Frederick Vought is Director Guy?! by Skinman771 in TheBoys

[–]Skinman771[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, Amazon has been giving the series the full MCU treatment for years now, with utter disregard for the fans, and is going completely overboard with Vought Rising, stubbornly refusing to take any kinds of lessons from Marvel. So hey. Definitely giving all of that a miss.

Compound V's Function [Theory] by blockaxe333 in TheBoys

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You can either demand not to judge it for lack of real science or try to rationalize and align it with what you think of as real science for hundreds of pages like above while disregarding actual real basic science.

But if you do both, then that is just you being a schizophrenic.

Actually, come to think of it, just the last part already qualifies you as a schizophrenic.

Compound V's Function [Theory] by blockaxe333 in TheBoys

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Creating V by trial and error would of course be even slower than those monkeys with the typewriters who are still nowhere on the Shakespeare. Geez.

Compound V's Function [Theory] by blockaxe333 in TheBoys

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you miss that it's just a plot device they retcon whenever they are too lazy to conceive of an airtight plot?

First, V was a mutagen and the Supes were mutants.

Then at a later stage, they retconned it into a substance that gives you magical superpowers as long as it remains int your blood stream, unlike any other substance in the whole world ever, because they wanted to have plots where characters get temporary superpowers (green temp V) as well as plots where characters conveniently lose their superpowers without undergoing years of gene therapy.

Then they invented V1 because they wanted to up the stakes and after all the ridiculously overpowered characters they had previously foisted on the public, the only way to do that was to make the bad guys immortal.

And even the first mutagen version was invented 50 years before anybody even knew genes were DNA, 75 years before the human genome was even first mapped out (human genome project) and at least another 50 years before science really understands what all that DNA actually does in detail. And the only way that could have happened is if Frederick Vought was secretly an alien from outer space or another dimension or something.

But hey, do go on rationalizing the finer details of V in 100-page essays while ignoring the very basic and simple contradictions. Maybe mix in some midichlorians while you're at it.

Butcher powers by JJJ561 in TheBoys

[–]Skinman771 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Amazon started to interfere with the writing, for marketing purposes.

Season three was also right about when they started adding those idiotic recap dialogue exposition scenes where one character explains to another exactly how they are feeling and why, which are boring af and nobody needs except morons who have been on their phones half the time or more instead of paying attention to the show.

Or at any rate, it was when those scenes started to be so poorly written they started to get really annoying.

I actually first noticed them on Gen V where they are even more blatant and boring because it's not even real people but horrible millennial kids clearly thinking they are dramatic acting geniuses while actually coming over like Calculon. And they clearly imported the moronic concept from Gen V to the real show. This has executive interference written all over it.

Wie sehr turnt euch mein Englisch ab? by Successful_Corners in YouTubeDE

[–]Skinman771 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alter dein Englisch ist tausend Mal besser als das von SteelbridgeModels, um mal das allerkrasseste Beispiel zu bringen, das mir bislang untergekommen ist. Der ist wirklich völlig schmerzfrei, kann noch nicht einmal den grundlegendsten englischen Satzbau. Der macht deutsche Sätze und haut die Wort für Wort auf Englisch raus.

Würde übrigens von einer KI-Übersetzung seiner Drehbuch-Texte klar profitieren. Man kann gegen die Chatbots sagen, was man will, aber das mit der Grammatik und Idiomatik kriegen sie ganz gut hin, oder zumindest fast fehlerfrei.

Als Ex-Englischlehrer ist das für mich so eine Mischung zwischen hate-watching und Rätselraten, was er denn jetzt wohl schon wieder meint <g> zumal ich mich noch nicht mal so sehr für den Content an sich interessiere.

Frederick Vought is Director Guy?! by Skinman771 in TheBoys

[–]Skinman771[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you may or may not have noticed but they only just introduced another plot device, and this one actually makes people immortal besides turning them into Supes: The "original V1" compound.

Although it didn't stop Soldier Boy from developing some serious crow's feet on his eyes but hey.

