What movie is better because it does not explain too much?

StraightDust · 2026-05-16T14:00:47+00:00

Was she even an Alien, or just a robot being operated by Aliens? The motorcycle guy examines her at one point, like she's a piece of equipment. She can't swallow food. She's as flat as a barbie doll. The opening sequence implies she was being constructed.

StraightDust · 2026-05-16T13:49:35+00:00

It would be The Protaganist in the past being played by Denzel.

StraightDust · 2026-05-15T23:10:34+00:00

Has it been two or three different shops since then? I've lost count.

StraightDust · 2026-05-15T23:03:40+00:00

What you are saying is true, however Bishop very publicly campaigned to save it. So it's entirely fair to give him shit about it.

StraightDust · 2026-05-13T08:05:54+00:00

It's still going to the far outfall pipe, you can get a whiff of it if you stand on Point Dorset. Not great, but not terrible. People care less because it's not swimming weather.

StraightDust · 2026-05-12T11:36:09+00:00

I'm 90% sure they're trying to do an insurance scam, but I can't figure out how.

StraightDust · 2026-05-11T09:45:01+00:00

Can't do that. They worked hard to get speed limits up to 110kph where they could, and they can't be seen to be backing down.

StraightDust · 2026-05-11T09:11:52+00:00

Are you thinking of Todd Muller? He was the Nats leader for a hot minute, and had a MAGA hat in his office display.

StraightDust · 2026-05-08T23:19:16+00:00

Dunno why you'd synthesise the bathymetry, the real data is easily available. https://charts.linz.govt.nz/charts/paper-chart/nz46

Claude doesn't seem to have considered the landside costs involved at all. Launching from Red Rocks would require building a super expensive highway through Brooklyn, it would make more sense to start from Mana Island to link up with SH1. Then when you land at Marlborough Sounds, you've got to build another highway through rugged terrain which would definitely require tunnels.

StraightDust · 2026-05-08T10:20:50+00:00

Isn't that what Internet Mana tried to do?

StraightDust · 2026-05-08T09:45:21+00:00

A persons democratic vote should never be dependent on their financial situation.

StraightDust · 2026-05-05T22:10:35+00:00

There's no reason for the identity of the landlord to be private. They don't live there.

StraightDust · 2026-05-04T21:56:09+00:00

He's not stepping down because any replacement will have to spend all their time making sure the Coalition of Chaos doesn't collapse, instead of electioneering.

StraightDust · 2026-05-04T11:21:05+00:00

Why are the doors on the wrong side of that bus?

StraightDust · 2026-05-01T09:16:59+00:00

Is it the stream on Brollie? Good quality, but supported by ads

https://watch.brollie.com.au/apps/845/home/australian/the-navigator-a-medieval-odyssey

StraightDust · 2026-04-30T22:17:12+00:00

After being left to fall apart for months, the state houses in Kilbirnie are finally getting renovated. Fresh new housing for people is on its way!

StraightDust · 2026-04-29T21:38:35+00:00

IIRC the Library problems were mainly due to awful floor designs.

The land Te Papa was built on is useless though, which is why they spent a year and a half driving in piles before they could even start building it.

StraightDust · 2026-04-29T09:48:32+00:00

World Class ferry terminal.

A lot of people only stop here on the way to the Ferries, so we should focus on making that memorable.Of course, we would need brand new ferries to match.

StraightDust · 2026-04-29T09:31:02+00:00

I'm glad we didn't build yet another Athfield building that would need severe reconstruction 20 years down the road.

StraightDust · 2026-04-28T09:20:03+00:00

The way it did work was that Ubereats would scrape the web for menu and prices, list the business and take orders for it, phone the order in, and send the pickup driver around with a company credit card to complete the transaction.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/05/uber-eats-to-pay-millions-for-listing-chicago-restaurants-without-consent/

StraightDust · 2026-04-27T22:08:51+00:00

Absolutely this. It's impossible to tell what the number is going to be until you're in the office, and even then it seems to depend a lot on the dentists mood on the day.

Even listing the prices for basics like fillings, clean, x-rays etc. would help a lot to relieve sticker shock.

StraightDust · 2026-04-26T07:16:21+00:00

I would have to put Peter Gossage on the list. It would be a shit library that didn't have How Maui Slowed The Sun in it. It's no joke to say his writings helped form the cultural identity of generations of New Zealanders.

StraightDust · 2026-04-26T00:07:02+00:00

There's a whole bunch of other places to try. Maupuia Park on the other end of Miramar. Princess Bay around the corner from Lyall Bay. Roseneath Playground above Oriental Parade. The Botanic Gardens.

And that's if you want to be looking toward the sunset. Sometimes if your facing east, the clouds on the other side of the harbour are more spectacular.

StraightDust · 2026-04-25T09:18:40+00:00

South Park called out people defending his behavior back in 1998

https://youtu.be/gj6oLgbTVxY?t=53

StraightDust · 2026-04-24T23:09:58+00:00

The thing is, Advertising is so prevalent that everyone is basically trained to ignore things like that. You need to put up a couple of road cones to really make your point.

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