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  1. Comment on Austin Butler to star as Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘American Psycho’ in ~movies

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    Made me think of Gus van Sant's 1998 remake of Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his remarks on it years later. Gus van Sant The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044056/

    Made me think of Gus van Sant's 1998 remake of Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his remarks on it years later.

    The intentions of the movie was to see what would happen if you tried to, you know, literally do the same thing. What did happen and what I learned from it was that even though your camera angles are actually the same, the performances are close, but the kind of intentions of the filmmaker and the soul of the filmmaker is different. My 'Psycho' became devoid of, like, some of the most important things that were in the original. Which were these sort of dark underlying tensions. You know in mine, it's... the dark underlying tensions are kind of, like, not there. There's something else there that doesn't really fit with what 'Psycho' is. So it kind of became a, er... you know, an example of how you can't really copy something. I think that it's just the way that I've been, you know, creating and relating to film...structurally, as um, being a language all its own and being...basically the language itself being what the film is about, you know - what films are generally about. They can have subjects, but in the end it's the language that's the true subject.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on What have you spent "too much time" trying to fix or streamline? in ~talk

  3. Comment on Favorite quick play tabletop game recommendations in ~games.tabletop

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    At work so don't have a lot of time at the moment. Card games my family enjoy: Cribbage: 2-6 players - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cribbage Pitch: 2-9 players -...

    At work so don't have a lot of time at the moment. Card games my family enjoy:

    Cribbage: 2-6 players - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cribbage
    Pitch: 2-9 players - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(card_game)
    Tic: 2-6 players - https://thevspotblog.com/2013/07/how-to-play-card-game-tic-and-other.html
    Golf: 2+ players - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_(card_game)

    2 votes

  4. Comment on TV in 2024 in ~tech

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    Rtings's best sound bar is $1500. - https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/reviews/samsung/hw-q990d I would much rather have a Home Theater in a Box (HTIB). I could get a full 5.1 Klipsch setup for $1100...

    Rtings's best sound bar is $1500. - https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/reviews/samsung/hw-q990d
    I would much rather have a Home Theater in a Box (HTIB).

    I could get a full 5.1 Klipsch setup for $1100 - https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Reference-Theater-Brushed-Polymer/dp/B084WQHM8S
    Paired with the Wirecutter's top pick receiver (they have a cheaper pick as well) for <$600. - https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-receiver/

    That would blow the soundbar away. I'm sure other price points have similar HTIB that would also perform better. Only reason to go soundbar is space.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on TV in 2024 in ~tech

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    https://www.rtings.com/ They do more these days, but TVs are what they started with and, in my opinion, their specialty. I say this because they have a section for "Soundbars" and "Speakers"...

    https://www.rtings.com/

    They do more these days, but TVs are what they started with and, in my opinion, their specialty. I say this because they have a section for "Soundbars" and "Speakers" (among others). The "speakers" section only includes Bluetooth / Portable type speakers. Any actual audio enthusiast will tell you to avoid Soundbars and Bluetooth speakers. I guess that's what sells these days.

    11 votes

  6. Comment on Had an amazing trip to New Mexico. Has anyone else been? What would you suggest for a return trip? in ~travel

  7. Comment on Great shows with interesting premises? in ~tv

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    Fuck Paul Furber and Ron Watkins.

    later Q-anon (which might have begun life as the lark of a kindred spirit).

    Fuck Paul Furber and Ron Watkins.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Top US senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’ in ~tech

  9. Comment on Top US senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation’s history’ in ~tech

  10. Comment on Tips for increasing online privacy (without going insane)? in ~tech

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    If you have a couple lists selected in uBO (by default you do, unless you unselected some), you've probably already got what PB blocks covered....

    If you have a couple lists selected in uBO (by default you do, unless you unselected some), you've probably already got what PB blocks covered.

    https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-and-others:-Blocking-ads,-trackers,-malwares
    https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-%22This-other-extension-reports-more-stuff-blocked!%22

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Tips for increasing online privacy (without going insane)? in ~tech

  12. Comment on How do I trick my brain into accepting eating less? in ~health

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    @Hollow Well, is multiple lattes in the evening an everyday thing? Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha I mean come on dude... lower your evening caffeine intake and you might be able to...

    Hey. I ate a chia seed bagel, plain, with an oat milk latte. I also ate a bagel with a matcha filling, with a second latte.

    @Hollow

    Well, is multiple lattes in the evening an everyday thing?

    Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha

    is a finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves that originated in China.

    I mean come on dude... lower your evening caffeine intake and you might be able to fall asleep before needing another meal.

    7 votes

  13. Comment on Tips for increasing online privacy (without going insane)? in ~tech

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    Privacy Badger is redundant if you have uBO set up correctly and actually adds more information to your fingerprint, making you more identifiable....

    Firefox+uBlock origin+privacy badger on both my phone and desktop

    Privacy Badger is redundant if you have uBO set up correctly and actually adds more information to your fingerprint, making you more identifiable.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/o28yi4/ghostery_on_firefox/h26mguk/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/l2dges/why_isnt_privacy_badger_recommended/
    https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/t2ojvg/ublock_origins_vs_privacy_badger_vs_disconnect/

    7 votes

  14. Comment on How do I trick my brain into accepting eating less? in ~health

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    Right on. Just because you don't feel it doesn't mean it isn't doing exactly that, keeping you awake. Edit: If I drink coffee any time after noon. I'm not getting to sleep before midnight.

