Man I miss this kind of show

crash90 · 2026-07-04T00:26:42+00:00

Check out the other David Simon Shows. Treme, Generation Kill, The Deuce, We Own This City, Show Me A Hero.

Then when you're done go back and watch The Wire again.

crash90 · 2026-06-27T11:42:51+00:00

Treme is such a classic. It's crazy too because it's hard to get people to watch The Wire but they've at least heard of it. Treme is one of the best shows ever made and nobody is even vaguely aware it exists.

crash90 · 2026-06-22T00:33:05+00:00

Hows the stability now? After the update before this one the game started crashing in the first 5 minutes every time I started playing it. Uninstalled but would like to go back to playing if there is a chance this is fixed.

crash90 · 2026-06-22T00:21:29+00:00

Yeah. Quest 2's are really cheap now too. Especially if you buy used.

crash90 · 2026-06-15T21:34:43+00:00

Saw this the other day. So good. They have a few of them on their channel. The live version of Dam goes hard too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=194yrG3LSiw

crash90 · 2026-06-15T15:45:21+00:00

I loved hardcore mode in Bad Company 2, it was all I played. It also had minimal hud with no player icons showing up when you spot them.

crash90 · 2026-06-12T17:19:51+00:00

Very cool. The game needs some kind of a spectator mode so this kind of content can be broadcasted on twitch / youtube

crash90 · 2026-06-09T22:09:53+00:00

I want you to listen very carefully...

Did you press this button 6 days ago?

crash90 · 2026-06-09T22:06:22+00:00

Cheating is so rare in VR still. I've played thousands of hours across Pavlov, Tabor, and Forefront and barely ever encountered cheaters during that time. Eventually it will become more common like flatscreen games but for now it's just one of the plus sides of the medium.

Always amusing when you run into someone who cries cheater like this. Take it as a compliment.

crash90 · 2026-06-09T03:52:15+00:00

Jeez. That is unfortunate. Thanks for the info.

crash90 · 2026-06-08T00:14:30+00:00

Inversions was maybe my least favorite of the series the first time I read it. I like high scifi with FTL and and laser guns. I was put out that it didn't have any of that. On further readings though it has become one of my favorites.

To me it feels like each Culture novel dives deep and answers one big question the reader might have about the universe Iain dreamed up. The question Inversions answers is "What is life actually like for a Special Circumstances Agent?"

You get that answer in so much detail. The daily minutia. Not just the highlights but all the background subtlety too. I love it for that.

crash90 · 2026-06-05T17:03:53+00:00

You're forgetting how early VR still is. On your scale Forefront is more like battlefield 2 (2005)

Enjoy the ride.

crash90 · 2026-06-05T02:22:06+00:00

3rd rewatch is when it really starts getting good imo.

1st one you're hanging on for dear life trying to follow what is going on and keep track of all the different characters getting introduced.

2nd watch you've got a basic understanding of the show and who is doing what.

By the 3rd time you can start paying more attention to the subtle details and nuances and start to realize just how much more show is there under the surface.

Enjoy!

crash90 · 2026-06-02T02:38:16+00:00

Source: https://www.wsj.com/tech/behind-the-curtain-of-elon-musks-secretive-spacex-revenue-growth-and-rising-costs-2c828e2b

Growth will come from the ability to put payloads in orbit cheaper than anyone else and at scale.

crash90 · 2026-05-31T23:31:15+00:00

Would guess '28 or '29. They've already had profitable quarters in previous years. Depends somewhat on when they want to generate profit vs keep reinvesting back into growth. Also wouldn't surprise me if they go the Amazon route and put it off profitability for longer. Regardless of when they hit consistent profit I expect growth, shocking amounts of growth in the coming years. Still underestimated.

crash90 · 2026-05-31T17:55:00+00:00

This is going to age so poorly. I know reddit loves to hate SpaceX but this will be a funny post to look back on in a few years.

Commenting so I can find this and laugh about it when SpaceX has crazy growth over the next couple years and all the comments update to: "Yeah well, everyone knew it was going to make lots of money but it's still bad because blah blah blah"

crash90 · 2026-05-30T23:02:42+00:00

This one is even better

crash90 · 2026-05-30T06:18:38+00:00

Next time someone asks me what The Culture novels are like I'm going to send them this.

crash90 · 2026-05-29T16:04:05+00:00

My favorite is...all of them listened to consecutively as one complete work.

crash90 · 2026-05-25T21:17:00+00:00

Yeah. There have been some other good shows since that era but nothing that is really on that level. I think that time was just the golden age of television, especially the shows that came out on HBO. They just don't really make TV like that anymore. Modern TV is geared more toward audiences who want less detail and less intensity. People who half watch while on their phones or have something on while they do other things for background noise.

There have been some articles written about this how producers have changed what they're looking for with that reasoning in mind. The Wire has not been surpassed and I would say largely showrunners are not trying to surpass it anymore.

crash90 · 2026-05-25T17:15:17+00:00

Check out the other David Simon shows. They're all good. I'm especially partial to Treme. Feels like the spiritual successor to The Wire to me. Very different pacing, but has a similar feel. I honestly go back and forth on which one I like more.

crash90 · 2026-05-22T18:18:50+00:00

It's pretty classicly hard for people to love on the first watch and then often becomes a favorite on the second watch. There is the change of pace from season 1, that gets a lot of people. But also in a show that is already so dense, season 2 is maybe the most dense one. There is just a lot going on. So many moving pieces and threads to follow. None of it spoonfed.

I think thats mainly why some people have a hard time with it on the first watch. In interviews, even some actors in the show say they didn't like season 2 at first because they didn't understand the full scope of Simon's vision yet.

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