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Movie of the Week #4 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
This is the fourth movie we discuss of Academy Award Winners. It won for Best Original Screenplay and Kate Winslet was nominated for Best Actress.
Did the movie deserve its nominations and awards? Feel free to add any thoughts, opinions, reflections, analysis or whatever comments related to this film.
The rest of the schedule is:
- 27th of November: West Side Story (2021)
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Newsweek's World's Most Trustworthy Companies listing
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 20
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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‘Superman: Legacy’: Nicholas Hoult lands role of Lex Luthor
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Portugal just ran on entirely renewable energy for a record-breaking six consecutive days
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My friend was hit by a car
Recently a close friend of mine was riding a bicycle along a city street. They had the right of way. A careless driver making a fast turn either did not see my friend (somehow... it's not like...
Recently a close friend of mine was riding a bicycle along a city street. They had the right of way. A careless driver making a fast turn either did not see my friend (somehow... it's not like there were obstructions) or did not even bother to look. The driver and their 2000-pound steel machine slammed into my friend, throwing them off the bike.
The bike was completely destroyed/unusable. My friend was scraped up, and shaken, but by a miracle did not hit their head or have to be hospitalized. They were lucky: the car was traveling fast enough to kill. The driver was apologetic and paid for my friend's bicycle and medical bills. But this should not have happened. My friend could have died or been permanently paralyzed.
I don't know all the details. But I do know that intersection. This was so ridiculously avoidable.
- Had the bike lane been fully protected with a clearly visible (but not sight-line-blocking) concrete curb or at least a bollard at the intersection, the driver probably would not have taken the turn so fast, or would maybe have been more generally aware of cyclists. They may have had time enough to stop before crashing into my friend, or the impact may have been small enough not to hurt them.
- Had there been a raised crosswalk or had the entire intersection been raised (as a speed table), requiring cars to slow down, the driver would definitely not have taken the turn so fast. The driver may also have been more aware of pedestrians/cyclists and more likely to yield.
- Had there been a curb extension shortening the crosswalk (in this case a pedestrian crossing island past the bike lane, I guess), the driver would probably have subconsciously taken the turn more slowly, as they would probably have felt more enclosed within the intersection.
- Had signal priority been given to cyclists/pedestrians, the driver probably also would not have made the turn at that point in the light cycle, and would probably not have hit my friend. (I'm pretty sure my friend was going straight on green, but if they were making a right turn, then had no right turn on red also been enforced for cars, the driver would probably not have made the turn at that point in the light cycle, and would probably not have hit my friend.)
(This wasn't a parking-protected bike lane: the city had just removed parking from that side of the street and left it fully unprotected. If it were parking-protected, I would also suggest that two parking spaces be removed approaching the intersection to ensure that the driver could see cyclists in their peripheral vision. As it stands, I have no idea how this person did not see my friend. Gross negligence. They should not be allowed to operate a motor vehicle.)
Driving shouldn't be considered such a mundane thing. When someone steps into a car they should be aware that, at any point, they could kill someone. But really infrastructure is an easier, more repeatable, and less exhausting solution than trying to change attitudes directly. Probably had any one of these infrastructure changes been implemented, my friend would not have been hit by a car. Had more than one or two been implemented, there would realistically never be a cyclist collision here.
It irritates me that my friend's life was put in danger because a driver was being careless. But also that they were able to make a careless mistake. And incidents like this remind me that traffic safety is not a theoretical problem. At any time, without warning, the life of someone you care about could be immediately taken away because we have a culture that normalizes driving a dangerous vehicle with basically zero oversight; and because our roads are designed for car throughput and not to be safe for vulnerable people.
Someone called me "militant [about traffic safety]" once. This is why.
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With great empathy comes great response ability
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Twilight of the Aesir, Part 2 - Dan Carlin
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Journey to EPCOT Center: A symphonic history
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Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president
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Controller support shown in Steam library and store expands to now include PlayStation controllers
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New ‘Jason Bourne’ pic in the works at Universal with All Quiet On The Western Front’s Edward Berger in talks to direct
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OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns
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Musical about tiny B.C. town returns to the stage... in Finland. Sointula chronicles the charismatic leader who founded the town and dreamed of building a socialist utopia.
