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Comment on X-Men '97 - Season 1 Discussion in ~tv
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Comment on X-Men '97 - Season 1 Discussion in ~tv
dpkonofa LinkThis is the first time I feel like I’m truly in the minority about something being brought back for a newer generation. I did not like X-Men ‘97 and it’s not even a close call. The absolute...This is the first time I feel like I’m truly in the minority about something being brought back for a newer generation. I did not like X-Men ‘97 and it’s not even a close call. The absolute beating over the head with the Easter eggs and character cameos, the speed at which plot threads are dropped in, resolved, and discarded to move on to the next thing, and the total lack of character development (save for some exceptions, notably Cyclops) makes me sad that this what we got after all these years. It feels like whoever ran this thing just wanted to cram in as many things as possible and couldn’t decide if they wanted it to be for kids who are new to X-Men or the kids who used to watch it that are now grown.
I’m glad people enjoy it but it just doesn’t hit for me. Maybe that’s because I just rewatched the originals and went right into the new episodes or maybe I’m just expecting too much. In the old show, we’d get a full episode just on the Morlocks or a season-long arc about Magneto and Charles with every one setting up the situation, digging into the implications, and then wrapping up with a resolution that felt satisfying but open for gray areas. In these new episodes, we get introduced to clone Jean, we learn she’s actually real Jean, Sinister reveals that it was him, Nathan gets the techno virus, she turns into the Goblin Queen, and then gets defeated and turned good and then pulls Madelyn Prior out of nowhere all within the same episode. None of it felt earned or particularly developed to me.
Lastly, there’s some thoughtlessness here that really bothers me. Storm makes a new costume out of thin air? Rogue just kills a man in cold blood (who luckily turns out not to be a man)? Jean kills thousands of people by just dropping them out of the sky? Jubilee’s attacks do nothing this entire time and then suddenly she’s the one that blows up Bastion?
I know I’m “wrong” since everyone else seems to love it but it’s so confusing to me and just seems like people are giving it a pass because it tickles the right nostalgia bones.
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Comment on Ryan Gosling movie 'Project Hail Mary' set for Spring 2026 in ~movies
dpkonofa LinkI loved this book and am so excited that it’s being made into a film. I hope Gosling can pull it off and I hope they stay true to the source.I loved this book and am so excited that it’s being made into a film. I hope Gosling can pull it off and I hope they stay true to the source.
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Comment on Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator crash risk in ~transport
dpkonofa Link ParentI feel like everything has that kind of outsized zealotry in today’s world, though. I own a Tesla and have a reservation for a Cybertruck and people online immediately assume that I’m a zealot. My...I feel like everything has that kind of outsized zealotry in today’s world, though. I own a Tesla and have a reservation for a Cybertruck and people online immediately assume that I’m a zealot. My Model 3 is my favorite car I’ve ever owned (and it’s paid off!) and I have had 0 issues with it. If I go anywhere other than Tildes and mention that, I am immediately inundated with mentions of how awful the build quality on my car is (despite these people knowing nothing about my car and never having seen it) and how crappy every Model 3 is. If I complain about something, even in the slightest, such as issues that I’ve had with Bluetooth and driver profiles, the Tesla stans will come out and call me an idiot and tell me it’s my fault it doesn’t work.
I shouldn’t be surprised that, like anything else online, we’ve gotten to a place where opinions must be binary and without nuance but it’s gotten so tiring that I just don’t mention Tesla or my car anymore.
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Comment on I just switched to an iPhone, what should I do to make the most of this change? in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentGuided access can also be added as a tile in the Control Center if you don’t want to accidentally activate it.Guided access can also be added as a tile in the Control Center if you don’t want to accidentally activate it.
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Comment on EV bargains to be found as Hertz sells off some of its US electric cars in ~transport
dpkonofa Link ParentI guess people do have all kinds of tastes. I personally love the look of the Rivian vehicles.I guess people do have all kinds of tastes. I personally love the look of the Rivian vehicles.
