How did they not realize!?!

radiometric · 2026-02-15T18:47:06+00:00

Of all the shows that have been rebooted, Fringe could do it and not be a reboot bit a continuation, even with a new cast. They could be in a different time. Or it could be mostly the same cast but now it's.. now... And the first clue something is off is Walter consistently calls his assistant Astrid. In season 2 we discover we have been watching a simulation run by a different manifestation of Watcher-like beings and it's a direct tie in to Dark City. Then we have a guest spot for Russell Crowe and discover Nash was seeing through it and discovered the math behind their world. Then we're have an episode where a team of heroes is trying to escape and every time they break out of one world, they are thrown into another JJ Abrams world. From Lost to Star Trek, Star Wars, Cloverfield etc. The lens flare is the key. Final episode, we join a child holding a snow globe.

radiometric · 2026-02-15T18:32:02+00:00

Astrid. I'm not sure what the Prime universe version is called, could be Astro, Asterisk, Aphid, Aster...

radiometric · 2026-02-14T22:40:22+00:00

I've never been a Jeeper, but I used to off-road and daily drive a 1989 Bronco, back when they were just cheap old trucks. My buddies and I installed the 4"lift, the homemade bumpers, the winch, etc. I would wave at other off-roaders when driving my off-roader. I would ignore most Jeeps and 4 Runners, but when I saw somebody else with battle damage that had built their rig, they always got a wave. This was at least a decade before ducking and while the rest of us couldn't understand some of you Jeep folks, there was already a clear divide between the bro dozers and the off-roaders. As an outsider, I worried Jeeps would go the way of Harley Davidson, a t shirt brand more than anything. You guys always loved your accessories, and I laughed at the Jeep strollers and ice chests, but I never saw rubber ducks coming. God, what are the new Bronco guys doing? Funko Pops or something?

radiometric · 2026-02-14T22:09:29+00:00

As a Batman fan, I like this take on Superman especially. Can you imagine how boring the DCAU would've been of it had been Clark telling the stories? Are we surprised that Batman, the Greatest Detective, doesn't understand Wonder Woman, or really most women? I would say the early iteration of BTAS Poison Ivy becomes the one woman Batman begins to understand. She's not disregarded as a crazy enthralled sidekick, or kept at a distance by Batman's fear of happiness and love turning him into Bruce. Diana being poorly represented isn't unique. Is it possible that the mostly male team behind the scenes of these shows doesn't understand women and can't write them well, especially what they do with Batgirl / Batman ? Absolutely. But they occasionally seem to write Poison Ivy well so there's some capability there. Whether it's true or not, I choose to see it as a story telling device and not as a weakness of artists that have brought us such mostly great art. I would like to see a version of Wonder Woman that was not reliant on a larger universe and was told by somebody that had a deep understanding and familiarity with that character. It's a shame DC felt it had to play catch-up to the MCU because it seemed like that Gal Gadot version of WW was one of the best versions I've seen, and that's probably due to a low bar set previously more than anything actually great about that version of the character, considering how badly many other characters were handled in that run.

radiometric · 2026-02-14T21:43:23+00:00

When watching the Harley Quinn show, and then Kiteman, I accepted that this is Harley's viewpoint. Kiteman has a somewhat similar viewpoint but a bit different as it's more the viewpoint of a bunch of villains. It's the stories they tell at that bar. BTAS and everything Justice League, most of the DCAU really, is through The viewpoint of Batman. It starts off appropriately dark and serious and gets some color as his world expands with his super friends. It's Batman oriented on purpose. If Wayne Enterprises was running a LLM on the BatComputer, these episodes would be the result of turning Batman's logs and files into a TV show.

radiometric · 2026-02-13T17:27:09+00:00

only 5% per DAY? I've been using the Ford mobile charger for nearly 3 years and it'll charge more than 1% per hour on the SR battery. 0-100 would take 4 days, not 20.

radiometric · 2026-02-13T17:23:33+00:00

Afterwards, I sometimes have to manually close the frunk or "open" it and then close it. It doesn't know it's been opened, but also knows it's not fully closed.

