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5,600 | The kids who hated him gradually started accepting him as they grew older and realize he's part of their generation of music. That's my take on things. I hated a lot of the popular music back in the late 90s, early 00s. I eventually grew to love them. | Not really, its just that Purpose isnt the worst album and he seems to have calmed down. He is still a dick in my eyes because of his past actions but now im basically indefferent to him. Especially because I dont hear about him so often. |
5,601 | She's one of the only new (well, relatively new) pop artists out now that has enough talent to do something as risky as put out a jazz album. I listened to it and it's actually really good. I can see why Tony loves her. I can't imagine any other new pop artist at the moment doing something like this and pulling it off so well. | check out his duet albums... him and amy winehouse did body and soul together. |
5,602 | watch them all in order, except for The Last Stand. I've completely erased that one from my memory. | Normally I'd be right there with you, but from what I can gather from the viral site, the future of DoFP builds off of the events of X3, so I think it will play a part. Sadly... |
5,603 | I guess I'm lucky that my fiance lets me ramble on for as long as I need to. She just smiles and nods and tells me she supports me no matter what. I know she has no idea what the fuck I'm talking about. | She's a good sport, my boyfriend is the same. He helps me book shop and listens to me go on about sexually abusing fowls. Probably secretly wants me to STFU, though. |
5,604 | That or you've donated a lot of money to a political party, made a lot of money in business or been a senior politician. | True but they don't tend to get the fanfare the more deserving ones do so as not to have anyone look to close. |
5,605 | This is the internet, where EA was voted the worst company in America because people didn't like their games... | It wasn't the games, it was the business practices around downloadable content, microtransactions, etc. |
5,606 | Please, try to convince me why I should like the happening. | I won't convince you, but it puts into perspective what man is doing to nature, and what if nature faught back somehow or if the roles were reversed. A lot of M Shyamalan's movies have a deep message about society as a whole. Again, I liked it, and like most of his movies. |
5,607 | Do you not get how rotten tomatoes works? as long as the critics somewhat enjoy the movie it gets a good rating. fun but safe movies that everyone can enjoy are going to get high approval ratings. The Avengers was made to reach as wide an audience as possible. Avengers isn't a masterpiece but it's accessible. Although saying it's a basic movie sort of sells it short. It's general plot is basic but it was also the culmination of 5 movies that came before it. Which makes the film quite an achievement. It was able to deliver an incredible payoff to viewers. | Yeah, that is very true. I still liked it, don't get me wrong. I guess it was an achievement too. It was just not stylistically my type of movie. I guess that is why alot of movies that are like 55-75% can still be as good as a movie in the 90s or as bad as a movie in the 30s. |
5,608 | I said he's a great author, but that his lifetime achievement has been somewhat tainted by the last years. That's a big and relevant point regarding his biography and I don't see why it shouldn't be brought into the discussion of his legacy. | Absolutely, but he just died, and instead of talking about his huge body of work and long life, you went for the end times jugular mate. I absolutely agree with you that everything should be discussed but at least give it 6 hours before hand! |
5,609 | I think he means 'Head Radio', a radio station in Grand Theft Auto III. Maybe that's what he meant. | "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo. I'm pretty sure that's what he meant. |
5,610 | I don't think they're aiming for Avengers money. I think Age of Ultron money is fair enough, but I also think they're prepared for the worst. The LEAST I could see this movie making is $750m worldwide. I don't think it will exceed $1.4 billion worldwide, though. | >The LEAST I could see this movie making is $750m worldwide. Yeah, *worst* case scenario that seems fair, but man would that sting if it happened. >I don't think it will exceed $1.4 billion worldwide, though. Eh. Yeah, that might be a fair assessment. |
5,611 | Devil in the White City is great but I wouldn't call that a non-fiction. It's a dramatization of real events which has strong historic merit, especially the World Expo parts. | When you say dramatization, do you mean it is technically a novel? Would it be better classified as extremely historically-accurate historical fiction? I guessed it is nonfiction because *In the Garden of Beasts* is certainly nonfiction. |
