π₯³ Welcome to the Public Domain: creative works from 1930 & sound recordings published in 1925! Duke Law's video highlights some of the most anticipated works entering the #publicdomain in 2026!
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πΎ Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnieβs dog in THE PICNIC (1930). Heβd get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
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@LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @internetarchive I'm not sure that counts with these or the Hardy Boys, considering how long they were in (are?) in print, I remember these being in the bookstores when I was a kid in the 80s.
As I recall, both Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew stories would be updated periodically to remain relevant (e.g., the type of dancing being done, clothing descriptions, cars and other tech). I would assume that copyright for those later revisions remains in place, just the original 1930 text is now in the public domain.
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A new method βrechargesβ battery waste material to release lithium. It eliminates the need for harsh chemicals and energy-intensive smelting, offering a valuable path for green energy transition.
Its bad enough that we have very few chargers here, but the weird part is we're not getting any new. Seriously, was just checking a site showing new chargers in the area or coming, EVGo has four coming in, all on the Illinois side, on the Missouri side, the good news is we're getting three Ionna stations... The bad news is that two of them I know as replacements for current stations, a Francis energy at Wally's, and the chargers at Schnucks in Warrenton. I'd really like to know why we're not getting chargers, even companies like Circle K who has there own charging network, and is expanding here (I know of three new stations coming in), isn't installing any chargers at the new or existing stations. Ditto for WalMart who's building their own network.
Honestly I might not be against a central database considering my experience with the current system, where my AZ driver's license got suspended because my non-existent NJ driver's license got suspended. How does that work? The states all share data about licenses, but there's no oversight on the accuracy, got a problem, go deal with the agency that screwed up. At least with a central database, you only have one agency to deal with, and the local branch can fix it without you having to travel across the country to sort things out.
@Bruce Heerssen Then depends on your skin colour and what you have on you, its whatever document you don't have on you, whether such a document exists or not.
Well, it was up to the state to follow the national requirements. The documents that I was required to provide are the basic citizenship documents. Birth certificate, passport, proof of residence. That should be the minimum in all states. There is no need for a "national database" of citizens other than the ones that already exist, IRS, SS for instance.
@Mark Wollschlager Thing is, from my experience I think there already is one, I can't imagine each state contacting the other 49 for updates, but who runs it? If there's a mistake who do you contact? Who's accountable for that database? In my experience, no one, something that needs to change. Sure, I'd rather there wasn't one at all, but they do need to keep track of who's licensed where and what points they have left... I mean how many points on their license.
βThe Trump administration is closing NASAβs largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals β many of them not digitized or available anywhere else. Jacob Richmond, a NASA spokesman, said the agency would review the library holdings over the next 60 days and some material would be stored in a government warehouse while the rest would be tossed away.β
A former writer for South Park foresaw Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center and had the foresight to register the domain names trumpkennedycenter dot org and dot com back in August. JFK's niece thanked him for doing so. Of course, the Trump-controlled board now wants their domain name and threatened legal action. His response is brilliant.
I've been out of music for a while and am looking to get back into bass. About to order some strings for my Schecter Stiletto Custom-6 (35" scale length, 6-string), as the old strings are *very* rusted by now.
When I first started with a Squier Jazz bass (4-string), I adored the tone and feel of flat-wounds on it. But I'm looking now for a brighter tone that cuts through and really accentuates the high notes of the G and C strings on my 6-string bass. I like some chord work and countermelody, with a punchier sound.
Anybody bassists out there with some good string recommendations? I know what I like on guitar, but I never quite settled into a particular set of strings for my bass.
Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate in a year-end special election, keeping Republicans from reclaiming two-thirds control of the chamber and Legislature.
Never call the USA "America" as a shorthand when talking to a bunch of Brazilians, they WILL call you out on it.
Honestly, I deserve it, it'd peeve me off too if someone consistently used "Europe" to refer specifically to Britain (which does happen sometimes, but not nearly as often)
The basic problem is that the USA just sort of... forgot to name their country, "The United States of America" isnt a name, it's a description, and if you have a name for every country in America except for one, it's really easy to just call it America, cus if I meant Brazil, or Chile or Canada, I'd say Brazil, or Chile or Canada, or Peru, Argentina etc. etc.
Question for any #PeerTube users or instance owners who have opened registration to the public.
