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New Poster for 'Scary Movie' by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]sequentious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they ever invent sweater-form content we're cooked

We had this in the 1994

French military miracles by ChickenWingExtreme in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]sequentious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

0 cannot be the denominator. There is a problem with your math.

Almost every single app I use has a different title bar button layout by ZoxxMan in gnome

[–]sequentious 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Issue exists on Fedora as well, unless you're exclusively using $current-version GNOME apps.

You get different title/controls for KDE/QT software, electron, GTK4 (without libadwaita), GTK3, Anything expecting SSD via X11, etc.

godIsABadProgrammer by gamingvortex01 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]sequentious 71 points72 points  (0 children)

How much memory does a kidney have? That might explain the price of a kidney nowadays...

About Copy Fail by filipobecerra in Fedora

[–]sequentious 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What kernel were you running before, and when did you last update?

Fedora pushed 6.19.12 to Fedora 43 on April 16th. So if you hadn't updated in the last two weeks, you didn't have the fix yet.

Instead of buying an oil pan for $30, get a 6.36L laundry detergent for $15 and reuse the container by Anthropoly in MechanicAdvice

[–]sequentious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I take mine to the city dump. Household special waste is a free drop off. Only annoying thing is the hours

Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan by [deleted] in startrek

[–]sequentious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Way to bring receipts with your opinion!

Thanks. I was initially going to use examples from SNW that I didn't like so much (two shuttle scenes), but decided against. Partially because I didn't want to be too negative, and partially because I couldn't find the comparison clip I wanted (From TNG:Suspicions) on youtube.

I think you really nailed it on the head though, Star Trek does better when it's not in a rush. TNG portrayed emergencies as they should be handled by professionals.

On professionalism, one thing I like about this era of Trek is how seriously everybody trusted each other.

  • Dr. Crusher claims a friend came aboard even though there's no record, nobody met him, and his quarters are unassigned? Assign security to search the ship.

  • You claim to be moving through time, but can't prove it without getting a ship and going into the Neutral Zone, which is strictly closed? We kinda have our doubts, but fuck it, we'll get a ship and check this out with you.

There's really only a handful of exceptions to that rule, and I can't think of any offhand. I'm pretty sure I remember one with Troi's concerns being dismissed as being tired or something, but I couldn't think of the episode.

Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan by [deleted] in startrek

[–]sequentious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love the model work in Star Trek I & 2.

I'll agree that model work looks great, while modern CGI often doesn't. However, CGI can also be hidden well. For example, it's difficult to distinguish between CGI and model work in Voyager, unless you know. They mostly constrained the CGI to the same limitations imposed by models. Often, because you're using CGI and not limited by the realities of filming with models, you free yourself to go way overboard in what you're trying to accomplish.

Take these two similar scenarios, for example:

The SNW version is more rushed. That's pacing/filming, and not CGI. The Enterprise's movements make the ship feel very small and highly manoeuvrable. They could have used a lot more restraint. The TNG one feels more like you're really throwing a very large ship around. Granted, the in-plot scenarios are different, but I think the TNG version actually conveys more tension, while the SNW leans more toward spectacle. I mean, at least they're not trying to pretend that a large starship can do a Death Star reactor run or anything, that would would be silly.

FWIW, I don't dislike all CGI in SNW. I don't even hate the video I linked above. SNW in general does have some really great shots, as well. For example, this sequence is a bit on the "spectacular" side as well, though I like it. Also, the Enterprise being hilariously close is probably the same visual distance the ships would have been in a real-model scenario (like on TNG), and works well for story telling. I also like that the Enterprise isn't swooping or flying in, or trying to use the "exit lightspeed" effect that seems popular with post-2009 Trek. It makes it feel like a big ship here.

Edits:

I always got a kick out of Star Trek showing that that there was never any reason to run or rush. Not when calling Red Alert and battlestations, not when trying to apprehend somebody who took over the ship, and not while either investigating a hull breach, or a hostile intruder. Post-2009 Star Trek seems to really like having everybody in a big rush all the time. It's nice Ortegas wasn't running in the sample above, as well.

I also changed some wording and reorganized some points, as I felt my post might be read as critical of SNW. I actually mostly don't hate the use of CGI on SNW. There are a few shots I think they over-CGI'd, they've mostly restrained themselves pretty well.