5,612 | Alt-country that is basically rock: Drive-by Truckers (Decoration Day, Never Gonna Change, Outfit, After the Scene Dies) Cross Canadian Ragweed (Lighthouse Keeper, Dimebag, Wanna Rock and Roll (live)) Chris Knight (Carla Came Home, North Dakota, To Get Back Home) Reckless Kelly (Little Blossom, Pure Quill) | If you're talking DBT, I have to add Jason Isbell (live from Alabama would be my album pick) |
5,613 | There's misoginy in good books but not this particular brand of misoginy. | ... are you sure? Are you *really* sure it’s not a pervasive problem? |
5,614 | You know, I thought that would've only been the older phones. I had a Nokia Lumia 830 and boy was that a tough phone. It survived more hits than my HTC One M8. | Sadly I had a 1020 and it bit the dust on a 2 ft fall onto carpet. I guess it's all a game of angles :-( |
5,615 | The other 2 books in the altered carbon series are fun, but less noir. | If you're going to swap bodies, you might as well swap genres at the same time ;) "OK Kovacs, you've been on stack for 30 years, you're on Sanction IV, your sleeve is combat-enhanced, and just to make you aware are now in a military scifi" |
5,616 | Definitely the Avett Brothers. I haven't listened to any of their albums the same way since I first saw them live. | They have at least one great live album, I know they've put out a couple (I think I have vol. 3). I saw them live in 2015 and loved them so much I'm going to see them again in LA next month. |
5,617 | I wish I could remember names and name of streets, locations, too. At least I remember people faces and I can tell the ones I know. And I know places by reference points and important buildings. But people names... I don't even know the names of my relatives, cousins, etc. | Yeah, I'm the same, and I try so hard, it annoys me a lot. I hear ya with the relatives names too, I have to ask my wife who MY cousins are sometimes. Urgh.... not nice. |
5,618 | It never occurred to me you existed beyond r/airsoft. | Lol great to see another airsofter out here in the wild! |
5,619 | >While pre-installing Google Wallet on phones may boost usage, Google still has to give people good reasons to use the app rather than swiping their card. I got one: it protects your card info in the case of a data breech like target. Google gives the retailer a "virtual" mastercard, which in turn charges your own card. It also accepts any card to use. If there is a breech, all the thieves get is your easily replaceable virtual card, and not your real card. | Good, now make that sexy and marketable. Your average user unfortunately won't care much about that, they should, but they probably won't. |
5,620 | I've heard a lot of news and discussion about artificial intelligence being "humanities greatest threat". From my experience most of the portrayal of them being dangerous has come from science fiction. Moreover no one has created one so it appears to be difficult to predict the actions of one. Is there any reputable evidence that shows artificial intelligence is actually a threat? | It's not that they are or will be. It's that they CAN be. Therefore, we need to take measures to make sure they WON'T. |
5,621 | appropriating rap music for his own benefit while acting like he's above everyone else in the rap game | Yeah there was an article from Noisey posted as well that doesn't portray him in a good light. Sucks, because some of his stuff is good. I wish people that were so well off didn't have to act so persecuted. Like, I'm not "well off", but I have more than enough and I don't act like a fucking child. I am not better than anyone. |
5,622 | Video Games. Amateur Video Editing. That's all that comes to mind, but many games already had 1-2GB as an absolute minimum 5 years ago. Now, that has only gone up to 2-4GB. | Vm workstation. Test beds, study or dev comes to mind also. |
5,623 | While the rest of us just wanna watch movies about those men. | Some people think those movies about those men are actually pretty bleh though. |
5,624 | How do you own all albums and not know this song? | I don't know every song on every album I own. Sometimes you listen to 70% of an album. Or you just throw it in your library and its songs get played on shuffle with other albums' songs. |
