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Websites and blogs of people that attended a Homebrew Website Club Düsseldorf.

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Environmental Impact -Bloomberg: Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30% - The company’s goal to be carbon negative by 2030 required to reduce emissions but they raised by 30% False positives BBC: I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech - “One in 40 alerts so far this year has been a false positive.” National Library of Medicine: Can incorrect artificial intelligence (AI) results impact radiologists, and if so, what can we do about it?

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🎬 The Royal Hotel

Movie poster for “The Royal Hotel”.

This really drew me in. It gets increasingly menacing and suspenseful. I think this movie really succeeds in showing how frightening (dangerous even) and really uncomfortable it can be as a young woman (waitress) amongst a horde of men.

Acting was 👌. Hearing some Aussie accent was, too.

Anyhow, I'll now have a Dickin's Cider (sorry! 🫣).

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🎬 Pearl

Movie poster for “Pearl”.

Liked how this looked. Loved Mia Goth's acting, in particular her long monologue and that end scene where she makes faces for a minute or two. The plot could have been a little more focused, but overall a well-rounded, well-entertaining film.

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How To (Not) Prepare for a 10k Run

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My 28th Birthday - Words of Remembrance & Love to Myself

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🔗 April 2023 – Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal

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You like photos? Here are some more!

The birthdays continue. It's Easter. Another studio visit. Beyond Tellerrand conference. A poker night. And the all the stuff in between.

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The Sacred Duty of an Artist - To Hold the Highest Vision Possible

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🎬 Split

Movie poster for “Split”.

I liked Anya Taylor-Joy's performance. And James McAvoy is good, too. But the movie as a whole did not grip me. I just didn't find it suspenseful. The main character is not menacing enough. And there's way too much going on, and as a result the plot suffers. A bit of an eye-roller.

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🔗 March 2023 – Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal

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I’m on a roll!

Three birthdays and a studio visit.

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Born in the Shadows

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How to Listen to The Inner Child in the Face of Turmoil

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🎬 Late Night with the Devil

Movie poster for “Late Night with the Devil”.

Such a great plot and so well executed. I assume this is a pretty low budget film, and all the more respect to make it so entertaining. Spooky, suspenseful, with great acting and some nice gory special effects.

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🎬 Peeping Tom

Movie poster for “Peeping Tom”.

It was late when we started this, and I didn't pay full attention the whole time. But this was still a fantastic surprise. A great story with a really creepy dude and a lot of suspense. Never seen it in a movie old movie like this. But it did remind me of Psycho. Generally this was pretty Hitchcock-like. And Hitchcock I like. And so do I like this one. Recommended!

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🎬 Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Movie poster for “Four Flies on Grey Velvet”.

*sigh* Argento! He has really good ideas and can certainly film those, too. But the crazy outrageous story and unbelievable dialogue still annoys me.

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🔗 February 2023 – Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal

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Here are some fresh and ice cold photos!

Ski vacation in Austria and Elfi's birthday.

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📖 Wer jetzt noch umblättert ist selber schuld - 10 Jahre The Hirsch Effekt aus der Sicht von mir – Nils Wittrock

Im Gegensatz zu Nicole bin ich nicht der größte „The Hirsch Effekt“-Fan. Aber dieses Buch des Sänger-Gitarristen hat mich dann doch interessiert.

Das Hörbuch ist von ihm selber gelesen, und er erzählt alle möglichen Geschichten und Anekdoten, die er mit der Band über die Jahre so erlebt hat. Fand ich sehr interessant und unterhaltsam. Und ich kann das jedem empfehlen, der auch in Bands spielt oder gespielt hat.

Ich fand gut, dass Nils an einer Stelle einfach mal so rülpst. Ja, ich bin einfach zu begeistern.

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🎬 Maybe... Maybe Not

Movie poster for “Maybe... Maybe Not”.

Haha. Hab den seit meinen Teenager-Tagen nicht gesehen. Und jetzt kam der im Kino, was ich mir nicht entgehen lassen konnte. Ich fand den früher definitiv besser, aber es war trotzdem ein lustiges Unterfangen. Es ist alles sehr Klischeehaft und die Gags sind vielleicht überholt, aber unterhaltsam ist es allemal. Joachim Krol, Rufus Beck und Armin Rohde sind Gold! Ich bereue nichts. ;-)

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🎬 Caché

Movie poster for “Caché”.

Been putting off writing about this one. I guess this could be somewhat watched as a straight crime/voyeur story. But it’s much more subtle than this. It’s also a lot about the relationships and reactions of its characters. And it certainly has its surprising twists – I totally overlooked the detail in the final scene, even though I was looking for something like this. Anyhow, it‘s a good movie and probably better on a second watch. But I‘m not sure if I will.

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🔗 January 2023 – Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal

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What!? A new journal entry!

Starting the new year in and around Düsseldorf.

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