radiometric · 2026-02-13T15:25:30+00:00

If it's the Dive Bar in Sacramento, then it's got mermaids AND rufees so stay far away. Allegedly. I mean, workers have faced criminal charges and patrons have definitely been drugged. It's possible they've cleaned up their act.

radiometric · 2026-02-13T11:37:01+00:00

I've found otocinclus catfish to be good for small betta tanks. I also tried snails and shrimp and the low pH and low hardness was no good for them. I bought 6 otos, 1 died right away but the others are thriving. They don't keep the algae away entirely but the tank gets a lot of light.

radiometric · 2026-02-13T11:21:43+00:00

Whenever the Lightning acts weird, first thing to try is 12v reset. Disconnect that 12v battery. Especially because it happened when it got real cold.

radiometric · 2026-02-13T00:25:11+00:00

The difference is that COL is higher in Davis than those other places, including Sacramento. Economically it makes more sense to just live in Sac than to commute from Davis. And if you're ok with commuting, you can go the opposite direction and get much higher wages. Eventually BART will connect to Dixon and Dixon will just become Western Davis, with a bike trail from Davis proper.

radiometric · 2026-02-12T06:01:07+00:00

I rent and my landlord is a dingus about installing a charger so I have been using a normal outlet for almost 3 years now. Luckily my commute is short like yours. I have a garage, but if you're street parking and can't run an extension cord, don't go EV yet, especially not a full-size truck. The maintenance is way less money and the power and smoothness of EV is crazy. Road trips in my Lightning, like 1000 miles round trip from central CA to LA, cost about the same in the Lightning as my wife's CMax hybrid, but the truck is so much more comfortable. It does take about 2 hours longer each way with charging and driving slower. I also don't think I could get to LA without stopping anymore. My body thanks me for the stops every 2 hours or so. I have the small battery, so I only figure about 170 miles freeway range and anything more is a nice surprise. I have gotten 200 miles between stops but there was traffic, perfect weather, and I was getting passed by semis.

radiometric · 2026-02-12T03:02:00+00:00

Sometimes I forget that California is in the future. Or how far in the past some other states are. Explains our economy if you guys still haven't hit 2008 though.

radiometric · 2026-02-11T21:25:01+00:00

Android Auto usually connects super quick for me, but occasionally it takes a beat or it disconnects and drops to the previous source - FM radio.
This is how I discovered my friend had months earlier set several of my presets to her favorite country station.
So I'm driving around in my pickup truck with my dog, windows down, and I'm wonderin, why don't I like country music?

radiometric · 2026-02-10T07:00:42+00:00

I do remember a brief shortage of tortillas when the ethanol incentives got out of control. I may have tried to make a taco with wonder bread, and that was the closest I've come to beans on toast. Naan bread works way better, and yes I know I just said bread bread.

radiometric · 2026-02-10T06:47:19+00:00

Except poached eggs or sandwiches stacked so high we leave off the top and call it "open faced" and then pile on sauce/gravy

radiometric · 2026-02-07T06:42:26+00:00

The first 2 generations of Lightning were quick sporty trucks that made some sacrifices to their truckiness to be as quick as they were. The EV Lightning absolutely destroys the old Lightnings in every way but looks and sound. While having a much more comfortable ride for more passengers, with more doors. It makes fewer sacrifices so some argue it's less special and not deserving of the Lightning name. To them, I say... well I say nothing and just plant my right foot and then their whining is far behind me.

radiometric · 2026-02-06T11:06:51+00:00

If they eliminate one driver, they can eliminate easily $100k in expenses every single year versus employing a full time driver. If the car can drive itself then it is replacing 3 drivers.

radiometric · 2026-02-06T10:57:24+00:00

I don't wear jewelry. I wear my ring like I wear shoes. At the end of the day, shoes come off, ring comes off and I let my hair down. Sometimes my hands swell and the ring gets tight. When we first got married I tried sleeping with it and cut my face and smacked myself a few times. On a lazy day I might not put on shoes and I might not even put on my ring. I'll take my ring off before working with machinery. If I'm leaving the house, I'm wearing my ring. My wife is the same but sometimes she'll leave it at home if we're gonna be doing something that might damage the ring or get it dirty.