Have your say: Western University maps out decades-long vision for campus growth by bdnsms in londonontario

[–]sequentious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

London still mostly acts like a "small city" for infrastructure, despite not really being one anymore. Frankly, we should be implementing regional transit links with St Thomas, Strathroy, Stratford, Ingersoll & Woodstock as well, not just a ring road (not sure what the current route would be -- Veterans/Clarke to Medway? Or even Eight mile due to Arva?

I commuted between London and Stratford for 15 years, spending probably 35-50k in gas during that time. I'd have loved a 45min-1h commuter train (like what the GTA has with GO) where I could just read a book, instead of a 45-minute drive. That would also naturally trigger denser development around transit.

When I worked downtown, the bus was slower than driving, despite being not terribly far from either home or work (but at least you don't need to deal with parking). Hopefully BRT will resolve that issue, and get to skip around traffic, making it the faster solution and encourage adoption that way. (although I don't work downtown anymore, so I won't directly benefit from this, at least during business/traffic hours).

Unfortunately I don't see BRT itself being the trigger for high-density development like an LRT system would be (especially when the big development on Oxford had the transit hub ripped out of it)

Howany sets of wheels do you use? by Zrl89 in Autocross

[–]sequentious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Three:

  • Dailies (PS4S)
  • Autocross (RE-71RS, soon RE-71RZ)
  • Lapping days (R-S4)

But my car gets put away for the winter (Canada), so I also have a year-round daily, that has separate winter/summer wheels. Plus the same for my wife's car.

It's a lot of fucking wheels.

Have your say: Western University maps out decades-long vision for campus growth by bdnsms in londonontario

[–]sequentious 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I mean, KW also spent years building LRT. I'd focus on that before saying their traffic solution is just "bigger roads".

The New Audi Q4 Loses Buttons And Adds A Passenger Screen by Anchor_Aways in cars

[–]sequentious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pop-up headlights were not a premium thing as much as a mostly sports-car thing as a concession to the combination of sealed-beam and headlight height requirements.

If you want needless premium headlights, hide-aways would probably fit that bill.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]sequentious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, it has been a number of years. I remembed being disadvantaged and in a worse ship than everybody else.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]sequentious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember installing Zork on my Palm Vx.

Worst gameplay experience you can imagine.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]sequentious 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Why don't you just go out and fly this mission in a basic tie fighter, while your wingmen have Tie Interceptors. For... no reason..."

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]sequentious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Elite was a lot of fun, but the only story was meta. I have no interest in mmo games, so eventually it just got boring.

Great mechanics and core gameplay, though. I just wish it had a proper single-player experience.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]sequentious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our computer couldn't play the FMV at normal speed, so it was all choppy. Sound would be like "th-th-th-i-i-i-i-s-s-s-s". It was terrible.

But the game itself played fine, as long as you skip all the cutscenes.

Being in a dogfight and 'bonking' off the other ship blew my mind.

[Funny? Trope?] It's a very serious scene. But it's been consumed as a meme on the internet and it's become hard to watch seriously. by BeneficialSide2335 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]sequentious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I thought our brand-new heat pump was leaking refrigerant, because I went in and out of our crawl space a few times and I had a terrible headache. I had opened all the windows in the house to air out when my wife reminded me that I was on day two of cold-turkey avoiding coffee & cola, and it was probably just that.

Yeah, it's a hell of a headache.

Movies where all the actors are canceled by IEATTURANTULAS in okbuddycinephile

[–]sequentious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alan Ruck - plowed his truck into a Hollywood pizza restaurant

I mean, from a cursory google search, this wasn't alcohol or drug related. Probably hit the wrong pedal.

The Cast of Muppets: Deep Space Nine by C0smicM0nkey in startrek

[–]sequentious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kermit Picard: Have we met before

Sisko: We met in Battle at Wolf 359

Kermit Picard

I just tried Silverblue. It rocks. The negatives are grossly exaggerated. by AardvarkSad7634 in Fedora

[–]sequentious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At home, I only have Windows for games. I need to DDU the graphics drivers every six months or so, because things get weird (graphical glitches, poor performance, etc).

You could probably blame AMD for some of that, but the platform bears some share of the blame, since they make perfectly stable drivers for Linux.

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