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I made a 32-bit computer inside Terraria
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Why restoring a Banksy mural in Venice is so controversial
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Stellaris publisher Paradox unveils huge new space strategy game
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I texted my friend for years after she died. Then I received a five-word reply that left me shaken.
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Eavor Technologies | The first scalable form of clean baseload power
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Atari 2600+ review: Gaming like it’s 1977 again
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OpenAI announces leadership transition
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Audio/video system for a small bar
I'm helping some friends setting up a bar/little restaurant. they have some tvs and are looking for an audio system. The idea is that they can put on some music videos/sports and it shows up on...
I'm helping some friends setting up a bar/little restaurant. they have some tvs and are looking for an audio system.
The idea is that they can put on some music videos/sports and it shows up on all TVs and audio goes to their (to be bought) soundsystem.all this has to be as cheap as possible, as we're in a low income country.
The environment is quite loud. so it needs some power.So I think I just gonna buy a cheapish hifi-system with 4 passive speakers, connect it with their "smartest" tv (they are all off-brand) and run audio cables to the different areas and speakers.
how to synchronize the tvs I still have no idea, but it is not really a priority
So my questions
- What is something like this even called? with the keywords I tired i only find nothing or very expensive pro solutions.
- how would you resolve the video part? 3x 15m HDMI cables seem quite expensive, but might be the only solution. how do i split the signal?
- might it be better to buy active speakers and use a small mixer?
If you have experience in this I would be very happy for your advice/opinion.
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Our strange plan to transform this industrial firth: oysters
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OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear
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Suggestions to spend my educational budget on
The end of the year is approaching fast and I still have some educational budget to spend. Therefore I would love to hear your suggestions for educational resources to spend some money on. I'm...
The end of the year is approaching fast and I still have some educational budget to spend. Therefore I would love to hear your suggestions for educational resources to spend some money on.
I'm open for all suggestions, but I would love to dive more into low level programming. I spend most of my work time as a backend dev. And it is nice for a change to something else than REST-endpoints.
At the beginning of the year, I bought the amazing Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom and I'm enjoying tremendously.So any recommendations going into the same direction or similar deep dives into topics like OS-dev, Game dev/graphics (tiny renderer comes to my mind) or writing emulators would be appreciated.
To get the discussion started, my top recommendation for his year would be Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom.
If you are interested in the inner workings of interpreter and compilers and want a nice "program-along" book get it. I would recommend the paper-version, it is a beautiful book.14 votes -
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
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Poll: US President Joe Biden’s standing hits new lows amid Israel-Hamas war
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‘The Hunger Games: Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes’ chirps $44m opening: Enough to reignite franchise?; ‘Marvels’ suffers worst MCU 2nd weekend drop
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Trainwreckords: Nickelback's "No Fixed Address"
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The New Jersey Hindu temple covered with 10,000 sculptures, marble elephants, ample parking, and a federal investigation into how it all got built
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Sweden's Ludvig Åberg continued to enjoy a sensational start to his professional career with a first PGA Tour victory in the RSM Classic
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Have public gaming communities always been terrible or do I expect too much?
So, I have my group of IRL friends, and we have a Discord, as I'm sure many people do. I spend a lot of time there, and we've all played games online together since we were in middle school. Well,...
So, I have my group of IRL friends, and we have a Discord, as I'm sure many people do. I spend a lot of time there, and we've all played games online together since we were in middle school.
Well, now that we're all in our mid to late 20s, real life has caught up with most of us. Scheduling is hard, having free time is hard, having energy is hard, and now we've all found our genres we like, which all adds up to none of us ever playing much together anymore. I'm sure many of you can relate.
I ventured out into LFG groups trying to find a community. I'm not into competitive games, I prefer more cooperative and casual experiences (Satisfactory, NMS, and Snowrunner are my big 3 at the moment). That makes finding a group difficult as is. Finding a group that is primarily my age is harder. But nonetheless I persevered.
I've tried a number at this point, and it's always one of a handful of issues.
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The group is hundreds, or sometimes thousands, of members big. Everyone gets swept in the masses and there's little individuality. These usually also have problems 2 and 3 due to their size.
