2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film's release. The film stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain and follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists, and the sentient supercomputer HAL to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.

The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. Kubrick avoided conventional cinematic and narrative techniques; dialogue is used sparingly, and there are long sequences accompanied only by music. The soundtrack incorporates numerous works of classical music, including pieces by composers such as Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Aram Khachaturian, and György Ligeti.

The film received diverse critical responses, ranging from those who saw it as darkly apocalyptic to those who saw it as an optimistic reappraisal of the hopes of humanity. Critics noted its exploration of themes such as human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Kubrick the award for his direction of the visual effects. The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.

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  • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    You can add YouTube channels as an RSS feed by taking the channel ID (usually found on the URL of the channel's homepage) and attaching it to the end of this string as such: www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id= <external-channel-id>

    Considering how all invidious/piped instances were sabotaged by Alphabet Inc. RSS feeds are a good backup in case that happens since you can easily stream/download yt videos with mpv and yt-dlp.

    Also RSS Feeds are a good way to communicate your interests to people and share cool stuff. niko-happy

    • moonlake [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      That's cool, thanks for sharing! I've never used a RSS feed, how do I get started?

      • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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        7 months ago

        If you are on GNU/Linux, I recommend NewsFlash, Akregator, and Alligator (in that order). All can be installed from flathub and have all the necessary features for adding and organizing feeds. I personally use NewsFlash.

        If you don't mind using a web platform then you can use the Brief Extension for Firefox otherwise if you're on MacOS/Windows you can use Raven Reader or Fluent Reader.

        • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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          7 months ago

          Since you seem to know a lot about rss feeds, what would you recommend if I want to have it hosted on my server and accessed from multiple other devices? I had freshrss set up but apparently it stored everything inside the container (?) so when I updated I lost all my feeds (??) and it hates all the folders I give it to store data (???) and since I'm already struggling I figured I'd see what else was out there that could replace it.

          • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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            7 months ago

            Im not really well versed in self hosted feeds. If you are having issues with freshrss you should communicate that to upstream and work with the developers/contributors to triage your issue as that sounds like a very serious bug.

            Otherwise I've heard of Nextcloud news being another option if you're willing to set up Nextcloud on your server.

            Good luck!

            • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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              7 months ago

              Thank you, I didn't realize nextcloud had an rss offering. I've wanted to set it up anyway, so that's very convenient.

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      7 months ago

      Also RSS Feeds are a good way to communicate your interests to people and share cool stuff.

      What how??? I desire to communicate my interests and share cool stuff. All the time

      • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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        7 months ago

        The great thing about rss feeds themselves is that they are entirely yours.

        It's not monetized nor is it tied to a third party entity that you have no control over. You are in total control of the content that you curate.

        Some feed readers are proprietary and exist to boost blogposts and serve ads. All that matters is your own personal feed (which is literally just a file at the end of the day, a rarity in VC dominated tech).

        On any curated content site you browse, look for the RSS logo or RSS tab. If it doesn't exist, ask the author/site owner for one. If they don't comply, fuck em. They refused to speak the common language of the internet and aren't worth your time (most sites have rss though, from my experience only shady sites that do email harvesting don't)

        It gets really addicting once you start building your feed up.

        • ashinadash [she/her]
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          7 months ago

          Got a foss rss reader for android by chance? My wife has a killer RSS feed on RSSGuard, might be cool to start one too.