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  1. Comment on "Farpoint" S01E01: The Dream Police in ~tv

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    This reminded me a lot of Donnie Darko. A bit less edgy maybe but hitting that same vibe of exploring something sinister between realities. If there are to be more episodes I can't really see...

    This reminded me a lot of Donnie Darko. A bit less edgy maybe but hitting that same vibe of exploring something sinister between realities. If there are to be more episodes I can't really see where the story could go from here. Maybe it could explore other characters with their own interactions with whatever the project really is?

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  2. Comment on Small talk, ice breakers, lines in ~talk

  3. Comment on What's a show you love that's from before your time? in ~tv

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    Thanks for mentioning this! Despite watching a lot of Andy Griffith I had never heard of this. I just watched the full movie on youtube with my sister. She though it was too campy but I loved it....

    Salvage 1 (1979)

    Thanks for mentioning this! Despite watching a lot of Andy Griffith I had never heard of this. I just watched the full movie on youtube with my sister. She though it was too campy but I loved it. All the little explanations and pre-internet computer hacking were so very charming!

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  4. Comment on What's a show you love that's from before your time? in ~tv

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    Classic Doctor Who (thanks to PBS airing reruns). Yeah it was lower budget than Star Trek and went a bit overkill with monster-of-the-week but there was also a lot of great writing, especially the...

    Classic Doctor Who (thanks to PBS airing reruns). Yeah it was lower budget than Star Trek and went a bit overkill with monster-of-the-week but there was also a lot of great writing, especially the non-earth episodes that imagined how all kinds of different societies might function. A real shame so many episodes were lost forever in that studio fire.

    3 votes
  5. Comment on That book you remember some details but can't recall the title in ~books

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    Ahh that must be it! TYVM!

    Ahh that must be it! TYVM!

    1 vote
  6. Comment on That book you remember some details but can't recall the title in ~books

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    My missing book title is a fantasy book about a man who is brought to the empire of his enemies and somehow forced to live like they do. He tries to do everything right, working long hours and...

    My missing book title is a fantasy book about a man who is brought to the empire of his enemies and somehow forced to live like they do. He tries to do everything right, working long hours and helping people who aren't very nice to him. Like helping a boy learn some basic carpentry despite already being exhausted himself. Eventually he ends up carving statues for the empire and the people are so used to the ugly propaganda ones that when he makes one truly beautiful it shocks them all. The leaders present then try to destroy it but fail so they force him to destroy it instead. This somehow triggers the fall of the empire.

    I'm not sure if this was part of a larger fantasy series or a one-off but I'm pretty sure I read it in the early 2000s.

    1 vote
  7. Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech

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    Ya that makes sense, the underlying functionality is there but super inconvenient to setup quickly.

    Ya that makes sense, the underlying functionality is there but super inconvenient to setup quickly.

  8. Comment on SteamDB joins Nexus Mods in ~games

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    Ah yes, the same NexusMods that was purchased last year by a monetizing firm. Well they have kept NM going over the last year without causing too much grief, hopefully the same holds true for...

    Ah yes, the same NexusMods that was purchased last year by a monetizing firm.

    Well they have kept NM going over the last year without causing too much grief, hopefully the same holds true for steamdb for awhile longer.

    10 votes
  9. Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech

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    ooh, great website! I have Cosmic on a media/browser machine and it is fully usable but I'll agree that it probably has too many rough edges/annoyances for power users. KDE has a lot of features...

    ooh, great website!

    I have Cosmic on a media/browser machine and it is fully usable but I'll agree that it probably has too many rough edges/annoyances for power users. KDE has a lot of features now and is pretty solid. Mint's MATE is simple but good too.

