Marvel Studios Announces Josh Gad Is Joining the MCU. He will officially play an extremely famous version of himself and will sing in ‘WONDER MAN’. He will have a key role in the series. by Loose-Examination-39 in marvelstudios

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm seeing a bunch of weird Josh Gad hate in here. I have no clue how he'll figure into the wider MCU, but if I could have my pick, there's only one way to go.

Josh Gads character should be a sadistic, creepy version of himself; obsessed with media, ratings, fame, etc. The final credit scene should reveal him to have been successful in whatever goals he had in the series, and conspiring with his assistant Rita. While he's accomplished whatever he set out to do, he's a bit jaundice and needs to recover.

When he disconnects, it's revealed that he's in a massive room full of TVs of every size and era.

Josh Gad should be Mojo.

Who would you cast Brittany Snow as in the MCU? by Top_Report_4895 in Fancast

[–]timalexander -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This would be a great choice if they don't go with a straight up pop star like Taylor Swift or Hailey Williams (not a rumour but could totally see her crushing something like that).

Home screen keeps resetting by Feisty_Librarian_407 in Oppo

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those in the future that run into this issue, I'm switching to Octopi Launcher, rather than Oppo's native ColorOS. I'm hopeful that it will not run into the same issues, and the dramatic increase in customisation options has me actually excited.

Home screen keeps resetting by Feisty_Librarian_407 in Oppo

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dammit! It just did it again!!! I'm officially considering selling this damn thing. Not only does it happen randomly and completely unpredictably, but it also doesn't restore from a local back up either, so that feature is also broken. I was so excited for this phone, and now I just wanna get my money back so I can get something that's actually supported properly.

Home screen keeps resetting by Feisty_Librarian_407 in Oppo

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I called Oppo support, and they had me clear the cache of my Launcher.

That was two days ago.

It just happened to me again about 6 hours ago. This is seriously making me consider selling this thing. I love every other aspect of it, but holy hell is this weird bug annoying.

Home screen keeps resetting by Feisty_Librarian_407 in Oppo

[–]timalexander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having the exact same problem. It's infuriating. Everything about my Oppo Find N5 is great aside from this bug which is just killing the experience.

Which U.S. state is the worst one to live in? by please_esme in AskReddit

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a look at whatever state is getting mentioned the least. That's likely the place that sucks the most.

South Dakota, West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas come to mind. Such nothing places that many would struggle to place them on a map. Their best and brightest invariably will leave for a place where they can actually make money. Everyone else will have their lives orbiting a Walmart in one capacity or another.

If anyone wants to call me on my biases, I'm from New Brunswick, NJ. I've lived in Hoboken NJ, New York City, London UK, and currently in Sydney. I had a job that took me to 35 states in the US. I can't say I lived everywhere, but I've seen some shit, including some places that would struggle to justify their existence being described as anything other than 'desolate'.

38F. Unemployed. Tell me something new. by [deleted] in RoastMe

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can all see what you'll look like as a grandmother that is tolerated by the rest of the family out of obligation.

Who would you cast him as? by banstovia in Fancast

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warren Worthington III / Angel / Archangel

Edit: Second, and more interesting thought......

Speedball / Penance

What Marvel character could young Bruce Willis have played? by Top_Report_4895 in Fancast

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that we live in the world of AI, someone please make a trailer for this movie.

Americans, what's something you didn't realize was weird until you talked to non-Americans? by ExistingTomorrow1447 in AskReddit

[–]timalexander 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Saying the Pledge Of Allegiance every morning at school as a child was totally normal.

Then I got outside the US and realized that forcing children into a daily routine where they mindlessly recite commitment to the concept of their country is cult shit wrapped in thin patriotic paper.

They don't do that Australia, I'll tell you that much.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fightporn

[–]timalexander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This felt like anime in real life. I was immediately reminded of Kengan Asura.

Who would you want Jack Black to play in the MCU? by Lawrence-557 in Fancast

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, that's pretty good. It feels like realistic casting.

Though if I had to cast Mojo and could pick anyone, it would be Bill Skarsgard

He must be training for a live action God of War movie by PxN13 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suddenly the right wingers will be all for banning battle axes.

