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 No.61451[Reply]

Post documentaries here

>>37426

old thread is past bump limit and is the very last thread on /hob/ right now so it should be gone once this thread is made
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 No.67020

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I'm on the hunt for new documentaries to watch. I like the ones about about marginal, eccentric people. Here's a list of the ones I quite like in that niche. If you know any not on this list please let me know.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390123/?ref_=wl_li_tt
Realms of the Unreal
A documentary on Henry Darger, visionary artist, janitor, and novelist. 10/10


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109508/?ref_=wl_li_tt
Crumb
An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family. 10/10

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181288/?ref_=wl_li_tt
American Movie
Documentary about an aspiring filmmaker's attempts to finance his dream project by finally completing the low-budget horror film he abandoned years before. 10/10

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437806/?ref_=wl_li_tt
Alone in the Wilderness (2004)
In 1968, one man films his attempt to build a cabin and live in the Alaskan wilderness. He goes weeks or months at a time without human contact. 7/10 I found this one a little tedious but I guess that's the point. Still, doesn't make for a very entertaining watch.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1391092/?ref_=wl_li_tt
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 No.67021

>>67020
Forgot about this one https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1633175/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_9
This documentary follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle picking with the extreme sport of racing shopping carts. I remember I watched this one but didn't think much of it. It's on YT if you're interested

 No.67027

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As I prepare myself to sit down and read the rest of the first run of Uncanny X-Men (>>66822) I decided to watch a documentary on Chris Claremont. It's fitting as I'm at the later period of his writing for the series and went through all his major storylines at this point. If you like comics and have a fondness for the transitional period between bronze age and modern age in comics (for example if you know who Jim Shooter is) chances are you'll like this documentary.

It's a decent way to spend 70 minutes. I think it played a little too much on the safe side of things, not talking about anything as thoroughly as I would've liked, regardless, it's fun to hear the creators talking about a time nobody really gave a shit about comic books and they could do whatever they wanted and you as the reader knew this shit was totally within your domain before the money people and the cool kids came in and made it their own.

And you can watch it for free on this link. If you do let me know what you think. It would be nice if we had more than 2 posters on /hob/.

https://tubitv.com/movies/499391/chris-claremont-s-x-men

 No.67033

>>67021
Big Al, one of the main guys featured in this documentary is now wheelchair bound. One might say fate has a twisted sense of humor.



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 No.62097[Reply]

What are you watching/reading currently? I just started Babylon 5 and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
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Princess kenny

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>>62631

Heinlein's setting indeed isn't a perfect equivalent of any political system seen as of now. Nonetheless, the book has similarities to Roman republicanism in the sense that military service is a duty of citizens (even if, in this case, citizenship is voluntarily applied for and so are the duties, which only makes the overall process less coercive) while social standing and political success is largely linked to performance in warfare. Originally, the various centuries that composed Roman class society in the Republic were divided on the basis of how many resources they could devote to warfare, with the lowest century being reserved for the proletarii, or those unable to pay for their own equipment. In a similar light, officeholders were expected to have accrued military victories (gloria) so as to make a winning bid for most positions. It is correct that Roman leadership positions lacked many prerogatives in the city of Rome (civilian life), most notably the capacity to indiscriminately command and issue death sentences, but that feature is also present in Starship Troopers. The armed forces are ruled by a code much stricter and with fewer guarantees than that which applies to civilians, further reflecting the separation between civil and military life.

On the other side, and in sharp contrast with fascism, the federation described in Starship Troopers operates a small government domestically—it is indicated that taxes are lower than in any other period of recent history—and maintains a clear-cut division between military and civil life. The latter is relevant since civil organizations do not seek to replicate their military counterparts unlike is the case in fascist régimes. Similarly to the Romans, the government maintains a military not because of a romantic exaltation of violence, but in response to factual threats to Earth that warrant a prepared military. The book even notes that the Mobile Infantry is the smallest army in proportion to the population it defends in human history and that unfit recruits are routinely discouraged from entering military service without a clear vocation in an attempt to earn their citizenship fast. Additionally, the federation lacks any staples of fascism such as cross-class state corporatism, a desire to eliminate or overhaul organized religion and functionally replace it with vitalism, or the presence of a Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

 No.67005

>>62097
THE EXPANSE is gritty sci-fi.

