Couldbealeotard

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[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Or the ones who think you're trying to make everyone redundant. I've worked on scripts that have been shut down because a co worker thought it would make people lose their jobs so they complain to the boss.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In Australia University used to be free. At some point they realised that Asia is close and has a virtually limitless supply of rich parents who want to pay big money for their kids to be lawyers and doctors.

Education is now one of Australia's main exports.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Before the original run got cancelled I heard that season 5 was going to be the girlfriend doctor in a female prison.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I just call them the two-thousands and people understand what I mean

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Quite regularly, but only because I coincidentally moved into a house across the road from an acquaintance that became a good friend. We go over each other's house for tea, or board games, or casual multiplayer video games.

If it weren't for that proximity I'd say I'd very rarely spend time with friends. Life is busy. Work wants 40 or more hours a week, then you've got chores, shopping, study (if you're doing that, I was studying full time for a year and a bit recently), then you just need time for personal hobbies and relaxation. On top of that, other people can be flaky, or just busy with their own things.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aya Brea, from Parasite Eve

The perfect mix of unsuspecting hero, chosen one, and bad ass. The sequel also gives her an Ellen Riply in Aliens vibe as well. Shame about 3rd Birthday and the fact we will never get another one. For those who don't know, the owner of the original IP didn't want to renew the license for the games, which means the games can no longer use anything from the novel which includes all references to mitochondria and Eve. That's why 3rd Birthday was seemingly a totally different game; they tried to make a sequel that couldn't reference any of the main plot points of the previous games or novel.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You can definitely fit a car through. In the novels they even transport helicopters and earth moving vehicles to set up military/mining facilities. Think about it, four people can comfortably walk into a Stargate side by side.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The Stargate device has been weaponised plenty. The best one being in a satellite shooting a high powered laser from orbit.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What's the final fantasy house debacle?

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That really does suck when work obligations can be in conflict with genuine friendships. A big part of why I prefer to keep things separate.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You can be friendly without being actual friends. I prefer not to make actual friends at work, the exception being once I'm no longer working with I'm more likely to spend time with them socially. I never understand why people get so upset when you don't want to be friends; they interpret that as "you must hate me if you don't want to be my friend". No, I just have a finite amount of time and energy for friends.

My performance is not based on friendship stats like some kind of dating sim.

 

I'm looking for things like Amazing Race (all the spin-off countries), Survivor, Gladiators, Ninja Warrior, etc.

If I dip my toe into the Usenet thing, will I find this sort of stuff? Do I have to look in a certain spot? By this I mean do different servers tend to store different styles of catalogues, or do they network like a P2P system?

Apologies if I'm not making sense, I don't really know the correct jargon.

 

Is there a way to automatically create a playlist of more than 2 shows in broadcast order.

For instance, shows like Stargate (or I think Arrow/Flash/Supergirl) have alternating episodes. I really don't want to do it by hand; my Stargate playlist will have over 300 items.

 

Mixing Movies and TV: Stargate started with a feature film. Then a bunch of TV shows. Then some of the TV shows had TV movies.

At the moment I've just named the TV movies seasons 11, 12, 13. This fixes that specific instance, but doesn't allow me to put the feature film first (naming something season 0 creates a specials season). What about the X-Files? Seasons 1-5, movie, 6-8, movie. How would you fit that in to one section?

Documentaries: I've got a bunch of stuff. Some are traditional cinema movies, some are series, some are mini-series, some are TV shows. How can I have one library called "Documentaries"?

Collections: Collections are great. Can I keep them separate to the movies/TV? I don't think I want them in with the movies themselves. Can I mix and match movies and TV in a collection?

Concurrent Series: Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis overlapped seasons 8-10/1-3. Can I make a watch order collection? Have them in the broadcast order in one list? Including the movies?

Thank you. Plex is great.

 

I really want to get started.

I have a big library of files on a HDD. I will run it off my home computer, and it will be exclusively for my home network.

Question 1: Is it fine to run my desktop computer as a server and a client? I don't actually know how Plex works yet, so I may be describing it wrong. Currently I watch things on my Desktop Computer. I want to continue this but through Plex instead of just using VLC. If I do add more clients, only one will be viewing at a time. I do have a Raspberry Pi available, but was hoping to use it as a client at a later time instead of a server,

Question 2: Can I scan my media folder in Plex to get started, and then later rescan my Plex library after I rename files? I haven't reorganised all my files yet, a lot of them should be fine but I don't have time to do it all now. Some of them I may never bother renaming or reorganising. I don't mind Plex having to do all the posters and stuff again.

Question 3: What does Plex do for the re-encoding? I think I read that Plex encodes the video files. Does this create new files on the HHD? My drive is pretty full. I don't have enough space for duplicates in another codec. Does this process replace the files? Will I have to have my Plex drive only contain converted videos? Is there a process to encode from my storage drive to my Plex drive without disturbing my storgate drive? Space is at a premium and I don't want to risk Plex altering my media on my storage drive.

Thank you.

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