5,625 | I think maybe you're conflating Kvothe's time with Felurian and his time with the Adem? I'm not sure I agree that Kvothe is uniformly portrayed as the perfect kid, he's frequently shown to be brash, quick to anger and a little too prideful for his own good. His teachers are continuously trying to hammer into his head that a little care and humility go a long way but he forges ahead anyway usually with some pretty disastrous results. But that's my interpretation and I realize you're really probably wanting Pat's answer more than random other reader #223. | No I meant felurian and Adem were both ridiculous. Also he's perfect in the sense that he's instantly the best musician, metallurgist, courtier, student, socializer, etc. And being a little too brash or proud hardly offsets it. |
5,626 | So now beckons the question - did we loose the WRONG person responsible for the first movie's success? | I don't think so. From a technical standpoint, Deadpool wasn't anything special. If the writers can make another good script, then it'll be fine. |
5,627 | BVS is down to 33% after 129 reviews. It may end up in the mid 20s, right next to big fat greek wedding 2. | Earlier people were telling me how 50 reviews was only a "few" and how once all the reviews were in it'd be about 60-70%. Ummm, no, it's now lower than this morning. |
5,628 | Can't tell if that Roadrunner is ridiculous... or awesome. They sure gimped the wing. Edit: Do downvote away. It's modified--the cowl has been permanently attached and the gaps sealed, and the wing is [half as high as the original] But every comment deserves to be downvoted because everyone on reddit knows more than every other person on reddit. | It is called a Superbird. And the wing is that high to clear the trunk... '70s engineering ;-) |
5,629 | I wouldnt say Black Widow changed sides as much as she understood Cap and how he is and said "Well ok I'm trusting you because you usually have a good moral compass." I fully believe shes still on Tony's side when things are all said and done, I dont think she changed her opinion on heroes signing up for the program in that one moment. | Yeah that's what I meant sorry I wasn't more clear. Good explanation! |
5,630 | Those big words in the Verge always struck me as weird. **ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS WEIRD** Like, those words were already in the article why do I **ALREADY IN THE ARTICLE** read them again? | A lot of magazines do that. I always assumed it had to do with summarising the important or interesting parts of the article or interview to get you to read the whole thing |
5,631 | man I fucking hate background noses...sneaking up on you, trying to smell you without you noticing...so fucking weird! | haha! Typo's fixed! I really shouldn't try to write threads on my phone. |
5,632 | 90/50 or else it would have made a lot of cash. | 90/50?! You need a new maths teacher. Also I meant 50/50 out of those who have seen it. |
5,633 | Depends on where the servers are located. If it's right next to you, you would have minimal latency. Edit: So, when I said right next to you, I didn't mean it as in every house. We already have cell coverage, and it wouldn't even have to be that dense. A server every 200 km? That'd be less than 1 ms latency due to the distance. I live 50 km from the nearest Google server, and when I ping it, I have less than 1 ms ping. | > If it's right next to you, you would have minimal latency. So, not in the cloud then. |
5,634 | My favorite book is actually an old youth book, around 5th grade reading level called "The Starlight Crystal" by Christopher Pike. Its kind of silly in that its such an easy read, but the concepts are vastly above any youth novel these days. A great little read that only takes an hour or two to power through. Good stuff :) | Is that the book where the protagonist goes on a space ship where everyone is killed by aliens, and so she rockets the ship forward through time by breaking the speed of light, only to find that time is cyclical and she meets her younger self? If I'm not mistaken, isn't one of the characters your username? Forgive me if I'm wrong. |
5,635 | Wow, Death Wish... I'm sure young audiences today cannot wait to watch this. If it's one thing people want, it's a remake of a mediocre Charles Bronson film starring a "I don't give a fuck anymore" Bruce Willis. Ben Hur, done that. | They already remade the mechanic and from what I hear thats getting a sequel soon. |
5,636 | The BBC Radio production of Neverwhere is FANTASTIC. My second favorite thing on the radio after Cabin Pressure. | I wanted to read Neverwhere first. Can’t wait for the radio. Ben’s voice as the angel is haunting. |
5,637 | Also feminists complaining a lot about violence against females in movies has increased a lot in recent days. Apoc choaking Mystique on a poster controversy comes to mind. | Basically, yes. They want to have their cake, and eat it too, and constantly avoid the issue of positive discrimination - or [call for anyone who mentions that to be taken down] "World ends, women most affected" |
