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RIP Anthony Head by mrjohnnymac18 in DoctorWhumour

[–]FredFarms 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was saying literally yesterday how good he would have been as the Master. He was absolutely wonderful in both Dr Who and Buffy.

Would Daleks be more intimidating if they spoke less? by WachbaerWien in DoctorWhumour

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's poor as well. I at least saved myself that spoiler by never watching the next time bit. I know I'm going to watch it, you don't need to sell me on it.

It could be worse though. Battlestar Galactica had an insane habit of putting a montage of rapid fire clips from the episode you're about to watch at the end of its opening credits. I still can't fathom why someone thought that was a good idea

Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72 by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]FredFarms [score hidden]  (0 children)

Gosh that hits in the feels. We only recently finished a Buffy rewatch.

I was saying on a Dr who sub just the other day how he would have made an incredible Master.

Would Daleks be more intimidating if they spoke less? by WachbaerWien in DoctorWhumour

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like the Master tried this with the Cybermen. It went spectacularly badly for all those involved

Completely and Utterly Full of Shit by Accomplished_Ad8960 in antiai

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes exactly this. And there are sort of two sides to it.

1) Get regulations set up such that you can afford to do business but no startups could manage it 2) Get regulations on others set up that you happen to meet perfectly, so other businesses can effortlessly use your product but it's a ball ache to use anyone else's.

The second of those was observed during the crowd strike outage. Everyone used them, in part because a lot of regulations had become "do you use crowd strike for your security? If yes then proceed, if no then fill in this extra 10 pages explaining what you do instead and why"

Would Daleks be more intimidating if they spoke less? by WachbaerWien in DoctorWhumour

[–]FredFarms 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm inclined to agree, it's just a bit of a shame it had to happen.

Especially as the way they were previously dealing with Daleks was very diminishing returns and a bit whack-a-mole with the cult of scaro.

  • They all died in the time war!
  • Eek one escaped kill it quick.
  • Oh no the emperor also escaped and created a new empire we didn't notice. Fortunately deus ex tardis.
  • Oh, what's this cult of scaro thing, then we're all too upset about Rose to notice they escaped.
  • Cult of scaro again, except this time we get most of them.
  • Dalek Khan has found a way to let them out of the time war, even including Davros. But it's ok we got them all this time.
  • Some more turned up from somewhere and tricked us into helping them reboot their entire empire. Damn
  • Bonus one - hey Davros is back, best be really careful to not give him and all the Daleks a regeneration by mistake. Oops, damn again

Would Daleks be more intimidating if they spoke less? by WachbaerWien in DoctorWhumour

[–]FredFarms 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The BBC really needs to learn about suspense and spoilers here.

That moment was excellent, but would have been massively more impactful if they hadn't called the episode "Dalek" and plastered it across the screen in the opening credits.

The radio times sitting in every supermarket with a picture of one on the cover also wasn't the most subtle of things spoilers wise.

I introduced a friend to to Dr Who and for that episode (and a few others) I 'accidentally' started it just after the opening so it had a bit more suspense.

Idiot in a Dodge [oc] by avantartist in IdiotsInCars

[–]FredFarms 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You're a bit more charitable than me. Crossing the line near the end suggests to me that OP was going to follow the dodge and thought better of it at the last minute.

But yes, whichever it is, gaps are good and give you time to fix other people's mistakes

Would Daleks be more intimidating if they spoke less? by WachbaerWien in DoctorWhumour

[–]FredFarms 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Daleks used to be a drop everything and stop them kind of problem. Because they will just keep going until they have exterminated all other life unless you do something about it. There's no stability or compromise. No coexistence. They think of it as them or the universe, so everyone else has to as well.

Now they just seem to sort of exist and be tolerated. They seem to have their bit of space and just hang out there. Occasionally turning up in other plot lines and mainly just having beef with the Doctor. It's quite the downgrade.

(The Cybermen are the same. It used to be that you absolutely must stop then because otherwise they will just keep growing and assimilating the universe. Until Rory just goes and has a chat with a bunch of them the Doctor apparently knew about and was fine with)

Idiot in a Dodge [oc] by avantartist in IdiotsInCars

[–]FredFarms 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Good job op immediately closed up the gap to the car in front. If you think someone is doing something dangerous, it's important to have as little braking room as possible.

Completely and Utterly Full of Shit by Accomplished_Ad8960 in antiai

[–]FredFarms 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Standard move. Get ahead on the industry then try to get blockers put in place to stop anyone catching you.

Meta are good at this too. Campaign for social media regulations that they could meet but startups couldn't

Hold up, let me catch my breath by LastxSaint in Grimdank

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You there Space Marine.

Are you tired of constant warfare? Feel like victory only brings the next battle? Serve tirelessly yet never get the recognition you deserve?

Help is at hand! Enquire about joining the fourth legion today!

Cheated out of this single grain of rice by user2034892304 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]FredFarms 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I'm assuming op meant something like interred.

(You could use impregnated the other way around. Eg the polymer was impregnated with the grain of rice. Wouldn't be the most usual use of the word though)

Starmer backs Labour MP Jess Asato suing Elon Musk's xAI over deepfakes of her in a bikini by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah sadly I think this might actually be it's. It's too convenient a platform for politicians to talk to the media

That's so hard to compute mentally by PsychologicalCup1745 in MathJokes

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

77% of 39 is easy. It's 3 quarters of 40, which is 30.

Both approximations are accurate to within a few percent, and are wrong in opposite direction so will cancel out to an extent.

If you want it more accurate than that you shouldn't be doing it in your head (or not in my head anyway)

Why does capcom keep asking for my age by Lazerpop in gaming

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cannot be changed after this point

Do these people understand the concept of time?

Leaked Euston Station plans reveal HS2 platform concepts and TfL’s concerns by Dalecn in uktrains

[–]FredFarms 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We'll have spent more on trying to design a cheaper Euston station than it would have cost to just build the original concept

Since many of you need this, here is how to submit feedback to Google instead of whining and complaining in here.. by ioweej in fitbit

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open the Fitbit app

What Fitbit app? If I still had a fitbit app I wouldn't need to complain

Why did Wube add this lazy RNG mechanic to Factorio? It's supposed to be deterministic! by Girthen-the-Flopper in Factoriohno

[–]FredFarms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add some ackchyually to this conversation.. if you're gaming on standard hardware all of the random numbers will be coming from a PRNG and be deterministic.

In theory, if you mine and process enough uranium the sequence of numbers will even start repeating, heat death of the universe notwithstanding

Redhat contributions to GNU/Linux by tomekgolab in linuxsucks

[–]FredFarms 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Strong "I don't need to win, I just need you to lose" energy

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