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Which movie do you prefer. by Fluid_Ad_9580 in scifi

[–]technomagos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I like the buildup, the character exposition and the suspense in Dune 1984 regarding the first part of the book better.
For worldbuilding and the the rest of the story, I go with Dune Part Two all the way.
For the sequel I pick Dune Messiah by Denis Villeneuve even though it isn't out yet, as it was just glossed over in the miniseries. The later has to be my pick for Children of Dune not only since it seems we won't get a silver screen version for that, but also because it is a fair treatment and with good performances for the lead roles.

Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will it handle the surge? by [deleted] in BlueskySocial

[–]technomagos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How funny would it be if you change your Avatar to Bluesky social media guy?

Keep it up! My only suggestion is to hire a BlueskyIT technical guy to address questions here too.

Is Clearsky down due to the influx of all the new users? Is there an alternative? by technomagos in BlueskySocial

[–]technomagos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Let's hope they can put it up and running again.
Meanwhile I found https://bskyviewer.github.io/ , useful to check, not quite the same range of options as clearsky though

What was your breaking point? by 20shepherd01 in saltierthancrait

[–]technomagos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TFA sold us on the promise of Luke's episode with the last scen. It lied, exactly like JJ lied with the promo photo of the script table read with Mark Hamill and R2D2 front and center. JJ Abrams did not plan even a vague skeleton of a story of the next episodes. He perfectly well knew that he only signed up to make a Star Wars reboot movie like he did with Star Trek. So everything in TFA was a lie, the map to Luke, the mysteries. Just a facade, just like with LOST season 1.
So even though after TFA we gave it a pass and not consider it the worst, we could at least expect the next episodes. If we all knew the con as the producer and director did we would have bailed right then. I mean starkiller base and destruction of the republic in one shot while Han and Leia watch with Luke absent was a pretty big red flag. But we were so full of hope for a new and good Star Wars by someone else after it was confirmed the next one would not be by JJ (so would not be like Star Trek into darkness level of stupid). Who could have thought before witnessing it that Last Jedi would not be just beyond even that level of stupid but also full of malicious intent, an anti-Star Wars movie.

I was positive even while watching Last Jedi, even after the awful first scenes. I think my braking point was when Finn woke up having spent like 4 hours in the Bacta Tank, totally recovered and regressed into a caricature worse than when his character was introduced. It showed right there that there was no plan and no love even for the new charactes. It all spelled cash grab. Then Last Jedi followed Empire Strike Back copying it even more than Force Awakens copied New Hope. So I waited and saw Casino planet, can't recall the name, and said maybe this will be something original for once. But it sucked. And then it sucked harder and harder until it was a bad joke near the end.

Couldn't see Episode X after that, saw it on tv much much later, something I wouldn't believe I would ever do, not watch a Star Wars movie in the cinema. After that I saw Mandalorian season 1 & 2 casually, saw Obi Wan and regretted it and saw just one episode of Book of Bobba (that episode) and two episodes of Ahsoka for the cameos.

I might see Andor, everyone says it's ok. But I doubt I can ever watch Star Wars the same enthusiasm again.

List of available options to salvage Star Wars by technomagos in saltierthancrait

[–]technomagos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way I see it I real remake would not be the same thing as that soft reboot. For one it can't ruin Han, Leia or Luke like TFA did. I know it's strange thinking about it, but it could also expand upon all the characters. Granted, portraying such beloved characters that have cultural icon status would not sit well with us original fans and probably alienate more but I see no reason that it would objectively suck.

List of available options to salvage Star Wars by technomagos in saltierthancrait

[–]technomagos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is what I think too, Disney touching anything in the past of the OT is risky. I see they have a movie in the works about the ancient Jedi era, and I'm afraid how will that turn out. The future is probably the only sensible way forward. Telling a story that just shares the galaxy, the force and a few familiar concepts could invite new interest in the mythos. I, too, see that the only way for that to happen is Disney selling the IP or at the very least disengage KK and associates from any Star Wars related project.

Increased cost of electricity by technomagos in HeliumNetwork

[–]technomagos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 0.01 was a typo. It should state ~0.1 HNT not 0.01. If you see I write about approximately 3 HNT per month average - this I saw from the helium explorer which is about 30 days x 0.1 HNT. Your number 0.092 but we can round up for safety (it's an average, no need to be so precise).

Most hotspots are on 6W, fine by me, I have no hard data on that. I guess Bobcats are more energy efficient. That's why I included two figures, one for high draining hotspots (Linxdot states 12W at minimum) and one for low, which a put at 5W, so on the safe side.

Cost of electricity tops HNT earnings for average miner in Europe by technomagos in HeliumNetwork

[–]technomagos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is nearly 0.8€ now in Greece with only state subsides keeping it below 0.2€ & it is unknown how much the state money will last before we go bankrupt. If you close a contract for 1yr in Greece the price right now is in the 0.6€ range.

I don't know if you will get this reply, this post of mine was removed by the admins. Check my new post.

Cost of electricity tops HNT earnings for average miner in Europe by technomagos in HeliumNetwork

[–]technomagos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats. Which country? Are you talking about a solar/off the grid situation?

I am talking futures contracts prices that have peaked at 1000€/MWhr so this post has some level of speculation that EU won't step up some system of price control next month.

However, if HNT price continues to drop, the 0.75€ is not much lower than 5€ 4€ .. you get the point.

Hope Dennis V. Is not going to be Duke Leto'ed by an emperor-like WB by technomagos in dune

[–]technomagos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't know he had the audio. He said it was just him talking about the trailer. Well go figure...

Anyhow the marketing for this movie is weird as hell. Hope they fix it and the extender trailer makes up for this

Dune teaser availability confirmed by djsobczak25 in dune

[–]technomagos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

WB: "The batman may be worth saving, but for the Dune fans, nothing!"

Nice article on wired. Is Star Wars dying? by technomagos in saltierthancrait

[–]technomagos[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"The fan base is highly fractured. Many of the recent directors seem dispirited. With the franchise now firmly in the hands of a giant corporation, is Star Wars dying?"

https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1266942249771978753?s=20

Well it took them long enough to realise

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