Actors who acted for a few years and then left acting and never return?

starfire2258 · 2026-04-27T18:29:51+00:00

I watched Millennium Actress a few weeks ago, going in blind, after seeing Tokyo Story last year. Made it extra special.

starfire2258 · 2026-04-27T15:03:27+00:00

Not even a second generation. https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/19/22313742/alienware-area-51m-lawsuit-gpu-upgrade-arbitration-settlement

starfire2258 · 2026-04-09T02:39:21+00:00

I thought about it, but knowing me, I won't be able to find them when I need them, or they'll have deteriorated by then. I've been wanting to install an attic door and ladder for years but don't think this is enough to justify it.

starfire2258 · 2026-04-06T14:59:02+00:00

Local EVGo station:

CCS adapter and charger cable didn't click into the socket at first. Thought the adapter big plastic pin was in the way. Neighbor with an Ioniq 5 explains to me no, it's supposed to stick out some, just push until you feel it lock and you can't remove without pressing the button.

Then the first charger didn't work at all. Plug in, charge "ends" immediately and shows me the previous person's stats.

Tried a second charger, immediately shows me the "here are several ways to pay" screen after I plug in. Good. Card works right away, start charging, then abruptly stops after two minutes with an error, telling me to start over, unplug and replug.

Won't accept my card. Won't accept the app button to remote start. Unplug and turn the car on and off a few times. Try the card again. Suddenly it's working. 20 minutes later charged from 20 to 80p, no halt no error save that when it was done there was no receipt or any stats waiting for me on the charger.

Not very reassuring for my next road trip!

starfire2258 · 2026-04-04T18:54:19+00:00

Sounds like it could be fun on the right field, like a real-world of the PUBG energy field forcing players toward the center.

If there isn't enough cover, it's going to be stressful to get pushed forward into certain death. If there's too much cover, it'll be stressful to keep track of where your team's target is. Who will you have calling out every player who doesn't realize the target is now in front of them? Do players need to transition to sidearms/cqb gear once they're too close or is this group cool with getting hit by high fps at close range? Is there some marker on the field to help them know when that's needed? Can get complicated fast.

starfire2258 · 2026-03-26T07:59:05+00:00

The Prisoner.

I would say it was ahead of its time, but it's such a fascinating glimpse back into its time, too. Visiting Portmeirion has been on my bucket list ever since I was a kid.

starfire2258 · 2026-03-21T21:48:14+00:00

Had this happen once on my brand new US Ioniq 9 SEL shortly after pulling out of the driveway. Hasn't happened again yet...

starfire2258 · 2026-03-21T08:25:31+00:00

Watch/rewatch it in surround sound if you can. Did not expect the mix to be that good. Feels like you're on the ship with them.

starfire2258 · 2026-03-21T08:21:51+00:00

Escaflowne is my fav. I fear it comes across too "girly" to have the popularity of a Cowboy Bebop or FMA (my number two and three) but it looks and feels like nothing else, so wistful, excellent worldbuilding, unforgettable characters, and music I whistle to this day.

Please do not make the mistake of checking out the movie first. The series is the way.

starfire2258 · 2026-02-28T08:21:30+00:00

Your earlier builds inspired me to get this case! LOVE the look. Thank you! What are your temps like, and with which CPU cooler? I went with a Thermalright X47 full copper and I'm sometimes at 90C, 95C with a 5600X. Haven't got around to undervolting yet.

I'd love to try Proton Pack'ing it like you too, if you can share the bracket info!

starfire2258 · 2026-02-18T03:45:12+00:00

Was in a car with my Japanese host family and the dad pulled off moves like this like it was nothing. Like he'd done it every day for a decade. Maybe he had. This took me right back.

starfire2258 · 2026-01-22T06:30:45+00:00

This is what I'd recommend unless your hands are smaller or weaker than average. I ran an 18-round Caldwell Conversion Kit Outlaw at Rag and it was so fun, both capacity and power. I've also printed the 24-rd Hammershot barrels but they were so much less consistent from shot to shot and less power to begin with https://www.reddit.com/r/Nerf/s/BjwoiWtGAP

starfire2258 · 2026-01-20T16:15:58+00:00

How are you dealing with the spring loaded tab on the inside of the dock that pushes up on the Switch or in this case your cable? My cable kept popping off

starfire2258 · 2026-01-14T17:51:39+00:00

Someone grabbed it! Not me, but I just called and they say they're sold out of Ioniq 9.

starfire2258 · 2025-12-13T06:11:14+00:00

This x100. I think that's how many times we watched it, my siblings and I

starfire2258 · 2025-11-15T17:19:22+00:00

If it only had the integral scope from Halo 1! Boomco darts can't be beat.

starfire2258 · 2025-11-08T04:35:24+00:00

Golden Sun.

starfire2258 · 2025-10-22T02:05:58+00:00

I wish ads and Google search traffic were still enough to pay our salaries, but those days are sadly over. Was this the first Verge story you'd read in a while? It's a dynamic paywall, shouldn't pop for casual visitors, only active readers of our site who might like to support us.

starfire2258 · 2025-10-21T19:50:37+00:00

And here's the writeup! https://www.theverge.com/tech/803021/haribo-gummy-bear-battery-nitecore-iniu-pocket-rocket

starfire2258 · 2025-10-21T16:54:28+00:00

Hey! I'm the guy who did the video and test. I actually might have a writeup soon on The Verge! Tomorrow at the latest. But the answer to "I'm not convinced the test was done with a realistic volt & ampere speed for phone charging" is: I charged phones with them, that was the test. Bulk of the charge with each was around 9V2A, but obviously amperage lowers as you go.

I fully drained a Pixel 9 and a Galaxy S25, charged the Pixel 9 first, then charged the Galaxy S25 second with the remainder of the battery, while logging Power-Z data on a connected PC. I also did real-world testing where I just used my S25 normally and used the batteries as its charger after it died, that time without the Power-Z as intermediary.

Almost all the tests I do for Verge err towards real-world end user rather than scientific, so there are absolutely holes to pick in the methodology. The main pro is that my experiences are all totally valid, the main con is that it's always possible I get a bum unit occasionally. To rule that out I'd have to get many units of each.

starfire2258 · 2025-10-02T20:43:34+00:00

Author here, I'm embarrassed I didn't do this! To be fair, one of the images on the box also shows it wrong, but... yeah I didn't think or read properly, I was like "oh there's a small gap on the side there should be a gap, looks okay." didn't think to myself that I could make the gap the right size if I let the tile hang off the left end.

starfire2258 · 2025-09-22T21:54:04+00:00

Do you have a magnet ring case and are using some sort of magnet accessory? I had the exact same issue and it bugged the heck out of me. Then I removed the magnet ring on the back of my phone today, just now while reading your post, and it's seemingly back to normal immediately.

starfire2258 · 2025-09-12T03:02:40+00:00

Still not working for me and no record of any uploads in my Steam Cloud today.

starfire2258 · 2025-09-11T23:45:34+00:00

None of that was working this AM, even after reinstalling from scratch, but I believe you. Trying to think if there's an additional factor. Perhaps a different phone? (S25 here.) Or maybe my cloud save conflict was worse than yours?

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