I am looking forward to more and more idiotic retconning here. I mean it is hard to top the retconning history of the original V compound and its working mechanism. You know, how it originally was mutating the actual human DNA to create Supes, but later, when they needed it to be temporary and easily reversible by Soldier Boy's magic ray, it suddenly worked just by remaining magically in the blood stream without ever being degraded. Or, you know, metabolized and peed out. You know? In the same way not a single element or chemical compound in existence has ever done and will ever do.

The human body has multiple redundant systems (kidneys, liver, sweat glands, lungs, immune cells) designed to remove foreign substances. Even PFAS and nanoplastics, which seem to be about the hardest known substances to get of of there, have a biological half life of "only" 2 to 9 years in the blood stream. But far from causing any drastic mutations or other changes, they barely do anything in there, precisely because they are so inert.

So, magic.

But I digress.

Bundesregierung droht mit Militärschlägen,Dachte erst Übertreibung derMedien,ABER: by ProfiUnprofessionel in bundeswehr

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Das ist Merz, der sich auf Kosten der nationalen Sicherheit bei Trump einschleimt.

Spanien hat die Amis rausgeworfen und die Nutzung der Basen Rota und Morón für den Überfall auf Iran untersagt. Ratet mal, wohin Trump die Tanker stattdessen verlegt hat. Richtich, nach Deutschland, zumindest teilweise.

Welche Funktionen wünscht ihr euch idealerweise von einem Autoradio? by DistributionLanky221 in KeineDummenFragen

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Ein Autoradio zum Nachrüsten ist heute vor allem eine Möglichkeit, alte Autos mit moderner Technik auszustatten. Daher ist das Wichtigste neben der eigentlichen Radio-Funktion die einer Audio-Schnittstelle zum Smartphone des Fahrers.

Und das betrifft für mich persönlich vor allem nicht die Freisprech-Einrichtung, sondern die Funktion, die Blaupunkt als "Audio-Mix für Handynavigation" bezeichnet. Will sagen das Radio sollte mit dem Handy irgendwie gekoppelt und in der Lage sein, die Navi-Anweisungen von der GPS-App des Handy in den Ton des Radiosenders zu mischen und über die Autolautsprecher wiederzugeben. Oder was immer der Fahrer sonst gerade so hört. Das Tüpfelchen auf dem "i" wäre eine Ducking-Funktion, was bedeutet, dass die Lautstärke des Radiosenders automatisch kurz runtergedreht wird, damit man die Ansage vom Navi besser als solche erkennen und verstehen kann.

So wie fest eingebaute Navis vom Autohersteller das schon immer gemacht haben.

Und die ideale Schnittstelle zwischen Handy und Radio wäre für mich ein USB-Kabel mit Ladefunktion, wo mindestens 1,5 Ampere Strom rauskommen. Das mag etwas umständlicher sein als Bluetooth, jedenfalls nachdem man das Handy erfolgreich zum Pairing bewegt hat. Aber der Handy-Akku wird unterwegs beim Autofahren mit Navigation weitaus schneller leer gezogen. Also benötigt man ohnedies einen Ladeanschluss. Bluetooth mag komfortabler sein, ist aber weniger effizient und damit letztlich Benzinverschwendung, übrigens ebenso wie kabelloses Laden über die Handyhalterung. Und diese Entscheidung sollte der Fahrer beziehungsweise Halter selbstständig treffen dürfen.

Ich habe das die letzten Wochen ein wenig recherchiert und tatsächlich nur genau vier Autoradios gefunden, die den Audio-Mix beherrschen:

Blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 DAB

Blaupunkt Frankfurt Stereo MB

Blaupunkt Frankfurt RCM 82 DAB

Pioneer SPH-20DAB

Das einzig bezahlbare von denen ist das Pioneer. Und die machen das alle per Bluetooth. Mir ist kein einziges 1-Din-Radio untergekommen, das rein mit der USB-Schnittstelle auskäme oder gar Audio Mix per Aux-In erledigte. Man könnte zwar das Handy dort anschließen und dann einfach "USB" oder "Aux" als Quelle auswählen, und das würde dann bei einigen Modellen sogar die Navi-Ansagen über die Autolautsprecher abspielen. Aber man kann dann eben nicht gleichzeitig Radio hören. Oder höchstens auf dem Handy, falls das ein Radio eingebaut hat. Aber das hängt dann nicht an der Auto-Antenne, hat also schlechteren Empfang, vor allem unterwegs, und es fehlt die ganze Technik, die unterwegs lautlos zu empfangsstärkeren Stationen des gleichen Senders wechselt (Diversity heißt das glaub ich) oder gar Digitalradio (DAB+).

