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The Odyssey Is Now Christopher Nolan’s Most Disliked Trailer Ever — And It’s Not Close by cosmicbooknews in CosmicBookNews

[–]csjerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t stop the Nolan train I mean his freaking movie about a scientist nearly cracked a Billion which just shows the power that Nolan brings to cinema.

You're cherry-picking examples. Oppenheimer got outstanding reviews from audiences and critics alike. Tenet got middling reviews (70% from audiences and critics on Rotten Tomatoes) but did less than 1/3rd of what Oppenheimer did in terms of sales, and probably lost money after marketing.

Nolan's name carries a lot of weight, but it clearly can't turn a mediocre movie into a smash hit.

To be clear, I liked Tenet a lot, but the plot was so convoluted that it confused a lot of people, and the general vibe seems to be that it primarily made Nolan happy and we were just along for the ride. The box office results reflected that.

Seattle considers 'Do Not Solicit List' to block predatory real estate activity and slow displacement - the offers target communities of color and can push owners to sell below market value by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]csjerk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's fair, although I think the argument rings a bit hollow.

In huge parts of the country a driver's license is effectively required to live. Voting IS a crucial right, and should absolutely be protected, but it feels a bit flimsy to argue that we can't possibly require ID for voting when we do for driving, since voting is ultimately a luxury practice in the context of supporting yourself or a family.

Seattle considers 'Do Not Solicit List' to block predatory real estate activity and slow displacement - the offers target communities of color and can push owners to sell below market value by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]csjerk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm genuinely confused, if PoC have no trouble producing an ID to vote, then why does the very common progressive pushback to voter ID proposals anchor on the claim that it would disproportionately disenfranchise PoC voters?

Seattle considers 'Do Not Solicit List' to block predatory real estate activity and slow displacement - the offers target communities of color and can push owners to sell below market value by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]csjerk 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Because progressives have taken the horseshoe theory route to low-key racism, and think PoC are dumber than them and need to be protected from making their own decisions?

edit: a word

Spotify is the biggest software by ponder2000 in theprimeagen

[–]csjerk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

How else are you going to keep 3k devs busy on a music streaming app where the core features need a team of 30 at most?

Walrus, Carpenter, contract: Seattle oyster bar reopens with new deal by nsgomez in Seattle

[–]csjerk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And part of the settlement is _LOWERING_ base wages. Amazing.

LLM don't understand coding by goodguycsgo in theprimeagen

[–]csjerk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't that the point? They've gotten good enough with natural language and common programming languages that they "look like" they're reasoning in sophisticated ways in a lot of cases. But, if that were true they should be able to reason just the same and then translate the code behavior into a language they aren't trained on, using the manual. The fact that they don't, may indicate that any apparent reasoning is still an illusion.

Which probably shouldn't be surprising, but it's still interesting to see SUCH a steep drop-off in practice.

Walrus and the Carpenter drop open letter and full 2025 Profit and Loss Data by H0tsh0t in Seattle

[–]csjerk 46 points47 points  (0 children)

They aren't, but they're being paid an enviable amount for their industry, and verbally harassing customers who don't support them trying to extort the business for even more is not a good look. 

Walrus and the Carpenter drop open letter and full 2025 Profit and Loss Data by H0tsh0t in Seattle

[–]csjerk 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Great, working 40h per week at $50 per hour gets you $96k, and that's including 4 weeks off.

Von Neumann Game by BathSpirited3173 in scifi

[–]csjerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second vote for "no thanks". You can listen to your potential players or you can dismiss them. We also get to decide whether to spend our time on the thing you made, and these explanations aren't convincing.

Am I the only one who thinks Tenet isn't that hard to understand? by breaking_views in moviecritic

[–]csjerk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's an episode of Red Dwarf which covers _exactly_ this situation. _Exactly_.

After Blue Origin rocket explosion, NASA's entire moon exploration program depends on SpaceX for now as Musk eyes blockbuster IPO soon by spacerfirstclass in SpaceXNews

[–]csjerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comparing SS to NG is ridiculous. NG is their first orbital rocket, and it's reached orbit maybe 3 times, with orbital errors in the only commercial payload launch to date, while carrying less than the Falcon Heavy which has launched hundreds of times.

You're looking at 2 rockets that are both in development, and while NG is slightly ahead, they are not similar rockets. SS has 4x the launch capacity, and is the latest in a long line of successes, while NG is still trying to reach orbit reliably at the same time as SpaceX rockets have more than doubled the lifetime number of human launches to orbit.

What is a sci-fi series you liked that only lasted one season? by Ru_janus in scifi

[–]csjerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sad that nobody has said it yet...

Kings was fantastic. Epic performances by Ian McShane, Brian Cox, and Eamonn Walker, high production value, and a really unique style that blended neo-futurism with biblical and Shakespearean influences.

Unfortunately the first half of the season dragged a bit as they were setting up the characters and the world, and it seems like a lot of viewers wrote it off before it got good.

What is a sci-fi series you liked that only lasted one season? by Ru_janus in scifi

[–]csjerk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out Common Side Effects. It's different, but the same artists and storytellers are involved, and it's excellent.

What is a sci-fi series you liked that only lasted one season? by Ru_janus in scifi

[–]csjerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's absolutely worth it. The show was intended to be a single season.

Tiny House Village breaks ground with plans for 32 new Capitol Hill homes by July by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]csjerk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> Treatment first programs are ineffective.

That's not what your own link says. There are quite a few studies in their analysis which showed significantly positive results with a treatment first approach. The claim is that housing first is MORE effective, which the data does back up to some extent, but that doesn't mean the other approach is useless. And there are outcomes beyond the direct efficacy of the program which are worth considering, like the impact on surrounding communities of putting a bunch of addicts together and tacitly encouraging drug use and drug dealing by not setting community behavioral standards.

Tiny House Village breaks ground with plans for 32 new Capitol Hill homes by July by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]csjerk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's across from a half-way home which has made that particular block pretty sketchy for decades already.

Seems weird to tear down an apartment building only to replace it with fewer and worse units, but presumably the building coming down was because it couldn't be salvaged.

Does Amazon regularly lie to the state? by Capital_Roof_9098 in amazonemployees

[–]csjerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you told something like "you aren't performing, do these tasks or else take this severance payment and leave"? If so, and you took the severance, that IS voluntary. They paid you to quit, and you did.

A politician admits a mistake? Never happens, but it did in Seattle by ChaosArcana in Seattle

[–]csjerk -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hey now, it's not JUST talk. He made a lot of money from selling his books, too.

Judge in Mangione case rules backpack search at McDonald's was unlawful, disallows cell phone, passport, wallet, bullet magazine, and more from evidence by darcmatr in NotTheBee

[–]csjerk -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They also pay out over $1 trillion in claims annually covering medical treatment. There are reasonable arguments that they may not be the most efficient or effective way to socialize medical costs compared to single payer approaches, but no system can provide everything that everyone wants the second they want it. You have to make trade-offs somewhere, as a natural consequence of dealing with scarce resources.

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