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Comment on The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming in ~movies
dpkonofa LinkI own and collect physical discs and Steelbooks for my favorites and I’m still not as certain of the advantages of having physical media since the Blu-Ray spec includes DRM that can refuse to play...I own and collect physical discs and Steelbooks for my favorites and I’m still not as certain of the advantages of having physical media since the Blu-Ray spec includes DRM that can refuse to play the disc without an internet connection. I know that I can rip the disks and add them to my digital collection but someone in another comment mentioned watching the movies in a power outage or when there’s a disaster and I’m not sure that would be possible with Blu-Rays. I think that kind of physical ability died with DVD.
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Comment on The fans aren’t always right in ~movies
dpkonofa Link ParentThis was my take on it too. The only people that I ever heard that seemed confused about it were the same ones that went up in arms about the 4-second scene where 2 ladies kiss.This was my take on it too. The only people that I ever heard that seemed confused about it were the same ones that went up in arms about the 4-second scene where 2 ladies kiss.
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Comment on Apple's $3500 nightmare in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentYou made a statement about not being able to show people what you were doing. I pointed out that that wasn’t correct. Then you pivoted to this question about work environment while limiting what a...You made a statement about not being able to show people what you were doing. I pointed out that that wasn’t correct. Then you pivoted to this question about work environment while limiting what a “work environment” entails. You got explanations about screen sharing because that was the use case you brought up.
You may not personally find value in being able to set up a workspace that is not limited by physical constraints but that doesn’t mean that others won’t find value in that.
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Comment on Apple's $3500 nightmare in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentIt sounds to me like you’re inventing scenarios and use cases for the AVP for which it’s not intended and then acting like it’s a fault of the device that it doesn’t do that. The benefits of the...It sounds to me like you’re inventing scenarios and use cases for the AVP for which it’s not intended and then acting like it’s a fault of the device that it doesn’t do that.
The benefits of the Vision Pro are the for the individuals using them, not the teams attempting to collaborate in these specific situations. The AVP has Teams and Zoom and the others and you can collaborate just as well as you can with a normal computer and you don’t have to do anything extra. Outside of that, there are plenty of benefits for a working employee. The only way it doesn’t “offer value to a corporate environment” is if you ignore that a corporate environment is still a group of individuals being individually productive.
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Comment on Apple's $3500 nightmare in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentIt already does this, though. You’re pretending like you “can’t show someone what you’re doing like you can with a monitor” but that’s not true. You can.It already does this, though. You’re pretending like you “can’t show someone what you’re doing like you can with a monitor” but that’s not true. You can.
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Comment on "I watched fifteen hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to" in ~health
dpkonofa Link Parent“Who benefits” and “follow the money” are good starting places for finding the starting points of conclusions and finding evidence but they work terribly as evidence themselves. The thing those...“Who benefits” and “follow the money” are good starting places for finding the starting points of conclusions and finding evidence but they work terribly as evidence themselves. The thing those questions answer is possible intent and motives, which are great, but also lead to wild conspiracy theories when used without evidence or, worse, when used to find evidence that only agrees with one’s predetermined answers to those questions.
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Comment on Apple's $3500 nightmare in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentThat’s not true. You can mirror the display to any Apple product, including the iPhone, and you can also SharePlay the display to anyone else via FaceTime (which now works on all devices,...That’s not true. You can mirror the display to any Apple product, including the iPhone, and you can also SharePlay the display to anyone else via FaceTime (which now works on all devices, including non-Apple ones).
The only thing you can’t do is share the same space with another Vision Pro user so they can see what you see in 3D space (but they can see your view through the same mirroring/SharePlay functions). This will almost certainly be added in a future update but doesn’t seem like something necessary for launch when the chances of 2 people both having these is low right now.
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Comment on Apple's $3500 nightmare in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentThat’s such a temporary drawback, though. That could be fixed in a software update. It already allows you to share the display via FaceTime or screen mirroring. Shared virtual spaces are next,...That’s such a temporary drawback, though. That could be fixed in a software update. It already allows you to share the display via FaceTime or screen mirroring. Shared virtual spaces are next, guaranteed.