 No.67006

>>62633
i like this makes you seem smart

 No.67007

>>67006
Ah, to be a sw geek in 2023. By now the truth about star wars has become inescapable. The whole thing is nothing but 3 dated ok movies and a whole lot of garbage.



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 No.58531[Reply]

Anyone use one of these? Are the newer, bigger ones worth it if I have an old Kindle with a keyboard? Mostly want bigger size.
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 No.59293

>>58531
>go tired of windows shopping

Well, I posted in the thread already but what I'd like to ask is:

I'm sick of lurking around wondering, is there a device with e-ink that is not android that has no restrictions and can read cbz (and has text to audio synthesis) of which is the size of a typical manga and costs a bit under or around 100 usd?

They have weird offbrand Chinese ones that show up then immediately get bought, then show up on another seller, unless on ali, so with how much of an unfortunate bum I am I figured I'd just go ahead and ask someone.

About hacking, I figure would hacking brick it? Won't android's, though recommended, try to control you and also have planned obsolescence in their software design, even hardware design?

I've already used calibre to make all books txt so I can read them on any shabby device and even have my pocketgo v1 reading to me (that's a gp2x sort of thing, for emulation of old consoles really but it has text reading capability and text to audio) randomly (sounds bad really but it's a cool device to me anyway and it can show the text of course though it's a bit small for even normal reading I'd figure) but honestly manga I've never had a convenient small device for as tablets look bad when cheap on their sides in portrait mode.

Well, my overall point is that I know nothing about the weird offbrand ones if they often have no actual title but have a familiar hardware design. Do they have stores? They claim to have real e-ink and can read cbz, some claim it, but I just don't know.

The two types I keep staring at are this one and preferably this one as they come up a lot and that second ones seems to claim cbz and the other generally does not claim to be able to do it. I take it they are both bad but still. I assume they are both terrible in some way? These two designs that have no specific title nor name?

Also I don't like the idea of a touch screen.

I'm thinking that the pocketbook might be my best option and lurked enough to see someone claim most can do cbz? I'm reading and pondering ereaders_101, the wiki link, right now. It mentions not cbz in it though is nice to see.
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 No.59294

>>59293
>this one
>preferably this one
For got to link the sites, but it's whatever, one was >>59237 that image of which claims cbz. I wonder how bad they are?

 No.59295

I'm surprised the PineNote hasn't been brought up yet.

https://www.pine64.org/2021/08/15/introducing-the-pinenote/

 No.62371

>>58572
Pretension costs real money, I have a 2$ kindle (idk thrift store prices, even came with a case) and I still read far more books on my phone.
> But ereaders are even better than books.
How do you read like this? For me the serendipity of a bookshelf is something I need for most of kill-time reading.

 No.67004

>>58531
Use one that reads pdf or txt and can be read offline.



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 No.66996[Reply]

I'm currently writing a story, which I plan on turning into a visual novel/game later on. I intend to make all the music and do all the voice acting for both male and female characters. I've been engaging in some vocal training to increase the range of my voice, but obviously I gotta be consistent before I see any results since I started recently. I don't even a schedule yet, but that's not gonna be an issue for very long.

Do you have any dreams of singing or voice acting, anon? What are your thoughts on transforming your voice into an instrument? It's crazy what the human body can achieve with enough training.

 No.66997

Oh shit. Can someone move this thread? I think it's in the wrong board.



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 No.66955[Reply]

Post things you've learnt recently!

I just learned China throws people in jail for drawing 3D hentai and forces them to confess an apology.

https://archive.is/OzgQ8#selection-823.52-823.65

 No.66957

This isn't a really a hobby and there are already threads on other boards for random factoids.

 No.66974

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Apparently the Great Flood occurred after the construction of the Great Pyramids of Egypt.



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 No.62479[Reply]

here we mention and recommend the foss applications that we use in our android devices

My apps:

F-Droid
Aurora Store
Newpipe
FairEmail
SAI
APK Extractor
Ungoogled Chromium
Openboard
Discreet Launcher
Simple Gallery Pro
Material Files
Download Navi
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 No.65529

Blockinger is a Tetris clone and Anuto TD is a fun tower defense game

 No.66915

>>62479
Simple Tools
Kiwi Browser (developer tools and uBlock Origin)
SyncThing
Pano Scrobbler
Pixel Dungeon
Termux
ConnectBot
KDE Connect
Binary Eye
AAT
DAVx5
Key Mapper
Hauk
Orgzly
OpenKeychain
Lemuroid
Trail Sense

I am pretty sure these are all open source but I didnt double check any of them.

