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  1. Aldarion

    The Astronomy Thread

    Yeah its so much more fun when we all only post about the subjects we have specific, formal training in. If only we'd all follow your example.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    I mean the obvious issue here is the automation. There was no human involved in the landing, not even a remote operator. Any human could go "oh shit a rock" and steer a foot to the left. But instead of correctly learning that lesson about the limits of unmanned space flight I am sure they'll...
  3. Aldarion

    The Fast Food Thread

    its mcdonalds, arent the patties all steamed or microwaved? In any case, fresh cooked is too much to ask for. Youre not getting it. Freshly assembled is the best you can hope for.
  4. Aldarion

    The Fast Food Thread

    See this was your problem. You don't ask for fresh. You ask for no ketchup or mayo, or something like that, so they have to make it fresh.
  5. Aldarion

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    yeah, its nuts. we had this brief golden age where you could easily search for recipes on the internet, and it looked like cookbooks were dead. then the modern internet ruined recipes and cookbooks are lookin pretty great.
  6. Aldarion

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Don't be mad theres a brief, skim-it-in-2-minutes article about it. Instead be happy its not a 50 minute Youtube video with exactly the same amount of content.
  7. Aldarion

    Constellation

    I put this in spoilers only for those who are wondering whether to watch it I dunno if they're gonna fuck up the ending but if you like weird reality bending theories this show is great
  8. Aldarion

    AI images

    what? obviously its sheeple
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    Chat GPT AI

    Reading this debate about "when machines have agency" makes me think a lot of people are still missing the importance of LLMs. Its not that they're a real boy now. The important point to grasp is not about them at all. Its about us. Its that a large fraction of human thought and speech is...
  10. Aldarion

    Home buying thread

    I discovered the 220V heater in my sons bedroom was wired using one leg from a 110V circuit in his room and another leg from a room on the other side of the house. Electrical work isnt rocket science but some of those mother fuckers I swear must just be wiring shit by trial and error. "what...
  11. Aldarion

    Random technology news & announcements

    All you guys talking about how these goggles are so clunky and dumb remind me of me 10 years ago. "Nobody's gonna give up browsing the web on a real monitor and start using a retarded little 3x5 screen instead, thats so dumb" You're all forgetting, clown world has no limits, and the dumber...
  12. Aldarion

    Dune: Part Two (2023)

    I've read the books a dozen times and never once walked away with the impression that Paul's Jihad was being presented as a bad thing or a cautionary tale. Wasnt it a necessary part of the Golden Path? I don't recall Leto ever looking back and cursing Paul for going too far. He always...
  13. Aldarion

    Constellation

    Part way through e2, this has a lot of promise. Heres hoping it doesnt go the way of True Detective S3. (Lost used to be the reference point for fucking terrible endings, but obviously that records been blown out of the fucking water now)
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    True Detective

    this. they literally showed a giant fucking frozen sea dragon then in the next scene its already forgotten. The "it was all purgatory and fake" ending to Lost was better than this shit. Just astonishingly bad and dumb. Literally doesnt even attempt to explain a single one of the shows...
  15. Aldarion

    Genetic Testing & Family Tree Search Engines

    Wait, what? You seriously can't think of any disadvantages to putting your DNA (and the DNA of all your relatives by association) in a government database forever? The limit of your imagination on this subject is a plague engineered to kill one teacher? I think you lack imagination. And also...
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    True Detective

    Both S2 and S3 were unwatchably boring. Pointless. Nothing happened, no reason to care about a single one of the characters. At least not in the first half of either season, even I reached my limit of pointless self punishment after that.
  17. Aldarion

    The Fast Food Thread

    A sandwich combo plus 12 nuggets isnt food for one person.
  18. Aldarion

    Deadpool & Wolverine

    I said Loki you fucking weeb Its been like one page and you already got it wrong
  19. Aldarion

    Deadpool & Wolverine

    I don't know if tiktok/youtube or the people who actually do that behavior (scrolling and watching video after video) are the root cause of the problem. All I know is they both need to go on the fire for the human race to persist.
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    True Detective