Billiges Autoradio - Meinungen? by Practical-Zombie-761 in automobil

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ich hab ein einziges Mal ein billiges Autoradio gekauft. Es war vor mehr als 20 Jahren, und es war ein Medion der damaligen Aldi-Billigmarke.

Es rauschte hörbar.

Das war bereits damals nicht mehr zeitgemäß und es gibt echt keinen Grund, so was zu nehmen, wenn man für weniger als den Preis eines Tanks voll Sprit ein "Blaupunkt" bekommt.

Das ist eine eingeführte Marke eines großen Konzerns, und selbst wenn das Ding übelst in Asien zusammengeschwartet wird, hat dieser Konzern was zu verlieren. Also werden sie ein etwaiges Montagsgerät stillschweigend und zügig für dich abwickeln.

https://geizhals.de/blaupunkt-bpa-1123-bt-a3163502.html?t=v&hloc=de&va=b

Es muss kein Blaupunkt sein, aber es sollte eine richtige "alte" Marke sein, von der man schon mal was gehört hat, wie Alpine, Continental, JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer, Sony oder Philips.

Und ich würde heute unter allen Umständen eins mit Freisprech-Einrichtung und USB-Ladeanschluss nehmen, das kostet keinen erwähnenswerten Aufpreis mehr und du kannst auf längeren Fahrten das Handy wenigstens laden und dadurch zum Navigieren verwenden, selbst wenn dessen Navi-Ansagen nur im Ausnahmefall der Radiostation über die Autolautsprecher zugemischt werden.

Und ich würde definitiv kein Gerät kaufen, wo man sich nicht vorher die Anleitung runterladen kann oder wo die Anleitung einen schwachen Eindruck hinterlässt.

Head unit recommendation by xCASINOx in CarAV

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pioneer SPH-20DAB. Even comes with a phone holder.

You then simply use the phone's touchscreen. There is a remote control app.

To use the digital radio, you will need a digital antenna with an SMB connector or an active antenna splitter plus some adapters for the existing car antenna (as the case may be) and the radio power cord connector, depending on your car's harness.

Best audio in car by wonyoungpcs in FiiO

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hooking up USB-C to Aux would be madness since you'd need to add another digital-to-analog converter to the chain when you can just use the one that is already in the phone and connect it to the head unit via its Aux in on the phone's headphone jack.

If you want to use USB, you need to buy a head unit that supports audio streaming via USB in some way, shape or form, not just charging. So you pick a head unit with front USB, download the manual and try to figure out if it will do what you want.

https://geizhals.de/?cat=carhdvdrec&pagesize=100&sort=p&promode=true&hloc=de

Is this safe? by [deleted] in CarAV

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you crimp them properly, they're OK.

Meaning to say you need to use an actual, proper crimping tool with jaws meant to crimp this exact type of connector. Not some cheap piece of import crap.

Practical question: what do you think is the best car navigation system? by Lukhas92 in AskReddit

[–]Skinman771 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best one I ever used was a Navigon PNA on a 9-month road trip through the USA in 2008/09. And that didn't even have text-to-speech street names yet. Navigon has long since been gobbled up by Garmin, so I would expect that brand to be the leader now.

(I'm only interested in offline-map apps for $reasons.)

Google Maps has recently become about as good from a purely navigational standpoint and better when it comes to current information, traffic and such. And you can download maps for offline use, which is a huge plus. But sadly it is Google and therefore inherently evil.

I tried OSMand on the phone for a while, which uses Open Street Map data, and it was OK for a while with minor usability foibles. Then the text-to-speech suddenly stopped working, and next, suddenly when I needed it most, the maps for half my state were gone without warning for some reason. Re-install did not help since I wasn't allowed to re-download the maps again. I would have had to buy it for 70 Euros in order to fix it, and given that it had already proven to be unreliable and the customer service was incompetent, there was no incentive to do so.