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There's just blatant -obias in the chats. Incels, toxic masculinity, racism disguised as "humor."
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Supposedly I'm in a group of people who are 21+, but the maturity level might as well be a 14+ server.
At this point I feel like I'm losing my mind, that I'm being gaslit by the online Discord community. There is no way I should be feeling "too old" for this kind of thing, I'm only 26!
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Taylor Swift fan dies at Rio concert as fans complain about high temperatures and lack of water
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There is no 'printf'
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The French Scrabble Champion who doesn't speak French
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Some ultra-processed foods are good for your health, World Health Organization-backed study finds
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Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
OK, I'll admit it. I didn't think Las Vegas was going to be that exciting. I was proven wrong. What a race!
But F1 still owes me money for the Thursday night FP1/FP2 debacle!!
Anyway, the final race of the season is at Abu Dhabi, Nov. 24-26. Which is already next weekend! Didn't even realize we had a double-header.
Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 1:29:08.289 25 2 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 50 +2.070s 18 3 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 +2.241s 15 4 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 50 +18.665s 12 5 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 50 +20.067s 10 6 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 50 +20.834s 8 7 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 50 +21.755s 6 8 63 George Russell MERCEDES 50 +23.091s 4 9 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 50 +25.964s 2 10 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 50 +29.496s 2 11 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 50 +34.270s 0 12 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 50 +43.398s 0 13 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 50 +44.825s 0 14 3 Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 50 +48.525s 0 15 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 50 +50.162s 0 16 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 50 +50.882s 0 17 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 50 +85.350s 0 18 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 46 DNF 0 19 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 45 DNF 0 NC 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 2 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Oscar Piastri
Source: F1.com
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Kalle Rovanperä will not defend his World Rally Championship crown in 2024, but will be back competing full-time in 2025
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Explainer: Joe Biden 2024: His record so far on the US economy, immigration, civil rights
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
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Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year
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Intense day
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Health insurers have been breaking US state laws for years
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Old School RuneScape broke record numbers with over 185k concurrent players
@Old School RuneScape: Surreal to think that 10 years later we're still breaking record numbers of members!We've just added another 18 Trailblazer: Reloaded worlds for you all to enjoy.Thanks to everyone for playing and enjoy the dopamine over the next few weeks 🥹 pic.twitter.com/gFsp8uTBJy
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Rosalynn Carter, former US first lady and tireless humanitarian who advocated for mental health issues, dies at 96
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Despite it still being spring in Brazil, temperatures reach 35-40 degrees Celsius almost every day in dangerous heatwave
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This is How You Lose the Time War - I loved it but I understand why some hate it
After giving This is How You Lose the Time War a five star review, I started scrolling through other reviews and I found thoughtful, well reasoned arguments for the other side. This is a...
After giving This is How You Lose the Time War a five star review, I started scrolling through other reviews and I found thoughtful, well reasoned arguments for the other side. This is a thoroughly crafted well written book that is not going to be to everyone's taste.
The premise is two opposing secret agents, saboteurs, time and history manipulators who work for conflicting civilizations become aware of each other and start to exchange letters. It becomes a love story.
The nature of the work each main character does to manipulate history across many centuries and many parallel universes makes the narrative confusing. I can't imagine it done effectively any other way, but I also like other confusing time shifting stories where the story starts to make sense later.
The characters only meet through their letters with a couple of exceptions, so some say the love story is unbelievable. For me, it reflects the extreme isolation and loneliness of their work and how even minimal tenuous companionship of a peer would satisfy a gaping need.
The writing includes extravagant romantic feelings and poetic literary allusions to go with the science fiction and time travel aspect. I appreciated it, but people who like romance and poetry don't always like science fiction and time travel and vice versa.
The authors lean into the epistolary format. It's not exclusively letters but a significant percentage of the writing is the letters these two characters exchange.
The creative forms the letters take were fun for me and seemed like a valid extrapolation of actual historical spycraft if you assumed much greater ability to manipulate matter. However some people find them over the top.
It is an exuberant, enthusiastic book that is fun if you like it and possibly cringy if you don't
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The Survivors - One year later, those who lived through the Club Q shooting are still healing. These are their stories.
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 13
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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