5,638 | This is the first I've even heard about TIDAL. I'd say he should have marketed better. | There was one little blip like a month ago, "lol super rich super celebrities want more money" it vanished from existence after that though. |
5,639 | Yeah, it's definitely weird how he and Henry Cavill are the same age. | Yeah I definitely didn't see it until this picture, but I think they could match up well on screen now. Him and Ben Affleck too. |
5,640 | Here's a bet only I can win, you child! LOLOLOLOLOL | "LOL" ?? So let me get this straight... you're a guy in his upper thirties who has posted over 100 comments to reddit in the last 24 hours, yesterday being a weekday (you know, that type of day most people spend working) has the social skills of a 16-year-old, and you feel like you... aren't a child? Wow, buddy. Reddit never fails. |
5,641 | How do you break-up a social network? How much of a monopoly are online services when they can't really control a region like retail or utilities? There are other search engines and I don't have to use google. | >How do you break-up a social network? I don't know. I'm hoping maybe you have the answer? I imagine you can't. But just like the Microsoft monopoly, ignoring it doesn't make it go away. > How much of a monopoly are online services when they can't really control a region like retail or utilities? There are other search engines and I don't have to use google. These new technologies require new ways of thinking. We need to discuss how to address these inequalities that are created by a single company controlling search engine results. |
5,642 | The first was probably the best, but three came close. | 3 was very good as a movie in general, but as a superhero movie I felt a little let down. The way they handled Mandarin was funny for sure, but at the same time very very disappointing to some fans. Call him a racist caricature of a villain if you want, but his Ten Rings that give him powers are absolutely awesome and would make a unique villain to oppose Iron Man finally other than just another guy in a suit. Guy Pearce's molten lava body didnt seem so special when all of his henchmen could do it. |
5,643 | Why is vision some kind of superman and ultron well.. A machine | Vision is a robot. Originally Ultron reconstructed him from the orignal Human Torch android from the forties. |
5,644 | Can someone suggest a good alternative to Google for email and calendar? | You could start your search by not panicking. Any company that had access to your Gmail data, had it because you told them they could have it. |
5,645 | As usual, just popular fear-mongering from people who haven't worked around simple AI or even industrial robotics. These fields are already filled with layers of safety measures. Nobody is actually making robots or AI that don't have multiple safety shutdown options. Source: Am currently working on industrial robot. Edit: I'm aware that my robot going rogue isn't the concern here, but I'm trying to express that engineers are already very safety conscious when it comes to uncertain software. | This is right--don't listen to them. Source: Am industrial robot. |
5,646 | Notice that the second download link is for the addon to get rid of the horrid new UI... | I also see the "Browse All Add-ons" link is still a tiny little box on the bottom right of the screen. Never will I understand that. |
5,647 | Could be, I like programming but C is a low level language and that's just no my cup of tea. I guess I just have to force myself through it and look for the bright side to the language. | The enjoyment on a language depends on what you want to accomplish with it. Write the idea you really want to materialize.. |
5,648 | So if a bank robber doesn't kill anyone during the job, it's not a real bank robbery? Nice to know. | No one lose money in bank robbery - is insured. Loss of life would be the only loss. |
5,649 | >Calling Kanye an artist is overstepping in the first place. you just seriously killed any credibility you might have had. kanye is the most consistently critically acclaimed artist over the last 10 years (only arcade fire comes close), including releasing an album that's the most critically acclaimed album since Kid A was released in 2000. he has a huge amount of grammys and his music spawned the careers of huge artists such as drake and frank ocean. calling kanye an artist is a fact by this point. you need to educate yourself | He is an entertainer, and a businessman for sure. There is a huge difference between that and an artist.... And claiming those two as accomplishments isn't convincing me. |
