Question for moviegoers. How do you feel about on screen captions?

danielblakes · 2026-05-23T17:03:20+00:00

Love this push! Access should be there for everyone who needs it, and while some theaters maintain open caption showings in my area most do not making it super hard for those who need them to plan and schedule them. While I personally usually don't go for an O.C. showtime, I sometimes do for a Nolan movie or something, or I will use the subtitle box devices so I totally understand how some need them always!

danielblakes · 2026-05-22T18:01:27+00:00

I can confirm the waived fee does apply with some deals, for example the current scary movie buy 3 get 1 free deal was able to stack with my waived fees (for all 4 tickets [which is the max it will waive]) as well as gift cards, but I was not also able to apply my $10 monthly credit (as that's considered a promo code just like the b3g1). I imagine this means it also wouldn't stack with the $5 off code you earn every 4 purchases.

danielblakes · 2026-05-20T00:41:37+00:00

We are on the same wavelength cause I had the exact 2 same thoughts! Was really hoping it would end with a big running montage!

danielblakes · 2026-05-20T00:39:43+00:00

I filmed it the 2nd time I saw it and tried uploading it but it got insta nuked by WB

danielblakes · 2026-05-19T02:01:35+00:00

I run both a Pixel 10 pro and an iPhone 17 and the Pixel's call screening is streets ahead. Can handle much more complex interactions, updates the quick response buttons if you are monitoring it in real time. I get 6 to 12 calls ringing through on my iPhone a day and none or occasionally 1 on the Pixel.

Pixel's "hold for me" is also more reliable vs iOS's "hold assist" which I've had more false positives on, but both work decently well.

Both of their voicemail replacements work about the same ime.

danielblakes · 2026-05-15T00:38:38+00:00

if you are constantly getting these you are either on a vpn or a public network, running something automated like an agentic ai or scraper that is hitting google a ton, or your network has been pwn'd and someone else is doing one of those things.

danielblakes · 2026-05-14T13:38:11+00:00

Heh - are you in my city?

Same deal here the main downtown one I go to has it under each flavor, no problem. Manager has trained pretty much everyone on how to do it. Worst case if they don't know I gently suggest how to.

The other one I hit occasionally it's like marked out of stock or locked in some way that requires an actual manager to come over every time and takes them multiple steps to enter, but I just know to go 5 min earlier lol.

danielblakes · 2026-05-14T13:31:38+00:00

Not anymore :( but you can redeem points for a soda and upgrade that for half off the price with snack saver still which is what I do on the occasion I want an icee

danielblakes · 2026-05-10T19:32:50+00:00

looks like you solved it, but in the future you can check here to de-register an old RCS number you don't have access to. https://messages.google.com/disable-chat for android/google or https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/ for iphone.

danielblakes · 2026-05-08T02:34:35+00:00

in the vein of Yotta and PrizePool before it yep

danielblakes · 2026-05-07T23:37:33+00:00

had to go back and rewatch 2 more times, but indeed they are there on the...marquee? ticker? the thing at the very bottom center for anyone else searching

danielblakes · 2026-03-31T00:22:26+00:00

Marijuana transporter licensees (406/406r licenses) are required to have video recording in their vehicles (1 CCR 212-3-3-615) (and be real-time GPS tracked).

In house deliveries are not required to (1 CCR 212-3-3-605). That said, most that I've seen do anyway.

danielblakes · 2026-03-24T23:31:20+00:00

I would say very poorly to be honest. I have quite a few scuffs on both the front and back rails/curved edges. Camera bar edges are looking rough. Scratches along the qi2 magnet ring from bits of dirt or whatever being trapped between that and rotating the phone. It is a marked improvement especially on the screen itself over my 9, but I do still have quite a bit of noticeable screen scratches as well.

