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New comment by fallinditch in "Schlitz Is Gone, but First It's Getting One Last Hurrah"

fallinditch — Sun, 24 May 2026 09:29:23 +0000

See

Oh, Schlitz: How a Historic Ad Campaign Helped Kill America’s Biggest Beer Brand

https://vinepair.com/articles/schlitz-history-ad-campaign

New comment by fallinditch in "Schlitz Is Gone, but First It's Getting One Last Hurrah"

fallinditch — Sun, 24 May 2026 08:04:53 +0000

After sales slumped in the 70s they created a disastrous advertising campaign which is a case study in customer alienation: effectively 'drink Schlitz or I'll kill you' :-

https://youtu.be/hC8mqPLHDVU

https://youtu.be/f_baloTGt5M

The Plan to Make American Crime Obsolete (A16Z Show)

fallinditch — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:09:18 +0000

Article URL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3leFhrUTOzmhoqQwS8F4BR

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48180159

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Bieke Depoorter – A Magnum photographer exploring portraiture

fallinditch — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:29:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGZDrpCTKRM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48171010

Points: 1

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New comment by fallinditch in "Book Club: 100 best novels of all time"

fallinditch — Sat, 16 May 2026 20:05:48 +0000

Got any recommendations?

I don't really have any complaints about this list, but I would include:

The Castle - Franz Kafka

American Tabloid - James Ellroy

The Inheritors - William Golding

American Pastoral - Philip Roth

The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler

Book Club: 100 best novels of all time

fallinditch — Sat, 16 May 2026 17:43:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162252

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by fallinditch in "Be Weird – Doing the opposite is now a strategy"

fallinditch — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:48:49 +0000

Haha tricky one. Presumably AI will get better at mimicking humaness - including being weird when called for. Then we'll have to exhibit increasingly strange and divergent qualities in order to signpost our biological origin?

Ice vests or daily cold showers could help people lose weight, study finds

fallinditch — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:45:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/15/ice-vest-daily-cold-showers-weight-loss

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154921

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

Be Weird – Doing the opposite is now a strategy

fallinditch — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:58:14 +0000

Article URL: https://tinyempires.substack.com/p/be-weird

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154455

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

Chris Hohn's fund slashes $8B Microsoft stake in warning over AI disruption

fallinditch — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:00:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/639703f3-064c-4065-96dc-11a9dfd6d83c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088559

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by fallinditch in "What makes a good smartphone camera?"

fallinditch — Wed, 06 May 2026 20:01:24 +0000

Yes, good point. When I look at prints from the 200MP files I like the amount of detail, but the sharpening is quite obvious.

New comment by fallinditch in "What makes a good smartphone camera?"

fallinditch — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:33:34 +0000

I sometimes use the 200MP mode on my phone - it does render more detail in images and sometimes that's what I want.

To counter the unnatural look of noise reduction I often add a film grain effect.

New comment by fallinditch in "Appearing productive in the workplace"

fallinditch — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:08:33 +0000

Increasingly, there is a disconnect between established operational/corporate systems and the new AI-enhanced powers of individual workers.

The over-production of documents is just one symptom. It's clear that organizations are struggling to successfully evolve in the era of worker 'superpowers'. Probably because change is hard!

Perhaps this is indicative of a failure of imagination as much as anything? The AI era is not living up to its potential if workers are given superpowers, but they are not empowered to use them effectively.

Empowered teams and individuals have more accountability and ownership of business outcomes - this points to a need for flatter hierarchies and enlightened governance, supported by appropriate models of collaboration and reporting (AI helps here too!).

In the OP article the writer IMHO reached the wrong conclusion about their colleague who built a system that didn't work - this sounds like the sort of initiative that should be encouraged, and perhaps the failure here points to a lack of technical support and oversight of the colleague's project.

Now more than ever organizations need enlightened leadership who have flexible mindsets and who are capable to envisioning and executing radicle organizational strategies.

New comment by fallinditch in "Nobody Here – 'The Story of Vaporwave' (2026) – Full Movie"

fallinditch — Tue, 05 May 2026 03:16:47 +0000

Thanks, I will check those out.

Here's the archive of Kmart muzak tapes that provided a lot of material for vaporwave:

https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers?hl=en-US

Nobody Here – 'The Story of Vaporwave' (2026) – Full Movie

fallinditch — Tue, 05 May 2026 02:00:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kNqw7UdENg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017244

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by fallinditch in "New mechanical panoramic film camera from Jeff Bridges"

fallinditch — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:37:02 +0000

You can get a new panoramic film camera for $69 - the Sprocket Rocket [1]. It makes images with grungy lomography charm - edges are soft but center is surprisingly sharp for a plastic lens. I really like the look of the images it produces. It has a hot shoe and a bulb setting.

[1] https://shop.lomography.com/us/sprocket-rocket-35-mm-film-pa...

New comment by fallinditch in "We need a federation of forges"

fallinditch — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:20:24 +0000

Yes, excellent primer of atproto, nice one!

Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns

fallinditch — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:06:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/29/geese-outcry-phoney-virality-music-fans-hype

Hacker News: fallinditch

New comment by fallinditch in "Schlitz Is Gone, but First It's Getting One Last Hurrah"

New comment by fallinditch in "Schlitz Is Gone, but First It's Getting One Last Hurrah"

The Plan to Make American Crime Obsolete (A16Z Show)

Bieke Depoorter – A Magnum photographer exploring portraiture

New comment by fallinditch in "Book Club: 100 best novels of all time"

Book Club: 100 best novels of all time

New comment by fallinditch in "Be Weird – Doing the opposite is now a strategy"

Ice vests or daily cold showers could help people lose weight, study finds

Be Weird – Doing the opposite is now a strategy

Chris Hohn's fund slashes $8B Microsoft stake in warning over AI disruption

New comment by fallinditch in "What makes a good smartphone camera?"

New comment by fallinditch in "What makes a good smartphone camera?"

New comment by fallinditch in "Appearing productive in the workplace"

New comment by fallinditch in "Nobody Here – 'The Story of Vaporwave' (2026) – Full Movie"

Nobody Here – 'The Story of Vaporwave' (2026) – Full Movie

New comment by fallinditch in "New mechanical panoramic film camera from Jeff Bridges"

New comment by fallinditch in "We need a federation of forges"

Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns

The sounds you never noticed in Bohemian Rhapsody

Bruce Davidson – His landmark Subway series and his path to Magnum