5,650 | This is a really cool idea, I think it's great that you are pursuing it. In your original post Wil Wheaton mentioned that he'd do it and I for one would buy that calendar (actually I'd buy a few of them I have a few friends that would love that.) Edit: typo | Thank you :) We are very excited to see it picking up steam. I'm not sure I saw what you are talking about with Wil Wheaton...our original reddit post? Could you point it out to me? |
5,651 | This is a dishonest article. Under the new law the content must be copyrighted material to be censored. Intellectual material must be approved through a legal process to obtain a copyright, and copyrights do not pertain to freedom of speech. This is a dangerous article which incites paranoia where there is actually just protection of intellectual property. | The biggest issue here is further erosion of fair use, especially with differences in various countries’ definitions of it. If it’s fine in the US but the EU copyright filter flags it, then too bad. You can call it paranoia but it’s already been happening for the last 10-15 years. Legitimate uses of copyrighted material being flagged by automated systems absolutely is a free speech issue if those systems are mandated by law. |
5,652 | I was there too! (well. one of the two back-to-back nights). It was WAY crazier than I expected lol. | What were you expecting, and in what way was it crazy? I saw them last year and they were really good. But it was just them playing their songs in front of a psychedelic backdrop. There was nothing particularly out of the ordinary as far as psych/rock shows go. |
5,653 | It's not a fanboy thing, it's a physics/nature thing. One wouldn't be expected to believe that Betty White could do parkour because of her objective physical statistics. Similarly, one does not expect a former Miss-Universe contestant who currently lacks the muscle mass of actual fighters to be believable as the top, well, fighter, from a warrior culture. I hope she proves me wrong; I look forward to it. But I reserve the right to be skeptical until then. | Now I want to see a parkour movie starring Betty White. |
5,654 | Congress's moral compass and sense of justice to their constituents rather than the rich media companies paying them to extend their monopoly on the dissemination of information. So yeah good luck with that | how do i get that remind me bot? i don't want to forget circa 2017. remind me: january 5th 2017 |
5,655 | Dead flag blues.. It's probably the only way to make my friends and relatives listen to this masterpiece.. | Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada is my favorite album, they're unbelievable |
5,656 | Glad you mentioned Eggers. I mentioned YSKOV above. Excellent author. | I loved that one. Definitely read Zeitoun if you haven't already, it'll blow your mind and piss you off for awhile. |
5,657 | They'll spend the money, they do whatever the city council says. You just actually have to get the public to vote yes for the tax increase. There's your real issue. | Not really. The police have a lot of influence over local politics. That's why they don't wear video cameras now. |
5,658 | > There, there. After I finished *Snowden's* chapter I never thought of war the same again. Like most boys I fantasized and glorified combat. After that chapter I put the book down and was a different person. I can't think of many works of art that had that effect on me. | I think you've convinced me to try it again. |
5,659 | They should use people like Pitbull and Flo-Rida, it's what Vince McMahon would do. | People love to trash certain artists but a Pitbull halftime show would be hype as fuck. |
5,660 | At $18.00 a cd though? That's a bit ridiculous. | Yeah I know, I'm not trying to advertise for her, just getting her some recognition. You can listen to everything on her site, and you can buy the mp3 off amazon for $9.85 I believe. |
5,661 | I don't think it was so much "let's be friends now" as "holy shit, he has a Mom too, just like me, and they even share the same name... What have I become?" It was more about Batman coming to realize he had totally lost his way than anything to do with Martha kent. I also liked the movie. I didn't like Lex at all, my one point of disdain for the film but I thoroughly enjoyed the rest. I wasn't expecting a best picture nominee here, and I got exactly what I went in for and went home happy. It's not a perfect film by any means, but a perfectly entertaining one. | They were cracking jokes with each other a half hour later though. |
5,662 | He takes all music and jazzes it up. He's done Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg to People Equal Shit by Slipknot to theme songs of various sitcoms to Friday by Rebecca Black. | His version of Gin and Juice is on of my favourite covers. Absolutely fantastic. |
