It’s a good improvement. They needed this years ago (or ideally, when they first started using snaps).

You should absolutely go for this, and don’t let yourself be disheartened if it doesn’t work out this time or in this specific opportunity - that competition is open to “all photographers on the planet Earth”, and from those submissions, will select a couple of hundred finalists. Those are pretty hard numbers to work with (for both the submitters and selectors).

Framing rejection letters is a pretty good way to let yourself laugh at it if it doesn’t work out.

Remember that you’ve got some interesting, fun and beautifully shot photographs, and that there’s many similar opportunities around - which you should also go for, regardless of how well this particular one goes :)

Are you trying to upset Captain Picard?

If you want a quick fix before reframing, you should be able to fit some small angle plates (screwfix - angle plates) to the corners for a bit of reinforcement. I’d suggest doing the other corners in the same way.

You can put a little sticky felt bumper pad on the back if you want to avoid the edges of the metal scratching the wall.

A good “plan B” :)

I’ve used Kdenlive for years, so ask if you have any questions - though I’m unsure where to ask - I’m not sure if there’s a “Linux Video Editing”, “Linux Creative Software” or “Kdenlive” specific bit of Lemmy. Anyway, if you have a question, put it somewhere it will be found :)

[Edit] There are both Kdenlive and Linux Video Editing communities :)

https://lemmy.ml/c/kdenlive
https://lemmy.zip/c/kdenlive
https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/linux_video_editing

(I know there’s a way of linking these that works better, but I can’t remember how to do it)

I remember it being a pain to install on Mint or Ubuntu, some years ago (probably when they first made a Linux version available).

I did definitely eventually get it running, but found it a bit underwhelming compared to Kdenlive, so haven’t really bothered trying it more recently.

There’s a script which apparently converts the installer into one more compatible with Debian/Ubuntu/Mint, which may work.

I’ve not tried it myself, so at your own risk:

danieltufvesson.com/makeresolvedeb

Might be worth a try with this?

Are you trying to install Linux Mint, the operating system, or trying to install a particular program on Linux Mint? If it’s a particular program, what is it?

If you’ve ever used a video editor before, it’s very intuitive and easy to use, and perfectly capable of professional results in most cases.

Save often, though :)

I liked the first album, but after signing for that major label, the sound was just too mainstream.

I think that’s a weirder scale than the one I’m using.

They are naturally imbalanced though (and they’re slightly different for posts and comments) - in some sense they are for increasing and decreasing visibility, promoting and demoting i.e.

upvote being “I liked this so much I think more people should see it”

no-vote “I don’t care about this, or dislike it - I don’t think it should he seem by more people”

downvote then being “I hate this so much I wish to actively stop other people seeing it”.

Perhaps an easier way of looking at it, is you go to see a gig, and the band finishes a song - if you like it, you applaud loudly. If you don’t like it, you stay silent, or give a half-arsed polite applause. If you hate it, or find it offensive, you actively attempt to “booooooooo” them off the stage.

It may of course just be cultural differences about positivity and negativity.

In the other hand, it may of course just be me, being weird :)

I’d still upvote something if it contributed to the conversation/discussion/argument, even if i personally didn’t agree with what the person is saying.

If it didn’t really contribute anything, I’d leave it blank.

Not really, I would say I take them as intended.

I wouldn’t downvote something unless it was hateful, bigoted, offensive, bullying or so horribly wrong as to be offensive. [Edit] or spam.

Yeah, but what about downvotes?

That’s like 15 people walking up to you to say “I liked that, thank you”, but then one person comes up to you, calls you a cunt and punches you in the face.

So far, I’ve never heard this. I hope it becomes “uncool” quickly enough that I never do.

That’s some damn fine maths, thank you :)

The point is to spend hours travelling across the universe looking for an Earth-like planet, with green grass, blue skies and relatively safe temperatures, instead of just going outside in real life.

They’ll get round to it. They’re doing the graphics first. They’re currently making individual 3D models of “all the stars”.

• Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet (written by British comedian Alasdair Beckett-King who is occasionally on the telly)
• Yorkshire Gubbins

I think there’s free “prequels” or other ones from both series, if you wanted to test your reaction to the humour.

Those were just rare special edition sharks. The rest of the sharks were just normal ones.