AugustusFerdinand's recent activity
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Comment on ‘Digger’ majorly bombs with $8 million opening weekend, ‘Verity’ scores $32 million debut in ~movies
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Comment on ‘Digger’ majorly bombs with $8 million opening weekend, ‘Verity’ scores $32 million debut in ~movies
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentYou'd be very alone in this opinion. Most actors play themselves playing as a character, very very few are able to actually able to be the character they are playing.I have a similar opinion on DiCaprio and Pitt being better actors than guys like Gary Oldman
You'd be very alone in this opinion.
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Comment on Blocking of unverified apps on Android starts in Brazil and other three countries in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentI wouldn't call going deep into settings and performing a non-obvious series of actions (tapping an About section seven times), restarting a device, reauthenticating, waiting a day,...I wouldn't call going deep into settings and performing a non-obvious series of actions (tapping an About section seven times), restarting a device, reauthenticating, waiting a day, reauthenticating again, and being asked if you want to do this again in a week as "works similarly".
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Comment on End Of Abyss | Launch trailer in ~games
AugustusFerdinand LinkDamnit. Saw the scene where there was someone else with the main character and had hoped for co-op. I don't do horror games, but might be able to if a friend will hold my hand.Damnit. Saw the scene where there was someone else with the main character and had hoped for co-op. I don't do horror games, but might be able to if a friend will hold my hand.
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo
AugustusFerdinand LinkMy 1983 Toyota Tercel SR5 Wagon Big Block Project is still ongoing, not sure just yet what I'll do this month to be TiMaSoMo Project worthy, but I'll figure it out. Kinda thinking the exhaust...My 1983 Toyota Tercel SR5 Wagon Big Block Project is still ongoing, not sure just yet what I'll do this month to be TiMaSoMo Project worthy, but I'll figure it out. Kinda thinking the exhaust system as it needs doing, the things in the way should be mostly done now/doable during the process, and I can show off how bad my welding skills have gotten in the year+ I haven't used them and I should have most, if not all, the parts to get it done instead of delays in ordering.
Will be shy one week worth of work as my anniversary is this month and my lovely bride and I are getting away for the weekend. -
Comment on Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs in ~finance
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentZero sources in the "data"?Zero sources in the "data"?
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Comment on Alarming mistakes, deadly decisions: Fatal fire at BP-Husky in ~engineering
AugustusFerdinand LinkThings to note, the narrator has changed. The great Sheldon Smith has retired and the new narrator is Sam Witwer.Things to note, the narrator has changed. The great Sheldon Smith has retired and the new narrator is Sam Witwer.
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Alarming mistakes, deadly decisions: Fatal fire at BP-Husky
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Comment on Announcing the eighth annual Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo)! in ~tildes
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentI'm in, as usual no idea what I'm going to do, but going to try to be in this year.I'm in, as usual no idea what I'm going to do, but going to try to be in this year.
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The European Tram Driver Championships 2026
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Comment on A24, Sony and The New York Times circle Letterboxd as bidding starts at $300 million in ~movies
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentNot in the slightest, but I also don't have any attachment to massive, multi-million user sites either. I keep things small, don't feel the need to log and share everything I do. I didn't say it...You've spent so long getting used to sites getting hollowed out for profit that you've forgotten otherwise is possible, haven't you?
Not in the slightest, but I also don't have any attachment to massive, multi-million user sites either. I keep things small, don't feel the need to log and share everything I do.
I can't fathom how else you'd think a $300 million payday is necessary.
I didn't say it was, nor is it my choice, it's clear that the owners think it is necessary though.
It's not exactly fair to interpret people's words as though they're the worst of a tangentially-related, vaguely defined group of people you remember seeing elsewhere.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
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Comment on A24, Sony and The New York Times circle Letterboxd as bidding starts at $300 million in ~movies
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThe response by every single user group of every single formerly free site that gets sold? Know any non-souless groups that have $300M laying around to purchase it? If not, seems an unreasonable ask.Who said anything about "provided for free" or "in perpetuity"? This is one hell of a bad faith interpretation of what's being said.
