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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I might be wrong, but wasn't Movit just for timeline preview, and hadn't worked properly for quite a few versions and now you just use the NVENC/VAAPI etc export profiles to export with GPU?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure it's not possible for everyone - but I essentially did this some years back - though more with Premiere than Photoshop - and therefore more Cinelerra/Kdenlive than Gimp/Krita.

I ran a dual boot system from about 2008 until about 2015. If it could be done in Linux/FOSS, it was. If it couldn't, it was done in Windows/Adobe software.

I was self-employed, though I often did subcontracting work for a handful of media/umbrella organisations - so sometimes I had to use Premiere or Sony Vegas to carry on half-done projects I was handed.

Bear in mind this was when you bought Adobe software and didn't rent it - and you could also keep running an older version for years.

Anyway, over time I used the Windows partition less and less, until I got rid of it entirely when I got a new computer.

I had to work a bit harder one year, and I did miss out on a few projects - but mostly, I could do everything I could do previously, but it took a bit longer for a while until I adjusted to a different workflow.

After that, you're just saying "That's a £2000 job", "That's a £200 job", and meeting a deadline. Nobody really cares if it took 7 minutes longer to do, and I saved a lot of time not using Windows any more.

Editing (and other design stuff) is a far smaller part of my overall work these days, but I still do a good chunk of projects over the year, and I've been 100% Linux for almost 10 years. No regrets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's brilliant! Are there any other songs which do similar?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

You just understand them in your own way.

When this first came out, we interpreted it as:

Who? Who has? Who has fish? Who has fish from France?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

To a degree, yes, but don't expect magic. Some laptops have a waterproof membrane under the keyboard, so if you're lucky, and it does, you may be able to just pop the keys off and dry the membrane out, and make sure no liquid creeps round the side into the electronics.

Otherwise you may have better odds if you open up the case and mop up any/all loose liquid you can get to with a microfibre cloth, as soon as possible, then try and let it air dry for a while.

A sealed bag with dried rice and your electronic object may absorb a bit of leftover moisture, but only to the extent that it will equal the moisture level in the sealed bag - the dried rice will gain a little extra moisture, the object will lose that bit of extra moisture.

Try to resist the urge to turn it on to check if it's working until you've got all the moisture out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's a good plan for a more professional setup, but in this distinctly unprofessional setup, if I did it remotely, I wouldn't get my chat and a cup of tea and biscuit :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can't personally, but I've installed/set up Linux systems for quite a lot of older people, and I think only one of them ever uses the terminal for anything. The rest just... use the computer.

On the whole, they're pretty much just using Libreoffice, Firefox and a few other bits these days. If something needs the terminal to fix, we're already past the point where they've phoned me to pop round and fix it.

These used to be Ubuntu systems, but I switched them all to Mint after having endless Snap permission problems with printers, USB sticks and other peripherals. Once up and running, it's pretty low maintenance.

I guess they don't need to use the terminal, because I'll go and do it if it's necessary - but we are looking at once every few years. Not a lot of tech support needed.

On my own machine, I probably use the terminal every day.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So... on average late 30s/early 40s? So it's actually a Lemmy post, rather than a Reddit post?

[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Damn! He's here?!? RichardRealName is my nemesis!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Don't worry, it all balances out - his family just min-maxed his character into music. Most of his stats were comically low. For example, Mozart was really bad at ordering food from a drive-through or even ordering a takeaway by phone or through an app.

Other things Mozart was shit at:

  • Using a mobile phone
  • Riding a bike
  • Driving a car
  • Microwaving his own dinner
  • Using a computer
  • Assembling flat-pack furniture
  • Mariokart
  • Wiring a plug
  • Installing Linux
  • Fastening velcro shoes
  • Using self-service at the supermarket
  • Using a toaster
  • Celebrating his 36th birthday

He couldn't do a single one of those things. You can probably do at least two of them. So what if he beats you at music?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah man, looking at those bullet points I realize I've got the first two down pat

No you haven't.

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