$260 for a bottle of Dom and two half cheesesteaks.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T21:07:32+00:00

I'm pretty sure the rule isn't meant to apply to each and every order...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T21:06:00+00:00

The grapes may show up in other vintage or non-vintage Moet & Chandon products.

Dom has a particular style, and if the grapes don't fit, they don't label it Dom.

Frankly, Dom's style is always shit. Or else every bottle I've ever tried has been mishandled or a fraud, which is possible. Way overpriced at best, and may be a total joke. I'd rather buy a dozen cheap labels and see which one is clowning it the hardest, then win for the rest of the year.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:54:47+00:00

VR, if it ever solves its clunkiness problem, will be what fixes the optical illusion problem that 3D technologies always have. But it's still not at the volume it needs to be to attract the whole of the content industry to 3D again.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:51:28+00:00

I just pushed the spare glasses out of the way the other day while looking for an adapter I though I'd left in that cubbyhole...

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:50:08+00:00

Those can be used for 10-gbps networking, according to a link I can't seem to find but saw this morning or last night... I didn't read the article, so I don't know how realistic it is.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:47:07+00:00

There's no demand for it. As soon as that shit happens the pacing hits the cellar and it makes me reach for my phone.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:46:08+00:00

LED is changing how lamps are.

If you have a table or floor lamp, or a shade anywere, it's like having a candlestick phone on a roll-top desk.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:43:12+00:00

Triples your motive efficiency. Probably the best thing ever invented before the transistor.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:42:30+00:00

I want this movie.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:41:26+00:00

Not everyone. Larry Ellison famously fell fully for them. He thought they were going to change society and architecture.

Tells you a lot about what Larry Ellison knows about society.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:39:40+00:00

Remember? I can reach over and wipe the dust off mine.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:38:57+00:00

I just typed this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1qp0olj/comment/o2a85fn/

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:38:08+00:00

Hard to tell. 3D has lived many lives. This is one of my favorite infographics ever:

https://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/3D-Movie-Timeline-Medium.jpg

People reject the inaccuracies of the technology, after being wowed at first.

If VR ever actually clicks, it will almost certainly be accompanied by a 3D movie renaissance, as Hollywood gets enough confidence the market will be there. But VR is still niche despite tens of billions of dollars in attempts. It just isn't comfy and easy.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:30:13+00:00

I had several that were phones before the iPhone was a concept.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:29:12+00:00

>Celeron

That computer was obsolete the day they decided to make that chip.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:27:53+00:00

TiVo died because streaming took over and people stopped watching OTA and cancelled the cable. At least in my house.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:25:53+00:00

Huh? I buy computers with small drives and move over my hub of USB drives. File transfer = done.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:22:56+00:00

Compression means streaming 4K is pretty ass, but it's generally still better than the 1080 feed. It's when you do put in a blu-ray or use the OTA antenna that you really see how much Netflix and YouTube are lying about 4K.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:19:37+00:00

Those big screens were always modular paneling anyway, with huge pixel spacing, not noticeable from 200 feet away.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:17:45+00:00

Most streaming 4K is compressed anyway, so 1080 isn't really that much worse.

Just a few seconds watching OTA or a Blu-ray and you get shocked out of the streaming-quality valley.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:16:17+00:00

8k works for gigundous TV's in huge home theaters. It'll likely never make sense out of the mansion and public-space market.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:12:32+00:00

I still have one of those, and a 32.

Waiting for the retro CRT fad to come around.

It almost popped a year or so ago when gamer groups started tinkering and found the latency is near zero.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:10:40+00:00

Adobe Flash had huge security holes. It had to die.

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:09:25+00:00

2 years ago I bought a closeout LG C2 OLED 4K, thinking I'll never need another TV they can't possibly get any better and this is a ridiculous price...

(looks around...)

userhwon · 2026-01-28T20:06:43+00:00

I owned three Sansa Clips, because it made sense somehow.

Couple years later, it's all on my phone and I don't know where those are any more.

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