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Comment on Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentIt doesn’t even have to be something that’s happened to Apple in the past. It’s just obvious to anyone who has any tech experience that companies will attempt to take advantage of anything that...It doesn’t even have to be something that’s happened to Apple in the past. It’s just obvious to anyone who has any tech experience that companies will attempt to take advantage of anything that makes things easier or more accessible to laypeople.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
dpkonofa LinkI have two major projects that I’m working on: An animated series called Pajamazon about warrior girls that fight bad dreams with kids A set of demos for legacy products that my production company...I have two major projects that I’m working on:
- An animated series called Pajamazon about warrior girls that fight bad dreams with kids
- A set of demos for legacy products that my production company will be selling/creating for people that are, basically, audio and video documentaries of people’s lives for them to share with descendants.
Both take up a ton of my time and it makes me sad that things have to constantly make money to be something you can put effort into.
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Comment on Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentThey don’t, though. I don’t mean that there has never been a purchase on Android (but I would hope that that would be clear without me having to point out something so obvious). I mean that,...They don’t, though. I don’t mean that there has never been a purchase on Android (but I would hope that that would be clear without me having to point out something so obvious). I mean that, comparatively, people spend so much less within the Android ecosystem (globally) that the ROI on external app stores would basically be non-existent. That’s not the case with Apple’s App Store.
And your assertion that “they know that … no one would be willing to install a 3rd party app store” is comically wrong. They absolutely would do that if there was no other alternative. If Meta created their own App Store and required people to install their apps from there, I can guarantee that their users would do that. Meta would even go so far as to require it for future usage of their apps. They didn’t do that on Android because there’s nothing to gain from that. There’s a ton to gain from that happening on iOS, though.
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Comment on Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentThat’s not a counterpoint. You have a preset bias that existed before the iPhone even came out. That’s hardly the majority of people nor is it even representative of any of the population of...That’s not a counterpoint. You have a preset bias that existed before the iPhone even came out. That’s hardly the majority of people nor is it even representative of any of the population of iPhone owners. The fact is that people switch from Android to iPhone in 1/5 of the cases where the person was new to either platform while the inverse is that less than 1% switch from iPhone back to Android and the only way to make that number higher is to constrain it to people this used Android first, then switched, and then switched back (which makes it a 4% rate).
Just because you don’t get the appeal doesn’t mean that the vast majority of people share that sentiment.
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Comment on Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentYes... this is precisely the point. There's nothing to gain from doing so on Android but there is on iOS. People spend money on iOS.No alternative app store has taken up any significant market share, because why would they?
Yes... this is precisely the point. There's nothing to gain from doing so on Android but there is on iOS. People spend money on iOS.
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Comment on Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit in ~tech
dpkonofa Link ParentThere are tons of things they could incentivize, just like they do with any other industry and with moving production and manufacturing back to the US. EVs are a terrible example as the incentives...There are tons of things they could incentivize, just like they do with any other industry and with moving production and manufacturing back to the US. EVs are a terrible example as the incentives are for purchasers and not for the companies producing the cars. The incentives I’m talking about are incentives for the companies producing the phones in question. Also, it’s the government. They can create whatever incentives they want - requiring the devices to be open source, to be software agnostic, to support open source hardware, etc. They can literally incentivize any number of things that Apple would be ineligible for simply by virtue of how they’ve set up their stack. They could even incentivize phones that allow side loading (if only our politicians knew what that even was).
The rest of your statement about this being throwing money at the problem is just a deflection and you prove that by your Microsoft example. Microsoft couldn’t compete because they made an inferior product that seemed polished but had no support from developers and, therefore, no apps for end users. If people weren’t ok with iPhones, they would have bought the Microsoft phones back then. You saying “the consumer demand is there” is such an empty statement that there’s no point in taking it seriously. Consumer demand squarely supports the iPhone. Claiming it doesn’t is simply dishonest.
Your last statement even proves my point further. There’s nothing stopping Fairohone, Samsung, HTC, Sony, or anyone else from running their own OSes in their devices. For some reason, you’re completely ignoring why they didn’t, don’t, and won’t do that. All of these companies (except Fairphone) existed before iPhone and Android and have the resources and money to make their own tightly interwoven offerings but they didn’t and don’t. They put themselves at a disadvantage. That wasn’t Apple’s fault then and it isn’t their fault now.
Yeah. I get that. It just feels odd that everyone else seems to be saying that it “feels” like the old episodes and yet I don’t see that at all. Skipping over character development and internal consistency just because people can look it up online feels lazy. But hey… Captain America, Daredevil, and Hulk showed up so “yay!”, right?