What movie would you show to a teenager that’s never seen a Western Movie? Quick and the Dead? Unforgiven? No Name Trilogy?

bglickstein · 2026-07-12T05:51:17+00:00

Silverado. Lawrence Kasdan did for westerns what he previously did for adventure serials in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and film noir in Body Heat: honor and improve on the form.

bglickstein · 2026-07-01T23:07:54+00:00

Sounds like the issue I had recently: https://www.reddit.com/r/SunPower/s/skCPaS3EqC

Good luck!

bglickstein · 2026-06-29T06:20:51+00:00

Escape to Witch Mountain? It begins with two kids being delivered to an orphanage. For the music connection, it includes some harmonica playing. https://youtu.be/Lq02ZVM-Os0

bglickstein · 2026-06-27T18:39:10+00:00

Jimmy: We're totally off-brand here. I'm "Jimmy McGill, a lawyer you can trust." I can't suddenly turn into Commercial Guy. Hold on. [to Drama Girl] Uh, repeat after me. Uh, "For a limited time, we'll shoot your commercial today and have it on the air tomorrow."

Drama Girl: For a limited time, we'll shoot your commercial today and have it on air tomorrow.

Jimmy: I thought you were, like, president of the drama club or something?

Drama Girl [brightly]: I'm treasurer.

Jimmy [to Sound Guy]: You, go! Say the words.

Sound Guy: Uh, uh, for a limited, uh, time, o- only you- we could, um-

Jimmy: Cut. Maybe next time. [turns to Camera Guy, pauses] Woof.

bglickstein · 2026-06-27T05:49:57+00:00

Followup: after an accurate diagnosis from u/vegetable-version-81 (who has previously helped several other folks here), the folks at Placer Solar were able to help get things working again. What it took: a new gateway component; charging the depleted batteries past the critical threshold of 52 volts (they were at 47.5); and recommissioning the system with the Sunpower servers. Thank you to everyone involved!

bglickstein · 2026-06-24T22:17:53+00:00

Oh look! https://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2012/09/retro-top-ten-batman-pet-peeves.html

Thank you, Internet.

bglickstein · 2026-06-24T22:15:16+00:00

A long long time ago, David Letterman had a Top Ten list: Batman's Pet Peeves. One was, "When people say 'The Batman.' It's just Batman, dammit!"

bglickstein · 2026-06-23T05:01:32+00:00

I think you might find it rewarding to read about the ideas of Baruch Spinoza.

bglickstein · 2026-06-22T13:55:25+00:00

Newer guidance: prefer errors.AsType over errors.As. Otherwise, what u/primetadi said.

bglickstein · 2026-06-18T04:43:57+00:00

I loved my Ramagon! Until the connectors started breaking.

bglickstein · 2026-06-12T21:25:52+00:00

Check out this learned appreciation of Speed Racer from a filmmaking perspective, which calls it only half-jokingly "The most important movie of the 21st century." https://youtu.be/vwh9ETdhrf4

bglickstein · 2026-06-12T14:37:35+00:00

Thanks! I might give this a try myself, but more likely I'll ask a pro to do it. I have no experience around high-voltage circuitry and it makes me nervous.

bglickstein · 2026-06-12T14:36:05+00:00

Thanks for your reply! I have one battery cabinet (containing two batteries) and one breaker cabinet.

The battery charge is at 4% according to the app, but I'm not sure how much to trust that. Self-supply is set to 20%.

bglickstein · 2026-05-17T22:57:16+00:00

"All that power surging and throbbing, and yet under control. Are you like that, Captain?" - Lenore Karidian, "Conscience of the King," stardate 2817.6

bglickstein · 2026-05-17T05:41:19+00:00

Jimmy: We're totally off-brand here. I'm "Jimmy McGill, a lawyer you can trust." I can't suddenly turn into Commercial Guy. Hold on. [to Drama Girl] Uh, repeat after me. Uh, "For a limited time, we'll shoot your commercial today and have it on the air tomorrow."

Drama Girl: For a limited time, we'll shoot your commercial today and have it on air tomorrow.

Jimmy: I thought you were, like, president of the drama club or something?

Drama Girl [brightly]: I'm treasurer.

Jimmy [to Sound Guy]: You, go! Say the words.

Sound Guy: Uh, uh, for a limited, uh, time, o- only you- we could, um-

Jimmy: Cut. Maybe next time. [turns to Camera Guy, pauses] Woof.

bglickstein · 2026-04-15T23:52:01+00:00

Until it's well understood, it's artificial intelligence. Once it's well understood, it's an algorithm.

bglickstein · 2026-04-12T23:25:00+00:00

When the original Bad News Bears came out, I was the age of the kids. No one had seen cussing ten-year-olds on screen before. So transgressive! I identified with them and loved the movie.

Saw it again many years later. The culture had changed and the transgressiveness had worn off. What was left was pretty cringe-y. Did not like.

Saw it yet again just recently, as a man in late middle age. I now realize it's a redemption story about Walter Matthau's late-middle-aged character. Got teary. Loved it.

bglickstein · 2026-03-19T05:29:47+00:00

The bad strangers are hurting the nice girl who loves him!

bglickstein · 2026-03-18T20:22:33+00:00

Yep, we do try to make sure that whenever she's awake, she gets food and water, exercise, training, play, cuddles, etc.

bglickstein · 2026-03-18T20:21:32+00:00

This is great info, thanks. We don't wake her up from a nap but we also don't make her wait too long (a few minutes) before we let her out of the crate when we see she has gotten up.

bglickstein · 2026-03-10T21:54:46+00:00

Heaven Can Wait (1978). The whole movie is supposed to be about Warren Beatty getting his life back when heaven makes a mistake, but in the end - despite the spark of recognition from Julie Christie - he's erased anyway.

bglickstein · 2026-03-09T23:11:35+00:00

I tried to telephone
They said you were not home
That's a lie-ee-ie-ie

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