5,663 | I must be in the minority here, but I absolutely loved *Interstellar*! *edit: I can totally see why people don't like it though* | I agree with you - it was amazing. Intelligent casting builds off of the reputation an actor gains for characters he's already played - that way you can reverse expectations and surprise people. We had Private Ryan, marooned on an ice world, but less a caricature and more a corruptible spirit. Matt McCoughnahay - if you haven't seen Mud or True Detective, you're missing out on what this guy can do. And Anne Hathaway, more amazing when her beauty is understated. Intelligent, real, complex. It was a great story. |
5,664 | Patent based on open source? They don't hold the original copyright, so prior art much? Should be open and shut. | It takes resources to get a patent overturned. If they can defend the patent longer than the average challenger can sustain their challenge..... |
5,665 | I edit audio from speakers at my club and there are tons of these little tics and pauses and things like that, even when reading from a script or prepared presentation. It's not something you'd notice in person, but is painfully obvious in a recording. | Yep. When people complain about interviews being edited it's fair enough with regards to taking statements out of context to change the meaning but you have to trim and tighten or it's just painful to listen to. I remember someone complaining that an interview they'd done had been edited down when all we'd done was remove the countless repetitions of 'umm', 'uuh', 'the thing is' and 'what I'm saying is', to make them sound more cogent. |
5,666 | You would probably love the heck out of [The Planets] by Holst. | Holy shit, how have I never heard this? I hear elements of modern day soundtracks all over it, not just Williams'. |
5,667 | A teen drinks milk, hangs out with his friends, and listens to Beethoven (especially the 9th) | If this was the only description I was allowed before watching this film for the first time, I would shit my pants in excitement. |
5,668 | "I'm angry at this straw man I invented reddit give my upvotes." | Interestingly, calling an argument that is not a strawman a strawman and then ridiculing it for being a strawman argument is in fact a strawman argument. |
5,669 | I've got an In Bruges poster on my wall where they have Ray sulking with his hands in his pockets as the body with one arm with a pistol photoshopped on and one arm with a beer photoshopped on. Three separate scenes from the movie frankensteined into a third of the poster, but it cracks me up. | I really dug that movie when I saw it by chance a couple years back. Anything you know that feels similar? |
5,670 | If you have a specific need like the heart rate monitor and stuff, then go for it. Average person = total waste of money. There is no unique selling point of smart watches ( ATM ) that for me justify the price point. | Other than "look at this cool new piece of tech I have!" |
5,671 | Wait... what? Like, are we talking original Golden Age Sandman, or King of Dreams Sandman? For the love of the Endless, please don't tell me they fucked up Morpheus. | Oh, don't freak haha, it was Golden Age Sandman, Wesley Dodds, not Morpheus. Morpheus is somehow still Vertigo (thank god), Neil Gaiman has been writing new ones in Sandman: Overture but the issues come out like once every 2 months, they're only up to issue 3. |
5,672 | Not sure of the science behind it but it's usually a decent indicator. Large shoulders/traps and nipples that constantly look hard are 2 pretty common signs. Bloated cheeks as well. Again not entirely sure of why exactly, but browse through pictures of bodybuilders and most will have pointy nipples too an extent you don't normally see from the average joe. | Has to do with the way steroids influence hormones. People take specific drugs to avoid that if they have the exact right dosages of the right stuff and good medical advice. My guess is in prison Ja didn't have a fancy doctor designing him a program. |
5,673 | Wow, awesome list. I haven't heard Karate yet, what kind of music is it? | That album in particular is a blend of jazz-rock and slowcore. I haven't listened to their other albums much, so I can't say much about those. |
5,674 | Someone paid attention to Wisconsin. Seriously. Unless an author is from Wisconsin, they tend to see it as just "That Up North Place with the Cabins" like they're from Chicago. Neil Gaiman lived here and knew about the place and gave it a fair shot as a setting, and I was delighted. | (Which makes me stressed that the show isn't going to give as much respect for Wisconsin as the writing did - like 'Fargo' and its concept of 'Minnesota'.) |
