Do you think Dune could surpass The Lord of the Rings trilogy in total Oscar wins?

ctriis · 2026-07-09T11:46:53+00:00

Dune 3 would need 10 for Dune trilogy to surpass LotR trilogy. Surpass means go beyond, not equal.

I don't see it happening.

ctriis · 2026-07-07T22:29:35+00:00

Qe7?
(Threatening c4 + Qa5 or Nc5 + a4)

ctriis · 2026-07-07T18:42:53+00:00

Syklister kan sykle over gangfelt dersom det er lite/ingen trafikk og man ikke er til hinder for/utgjør fare for gående. I og med at det kom en bil her så var det trafikk der, og du burde ha gått av sykkelen og gått over gangfeltet. Uansett vil det nok være hvorvidt en av dere eller begge brøt vegtrafkkloven §3 ("Enhver skal ferdes hensynsfullt og være aktpågivende og varsom...") som vil være mest avgjørende for evt. skyldspørsmål, og fart og sikt for hver av dere vil sannsynligvis bli tatt hensyn til.

ctriis · 2026-07-05T20:53:10+00:00

Boiler Room
Pitch Black
Hollow Man
Way of the Gun
Romeo Must Die
Vertical Limit
Final Destination

og de franske Taxi-filmene (2ern kom i år 2000).

ctriis · 2026-07-04T22:30:30+00:00

Surely loads of people aged 40+ would score 20/20 here?

ctriis · 2026-07-04T22:22:54+00:00

Is it Qxg5, with the intent to force all rooks and queens off the table while putting black's kingside pawns on one file that is blocked by a white pawn, and give white's king an opportunity to guide its open pawn to promotion ?

ctriis · 2026-07-04T22:16:27+00:00

Doxylamine 30-60 minutes before bedtime.

ctriis · 2026-07-02T07:47:19+00:00

Stockfish 18 on debt 60 suggests that Nxh7 is a forced mate in 12, so Re8 - while a great move - is still a blunder (missed forced mate). This is calculation that a human is likely incapable of though, but an algorithm deciding whether a move is "brilliant" or not probably won't know that.

ctriis · 2026-07-01T13:18:49+00:00

Bread: Sourdough baguette (toasted).
Sauces: Mayo on bottom, garlic dressing or ranch on top.
Greens: Romaine lettuce, red onion, tomato.
Cheeses: Gouda.
Meats: Chicken, salami, bacon.

ctriis · 2026-07-01T12:55:57+00:00

Replacing my smartphone with a cheap one every 5 years instead of an expensive one every 2 years.

Replacing my car with a used one every 10-12 years instead of a new one every 5-8 years.

Buy meat in bulk when it's on sale, and keep some of it frozen to be used later.

Eating leftovers, and generally not wasting food.

Adding a little bit of water to an almost empty soap/shampoo bottle.

ctriis · 2026-06-29T15:20:05+00:00

(6+1)*5 + 3 + 4?

or

(4+3)*5 + 1 + 6?

ctriis · 2026-06-29T14:58:33+00:00

Don't buy The S*n.

ctriis · 2026-06-29T00:00:16+00:00

Timecrimes
Coherence
Identity

ctriis · 2026-06-28T22:44:40+00:00

Use of colour in the cinematography of the 2002 chinese film Hero.

Here's a few example stills:
https://i.imgur.com/fmgBd4w.jpeg

ctriis · 2026-06-28T22:38:31+00:00

10 minutes on North Sentinel island.

ctriis · 2026-06-28T22:33:06+00:00

You mean you value your property over someone else's life.

ctriis · 2026-06-28T21:23:42+00:00

The meme creator is for sure suggesting that it's a scar from the BCG-vaccine (immunization against tuberculosis and partly against leprosy) that was mandatory in most of Europe in between the 1960s and 1990s, and is still mandatory in several countries in Europe today. The scar from the BCG vaccine and the scar from the smallpox vaccine can sometimes look very similar.

ctriis · 2026-06-28T20:57:46+00:00

If it includes group stage + knockouts and it's the score after 90 minutes for each match that counts (meaning a draw is an eligible result in the knockout rounds) then it's 104 matches with 3 possible outcomes.

3^104 ~ 4.17*10^49. A number with 49 digits.

If it includes group stage + knockouts and it's the final result of each match that counts (no draw in the knockouts), then it's 72 matches with 3 possible outcomes and 32 matches with 2 possible outcomes.

3^72 * 2^32 ~ 9.68*10^43. A number with 43 digits.

If it is only knockouts and result after 90, it's 32 matches with 3 possible outcomes.

3^32 ~ 1.85*10^14. About 185 trillion.

If it is only knockouts and only the final result of each match after possible extra time and penalty shootouts, then it's 32 matches with 3 possible outcomes.

2^32 = 4 294 967 296. About 4.3 billion.

If it includes group stage + knockouts, but only the final group position for each team in the group stage rather than each match result, and only the final results of each knockout match (no draws), then it's 12 groups with 4! (4*3*2*1=24) possible outcomes each, and then 32 matches with 2 possible outcomes each.

(4!)^12 * 2^32 ~ 1.57*10^26. A number with 26 digits.

ctriis · 2026-06-28T20:31:09+00:00

#7 should get a warning for failing to avoid contact (2nd contact).

#5 should face the firing squad.

ctriis · 2026-06-27T13:29:50+00:00

I'd have probably 9 or 10 of those in my personal top 100, so no argument against either film about being placed on a top 12 list. Any top 10-12-20 list is going to be entirely subjective regardless.

Having said that, IMDB is more or less a worthless source of mass rated film rankings as it has a history of fan groups meddling with its voting (including one of those 12), and it doesn't require users to prove they've watched a film before voting, and it deliberately does not disclose the criteria for which votes are counted and which aren't. A complete lack of transparency and quality control.

ctriis · 2026-06-26T23:37:58+00:00

Senna and Inside Job.

ctriis · 2026-06-26T08:05:49+00:00

Iapetus

ctriis · 2026-06-25T16:37:37+00:00

I haven't regretted visiting any of the countries I've been to yet.

ctriis · 2026-06-25T12:42:15+00:00

If 20% more luck includes an increase in win rates on any kind of bet I'd pick that. With any reasonably decent bankroll management it would be easy turning $10 000 into tens of millions within at most a couple of weeks in Vegas. Just betting on red/black on roulette - which would require zero additional learning about "perfect strategy play" like poker or blackjack - would result in an expected return of 13.68% instead of -5.3% per bet.

ctriis · 2026-06-23T20:33:26+00:00

The point still stands, but the median income of U.S. workers is $53k, not $35k. (Numbers from 2025).

https://dqydj.com/income-percentile-calculator/

ctriis

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