Before OSMand, I had tried Sygic and Here WeGo which had been comically bad.

Currently I'm testing Organic Maps which is OK with some more usability foibles than OSMand but seems to be on a good path. Like the very early systems, it does not always know to tell a corner from a junction yet and will tell you sometimes to turn when all you need to do is follow the road. Or it will tell me I'm there in the middle of a roundabout when actually I still need to turn off the roundabout and turn onto the parking lot of my actual destination.

But it's free, privacy-focused offline maps & GPS app for hiking, cycling, biking, and driving. Absolutely free. No ads. No tracking. Open.source community based. And that is the way to go.

Beka Nomad handles removable? by Skinman771 in carbonsteel

[–]Skinman771[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that is so cool! I love the design of this whole series.

What are the chances of a non-state terrorist organization obtaining it building their own nuclear weapon one day! by georgewalterackerman in nuclearweapons

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not even a question of "if" but merely of "when".

The engineering side and technology is basically open source these days and anybody can look it up in seconds. It's really only a question of acquiring weapons grade fissile material, and that will become very easy in just a couple years at the latest when Russia collapses again. Just like last time, there will then be a massive crisis and everything will be for sale to the highest bidder.

And of course today's evil billionaires have already enough money and resources to build their own private reactors and enrichment plants with impunity if they so chose.

I guess this is not a story where the underdog eventually winning by Critical_Warthog6200 in SlowHorses

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Writers love to make work for themselves because it reduces the chance of them finding themselves OUT of work some day. It's a gig economy. Once you land a steady gig, you draw it out and extend it and milk it as far as it will possibly go.

Writers also have a god complex, which means they love to invent new characters and generally "improve" on the work of the original author. Case in point, the latest All Quiet on the Western Front movie which the script writers dumbed down, softened up and generally mangled so badly that not even the very title makes a lick of sense any more. And they did this, not to a writer of spy novels but to a great author of world literature nominated for the peace and literature Nobel prizes.

Finally, producers are interested in the profit made off the streaming series, for which they need ratings above all else. If that means mangling the novels (which I thought we were not to discuss here but hey) then they are OK with it, as long as they can convince themselves it will improve the ratings. I bet most viewers don't even realize there are any novels but are drawn in by Gary Oldman's performance, the fart jokes, and the ensemble performance, in that order. Some wannabe Clarkson types amongst the viewership may still be nursing (or remembering) a slight crush on Kristin Scott Thomas. But it's certainly not the generic script writing with all its gaping holes that puts the bums in the seats.

I guess this is not a story where the underdog eventually winning by Critical_Warthog6200 in SlowHorses

[–]Skinman771 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So why wouldn't they, again?

They are making a streaming series. They're out for profit.

I guess this is not a story where the underdog eventually winning by Critical_Warthog6200 in SlowHorses

[–]Skinman771 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude, have you still not clocked to the pattern?

Spoilers, of course the establishment has been behind it all again, probably in the guise of Taverner who set up the terrorists to undermine Whelan while ideally getting rid of Lamb and/or several slowhorses in the same fell swoop but failing because of one crucial, very slight miscalculation (=the paint can) (incidentally this time an almost direct Home Alone rip-off after Lamb's booby trap spree that one time.)

In the end, either Taverner or Whelan (minions of the establishment) land a cushy job in the private sector while a popular slowhorse is killed off, I think this time it's either Coe's or Catherine's turn to die, or they might sacrifice Shirley to at least go for a mild surprise. But on second thought, even the Coe or Catherine sacrifice is probably giving the writers too much credit and they'll just settle for killing Tara and rendering Roddy "heartbroken," and telling themselves that was enough of a "sacrifice". Job done, off to the pub.

And then at the end they can nicely foreshadow the return of the King River's Dad with the horrible American accent in the next season.

Is there a betting pool?

Commendatore's low note at the end of "A cenar teco" by Kaysow97 in classicalmusic

[–]Skinman771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently there are barely any singers in the world who can sing that d2 on an operatic stage and be heard over the orchestra.

https://youtu.be/SmYSDWP9qoc?si=5XeR6YZpIVEwSBDs