5,675 | So he should just shut up about it? This is fucking reddit. People should encourage independent thinking and reading. OP is doing both. Who do you think you are putting your own meanings into his words without him ever saying them? Can't people have concern over the future of literature, music, art, technology, or just life in general, or does that make you a conceited asshole? | Reddit is everything, why are we encouraging specific things, I'm not gonna force anyone to read. |
5,676 | And now we come full circle to what he said: > In fact when you use Chrome you are tracked all the time. When you use Chrome you are **not** tracked all the time. And if you are concerned that you might tracked on the Internet: - a) you can turn off 3rd party cookies. - b) you have the power. - c) https prevents people injecting tracking cookies without your permission. | You are, Chrome is sending to Google every page you visit. As with everything Google, it is done in a way that you get provided some kind of service in return: "oh, request is sent to Google each time you visit a site, but that's to verify and block malicious sites" or. "well, Chrome asks you to log in, but that's so it can save your bookmarks and configuration in the cloud, it is not primarily to associate your browsing habits with a person" It is quite amazing to see people worried about cookies and then using Chrome. |
5,677 | How do you even do that? Did you sleep? Did you have off of work or something? | Haha I was only able to do that because im still in highschool and I can read and take notes at the same time. |
5,678 | I'd have to disagree and say that that honor belongs to Michael Shannon. | The honor belongs to Michael Shannon in whatever movie he is ever in. |
5,679 | I haven't read HPMOR, but Draco is from a family of pureblood wizards that are bigoted against muggles. It makes sense that he would be ignorant of muggles' capabilities and greatest accomplishments. And reading a pop science book doesn't make you a scientist. | One of my favorite scenes is when Harry shows Draco that Muggles have been to the moon and it blows his mind, challenging his worldview completely. |
5,680 | I mean, sure? The technical details don't really bother me as much as how it all fits into the plot, and I think it fits into the plot well enough. In a setting like Star Wars I don't find it at all implausible that they could've built the base into the planet, given thirty years time to prepare, plan, and build. And it's not like they constructed a planet-sized Death Star, they just built a cannon into a preexisting planet. Also, jeez dude what's your damage? Why're you being so aggressive about this? | Was I being aggressive? I am very annoyed, this could have been a great film, instead, at least to me, it is a huge disappointment. |
5,681 | I don't know. We are heading more and more towards disposable technology where it is cheaper to replace than to repair. What you are saying is pretty safe, but I can't think of one job that is completely immune. | Ownership and management will be safe jobs, as well as service industry jobs. Robots can't own businesses, and business owners need people to manage the business, order more robots, arrange for repairs, and work out deals with other businesses. Service industry because people much prefer a human waiter to a robot, which would apply to many service industry jobs |
5,682 | Zero David Grohls are far better than any other number. Better off if guys like him die in their 20's. | Hey you're a piece of shit for saying something like that. |
5,683 | I haven't seen all of Tarantino's movies, but I've seen a bunch, and one of my favorite characters of his is Max Cherry from Jackie Brown. Just a normal everyday dude who is just badass enough to make you think you can be too. | Jackie Brown is probably my favorite of his films next to Django. |
5,684 | But then the whole scene with the woman trying to break in doesn't work. | Well that obviously wouldn't have been included if they were setting up for that sort of ending. |
5,685 | Do you think Brandon might be one of the greats some day? | No. He's one of them now :) The Way of Kings is a great book, start of a series of his. A number of his books (Way of Kings aka Stormlight Archive Bk 1, Elantris, Mistborn, and others) take place in the same fictional universe - it's interesting to see how each world's magic differs and yet is the same. |
5,686 | Currently right around page 200... I hear this is when it finally hooks you in? | It was 300-400 pages for me. Probably took me 2 months to read the first 400. I did the remaining 600 in a month, which is fairly quick for me. |
5,687 | Sejanus was a real asshole, but Livia was just scary evil. | I loved and hated Sejanus at the same time. Like Petyr Baelish in asoiaf, a self made man who clawed his way to the top of the royal court through cunning alone. But he is also responsible for the ruination of countless lives. Livia seemed similar to Sejanus in that they were both political players not averse to murder. But then when she started talking about how “I will become the one true God” her megalomania really showed lol |
