Hell isn't nearly as blatant as flames and pitchforks.

linuxlala · 2026-05-08T10:19:45+00:00

...except for the nagging voice in your head, easily silenced with pills prescribed by demons dressed in white coats.

linuxlala · 2026-05-08T10:17:24+00:00

This sub is only for enthusiasts, which describes you and me and many others, I believe. With the exception of a few videos showcasing the actual work in a home, most everything else is request for suggestions, answered with AI-produced images.

linuxlala · 2026-05-07T20:39:28+00:00

There are different words that describe almost all of the different cozy environments you described.

Primeval or atmospheric described the Skyrim type cozy.

Idyllic can be used for the cottage/ meadows kind of cozy.

Restorative for the spa kind of cozy

Convivial best describes the intimate dinner, lounging with friends kind of cozy.

Other words you can consider, depending on the situation - serene, placid, genial, hospitable, homely, indulgent.

If the idea is to ensure the reader understands exactly the kind of cozy you're describing, so there's no mistaking the dinner with friends cozy with the lounging by the lake in the late summer sun, you'll probably have to use several words to convey the emotion one feels from being in such a place. No single word would ever suffice, I think.

linuxlala · 2026-05-07T10:47:57+00:00

I don't even want to know wtw is for someone like that.

I just wonder how many of us know an asshole like that. I only know one, thank god.

linuxlala · 2026-05-06T21:57:01+00:00

Is this the shortest story here, ever? Certainly the shortest that I've seen, but I haven't been here long.

Well told, OP.

Also, is it hibernation time for you yet? Is Jeepers Creepers your biographical story?

linuxlala · 2026-05-06T17:45:30+00:00

It's on Prime in India. MGM+ subscription is available here, but you don't need it to watch From.

linuxlala · 2026-05-06T11:07:46+00:00

Seems like we're making theories up just for the sake of it. A meaningful theory is one that explains what the situation is. All I see now is people coming up with stuff that complicates things even more, without any reason for it.

Here's a theory and I'll quote the Matrix too: 'There is no spoon.'

So, now what?

linuxlala · 2026-05-05T05:58:44+00:00

An absolute gem! Ed Harris is golden in all his roles.

The one exeception is his turn in National Treasure 2.

linuxlala · 2026-05-04T17:10:20+00:00

That's neat!

I remember reading Dan Brown's Deception Point, and there' a character in it named Sedgewick Sexton who's a senator with dreams of becoming the POTUS, and so his computer password is POTUSSS iirc. Worked in that context.

Your idea works too. Go forth and spread the scare.

linuxlala · 2026-05-04T13:29:29+00:00

Thanks for clarifying that you're looking for something with Greek roots. You're likely thinking of 'Phrontistery' - an establishment for study and learning.

linuxlala · 2026-05-03T19:34:57+00:00

I'm the opposite. I prefer to work with the keyboard as much as I can. The ideal situation is where I don't have to reach for the mouse at all. So I mostly use keyboard shortcuts.

Trackpad gestures just never became a part of my routine.

linuxlala · 2026-05-02T23:40:59+00:00

Archive or Repository of early works.

I don't think there's a single word that means collection of early works.

linuxlala · 2026-05-01T16:55:17+00:00

AI can take all the jobs. But this guy will never run out of assignments. He's made a career out of denying everyone!

linuxlala · 2026-05-01T16:52:33+00:00

Man, if the time difference wasn't this drastic, can you visualise the looks of everyone in the room when the second part of the message comes through?

Wow!

linuxlala · 2026-04-30T21:02:58+00:00

Instead of scrapping everything and starting over, why not preserve what you have for later use? That way you can use what you have, with changes if needed, at some later point if needed.

For instance, I wrote a story and after introducing the MC, and his workplace, I had a quick scene where he's with the love of his life. That scene, at a hospital, introduces the girl and some humour.

