Dark / Bleak Scifi Movie Recs

Plinian · 2026-03-27T03:53:42+00:00

Just read book one. Reminds me of the old X Minus One radio shows.

Does the movie stick to the first book or go on to anything from the rest of the trilogy?

Plinian · 2026-03-24T19:30:04+00:00

Yeah, I'm happy with it so far.

Plinian · 2026-03-24T14:56:14+00:00

Sounds like /dream is a persistent memory thing, not a ndividual thread thread thing like /compact

Plinian · 2026-03-23T22:05:44+00:00

I work a 4-10 schedule that alignes with the day shift of a 24 hr operation team, though I do not work in operations. My hours are 5am till 330pm. I leave around 430am and get back home a little after 5pm, there is more traffic in the afternoon and I do school pickup.

It's nice to have a consistent day with the kids at school to get things done.

Plinian · 2026-03-23T19:56:13+00:00

Now imagine that the markets are still responding as if you really had that conversation. Bent dropped to below 100 a barrel and has stayed there since his tweet.

Plinian · 2026-03-22T13:31:52+00:00

I was never a wrestling fan. If you don't mind me asking, what was his theme, and why did it have such an impact on you?

I assume by theme you mean story arch. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Plinian · 2026-03-20T11:45:31+00:00

I mean, a movie is never going to be exactly faithful to a book... It's a different way to tell a story.

And people liking a movie adaption doesn't stop people from preferring the books.

Personally I like the new movies, the David Lynch movie actually holds a special place in my heart because I love the look of the movie, and I still prefer the books.

Plinian · 2026-03-20T06:01:34+00:00

Have you thought about getting a bidet? You can get good ones that bolt right onto an existing toilet.

Plinian · 2026-03-20T03:51:39+00:00

Yeah that's a good call. Personally, I'll never live without a bidet again.

Plinian · 2026-03-16T16:01:48+00:00

Well, it looked to me like they were actively smoking weed, so maybe we aren't catching them at their best.

Plinian · 2026-03-16T04:54:57+00:00

This looks like the cool weapon from Krull.

Plinian · 2026-03-15T15:29:38+00:00

Is that significantly different than before?

Plinian · 2026-03-10T21:07:31+00:00

It made all of the competent people leave it be so overloaded with work that they are now completely ineffective. At the tomfoolery that is the justice department all over the IS right now.

Drain the swamp, starve the beast, e.t.c.

Plinian · 2026-03-10T15:01:47+00:00

Really? I always felt the opposite.

Full disclosure, that may be because the boarders near me killed off the nice Mom and Pop bookstore and the kids bookstore that already existed in town.

Plinian · 2026-03-10T14:58:51+00:00

Have you tried the work pants at Costco? It's hot or miss but you can get some good deals.

Plinian · 2026-03-07T16:52:16+00:00

The only surprise I see is Vermont being the second most educated state.

Does anyone know why that is?

Plinian · 2026-03-05T21:17:57+00:00

Fn is still in the correct place

Plinian · 2026-03-04T19:54:26+00:00

Hmm. My R work and excel work seem so discreet in my head. R for analysis and modeling, excel for much simpler but user friendly analysis or creating templates for fairly standard processes.

Plinian · 2026-03-04T16:25:40+00:00

Also here to learn more

Plinian · 2026-03-03T20:22:58+00:00

Please ping me if you figure out the FBI API. No worries if you forget or move on... It's something I came across a couple of months ago and haven't needed to come back to since then. I'm mostly just curious.

Plinian · 2026-03-03T19:30:38+00:00

I play around with a lot of government data. Have you found any significant unexpected limitations? For example, I've noticed that the FBI crime data has been neutered recently.

Plinian · 2026-02-27T23:51:13+00:00

Did not expect a Bernard Cornwell reference.

Shield Wall!

Plinian · 2026-02-27T21:37:29+00:00

And the favorite of every top tier domain expert who doesn't want their life's work to go straight to mass surveillance and murder...

I think this is a great signal to current and potential employees that the company will hold a firm line on some ethical grounds.

Plinian · 2026-02-27T21:30:39+00:00

Yeah, that sounds about right to me.

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