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Comment on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in ~tech
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentI've really been striking out on full-on comedies, so Planes et al. was kinda just the next in that line. Arsenic and Old Lace is the only one to really buck the trend. How do you distinguish...I've really been striking out on full-on comedies, so Planes et al. was kinda just the next in that line. Arsenic and Old Lace is the only one to really buck the trend.
How do you distinguish "Oscar bait"? Midsommar was also more of an artsy, less crowd-pleasing type of movie, but you didn't include it as Oscar bait.
Having played The Last of Us, it was really interesting to see all the parallels/influence from Children of Men.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkMy August in summary: Exceeded expectations: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Following (1998) Disappointing (not necessarily bad, can also be "meh" to...My August in summary:
Exceeded expectations:
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- Following (1998)
Disappointing (not necessarily bad, can also be "meh" to highly-reviewed films):
- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)
- Princess Mononoke (1997)
- Midsommar (2019)
- Inside Out 2 (2024)
Other notables watched:
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- Castle in the Sky (1986)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Atonement (2007)
- Your Name. (2016)
- Avengers Endgame (2019)
Want to watch soon:
- Spiderman Brand New Day
- Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (and more MCU catch-up)
- Passion of the Christ, Endgame, and Princess Mononoke theatrical re-releases
- Coyote vs. ACME (maybe?)
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Comment on Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games in ~games
Perryapsis Link ParentI mean, they were if you go back far enough.On consoles, games were physical objects. On PC, they never really were.
I mean, they were if you go back far enough.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentSpoilers Infinity War was pretty good. It was surprising to see the villain actually win, since Marvel doesn't do that. It manages to handle the huge number of characters well. Endgame was still...Spoilers
Infinity War was pretty good. It was surprising to see the villain actually win, since Marvel doesn't do that. It manages to handle the huge number of characters well. Endgame was still good, but a step down from Infinity War. I'll probably take the chance to watch it again in theaters in September. But it doesn't manage the large number of characters as well; by splitting the party three ways, it runs a bit too long. I also hadn't seen the Thor movie that they went back to, so I bad to pick up that backstory as they went along, whoops. My biggest issue is that if we're going to use time travel to change the outcome of a past movie, then how can any of the movies going forward have any real stakes?
I thought that all the Marvel Spiderman movies have been just okay. Not bad by any means, but generic super hero fare. I don't have significant attachment to Spiderman as an IP (although I have seen the Raimi movies), so maybe that's part of it. But I've also seen that Brand New Day is reviewing better than all of them, so that's encouraging. Far From Home is unmemorable besides the cliffhanger. No Way Home is a little too fanservicey with the three Spider Men. It's cool to see them initially meet each other and fight together, but all the "ooh, you fought the guy with three arms? I fought a guy made of dust" in-between really dragged on for a while. It's also kinda like Endgame in the sense that, if we're going to use
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkI just watched Spider Man - No Way Home (2021) as a part of my Marvel catch-up. Do I need to watch any of the other Marvel movies of the past five years in order to understand Brand New Day? I've...I just watched Spider Man - No Way Home (2021) as a part of my Marvel catch-up. Do I need to watch any of the other Marvel movies of the past five years in order to understand Brand New Day? I've been doing my catch-up in release order, but I would break that rule to catch Brand New Day since it's still in theaters. However, I also want to avoid "oh yeah, character X died in the interim" or something like that to leave me confused or spoil another one of the movies in-between.
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
Perryapsis LinkAs a noob (I switched to Mint in the spring of 2024), my only current concern is a lack of experience migrating to a new computer. My current one is "it was slightly above mid-range at Best Buy in...As a noob (I switched to Mint in the spring of 2024), my only current concern is a lack of experience migrating to a new computer. My current one is "it was slightly above mid-range at Best Buy in 2019"-grade and really showing its age. I'd like to replace it, but I'm not sure what hardware would (a) even be an upgrade over what I have now at a cost I can afford, and (b) be easy to set up for someone who specifically looked for the best drop-in replacement for Windows when I initially switched.
I had issues when I first installed Mint and echo chocobean's point:
The guides make it painfully easy --- except when it doesn't work like the guide says. Then it's sheer panic and I feel so stupid and I don't have any of the background to even begin to problem solve.
I don't want to buy a new PC, get halfway through installing Mint (since it will always come with Windows straight from the store), screw it up, not be able to fix it, not be able to return it to the store either at that point because I opened/modified it, and end up with a $1500 paper weight. I've avoided dealing with it for a while just due to the cost of a computer these days, but I installed Mint on a separate partition on a detachable spinning-rust HDD that isn't getting any younger, so it's going to come to a head at some point.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentI wanted to see it, but my local theater wasn't showing it :/ When you say that they used real car sounds, do you mean that they didn't foley in the sound in post-production, or do you just mean...I wanted to see it, but my local theater wasn't showing it :/
When you say that they used real car sounds, do you mean that they didn't foley in the sound in post-production, or do you just mean that they didn't replace the noise with "generic_car_sound_effect_37.mp3"?