What is the average amount of storage space given per account?
Iβm thinking of opening up my instance for new registration, and I want to know what the average space given is so that I can know how many people I can accept at my current storage size.
I want to give back to the Fediverse that I love so much, and this is my way of doing it.
My hope is that I can bring on some people who really want to use their accounts and will help support the instance as it grows so that we can open it up too even more people.
Who knows? Maybe it will someday inspire someone to open their own instance, and do the same for others?
And if it doesnβt work out, at least I made the effort right? Better to try and fail than not to try at all.
After looking through a ton of instances it seems the average amount given to users is around 5 gigs. Which means if my storage is at 45 gigs, then I could add around 5-6 people and then if anyone wants more space, I'd have to solicit donations to increase the storage.
Fedihost (my host) offers me the following extra storage...
10 gigs comes with new PeerTube instance. 35 gigs for $6 more. 100 gigs for $16 more. 300 gigs for $45 more. 500 gigs for $72 more. 1000 gigs for $140 more.
So to get that 45 gigs I would just have to pay $6 more a month. That's fine, I can handle that.
I'm thinking of offering more space to people who are willing to donate on a monthly basis. Obviously I'm not looking to make any profit. Whatever the amount they feel that they need, I'll charge whatever extra it costs in storage.
(That is of course unless people are grateful enough to donate enough that I can just raise it for everyone.)
Not open, I made some considerations. No concrete numbers though:
How much space and traffic do you have unused now? How much more - money would you invest, to increase dpace and traffic? - time would you invest to moderate videos according to the instance rules Any users that are reliably moderating new uploads? Is/should your instance known for longer or shorter videos? What quality do you expect to upload users 720p vs 4k is a huge difference in space. Also how often would a creator upload a video: everyday vlogging/live streaming? Or rather once a month 1-2 edited videos?
how about an experiment? I've proposed, on more than one occasion, that we should create instances for people to simply hold follows, likes, playlists and to comment without the need for an upload quota at all. Essentially just a database π€·
You'd still be offering a great service but without the deep commitment.
I'd love to see an official server like this by join.peertube.com for people to test/play with, but I'm not sure they understand the utility of this approach.
@ozoned @lps @jandi @eloquer of course. Itβs because itβs βmanaged hostingβ. Iβm paying for someone else to do all of the maintenance work. Still. That seems like a big mark up.
βI'll say, I do not think going with FediHost is a bad idea at all. But yeah, I have to do a lot of admin work for TubeFree and have needed a lot of help. Managed hosting is definitely going to be different. Changing your car's oil vs taking it to the shop and pay someone to change it.
Iβve made it clear on my instance that Iβm only looking to bring in 4 new people. Registration is set for approval by admin. So I should be okay. Thanks for looking out for me!
#OTD Dec. 31, 1775, the newly-formed Continental Army tried and failed to take Quebec City and with it Canada or the Province of Quebec.
American troops had already taken Montreal and Trois-Rivières and only needed to capture and hold Quebec City to make Canada the 14th colony.
It was a foundational moment for Canada that is largely forgotten both north and south of the border.
I write about this collective amnesia today in the @globeandmail (paywall) and why Canadians would be better able to deal with Mr. Trumpβs threats if they had a better knowledge of their history.
The idea that Canada should be American did not begin with Mr. Trump and is unlikely to end with him.
The Trump administration has pushed these restrictions by citing health reasons, but past research suggests that they'll be costly and complicated to implement.
@πΏπΆππΆ "not yet begun to fight" The secret organizion mislabeled as the illuminati has always existed. They are just the rich and powerful doing all the things they claimed their enemies were doing. The real illuminati existed to fight it but just like many of them got egos in the way and collapsed
This administration runs on vengeance. If itβs not Donald Trump aiming the DOJ at his personal enemies, itβs the DOJ itself taking a shotgun approach to justice (read: filling it full oβ¦
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in reply to π΄ Seph π πΎ • • •@vextaur I suppose not, though I was reading Nancy Drew in the late 1960s...I have no idea when they were written - do you know?
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in reply to WIST Quotations • • •@wistquotes Fascinating !
I had no idea...
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in reply to LillyLyle/Count Melancholia • •@LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @internetarchive @WIST Quotations Here you go, all kinds of neat info
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