    Right on.

    I also don't really feel much of an effect from coffee

    Just because you don't feel it doesn't mean it isn't doing exactly that, keeping you awake.
    Edit: If I drink coffee any time after noon. I'm not getting to sleep before midnight.

    10 votes

  15. Comment on How do I trick my brain into accepting eating less? in ~health

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    You drank coffee and couldn't sleep. Not trying to be rude or anything, but what do you think caffeine does? You also don't mention anything about WATER. Instead of getting up to fry something,...

    You drank coffee and couldn't sleep. Not trying to be rude or anything, but what do you think caffeine does? You also don't mention anything about WATER. Instead of getting up to fry something, try drinking a large glass of water first.

    8 votes

  16. Comment on Tips for increasing online privacy (without going insane)? in ~tech

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    I currently have my router set to use Adguard's public DNS (option 2 on that page). What are the benefits of switching to NextDNS? Why would I want to install either of their apps instead of...

    I currently have my router set to use Adguard's public DNS (option 2 on that page). What are the benefits of switching to NextDNS? Why would I want to install either of their apps instead of simply pointing to the DNS IPs?

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What are your favorite westerns? in ~movies

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    How do you feel about Rio Bravo? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(film)#High_Noon_debate

    I love High Noon

    How do you feel about Rio Bravo?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Bravo_(film)#High_Noon_debate

    The film was made as a response to High Noon, which is sometimes thought to be an allegory for blacklisting in Hollywood, as well as a critique of McCarthyism. Wayne later called High Noon "un-American" and say he did not regret helping run the writer, Carl Foreman, out of the country. Director Howard Hawks went on the record to criticize High Noon by saying, "I didn't think a good sheriff was going to go running around town like a chicken with his head cut off asking for help, and finally his Quaker wife had to save him."According to film historian Emanuel Levy, Wayne and Hawks teamed up deliberately to rebut High Noon by telling a somewhat similar story their own way: portraying a hero who does not show fear or inner conflict and who never repudiates his commitment to public duty, while only allying himself with capable people, despite offers of help from many other characters. Chance also cites concerns for the safety of those that offer to help and his fears are confirmed when the first such offer results in the character being quickly killed. In Rio Bravo, Chance is surrounded by allies—a deputy who is brave and good with a gun, despite recovering from alcoholism (Dude), a young untried but self-assured gunfighter (Colorado), a limping, crippled old man who is doggedly loyal (Stumpy), a Mexican innkeeper (Carlos), his wife (Consuelo), and an attractive young woman (Feathers)—and repeatedly turns down aid from anyone he does not think is capable of helping him.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Armand Duplantis breaks world record in pole vault for third time this year by clearing 6.26 meters in a Diamond League meet in Poland in ~sports

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    Yes, that's why it's not newsworthy. He obviously does much better than this in practice every day. Can't fault him for milking it for all he can. Edit: What I don't like about inching up is the...

    Yes, that's why it's not newsworthy. He obviously does much better than this in practice every day. Can't fault him for milking it for all he can.

    Edit: What I don't like about inching up is the fact no one knows when their absolute prime is. Will he have gotten his personal best to be the world record before he can no longer get his best? How mad is he going to be when his world record is broken by someone in a decade, but even that didn't beat his personal best? Why not go out and give 100% each time? Not to mention the possibility of injury ending his career short.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Armand Duplantis breaks world record in pole vault for third time this year by clearing 6.26 meters in a Diamond League meet in Poland in ~sports

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    At this point it would be more news worthy if he competes and doesn't break it.

    At this point it would be more news worthy if he competes and doesn't break it.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Scientists find humans age dramatically in two bursts – at 44, then 60 in ~science

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    The study and abstract: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00692-2

    The study and abstract: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00692-2

    Aging is a complex process associated with nearly all diseases. Understanding the molecular changes underlying aging and identifying therapeutic targets for aging-related diseases are crucial for increasing healthspan. Although many studies have explored linear changes during aging, the prevalence of aging-related diseases and mortality risk accelerates after specific time points, indicating the importance of studying nonlinear molecular changes. In this study, we performed comprehensive multi-omics profiling on a longitudinal human cohort of 108 participants, aged between 25 years and 75 years. The participants resided in California, United States, and were tracked for a median period of 1.7 years, with a maximum follow-up duration of 6.8 years. The analysis revealed consistent nonlinear patterns in molecular markers of aging, with substantial dysregulation occurring at two major periods occurring at approximately 44 years and 60 years of chronological age. Distinct molecules and functional pathways associated with these periods were also identified, such as immune regulation and carbohydrate metabolism that shifted during the 60-year transition and cardiovascular disease, lipid and alcohol metabolism changes at the 40-year transition. Overall, this research demonstrates that functions and risks of aging-related diseases change nonlinearly across the human lifespan and provides insights into the molecular and biological pathways involved in these changes.

    11 votes