 No.66916

>>62560
forgot osmand and vlc but kde connect is cross platform i use it to connect to windows machines as well

 No.66918

>>66916
kde connect looks very interesting

 No.66919

>>66918
It has some killer features. I like to use my phone as a track pad when I'm just reading so I can step a few feet away from the computer for my eyes



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 No.53574[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

What are some hobbies that don't involve consuming anything? You purchase a 1 time item and very rarely if ever have to replace it. Learning yo-yo tricks would be a consumptionless hobby in this case. There are obviously thinks like whistling or playing the spoons too. The idea is it has to make as little foot print as possible while being something you can develop and grow at. Drawing wouldn't count because you need paper.
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 No.66814

>>66813
If you do end up working stone I highly recommend taking ventilation and breathing protection seriously.
The dust from that stuff fucks your lungs. It really doesn't take a lot to cause issues.

 No.66815

>>66814
Would a mask be enough?

 No.66817

>>66815
Depends on the mask and the general setup.

Like if you are cutting/grinding stuff wet then there would be very little dust. It which case a mask might not even be needed.

But if you were powdering silica in a hermetically sealed room with not even the faintest of air flow, while wearing a ski mask, bro you gonna die.

 No.66828

>>66815
depends heavily on the particle size

if you are chiseling and carving stone by hand outside you dont need anything crazy

if you are sawing, grinding, cutting, etc and producing dust, then you need an air filter and dust collection and a mask tbh

for wood if you work by hand, you can cut, saw, drill, chisel, etc and you dont need a mask. the moment you use powered tools though you need dust collection and air filtering and sometimes a mask

i built a shelf outside today and the dust was so bad i had to walk away after every cut and wait for it to settle. this was with a breeze too

 No.66913

>>66693
everytime you dont consume, you're not consuming idiot


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 No.62533[Reply]

Hello, /hob/. I like military. I also like air defence. Specifically, MANPADS. Today I will tell you about a russian MANPADS 9K38 "Igla", also known as SA-18 "Grouse" by NATO classification. I will teach you the basics of its construction, working principles, how to operate it and how to not die immediately after firing it at an incoming SU-24. Stay tuned, wizards.
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 No.62611

>>62551
Ukrainian army was/is mostly equipped with soviet/russian stuff overall.

 No.66785

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A Luftfaust anti-air "firestorm" launcher and ammo ca be manufactured with a basic 3D printer, some common tools, off-the-shelf chemicals, standard hardware store fittings, and a carbon fiber winding jig (cheap).

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Best way to shoot down a plane is another plane. Otherwise use AAA or SAM; beware SEAD/DEAD planes though.

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>>66800
F-2 is the best version of the F-16

 No.66820

>>62609
those ear tufts are perfect



 No.42968[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

I recently picked up this hobby of watching pop education videos on youtube. History, science, technology, futurology, philosophy etc. It really passes the time. And a quick 10 minute tidbit is very relaxing.

I especially find the science, technology, futurology, AI videos very uplifting from the usual pessimism I dwell on.
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 No.65685

1992 reflections on the Cultural Revolution, with a lot of interviews from former participants.

Just a simple search of youtube yields so many shitty advertising vtubers and infographics, it's like no one invests the time anymore in obtaining primary footage.

 No.66344

its crazy nyc is on the same lat as madrid

 No.66643

I love longform videos reviewing video games. watch people review fnaf and fallout for hours

 No.66780


 No.66781

>>66780
There’s a link in the description to actually download and play the game yourself. It’s really cool


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 No.41994[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Every other board has their own /general/ and it might be better to post about little known hobbies here, rather than have a new thread that gets 2 replies.

How about horseback riding?
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 No.66771

I edit Wikipedia articles.

 No.66773

>>66771
>he does it for free

 No.66774

>>66773
I'm too dumb for subtle vandalism.

 No.66776

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>>66774
Then you must routinely contribute a little to a ruse of your own over time. A little yang in your yin.

 No.66779

>>52693
This hobby sounds pretty cool. The fact you're able to get people to test and break your game at all is also pretty cool. Glad you've been able to somewhat move on to a more rewarding hobby, though.


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