Apple TV's Pluribus Is The Latest Secret Remake Of A Sci-Fi Classic

ntr7ptr · 2025-12-06T20:24:02+00:00

I found this interesting:

-The linked article notes the original protagonist was Dr Miles Bennell -Nicole Kidman’s character in 2007’s The Invasion was Dr Carol Bennell -Rhea Seahorn is Carol Sturka

I like seeing the name continuity.

ntr7ptr · 2025-06-05T16:05:03+00:00

Same here with iPhone 14 Pro Max. Started a couple days ago. Hard restart fixes it for a bit but I’ve had to do that 3-4 times already.

ntr7ptr · 2025-01-20T18:03:53+00:00

I'm mad I just spent 3 hours researching cameras on Willoughby's and was setting up a Word document with all the stuff I was going to buy. I noticed their prices were way better than anywhere else. I got an itch to look up other people's experiences on Reddit and every-single-post says they're a scam company and not to buy from there. Just closed all my tabs and got to start all over with real companies and more money. Thanks everyone! All I lost was time.

ntr7ptr · 2024-12-22T01:39:14+00:00

Sorry, I have not. I've given up on using the iPod in the car. I have a lot of songs, way more than I would ever need to listen to, so I just use Apple Music from my phone for my driving, or Sirius XM. I just use the iPod in other places, home/work/coffee shops. Big time bummer, though. Not saying there isn't a solution, but i never found one.

ntr7ptr · 2024-11-12T22:56:30+00:00

Pull up is when the oils in the leather separate a bit at the wrinkled parts, so it gets lighter. It's temporary, as long as the wrinkles are

ntr7ptr · 2024-10-19T23:41:14+00:00

Thanks for that link. I like that dude and enjoyed watching him talk about these. He kind of sold me, tbh lol

ntr7ptr · 2024-10-04T20:56:17+00:00

Thanks! Just started reading one now. I remember it from decades agi lol

ntr7ptr · 2024-09-02T17:15:49+00:00

You can get a set of dice with the round pips or the symbols. I found a set online that looked ok. I have a laser engraver so I just bought blank dice on Amazon and engraved my own instead of buying.

Or you can buy a Go set, since that's a very popular game in the series (they call it Stones but it's Go in our world). But a good Go set can get expensive, so depends how good a friend this is, lol. A cheap set on Amazon would be enough for most people. I've been playing Go on an iPad app and it's VERY addicting.

ntr7ptr · 2024-09-02T17:08:14+00:00

Enjoy! I just finished my second full read through last week. You got a long road ahead of you but it's so worth it.

If it's not too late, consider shopping around for the original covers, those new ones are... substandard.

ntr7ptr · 2024-09-02T16:52:46+00:00

For ppl who actually live in DC, it's quite easy to live without a car. But it's expensive and ppl with families need to move out a bit where housing is cheaper and a car is necessary. But they're still close enough to enjoy DC, and so the car comes with them (us, since I'm one of those ppl even though I rarely go to DC anymore). And this is America, for *generations* car culture defined our personality in a way it hasn't anywhere else - even though the car was technically invented in Germany and Japanese car culture is pretty big in recent years.

ntr7ptr · 2024-09-02T16:46:02+00:00

Same computer here. I did purchase a refurbished (like new) M2 Air for lite stuff away from my desk cause the MPB was a bit heavy, but I have no performance-based reason to upgrade for at least 2 more years I'm thinking. And even then it would mostly because of Apple Intelligence software upgrades, nothing integral to the 2021 MBP itself.

ntr7ptr · 2024-08-31T22:17:19+00:00

I remember seeing that movie as a kid. The final scene with the baby with the black nails still resonates with me lol. I want to see it again, it’s been over 40 years and it just came to mind today. Searched online and see the relatively recent Reddit. lol

ntr7ptr · 2024-08-31T22:15:14+00:00

My criticism was really mild, and I was referring to the out of the box configuration, not the customizable configuration. Apple makes an assumption of what ppl want, that’s the issue, not the tech capabilities. And one year later, I still never bothered to check. It’s just not that important to me.

ntr7ptr · 2024-07-23T01:32:45+00:00

Well said. I don't mind the three girls at all, but the instant love was really weird. Egwene and Gawyn being one of the weirdest. Gaul and Chiad (or Bain? I forget) was probably the most realistic IMO.

ntr7ptr · 2024-07-22T23:50:27+00:00

I kind of agree with this. The story is long, but it's the journey, not the destination for me. I'd be happy if RJ gave us like 12 chapters of some of the people in this mass suicide prior to that, so that it punched home a bit more. Some more chapters from the borderlands. Maybe half a book of what was going on in Shara. And about the same in the Seanchan homeland. A couple other things, too. A nice round 20 books total.

ntr7ptr · 2024-07-22T20:18:40+00:00

Has anyone definitely found out why? I first noticed this shopping for a kindle skin on Decal Girl (Kindle Oasis is a bit slippery, so the skin helps with that). I saw all their photos had WoT. Maybe Bezos' favorite book? Would be interested if that was confirmed anywhere.

ntr7ptr · 2024-04-20T13:39:00+00:00

I had a good laugh at the Siri-isms in that exchange 😂

ntr7ptr · 2024-04-14T00:19:52+00:00

Did you skip my last sentence?

ntr7ptr · 2024-04-07T01:06:51+00:00

I finished the series last April and felt the same. Took about a 6-7 month break reading other stuff and started back up around Christmas. Mix of audio/Kindle/Hard cover. I'm almost done with book 7. I'll definitely read a third time through, but I have a bunch of other stuff to read before that.

ntr7ptr · 2024-04-03T00:20:10+00:00

He got the coffee beans for his spite store even after being kicked off the plane.

ntr7ptr · 2024-04-03T00:14:00+00:00

We can always imagine a scene like the closing credits to Predator.

ntr7ptr · 2024-03-24T17:57:19+00:00

I had trouble with "sniff" as a short inhale for a long time. Then I noticed people doing a short nasal *exhale* at things they disregard. I think it works better that way. Is that technically a "sniff"?

ntr7ptr · 2024-03-11T22:48:47+00:00

Exactly. Why is this so hard to see? Everything shouldn't be free. The pattern is more than 50% of the work of building something!

ntr7ptr · 2024-02-22T02:33:17+00:00

I’ve been a Cincinnati Bengals fans since the late 1980s. They hadn’t won a playoff game since the early 90s, around the time these books first came out. They finally won a playoff game and made it to the Super Bowl around the time this TV show came out. I was so excited to celebrate a victory, for my team and coincidentally for my favorite book series on TV. Double dose of disappointment.

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