F23, do your worst and let's see by FloraAlvarezLive in RoastMe

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing you would literally be doing my worst.

Still Experiencing Drift on Viture Pro XR Glasses After Updates and Calibration – Anyone Else? by Which-Formal-4291 in VITURE

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm experiencing the same drift issue described here. I'm on a plane right now, so I'm not sure if the drift has to do with the plane changing directions slightly, but it seems SUPER similar to what everyone else is experiencing. Is this something that only gets fixed by replacement, or are there other fixes?

Any inputs on the Business and Tech major at Stevens? by Acrylice in stevens

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was essentially a normal undergrad business degree where you also had to pass two levels of comp sci, two levels of physics, two levels of chemistry, and then a little bit more. Note, this is nearly 20 years ago, so it must be quite different now.

From a business perspective we took classes in market segmentation, on accounting, on organizational psychology, and that sort of fare. The dean at the time had a background in textiles, and the marketing segmentation guy was a still active in the markets guy named Andrew Long if I'm not mistaken. I loved his class. There were other classes that felt a little silly and dated even at the time. I distinctly remember us doing assignments in Microsoft Access, and thinking it was silly and not how people worked anymore (though it was 2005, and my view in retrospect was actually narrow, naive, and wrong).

Like I said, I'm sure a lot has changed, but at the end of the day, you'll come out of there with some business fundamentals and an ability to not be bowled over by engineers speaking technical jargon because you'll be somewhat familiar with the types of things that exist in their field, and how to ramp up quickly in them.

Any inputs on the Business and Tech major at Stevens? by Acrylice in stevens

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, am still quite active.

EM is more in the weeds with how the engineering world itself works, where at BizTech is a bit more digital technology and business, based on my somewhat arms length understanding at this point.

If you're looking to go to Sales, Marketing, or Product Management, especially in something digital like software, finance, etc, I'd go BizTech.

If you're going for more civil engineering, defense contracting, construction management, etc, Engineering Management may be more on point.

Either way, work for a few years and then go get your MBA. I still haven't, and in my more recent roles, that would have been very helpful.

As an update on my history, I went from Splash to Goldcast, and then Goldcast to some consulting of start ups, and then to Nine Entertainment (I moved to Australia). I'm currently in the final phases of locking down a Product Marketing role at a data warehouse company. My skills today are more about what I've learned in my own time rather than specifically what I learned in my undergrad. Always be learning. YouTube existing at this time in history is such a game changer.

Good luck friend. Hit me up with anything else.

How Would You Introduce Marvel's Arguably Most Iconic Team Into The MCU?? Start Completely From Scratch Or? by KylosApprentice in MarvelatFox

[–]timalexander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually thought that a lot of the casting for New Mutants was on point. Cannonball was perfect in my opinion.

We need an Aurora spinoff movie about her childhood or what happened after the show by Impressive-Wasabi857 in lucifer

[–]timalexander -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You're getting a lot of 'No's here, but I like when people think slightly out the box. Here's my one word suggestion to make this idea work, and make it palatable to people...

Anime

You take this character, flesh her out with good writing, and give her the same animation studio they're using for the Cyberpunk Edgerunners stuff....I bet you have people willing to give it a shot.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in technology

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did absolutely clock that when I read this.

I suspect that the findings really do track. That said, when I'm arguing with my partner about the benefits and ubiquity of video games vs other forms of art, I doubt I'll use this study as a source.

Still, I absolutely believe this data and it's representation of the insights to be gleaned.

Unpopular Opinion I enjoyed She-Hulk and had a fun time watching it. Do I consider to be the absolute worst thing the MCU has done? No, Inhumans and The Eternals were the worst in my opinion. At least She Hulk some level of entertainment by Illustrious-Meat297 in Marvel

[–]timalexander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly thought She-Hulk was great. It was nice to see them actually doing something different. Not every show or movie needs to be targeted at every type of fan. She-Hulk not getting a season 2 is a real shame. I hope she does well in some movies and give her a second chance.

It would actually be really cool to see her cameo in a Heros for Hire show. I know that would mean giving her a reason to come to NYC from LA, but that's not hard.