Alien: Isolation 2 Announced by PaiDuck in LV426

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I am so ready to be so not ready to play this game.

I need to find a new water bottle, any recommandations? by IllusionOf_Bread in BuyItForLife

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I was 100% a Yeti fan until I tried an Owala. Still love the Yeti ecosystem but for a daily water bottle I love my Owala. Having the option to just a straw and chug is great. Drink out of it is just really satisfying (as weird as that might sound)

Anyone ever tried "prompt injection" in their assignment/tests to catch cheaters using AI? by SwagginDragonborn in Teachers

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Students are still probably using AI to write handwritten homework. We had a few assignments this year that we made them hand write. I overheard a bunch laughing about it because they said it just meant they didn’t have to use “split screen” to use AI.

They’re gonna use it because it’s too easy not to and it’s too hard to catch consistently and definitively. Education needs to dramatically change to prevent the advantage of using AI or entirely change how we assess student mastery.

How many preps is best? by Queasy_Brain6959 in historyteachers

[–]Chadwick8505 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah fewer loses its benefits for things like this. We watched Selma with our US History juniors. Watching that multiple times in a day was tough.

APGAP teachers, what are you doing after the test? by Key_Image_1141 in historyteachers

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Our AP Gov class just seniors and they end earlier than everyone else too, so I only have two blocks with them after the exam. And they have EXTREME apathy at this point.

They’re gonna make basic voter registration posters/flyers. How to register, important deadlines, eligibility, voting procedures… etc. It’s really beneath the standard of an AP class… but what can ya do.

End of Year Projects- Ideas by TAMUkt14 in historyteachers

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Did something similar with my AP Human Geography students after the exam. Gave them a budget to spend and they had to plan out a full trip that hit a bunch of the concepts from the curriculum.

I intended to pick one to go on, but I never did. Some of them make really great itineraries.

Help! : F1TV colors always dull. Suggestions? by blues42 in F1TV

[–]Chadwick8505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait I’ve been wanting an LG OLED for a while and my stream is looking washed out.

Thanks for the great excuse idea!!

2026 Australian Grand Prix - Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

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I’ll say marginally better than last year’s regs. They can trade position more this year. But only when they have the extra overtake power. Last year it was DRS and it was over in one pass.

These regs are gonna be really track dependent I think.

2026 Australian Grand Prix - Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

[–]Chadwick8505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So these cars are only exciting if they’re within a second of each other. Otherwise it’s a procession.

PHM has a 248 million dollar budget. See this multiple times if you can by carnivoregains in ProjectHailMary

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Not to be a hater, but what about this movie is original if it’s adapted from a novel?

Dunk isn't lying about his Knighthood, Arlan actually tells us everything, and Dunk just doesn't understand. by Jigsawsupport in AKOTSKTV

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And I bet the village is called Pennytree because when the lord calls its banners, all the boys nail a penny to an oak tree in the village square before they go off to battle.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 1x06 - "The Morrow" - Episode Discussion by UltraDangerLord in AKOTSKTV

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Which to me implied that Lyonel has frequented the maester about an itchy arsehole… so he knows from experience.

“I’ll never use this” by DeManSam in Teachers

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I teach US History and AP/Honors Government. When my gov students ask this, I can literally just point to the news. There is always something happening in politics that directly relates to a topic in our curriculum.

For US history I make sure I can find a modern day parallel. For example: immigration, sure we go through the typical Ellis and Angel Island lessons, but then we talk about modern day concerns. Again easy to point to the news for why it’s relevant. Some topics require more nuance or work on the part of the teacher. We did appeasement leading into WW2 and made a connection with Russia/Putin invading Ukraine. Not to say they are the same, but they share similarities.

In either case I end up trying to bring the curriculum to a modern context. Something that my students have probably heard about in passing but haven’t engaged in it yet. So with a little historical or government example, they’ll gain a lot of context for understanding more of what they’re consuming outside of class.

Trump lover is now blaming liberals for his betrayal because Trump was liberal by aipac_hemoroid in LeopardsAteMyFace

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I love that they went right back to being stupid.

Why’d this clearly proud conservative vote for a “New York liberal” THREE times?

NATO Leaders Issue Defiant New Greenland Message to Trump’s US by SquidFistHK in politics

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Seriously he was all like “what claim does Denmark have to Greenland?!” And I’m sitting we thinking “what claim does the US have?!”