    Yeah y'all are going with some totally different (and bizarre) definition of the word likeable. Joffrey was a great bad guy. No one called him likeable. The Alien in the original Alien was a great monster. No one called it likeable. That annoying bitch who played the head of Vought in S1 of...
  21. Aldarion

    Interesting, Non Political News

    In this case it's straight up gmo, not breeding
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    Interesting, Non Political News

    https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/06/1228868005/purple-tomato-gmo-gardeners This is an interesting case for the GMO debate. I'm sure we have some GMO opponents on this forum. What do you think of this one? Genetically modified, but using a naturally occurring process (albeit a...
  23. Aldarion

    True Detective

    All this talk about "I don't like any of the characters" makes me wonder if everyones forgotten Breaking Bad. Not to say this shitshow can be compared to BB in quality. Just saying you can have a show where every single character is a hateable piece of shit, and still have a great show. Not...
  24. Aldarion

    Deadpool & Wolverine

    I don't get the TVA hate. Loki is the best MCU since Endgame and its not even close. Why *not* build on that?
  25. Aldarion

    The Fast Food Thread

    Don't get me wrong. California burritos were great, I ate the hell out of those things when I lived out there. I just always laughed at them and wondered why they didnt just make two normal sized burritos instead.
  26. Aldarion

    The Fast Food Thread

    I always thought "mission burrito" referred to the comically oversized "two full meals rolled into a single tortilla" style typical of California burritos.
  27. Aldarion

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Absolutely not, instapot rice is textbook perfect, but I do look forward to the rants your post will inspire
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    Marvel Hierarchy

    Did the inscription stutter or something? The *only* question is whether his Cap abilities stack in any way with the Power of Thor. I don't see how they would, since they're almost entirely physical abilities that Thor has at a higher level. The only exception I can think of is that Cap...
  30. Aldarion

    Patrick Rothfuss Kingkiller Chronicles

    I assume youre objecting to the foolishly large size sometimes associated with trade paperbacks? Every book should be a 4x6 paperback, other formats are impractical and gay. But the absolute worst, hands down, is the hard cover with that fucking ridiculous dust jacket.
  31. Aldarion

    True Detective

    I was optimistic, but they only get 6 episodes? No way they resolve the supernatural plotline in a satisfying way. They're either gonna scooby doo it or - much worse - ""leave it up to the audience to decide what was real"", the laziest hack ever invented by Hollywood.
  32. Aldarion

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    This was actually a well made and interesting video. Just straight up "heres how it works" with no BS. It could have been 10 minutes instead of 60 with proper editing but still better than most cooking videos these days.
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    True Detective

    S2 and S3 were both terrible. S2 just benefited from following S1, we all gave it a chance for far longer than we otherwise would have. If he did S2 and S3 its probably safe to just take the inverse of his opinions.
  34. Aldarion

    The Boys

    I didnt quote you or argue with your point, just following on from the earlier comment Not every post is made to dispute the post that came before it. This one is, but not every post.
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    The Boys

    Her reaction is pretty hilariously un self aware, though. Imagine if a politician failed to deliver their campaign promises, and were criticized for it, and they came back with that same ridiculous "omg you guys are so mean!" schtick. Or a pro athlete lost a game, and were criticized for it...
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    True Detective

    Skip seasons 2 and 3, I'm telling you. I watched like half of each one before I realized my mistake. S4 is great so far though.
  37. Aldarion

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    I dislike both of those versions compared to the original, but they're both obviously superior to the cave man style "move my whole goddam arm to move the cursor a few pixels" style that most mongoloids kept using.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Dont be ridiculous. When new technology comes out and its actually better than the old version, I'm quick to adopt it.
  39. Aldarion

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Hell yeah, a real keyboard. Its got the proper spacing between arrows and home/end/etc. Its got the normal number pad, again with the right spacing. Everything started to go downhill when they started fucking around with that keyboard. First we got stupidass laptop keyboard with all the keys...
  40. Aldarion

    The Boys

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/28/entertainment/erin-moriarty-megyn-kelly/index.html This is hilarious. "Verbal abuse". Its verbal abuse now to say that someone isnt pretty? Is it always abuse, or only after they've had facial plastic surgery? Can there ever even be verbal abuse, when its...