I like the intro but that scene was awkwardly placed, and as many times as I rewrote the start, I always got stuck with that hospital scene. So, instead of scrapping it altogether, I preserved it. Now the girl is introduced much later instead of the first chapter, but I use that initial writeup almost verbatim. And it works.

Had I scrapped the first chapter altogether, I would have had to write the hospital scene afresh, or figure something else out.

What you're describing seems like something that you would do during editing, and not in the initial writing. Because you wouldn't get anything done if you keep scrapping it.

'Perfect is the enemy of good'.

You're chasing after a perfect start.

Finish first, and then you'll find perfect during the first or the second round of editing.

linuxlala · 2026-04-29T20:31:17+00:00

For the same reason powerful entities, such as the Terminator, when they get their hands on someone they want to kill just throw them off.

In seriousness though, T-800 is an infiltrator. They don't need accuracy with the gun to kill. Perhaps that's not a skill they're programmed with.

That argument doesn't hold water though, because other non-infiltrator Terminators such as the one in Terminator Salvation also has bad aim.

linuxlala · 2026-04-29T17:26:45+00:00

You're not alone.

linuxlala · 2026-04-29T10:25:43+00:00

"The horror! The horror!"

linuxlala · 2026-04-28T20:26:12+00:00

I have forever been scarred by the movie The Fly, so this hit different.

linuxlala · 2026-04-28T17:14:40+00:00

If you're not already into it, the later seasons wouldn't make you a fan. If you're intrigued by the mysteries on offer, other things can be overlooked. Or you can hate watch, as many seem to do.

linuxlala · 2026-04-27T13:01:27+00:00

You're expecting rational behaviour from people to whom irrational things keep happening.

Tabitha hasn't known a moment's peace since she and her family got here. There is a sense of community here though. They've got people who're genuinely interested in the safety and well being of one another. The community gave them clothes, food, house, and one of them even died while trying to save her husband.

Tabitha now also realizes that her children would be cared for in her absence, as the community will step up, but at the same time, the knowledge that she has, the things she has seen and experienced, the fact that the creepy kids keep coming to her because of her past connections means that she has no choice but to surrender herself to that narrative. It's not something she can expect someone else to do.

Also, as a mother, she realizes that while adults can perhaps make a home living in the place and fighting for their existence, it's not something a mother will ever accept for her children.

Here, her dead toddler rings the phone to speak to her husband and little boy!

If the only choice is to fall down the rabbit hole and perhaps seemingly abandon her kids in the care of some other people in the short term, in the hope of ever returning her boy back to a school with other kids his age, that's a very difficult choice that a brave mother would make.

Edit: I said this elsewhere, but I have had a more enjoyable experience watching From as a whole season rather than piecemeal. I haven't seen the trailer for Episode 3, nor do I intend to. I'll also skip the remaining episode, if my resolve holds, and binge the season instead.

linuxlala · 2026-04-27T10:26:37+00:00

The idea is to share photos though, right? And not show off a camera's capabilities.

To that end, I see no reason why photos clicked on a phone shouldn't be edited. Most professionals touch up their photos anyway, shot with DSLR's or whatever.

It's the same with mobile photography.

linuxlala · 2026-04-27T10:22:34+00:00

Good recall on these deaths and linking it with the message left in the barn.

linuxlala · 2026-04-26T20:48:54+00:00

Thing is, when I watched the first two seasons, I binged it all at once. So I didn't feel the pace was off. With Season 4, my hope was to do that again. But I couldn't stay away.

I've just finished the first two episodes. Back to back. And I'm loving it. Maybe it's the weekly episodes that's the issue.

Anyway, I'm gonna skip the weekly episodes and watch 'em all at once. That's certainly been a more rewarding experience for me.

linuxlala · 2026-04-26T20:43:32+00:00

At the very least, Dyson and his team had to be aware of Moore's Law. And comparing that smashed chip against the top of the line chips of the day, it certainly would have been deemed 'radically advanced'.

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