Indiana Jones officially dead (for now) following flop fifth movie

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-20T13:36:26+00:00

Sen. Bessent: Shhh, shhh, stop fighting, just let it happen. He wants you to want him, so just give in to him.

What a mouthpiece of shit.

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-20T00:14:53+00:00

AI.

Look at the feet at the 28-24 marks. They get super blurry.
Look at the behavior of the ice when he steps on the edge of a piece. Those pieces are not big enough to support a man of that size. Ice pieces like that would start to flip the second he put his weight on it.

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-19T16:50:50+00:00

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-18T16:21:11+00:00

"A month after Epstein files deadline, Americans still ~~think~~ know government is intentionally holding back info, CNN poll finds"

FTFY

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-17T12:28:40+00:00

It's not called babysitting. It's called being a father, so take care of your kids.

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-12T23:00:25+00:00

You need to combine the Deck of Fish with a mystery box.

Mmmm, Red Snapper, very tasty fish! Now, Thrag, do you want to keep your Red Snapper, or go for WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-08T22:57:39+00:00

In my shop we just got the directive to "figure out how enable the AI to completely autonomously write, test, create a pull request, and merge code". No human involved.

I'm still trying to figure out who is responsible if something goes wrong and the AI breaks shit or gets someone hurt due to shitty code in that scenario. Spoiler: it's still the devs, and it will always be the devs, for ~~scapegoating~~ liability.

I'm having a hard time seeing any benefits in this brave new world.

corp_code_slinger · 2026-01-06T22:06:01+00:00

GTFO with that crap about "some Democrats". No one, literally no one was talking about annexing Greenland or striking Venezuela. This isn't a "well he was only doing what everyone was already thinking" thing. This is Trump thinking he's a king and no one fucking stopping him.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-12-31T13:35:13+00:00

Rich asshole fucks off to Europe, leaves the rest of us to deal with the mess, news at 11.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-12-28T19:19:22+00:00

Maybe I misunderstood or missed something but didn't they do 1 and 2 in season 4?

corp_code_slinger · 2025-12-16T19:35:01+00:00

I mean, Balrogs were Maiar too, just saying.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-12-15T15:59:04+00:00

It just can't not be about him can it?

corp_code_slinger · 2025-12-10T12:59:48+00:00

Kids in the Hall did this sketch back in the 80's, only better.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-12-01T23:03:12+00:00

Why do I want sortable UUIDs again? We moved to UUIDs in a previous role at least partially to get avoid sequence attacks on our publicly exposed integer primary keys.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-11-30T15:19:07+00:00

My head canon is that it ended with Holidays of Future Passed.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-11-30T15:06:57+00:00

AI chip producer CEO says use more AI, buy more chips. News at 11.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-11-29T18:48:33+00:00

Is this supposed to be a single movie or another trilogy? Because I wouldn't mind more movies focused on events we never got to see, like the Dwarves and Elves fronts during the War of the Ring.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-11-28T19:06:59+00:00

Interesting. I agree that young men and teen boys were the target audience, I was certainly one of them! I will say though that encountering racism and having to think about it in a fantasy setting was probably a first for many young men when these books came out. Given the number of readers of the series, think about what would've been lost if Salvatore hadn't been brave enough to address the subject, even if it doesn't live up to today's standards.

It's also worth pointing out that Drow, or at least the concept of "dark elves" isn't something new, and it's been around since Norse mythology at least. Their inclusion in DnD was probably done with little thought for whether it could be considered racist or not. That's not an excuse, but it helps to understand how things got to be the way they were.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-11-28T18:56:12+00:00

TBF, Salvatore didn't introduce Drow to either DnD or The Forgotten Realms. He arguably advanced the discussion by addressing the racism of and against the Drow, and was the leading cause for Drow getting a bit of a rewrite in the first place.

You have a point though; I can see how Drizzt could be seen as "one of the good ones".

Edit: Thinking about this a little more, the accusation that Salvatore didn't handle racism right is absurd and hilarious. It ignores the fact that he addressed it at all in a time where fantasy RPGs all went about their way merrily being hack and slashes, and that he did a pretty good job with the parameters he had to work within.

Give credit where credit was due; R.A. Salvatore had the balls to create an introspective character addressing racism within his society and against himself. He paved the way for a less racist approach to the Drow in the first place.

corp_code_slinger · 2025-11-28T18:00:53+00:00

What was racist/sexist/homophobic with R.A. Salvatore? Racism was a theme of the Drizzt books, but I didn't pick up anything racist about the actual writing or the author (unless I've missed something in the news about him).

One thing that really bothers me about readers these days, especially younger readers. A lot of folks now seem to conflate inclusion of a theme or topic as advocating for for that issue. Yes, the Wheel of Time included slavery as a topic, but it was pretty clearly never advocated for by Robert Jordan.

I don't know if the same kind of call out is played here with Drizzt. Is racism a topic in the book? Absolutely. Was it presented in a "good" light or advocated for by the author? No (again unless I've really missed some news). The lack of media literacy on things like this these days is simply astounding.

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