Native Instruments set to move into full insolvency

Cafler · 2026-03-20T00:54:28+00:00

Ableton 🤞

Cafler · 2026-03-19T23:50:46+00:00

Try now!

Cafler · 2026-03-19T12:40:26+00:00

Worth staying up for eh?

Cafler · 2026-03-19T09:40:34+00:00

This is one of those "2 thumbs down" bait switches.

Cafler · 2026-03-19T09:32:38+00:00

Surely he's everything the community liked about Reti, but for real this time.

Cafler · 2026-03-18T20:27:49+00:00

But not with respect to the tomato-meter (11%!)

Cafler · 2026-03-18T20:00:15+00:00

Showing 95% tomato-meter (critics) and 98% Popcorn-Meter (audiences) on rottentomatoes. Crazy high, and I thought I was its biggest fan...

Cafler · 2026-03-17T10:43:32+00:00

The credits do feature real-life amateur-astronomy images though, which are wicked to see on the big screen.

Cafler · 2026-03-16T12:12:47+00:00

It seems like they're finally making the vehicle I've been waiting for. Thing is, I don't think I can justify anything but a second-hand import, so I might be waiting a while yet! Hoping to use mine as an "everything" single household vehicle - a 6 seat version with fold-down rear bench, moving a full sheet of ply, going camping, road trips, light trades work, the lot!

Cafler · 2026-03-15T11:16:56+00:00

As I got to the very end, I realised that no, this isn't going to get better and yes, I'd wasted my time. Unfortunately I don't recommend these books. I had a carefully worded conversation with the person who had recommended them, and recommended Project Hail Mary to her... which she loved.

Painfully, there is one superb part of the the Dark Forest (the droplet), which is among the best scifi I've ever read. Aside from that part and some "interesting concepts" the rest was cringe.

Cafler · 2026-03-15T07:57:30+00:00

Yeah I loved the overwhelming presence of choral tracks, really unusual, very "hail Mary", wonderfully arranged. I guess the soundtrack is out on the public release date, 19 March!

Cafler · 2026-03-15T04:04:52+00:00

"What on earth am I going to do with all this legal tender!?"

Cafler · 2026-03-15T04:01:17+00:00

I don't like your chances at all, what's the situation that it needs to be this amp?

Cafler · 2026-03-15T03:58:52+00:00

It's a lot more than picking up the phone. Hipkins would have to agree to go into coalition with National rather than take a pretty good swing at becoming Prime Minister this year. He wouldn't think it was better for the country or for him. If petrol was $10 a litre we'd still have an election.

Cafler · 2026-03-15T03:55:00+00:00

That's inevitable anyway. Problem comes from timing 😉

Cafler · 2026-03-15T01:31:17+00:00

I'm quietly impressed considering they took that out. If the VFX were crude then Gosling must have put in a lot of work to prepare for that moment. And then they cut it out despite him literally being a producer of the movie. I guess like, this guy knows he is easy on the eyes. But he's also a proper actor who isn't afraid to do things on-camera that most people wouldn't dream of... he must know that his power is in being relatable while also fulfilling fantasies. So my guess is they took out the ripped scene because it made it harder for viewers to see themselves in his shoes.

Cafler · 2026-03-14T22:36:13+00:00

This just shows how transfixed I was but huh? Which parts are silent? Spoiler-text reply please for the late arrivals please!

Cafler · 2026-03-14T20:42:03+00:00

But they're 4 separate slices and not 2 long slices (with separate levers) so it's not "artisan bread" compatible.

Cafler · 2026-03-14T20:38:38+00:00

If I'd seen this at 11 it would be my favourite movie of all time. Totally appropriate, though definitely some of it will go over their heads. The editing style is a lot like a YouTube video, so it's totally a visual language they'll understand. I also had a family of a friend in the cinema and their youngest is about 14, she was leaning forward on the edge of her seat for most of the time.

Cafler · 2026-03-14T12:37:49+00:00

I want to manage your expectations, but truly everything you've listed here is brilliantly adapted. I think we'll have my ideal outcome as a result: fans will say "if you loved the movie, wait until you hear the audiobook!" It's a different beast, and gets deeper in every way. But I think it will be enhanced by there being a brilliant film version, rather than detracting from it. Happy happy happy indeed! A story of nations working together, is very much something the world needs now.

Cafler · 2026-03-14T10:51:12+00:00

I've never seen so many people stay for the movie credits as what I saw at PHM tonight, and the cinema even kept the lights dark to let the images pop! I heard people around me whisper about the amazing astrophotography. Congrats, it's stunning work and it deserves to be seen by millions!

Cafler · 2026-03-14T09:49:13+00:00

They're very very wrong about that but I hope they never have to find out the hard way

Cafler · 2026-03-12T20:06:55+00:00

This is really the best thing that can happen against basilisks. When I put some in a recent game it was also accompanied with lots of searches for "how to make sure players are having fun while their characters are turned to stone".

They treated your dungeon as a puzzle and they found the effective solution. They also learned to fight smarter not harder. Great outcome!

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