done it for years, why not computers? Could be a much better use for the Caps Lock key.

Is it better to use Reddit again? in c/[email protected]
Is this just how it’s gonna be till Election Day? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Fingers crossed you don't get burned!

Is this just how it’s gonna be till Election Day? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't there a risk that the number you reply to might be a premium rate number, and replying at all might land you a big charge?

I don't get many of these types of messages, but I always just block them.

What opinions do you have that you consider (shallow && pedantic)? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Disinterested just means that you don't have any skin in the game, and can be impartial.

Eg, if you were in court you would want the judge to be disinterested, but you wouldn't want them to be uninterested :-)

Now that Joe is out what rhetoric from the right (and left) are you going to completely ignore? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well Johnson is already trying to argue that it might be illegal for anyone other than Biden to be on the ticket.

So I'll definitely be ignoring that.

It's time again, What are some cool things you've saved on the fediverse? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Read as far as "Of course, a Conservative government remains preferable to the alternative" and though, that'll do.

So glad to be rid of them.

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To Norway: An Apology (lemmy.world)
 

Sorry Norway. Our jammy win in Oslo robbed you of a chance to experience a major tournament. Instead, your place went to a badly organised rabble, with no urgency, no ambition and not even basic ball control.

You should have been in this tournament, and that disgraceful excuse for a Scotland team should have been languishing in 3rd or 4th. How in god's name did we beat Spain?

Sorry Norway, you deserved better.

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Scotland qualification scenarios (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
 

Of limited interest, I'm sure, but I spent a bit of time working all this out, and wanted to post it before Scotland go 2 down after 5 minutes tomorrow and render it all moot...

So.

If Scotland lose to Hungary, we're out. No ifs, buts, or maybes.

If we draw then we need at least 2 out of 3 scenarios to happen in order to sneak through:

  • Spain beat Albania AND Italy beat Croatia
  • Turkey beat Czechia AND Portugal beat Georgia
  • Denmark beat Georgia AND England beat Slovenia by 5 or more (I think)

If Scotland win against Hungary then any 2 (or more) of these scenarios gets us through

  • Spain avoid defeat to Albania (Scotland would finish better than Albania and also better than one of Croatia or Italy, regardless of their result)

  • Netherlands beat Austria (Scotland would be ahead of both Austria and Poland)

  • England avoid defeat to Slovenia (Scotland would be ahead of Slovenia and also at least one of Denmark or Serbia).

  • There's also the possibility that Slovenia hammer England (Scotland could finish better than England on goal difference and also would be ahead of at least one of Denmark or Serbia)

  • Portugal avoid defeat to Georgia (Scotland would be ahead of Georgia and also ahead of one of Turkey or Czechia)

  • Even if Georgia did win, we could beat them on GD, but we'd have to thrash Hungary, so not likely.

  • No draws on match day 3 in group E. Doesn't matter who wins, as long as two teams do.

  • Or, if there are 1 or 2 draws in group E then it comes down to goal difference, so we would have to hammer Hungary, see above.

And yes, I made a spreadsheet to work all this out... :-)

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Foxgloves in my back garden this morning (lemmy.world)
 
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Manchester United decide to sack Erik ten Hag regardless of Cup final outcome [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
 

Great timing. Unless they're thinking they might get a new manager bounce without actually appointing a new manager?

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VAR: Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please... 🤞🤞🤞

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Fans’ body pledges ‘studs to the knee’ response if Game 39 plans are revived | Premier League [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
 

FFS, not this bullshit again... Hopefully fan pressure can fight it off just like last time.

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Feature suggestion - enable swiping between multiple photos in a post/comment (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
 

Example post: https://lemmy.world/post/14058825

I've no idea if this is technically possible at all, but on posts like the one above, where multiple images have been added, it would be really handy to be able to swipe between them as if they were in a gallery. At present it's a case of open one, close it, open the next, etc...

Same for comments, not sure if that would be different than posts.

Thanks :-)

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Blue cards to be introduced into football for sin-bins under Ifab trials [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
 

TLDR - Blue cards will be for dissent and cynical fouls. Two blues means red. Blue plus yellow also equals red.

Weird.

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Gary Lineker, Match of the Day: I don't like VAR any more (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

As someone who was against VAR from the start, I'm pleased to see someone as high profile as Lineker come out and admit he was wrong about it and has changed his mind. Fingers crossed this continues and we can start to move towards getting rid of it.

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Liverpool 4-3 Fulham: Trent Alexander-Arnold hits late winner in thriller - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

What a game!! Absolute insanity and some unbelievable goals.

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Everton receive immediate 10-point deduction (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

Wooft!

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HIGHLIGHTS | Saarbrücken 2-1 Bayern Munich (youtu.be)
 

I love football sometimes. Get it up you Bayern :-)

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