    1 vote
  10. Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech

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    There are some decent vendors selling Linux preinstalled: System76 (pricey) Dell (developer focused) Framework (new to me, big on repair-ability)

    There are some decent vendors selling Linux preinstalled:
    System76 (pricey)
    Dell (developer focused)
    Framework (new to me, big on repair-ability)

    3 votes
  11. Comment on CGA-2026-08 🗡️🛡️❤️🔺 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in ~games

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    I really can't think of any games at the time LttP released that really dove into world building. Even the more text heavy RPGs were mostly driven by character interaction. For actual game world...

    it's a game built less around exploring a world in terms of learning about it's people and history and more about discovering it's secrets and treasures.

    I really can't think of any games at the time LttP released that really dove into world building. Even the more text heavy RPGs were mostly driven by character interaction. For actual game world history you pretty much had to rely on manuals, comics and books.

    7 votes
  12. Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech

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    I hear this frequently but for most people the biggest complaint is just not having perfect MS compatibility. I've never used office for anything serious but if there are specific issues with...

    I hear this frequently but for most people the biggest complaint is just not having perfect MS compatibility. I've never used office for anything serious but if there are specific issues with libreoffice functionality I'd like to know.

    9 votes
  13. Comment on Fatal fog: Liquid nitrogen release at Foundation Food Group in ~engineering

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    uh-huh. When the freezer stopped freezing some genius found the shutoff and raised it so it would freeze more. Still, definitely a design issue there if that's the only sensor. I'm looking forward...

    ..not able to determine how the bubbler tube became bent.

    uh-huh. When the freezer stopped freezing some genius found the shutoff and raised it so it would freeze more. Still, definitely a design issue there if that's the only sensor.

    I'm looking forward to the video on Nippon Dynawave. That was a major disaster over here.

    3 votes
  14. Comment on Operation Bluebird launches Twitter.now in ~tech

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    I would think the twitter.com ownership and redirection to x.com would suffice. For the name at least, maybe not the logo?

    I would think the twitter.com ownership and redirection to x.com would suffice.
    For the name at least, maybe not the logo?

    16 votes
  15. Comment on What do you call a bun, bacon, some amount of cheese, and two burger patties? (Not a setup to a joke) in ~food

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    Then why not call it a bacon cheese double-burger?

    Then why not call it a bacon cheese double-burger?

    3 votes
  16. Comment on What is the oldest file you still have? in ~tech

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    I've still got the classic games though I'm sure the data integrity on those is questionable. I do still have some of my first BASIC games on my PC from the early 90s when I was teaching myself to...

    I've still got the classic games though I'm sure the data integrity on those is questionable. I do still have some of my first BASIC games on my PC from the early 90s when I was teaching myself to code but I never finished them.

  17. Comment on [SOLVED] Hunting for a movie in ~movies

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    Perhaps A Boy and his Dog ? *Edit: It sounds silly but for anyone who isn't familiar it is a legit dystopic sci-fi film that has some bunker openings that look like huts in the desert.

    Perhaps A Boy and his Dog ?

    *Edit: It sounds silly but for anyone who isn't familiar it is a legit dystopic sci-fi film that has some bunker openings that look like huts in the desert.

    2 votes
  18. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I came to the same conclusion with Zomboid, but as a friend explained many of those issues with repetition and slowness go away when playing single player since you can just skip time ahead....

    I came to the same conclusion with Zomboid, but as a friend explained many of those issues with repetition and slowness go away when playing single player since you can just skip time ahead. Multiplayer is very different and they really should adjust the default settings for it.

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  19. Comment on [SOLVED] Hunting for a movie in ~movies

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    Dune 2000 and Children of Dune had a few mild sex scenes. The blue eyes would have likely made that more memorable though.

    early 00's .. Scifi/fantasy ... probably takes place in a desert

    Dune 2000 and Children of Dune had a few mild sex scenes. The blue eyes would have likely made that more memorable though.

    6 votes
  20. Comment on Moderna, Merck say mRNA vaccine prevents melanoma from returning in ~health

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    It certainly helped Moderna's stock price Why if they'd known their value would double like that I bet they'd have started working on a cancer vaccine years ago! /s

    It certainly helped Moderna's stock price

    Why if they'd known their value would double like that I bet they'd have started working on a cancer vaccine years ago! /s

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