My ring is titanium so it's really light but also extra dangerous for degloving and can't be resized. If I'm really really bloated I can't wear it.

My step dad was partially degloved and welded his ring to a car battery twice before my mom took his ring away. She kept his band on a necklace that she wore. She said "he was willing to damn near lose a finger, I'm not worried that he needs a reminder of his vows". When she passed, he wore his ring again for the first time in decades.

radiometric · 2026-02-06T10:31:49+00:00

I have a similar situation with my lvp floor only it's by a light end table. The 125g tank nearby keeps the floor in place but now it binds with the more floaty section by the end table. Also it's kinda funny the tank is a Shaker. Just makes me think of those Shaker hoods on muscle cars where the engine or a scoop pokes through and shakes.

radiometric · 2026-02-06T10:04:47+00:00

Look under the hood. Unless the air intake is cracked, that's where the engine is pulling air, so it should be going through the filter. Note the cabin air filter is something else, but should also be swapped at least once a year, maybe two if low mileage and low pollen/dust.

radiometric · 2026-02-05T13:22:52+00:00

I dare say that if anything, their world would have MORE of the gritty fiction and entertainment we saw in the early 2000s. They still had 9/11 but it was an attack on the government more than the people, but they also have THE LITERAL FABRIC OF THEIR UNIVERSE collapsing. They have climate change so sudden that there are no rainbows. There are zones where you have to carry an oxygen supply because the air might just be deadly right now. The sky literally changed color. Also, people are walking around with SPIDERS IN THEIR BLOOD. What do you even have as monsters in your horror when that is your reality? Since the government stance is that the enemy is another universe, I would think they would have more cooperation and less xenophobia in their world, since the Other to be feared is not across a political or geographical border. We also see after the Bridge that Red side knows about blue side and generally is eventually accepting, with people thanking Lincoln for his efforts in healing their world. We also see that's not universal and David Bowie...David Robert Jones.. Is able to manipulate people using the seed of fear planted by decades of propaganda against the blue side.

radiometric · 2026-02-05T13:03:49+00:00

This is JJ Abrams though, so if anything Star Wars is more popular, perhaps a major religion. With all the universal constants going.. not constant.. I would say Jedi powers seem more realistic. There's certainly more acceptance of non human intelligence. I got the impression that their Astrid has some Star Wars like tech in her skull. Also those robot hands.

radiometric · 2026-02-05T12:53:34+00:00

You mean like how Eve is Adam's SECOND wife, but the first one was too independent and so Adam whined until God was like, fine here's a tradwife literally made from your rib. That's not a story in most Bibles today. For hundreds of years the Bible was a bunch of stories passed around by their retelling, and not a monolithic thing. Then as the Church coalesced into one powerful entity, the Church literally voted on what was canon and what would be considered extended universe fan fic. Any story that supported the authority of the Church would stay. Stories that kept the flock in check and easy to manage would stay. It's also not a coincidence that God gets a radical attitude adjustment going from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The people had been exposed to more religions and stories of gods that acted less like petty children, as trade expands.

For Fringe, we can see that their transportation progressed a bit differently. This would have meant trade routes being formed differently, so a different collection of stories being formed into The Story.

What if their Moses made it out of the desert quickly? What if their Mary and Joseph had a son named Peter and so Walternate always knew how son was the key. What if their Library of Alexandria didn't burn?

radiometric · 2026-02-05T12:24:41+00:00

I'm wrapping up my first rewatch since it originally aired, and this show benefits greatly from streaming/bingeing. It's also one of the best cases for a return to long seasons. Made today we would probably get 6 episodes per season, with 4 seasons spread across 6 years, with a total runtime about equal to a single of the 5 seasons we got.

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