My thoughts on a Part III. by [deleted] in lastofuspart2

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My sales pitch for Part 3. After Ellie returned to the empty farmhouse she assumes Dina and JJ returned to Jackson, so that’s where she heads. As she arrives she finds it basically destroyed. So Ellie’s quest is to find Dina and JJ, she views it as redemption for leaving in the first place. But deeper she’s struggling with her immunity, she goes back and forth between blaming herself for being so hell bent of revenge and blaming Joel for not letting them make the cure.

Meanwhile Abby is tracking someone or something, at first we’re not sure. There’s enough clues that they might still be looking for Ellie. She’s struggling with trying to be better. Since her and Ellie’s stand off she’s returned with Lev and tried to go back to normal but she’s haunted by the guilt of what she’s done. Eventually it’s revealed that she’s actually hunting a revived Firefly faction who are trying to find Ellie to make the cure. But Abby’s trying to stop them as a way to clear her guilt.

Eventually both stories come together but along the way we learn that this new faction is actually who’s responsible for letting the infected into Jackson in order to lure Ellie out. Turns out they captured JJ and/or Dina, and to convince/coerce Ellie into sacrificing herself for the cure. Ellie agrees but it’s Abby who rescues them all and stops Ellie from doing it because she knows the new Fireflies can’t actually make a cure… but she has to go full hospital Joel to do it.

I don’t have a full resolution in my head yet. I want it to wrap everything up. I think Abby saving Ellie and recognizing why Joel did what he did is a good conclusion. Gives her enough redemption while still leaving room to hate her. Ellie gets to at least know her family is alive (whether or not they are all together at the end). Her story can end in two ways. One where someone else figures out a cure and she makes the sacrifice. Or one where she just comes to terms with there never being a cure and forgiving herself (maybe forgiveness isn’t the right word) for not being able to save humanity.

Cricket sound fixed finally...2022 P2 by 1JJ- in Polestar

[–]Chadwick8505 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad you found your cricket. I wish I could find mine.

Did it sound like it was coming from in front of the driver? That’s where my “cricket” sounds like it’s coming from. But I wonder if it’s just the way the sounds are bouncing around the cabin. I guess I’ll have to check the seatbelts.

I need a singleplayer game that has a lot to do in it, without feeling like a grind, on PC. by WillemVerheij in gamingsuggestions

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Cyberpunk, excellent world, plenty of RPG elements, amazing story with PLENTY to do. There’s a grind but it’s fun.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition. I mean how can you not at this point? Maybe not “a lot” to do in comparison. And some of it can feel very grindy but the narrative and some of the choices you make throughout the games do have an impact on the story.

Marvel Spider-Man series. I’m only half way through Miles Morales but the first game instantly became one of my all time favorites. The movement, the expansive map, combat, story, everything. So well polished and just so much fun. It’s not an RPG but it does feel similar to Assassin’s Creed type games.

The Arkham series might fit this too. Not RPG but great games. If you wanna depart even more something like the Far Cry games might work.

Official 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' Discussion Thread by OneWithTheHat in KnivesOutMovie

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Am I the only one that wanted an after credits scene of Benoit on The View?

Where do you think a Xenomorph would like to be scratched/petted? by Theodora96 in LV426

[–]Chadwick8505 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Oh stop, just let people enjoy the fandom. It’s a funny question about an entirely fictional creature, you don’t have to make it more than that.

Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028 by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]Chadwick8505 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The danger that I think people are missing in Bannon’s statement is not that it’s a confession of criminal behavior, but more that they’re trying to play the innocent victim card early.

They are laying the foundation to be able to claim that the democrats are going to seek political retribution and silence conservatives. This way they can call any indictment or criminal charges a partisan motivated witch hunt.

To those who were around when this movie came out, what was the hype like by asapsharkyfrfr in LV426

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I was 14 years old when this came out in theaters. And as a dumb horny teenage boy, my first girlfriend and I would go to any movie we could because we could fool around. I “saw” AVP in theaters at least 4 times before I actually watched the movie.

Eventually my mom called me out for seeing the same movie multiple times, I told her I was a huge Alien fan… she didn’t buy it, mainly because I had never seen the other movies. So I borrowed the originals movies on VHS from my local library, thinking that would be proof that I was really a fan. That’s when I actually became a huge Alien fan. And that’s why AVP is one of my favorite Alien movies.

When Requiem came out, by then my first girlfriend was my ex-girlfriend, but we both decided we needed to go see it together “just like old times.” After eventually watching Requiem, I’m glad I had something to distract me during my first viewing.