The response by every single user group of every single formerly free site that gets sold?
All I want is for things to not get sold to soulless for-profit monstrosities. That is not an unreasonable ask.
Know any non-souless groups that have $300M laying around to purchase it? If not, seems an unreasonable ask.
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Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThat would require parents to realize and admit that their kids aren't special. By and large, their kids are average, but they won't admit that. So another child that might have an advantage that...That would require parents to realize and admit that their kids aren't special.
By and large, their kids are average, but they won't admit that. So another child that might have an advantage that they, the parents, can ostracize they will and will blame their child's lack of accomplishment on instead.
"Forming social bonds" with trans kids is just as much a nightmare for these people. What if, * gasp * , those kids become accepted into their groups and society!
THE HORROR! WHO COULD THEY BLAME THEIR OWN MEDIOCRITY ON THEN‽ -
Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentExactly. He's not chasing a PR, he's participating in a sport with friends, celebrating their achievements, building relationships, having fun. Winning isn't everything.But that means nothing to Dash, because hes intentionally going slow the whole time. A PR is meaningless to him.
Exactly. He's not chasing a PR, he's participating in a sport with friends, celebrating their achievements, building relationships, having fun. Winning isn't everything.
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Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentEver been better at something than others? Did you enjoy participating in that with others or were you bored because everyone else was beneath you?Ever been better at something than others?
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Comment on A24, Sony and The New York Times circle Letterboxd as bidding starts at $300 million in ~movies
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentNo more a moral hazard than people expecting the time and effort of others to be provided for free in perpetuity because they might be inconvenienced by someone moving on from a project/venture.No more a moral hazard than people expecting the time and effort of others to be provided for free in perpetuity because they might be inconvenienced by someone moving on from a project/venture.
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Comment on A24, Sony and The New York Times circle Letterboxd as bidding starts at $300 million in ~movies
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentBecause the people that make them want to cash out and leave before the inevitable happens?Why can't we just have nice things stay nice.
Because the people that make them want to cash out and leave before the inevitable happens?
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Comment on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentI have a commercial display Samsung for my TV that can do (gestures broadly) other things if given the chance, it is not connected to the internet. I have a GE washing machine that has a sticker...I have a commercial display Samsung for my TV that can do (gestures broadly) other things if given the chance, it is not connected to the internet.
I have a GE washing machine that has a sticker that says it can do all sorts of things if I download an app and give it a chance, it is not connected to the internet.
I have a Hisense window unit in my office also has an app or whatever if given the chance, it is not connected to the internet.
I have battery powered tools that would like me to connect to an app, I will not do so.All things work just fine without internet access. None will ever be provided it.
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Comment on How SendCutSend is changing the way we build in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAm subscribed to SuperFastMatt, am individual that builds cars, am well aware of SendCutSend, as are most in the hobby that can at least weld.Am subscribed to SuperFastMatt, am individual that builds cars, am well aware of SendCutSend, as are most in the hobby that can at least weld.
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Comment on Googlebook revealed and ready for pre-order in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentSame here, about once a week I'll search for something with my phone, find the info I need to be on a site with either bad UI/UX on mobile or is something I want to investigate further on my...Same here, about once a week I'll search for something with my phone, find the info I need to be on a site with either bad UI/UX on mobile or is something I want to investigate further on my computer or is simply more information dense than a phone reasonably allows and I'll send it to my computer via KDE to look at later, but that's it. I'm not "starting a task" on my phone and finishing on a laptop (which I don't have in the first place). At most I'll send a recipe from my phone to my old Surface tablet that is pretty much only used for that purpose and reading ebooks.
Oldman yells in all of two movies, max.
Every movie you listed is Pitt or DiCaprio being Pitt or DiCaprio playing a role. Almost every Pitt role is Pitt being too-cool-for-the-room understated swagger. Almost every DiCaprio role is underrated/confused underdog making the same facial expression.