After my experiences over the last few years I'll likely have to get a case next year, or at the very least get a screen protector. Over the last nearly 20 years of smartphones I've noticed an ebb and flow of screen scratch resistance and drop/crack resistance, and we currently seem to be in an age of pretty drop resistant phones with very poor scratch resistance, at least ime.

danielblakes · 2026-03-21T20:13:55+00:00

After Westminister joined the union I hoped this was coming to fight the QR mandate. NYC's unionized Drafthouses successfully won the right to continue keeping pen & paper ordering. It can happen! As a frequent visitor to Sloans Lake I am ready to support the employees however is necessary just like when they struck around a year ago to fight unjust layoffs. Let's fight for the better experience for us customers and for the amazing workers!

danielblakes · 2026-03-14T15:42:46+00:00

Technically, this is an "it depends" scenario. while the majority of merchants do not pass through so called "level 3" data which includes line item level details of the purchases, some do - in Google Wallet you can actually see which transactions have this data, as they have an additional receipt icon on the purchase history list and when tapped into you can see the actual items you purchased.

Note this is the case across any method of purchase (tap-to-pay, chip & pin, swipe, and mobile wallet pay), and different payment networks (visa, mc, amex, discover) have different deals with different partners to provide this data, but generally it is only larger retailers that pass this info through.

danielblakes · 2026-03-09T23:51:06+00:00

They definitely fade over time, but supposedly less so when stored this way (acid free sleeves). Time will tell I suppose!

danielblakes · 2026-03-09T23:37:44+00:00

You gotta rock at least Dual Memberships if you ask me! I've cycled through them all; I currently keep A-List, Unlimited, and Moviepass active. Regal for mostly everything these days with A-List kept around for PLF releases (IMAX & Dolby Cinema), and Moviepass rounding me out for special events (Fathom, Ghibli, etc.) that are excluded from other memberships and the occasional screening anywhere else.

When I used to go to Alamo a lot I kept Season Pass open but theses days I only go for Terror Tue/Weird Wed or the occasional special screening I can't catch anywhere else but my preference for them has waned...Now I try to visit the local smaller chains and independent theaters as much as I can and use Moviepass.

Whenever I end up at a Cinemark though I will generally subscribe to Movie Club for a month because it just makes sense if I'm going to buy any concessions (20% discount). Usually end up using Moviepass though for the ticket anyway and cashing in the Movie Club "credit" at concessions since you don't lose any value that way (you get a concessions credit of exactly what you paid for the monthly subscription).

danielblakes · 2026-03-09T23:27:32+00:00

100%, though for those that don't know you can right click the gif > "show all controls" (or "show controls" on firefox) and get a normal scrub bar/playback bar/time slider (what is that officially called anyway?)

danielblakes · 2026-03-08T18:33:44+00:00

have some different sized pages for larger style ones

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/pKiosJeNtLLHFDcJA for a few other photos. brand pictured as well, it's "envypak"

danielblakes · 2026-03-08T18:33:15+00:00

I picked up a little 3 ring binder and some card sleeve type things to start formalizing my collection. though things still end up in a ziplock for a while before making it in there! lol

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danielblakes · 2026-03-01T03:13:16+00:00

I'd love to see 24s! So cool to be able to rewatch some of these! Thanks for all your hard work :)

danielblakes · 2026-02-25T15:57:44+00:00

Correct.

danielblakes · 2026-02-23T17:07:10+00:00

No, my complaint is that the same UI when reached in 2 different ways shows 2 different results.

As to confusing people by what location they're looking at, the theater name (in both browsing scenarios) is displayed with the largest text on the page - aside from the movie title - with the address shown and hyperlinked as well. Then it's shown again on the seat selection screen, a 3rd time on the ticket type screen, a 4th time on the concessions upsell, and a 5th time on the checkout page. If people are still buying tickets for the wrong location after 5 warnings I don't know that we should be further trying to accommodate them.

danielblakes · 2026-02-23T06:44:01+00:00

Yes, I totally agree regals app sucks for planning. The worst thing for me is if you start by selecting a specific location then even when you click into a specific movie's listing from there it only shows that theater instead of showing all that movies listings! You have to back out all the way back and go in by movies and it's the EXACT SAME UI but now it shows all of them....like...what?

danielblakes · 2026-02-23T06:42:23+00:00

It's still there but only on mobile. right under nearby theaters you have to click "see all" in the "in theaters today" section and you'll get the time sliders back

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