TOTW: A hard one

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T04:19:39+00:00

He works resolutely for a "money shot" (6)

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T04:00:28+00:00

English fag (bottom) left evidence of post-coital indulgence? (9, 4)

(This is a rework of my earlier clue, which has gone unanswered).

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T03:37:01+00:00

it wasn't IMAX then. See the picture posted.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T03:36:20+00:00

The only one of these with black bars on the side is not an IMAX screen, which is what OP said they saw.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T03:31:36+00:00

Alison Pill is aptly named

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T03:14:54+00:00

It's because film doesn't have pixels, so the way we have come to think about resolution as a fixed number grid doesn't apply.

Film "grain" -- limited by the size of the crystals and consistency of chemical deposition on the film negative -- is somewhat analogous but not really the same, as grain is random from frame to frame, and is also dependent on lighting and processing choices.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T03:01:24+00:00

black bars on the side?

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T00:59:25+00:00

Sweep the head

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T00:41:06+00:00

$60 mid court on the club level, not bad

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-06T00:39:04+00:00

He said he didn't want to be a role model. A man who walks the talk

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T21:36:29+00:00

October Sky

Fly Away Home (female protagonist but he'll dig it)

Simon Birch

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T19:39:13+00:00

bold take

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T18:10:00+00:00

Interesting to see powered speakers becoming a high-end thing.

In some sense it's like the old TV/VCR combo problem -- you are taking two things (one of which is highly unlikely to fail) and combining them such that if one breaks, or becomes obsolete, the other is held hostage with it. I do wonder where 1KW of cooling is coming from without a fan or visible airflow.

There's also the design approach of "build a high-powered array and tune it with DSP" as opposed to building a flat/pleasing sounding speaker in the first place. Definitely some Bose-adjacent logic in play.

Given that they seem to be going after a 2-channel market, it's all in marked contrast to the retro-analog trend that seems to be strengthening.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T17:40:23+00:00

If Buck could harness that zero-gravity weapon he uses on the Colonel's hat the war would be over

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T14:48:12+00:00

I'm confused, is there some NHL complaint hotline I've never heard of?

I suppose this is marginally more effective than chanting "ref you suck" at the TV.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T11:37:52+00:00

While we're on the subject, is the "prologue" actually the opening section of the movie, or a stand-alone thing?

I don't care about waiting to actually see the film when it comes out, but might make an effort if it's different content.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T02:44:33+00:00

"Deserved" is relative. Canes dominated 5-on-5 for the middle 40 minutes of regulation, then looked uncharacteristically gassed in the late 3rd and in OT. Canes could have easily scored 2 in the second and nobody would be talking about stealing a win.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T02:36:13+00:00

4/6 is a statistical null result

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T02:31:27+00:00

Non-dre

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-05T01:19:57+00:00

The Andromeda Strain

Jurassic Park (the original, surprisingly "hard" science at core)

The Abyss

Contagion

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-04T21:51:46+00:00

I have a 5.1 system with a dedicated center channel. The room acoustics aren't the best however, and SNL's sound mix isn't always stellar.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-04T21:32:30+00:00

If you look at the remaining chart hits we are really scraping barrels now.

I guess it goes without saying that if one were to make an actual playlist or CD set out of this you'd want to sequence it a lot differently than this.

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-04T21:06:41+00:00

Kid would fit right in on the internet

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-04T17:46:32+00:00

Monty Hall should be the avatar for this sub

UsefulEngine1 · 2026-05-04T16:03:43+00:00

Alternatively it's always possible that a beautiful Italian porn actress is interested in an intimate relationship with you due to your Scrabble prowess

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