5,688 | I haven't read any of his books, but just ordered Infinite Jest based on all the people on r/books who love him. I didn't know he was dead so I had to go look him up on Wikipedia. That's so damn sad. Are there other books of his that are must-reads? Edit: Thanks so much for all the recommendations. I might try the first bit of IJ to get a feel for it and then set it aside in favour of one of hte shorter works. | All of them. I'd suggest reading *The Broom of the System* or some short stories to adjust to his style before tackling *IJ*. So sad that he's gone. |
5,689 | Pretty much. While my grandfather did not fight in the Pacific (he was in Patton's Third Army), he thought Thin Red Line was overwrought drivel. Staring at clouds, gently waving grass? Give me a break (he said). | Which is kind of the point really. The camera is the observer of all in that movie, not only the observer of human actions. |
5,690 | I really liked it. If I had to rank his books by how much I enjoyed them I'd have to say: 1. Looking for Alaska. 2. TATWD. 3. TFIOS. 4. Paper Towns. 5. An Abundance of Katherines (which, even as my least favorite, was a good read). | Looking for Alaska is next on my list anyways so good to know it’s your number one. 😋 |
5,691 | In short: no, they shouldn't. Think of it like a TV manufacturer: why should the person making your TV also dictate what stations you can watch on that TV? Not a perfect analogy, but if you're using google/android everything on your phone, you better believe that your internet experience is being curated by them as well. In some ways that is helpful, but it can be harmful to information flow as well, and it definitely stifles competition from other apps/companies if you start up your device and it's come preinstalled with a dozen apps that cover all your needs and you'll likely never replace. | Problem is where you draw the line, nobody is forcing you to own a TV (of that brand) and if there are no other options and the regulating entities believe it is a minimum required need, they should provide one themselves. But that might be the communist in me talking. |
5,692 | Shouldn't he be suing whoever it was that wrote the song for Swift? Or does he honestly think pop stars write their own music? | Well Swift does write her own music, though admittedly 1989 has a lot of collaboration with other song writers. |
5,693 | Simple: once upon a time, long, long ago, Apple was an innovator. But now they copy tech from $200 phones and get fanboyz to believe it is new. | The only truly innovative thing apple have ever done is advertising. |
5,694 | > I'm thinking he really doesn't know what extenuate means. Or barrel roll. Normal human breasts just don't do that. | Hahahah I know. I was trying so hard to visualize breasts doing a barrel roll and I needed to actually remove the breasts from the woman's chest in my mind in order to see it. Needless to say it was a bizarre image. Just two disembodied boobies rolling across this guy's mouth... EDIT: Excuse me, *howling* mouth. |
5,695 | Love these, I'm on my 3rd pair through the warranty. | >I'm on my 3rd pair through the warranty. Not sure if good or bad. |
5,696 | If the 32GB version is actually $650 like I keep seeing on random sites, that's a deal breaker. The best aspect of the Nexus 4/5 was the price point, looks like Google just threw that out the window. I'll be keeping my Nexus 5 a while longer it seems. | It had the lower price point because it wasn't a flagship phone, with an especially mundane camera. Now it's got flagship specs in all departments. |
5,697 | It's mostly because it isn't a standard. Websites don't want to put money into it because ISP's don't support it yet and ISP's don't want to put money into it because most websites don't support it yet. Most of the devices like pc, phone, router,... have had support for ipv6 for a pretty long time. | Google and Facebook run fine on IPv6 now, which is a huge part of everyday Internet usage (as unfortunate as this is…). |
5,698 | I would totally support the labeling of women beaters across the board. I would be much less likely to support an artist that beats women. | > I would be much less likely to support an artist that beats women. or...anyone |
5,699 | Maybe not on mobile, but ARM is getting a good hard look towards server use. | >Maybe not on mobile. Yet. Not on mobile yet. *Remember, 640K ought to be enough for anybody.* ^^^Quote ^^^is ^^^usually ^^^misattributed ^^^to ^^^Bill ^^^Gates |
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