2001; A Space Odyssey

I generally like older, slower paced movies. The Bridge over the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Guns of Navarone are all great movies, despite them being very dated in some regards. With that in mind, I decided to give the movie a try, it being a very famous classic and all. Despite that, my expectations weren’t unrealistically high, but the movie still fell very short.

So, it consists of four chapters/acts, basically. The first one (with the monkeys) was very “meh” and could have been shorter, but I didn’t mind it too much because, again, old movie. The second act on the moon was better, but honestly was “OK” in my books. The third act, now that was really good in my opinion. I though; “looks like the story is really taking off now!” And then came act 4…

I thought that, while the beginning wasn’t great, it was still perfectly salvagable if the ending was decent. Here is where it fell really short, in my opinion. It is, in essence, just a light show with music. Now sure, I bet that for the time that was all very advanced, so I want to give them credit. But it didn’t need to last for 15 fucking minutes! Even for that time, that is extremely long. I found myself starting to skip ahead to see if anything else was going to happen. And it did, I guess. Wasn’t exactly blown away though.

Now what I think they were trying to achieve was what we now typically describe as eldritch horror, to see something we simply cannot fathom. And I think they did that very well with the tools that they had. But it was just way too long, and that thoroughly put the nail in the coffin for me.

Stop forcing Wayland into everything! Wayland just isn’t ready for this yet. My workflow requires five hopperclocks with different timings hooked up to an RS-snorlatch and inverse T-flip-flop. Wayland just doesn’t support that, and there are no signs that it ever will. I’ll stick with vanilla redstone, thank you very much.

Certainly a slop quality update

IIRC, When a staff of the magi snaps, it explodes. So the party will die either way. You’re just gonna have to decide whether you want a shiny item or not :P

An old one, but the Emperor from Gladiator. His death is among the most satisfying in movie history. Absolutely amazing performance by Joaquin Phoenix.

The hand has only four fingers

Or just a flyer that reads something along the lines of: “If these were bombs, Putin would have failed you. Thankfully, we are more civilised than that”

I saw an ad yesterday for AI to generate product pictures. They’re not even hiding that AI is primarily a tool for conmen.

Oh good, I was getting worried about what the wording implied. Many thanks :)

Five guy style twice fried French fries.

Wait, are typical fries in the US only fried once?!

To add, not just the scope in geographical terms, but also the fact that they have been around for more than a thousand years. Several (not all) of the abusing priests were abused themselves. It’s a rot that has roots measured in centuries, and I doubt we will ever see the full extent of it.

1/5 stars, this IKEA cheese kit came without the necessary screws!

That does explain Norsemen being the way it is. Highly recommended btw. It pulls zero punches, but because it is so ridiculous, it’s hard to take it seriously.

Move over Florida Man, Osaka Man had entered the Arena

I’ve seen many. Personally I like going to movie theaters because it is a great way to vote with your wallet. Many movies coming out these days are pure nostalgiaslop; remakes or sequels nobody asked for. I will not under any circumstances pay to see them. But I will happily pay to see something new and original. Most recently I’ve seen “Lee” and “Juror #2” which were both absolutely wonderful. I am eyeing Project Hail Mary too!

Yeah no doubt this is probably old news for some, but since I’m not in the habit of browsing stock photos, it took a bit longer for me :)

I thought that was some sort of scar/tattoo initially, but yeah it looks to be an interpretation of hair. For me the first giveaway was the neck protection thingy, it is asymmetrical, has nonsensical half-existing symbols, and it has a pointy thing on the right.

I think you misunderstand OP’s point then. The complaint is not just about the result, but also very much about the direction. The fact that, if Nvidia chooses to pursue this, games running on their GPUs may all be visually tampered with in a way that ignores the creator’s intent and the user’s wish. Could you imagine a world where every game looks exactly the same and uses the same fake faces? It would be incredibly dulling and boring, in my opinion.

Not only that, but puts on tinfoil hat this might enable Nvidia to insert their own desired images into games. Ads or propaganda insertion into our escapism is not too far fetched, and given how unprofitable AI is, it would be an easy way to suddenly make it profitable.

Roll20. I play D&D twice a week, and the paid features (increased storage & dynamic lighting) are absolutely worth it. It’s not even super expensive; just $60/year. Totally worth it for how often I use it!

If you haven’t done so yet, the next time you start the game, stay in the start menu for a while

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