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Comment on 2026 preseason AP college football rankings in ~sports.american_football
Perryapsis Link ParentPeople on /r/CFB joke about Cignetti getting a statue at Indiana. If he can repeat again this year, it will stop being a joke. I'm really curious to see how well he does with all the roster...People on /r/CFB joke about Cignetti getting a statue at Indiana. If he can repeat again this year, it will stop being a joke. I'm really curious to see how well he does with all the roster turnover.
The blue bloods will probably bounce back relatively well. I'm probably more bearish than most on Mississippi sans Kiffin and expect them to drop this year. BYU, I have no idea.
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Comment on 2026 preseason AP college football rankings in ~sports.american_football
Perryapsis Link ParentA 4-8 team getting votes is definitely surprising. Did you guys have an amazing recruiting class? Or it could just be a homer doing homer things because it's just the preseason poll.A 4-8 team getting votes is definitely surprising. Did you guys have an amazing recruiting class? Or it could just be a homer doing homer things because it's just the preseason poll.
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Comment on KPop Demon Hunters Criterion Collection release in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentCriterion traditionally runs a half-off sale at Barnes and Noble during the month of November. This must be their headliner release for the sale.November 3rd
Criterion traditionally runs a half-off sale at Barnes and Noble during the month of November. This must be their headliner release for the sale.
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Comment on 2026 preseason AP college football rankings in ~sports.american_football
Perryapsis LinkEarlier today, the Associated Press released their first college football rankings of the 2026 season. Are there any other sportsball fans on Tildes who would like to talk about them?...Earlier today, the Associated Press released their first college football rankings of the 2026 season. Are there any other sportsball fans on Tildes who would like to talk about them?
AP-affiliated sportswriters are selected from around the country in order to create an unbiased group of voters. A certain number of writers are chosen from each state with a top-level football team, and states with more teams get more voters (but it isn't one-to-one). This year, there are a total of 69 voters. Each voter ranks their top 25 teams each week, and the overall rankings are created using a Borda count.
Rankings inside a spoilerbox because they take a lot of vertical space
Rank Team Points 1 Ohio State 1672 (40) 2 Oregon 1597 (14) 3 Georgia 1513 4 Notre Dame 1510 (6) 5 Texas 1483 6 Indiana 1440 (8) 7 Miami (FL) 1379 (1) 8 Texas A&M 1131 9 Mississippi 1102 10 Oklahoma 1047 11 Louisiana State 988 12 Texas Tech 983 13 Alabama 904 T-14 Brigham Young 839 T-14 Southern California 839 16 Michigan 718 17 Washington 501 18 Penn State 482 19 Southern Methodist 434 20 Tennessee 394 21 Utah 304 22 Iowa 260 23 Houston 252 24 Louisville 198 25 Missouri 117 Also ran: Clemson 112, Florida 51, Boise State 43, Arizona 32, Texas Christian 11, Navy 10, South Carolina 10, Illinois 9, Oklahoma State 8, Vanderbilt 8, Pittsburgh 7, Virginia Tech 6, Minnesota 5, Nevada-Las Vegas 4, New Mexico 4, Georgia Tech 4, James Madison 3, Auburn 3, Memphis 2, California 2, Liberty 1, Western Michigan 1, Tulane 1, Virginia 1
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2026 preseason AP college football rankings
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentAgreed about Leave Her to Heaven. Even though the movie telegraphs it in advance, I'm surprised how much they were allowed to show in "that one scene" under the production code. It's not quite a...Agreed about Leave Her to Heaven. Even though the movie telegraphs it in advance, I'm surprised how much they were allowed to show in "that one scene" under the production code. It's not quite a match, but it has shades of Obsession (1945).
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentThanks! Hopefully I can catch up quickly and still see it in theaters. Given its box office numbers, it should have a decently long run.Thanks! Hopefully I can catch up quickly and still see it in theaters. Given its box office numbers, it should have a decently long run.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentWould you recommend Brand New Day to someone who hasn't quite caught up with the MCU yet and is sensitive to spoilers?Would you recommend Brand New Day to someone who hasn't quite caught up with the MCU yet and is sensitive to spoilers?
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentSome of the sketches are better than others, but none of them really stood out to me as funny. The best thing was the kids trapped in appliances.Some of the sketches are better than others, but none of them really stood out to me as funny. The best thing was the kids trapped in appliances.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkDoes anyone want to talk about: The Odyssey (2026) ★★☆ Black Panther (2018) ★★☆ Airplane (1980) ★☆☆ I keep striking out on classic comedies :/ I read more after watching, and it seems like there...Does anyone want to talk about:
The Odyssey (2026) ★★☆
Black Panther (2018) ★★☆
Airplane (1980) ★☆☆
I keep striking out on classic comedies :/ I read more after watching, and it seems like there are a ton of background jokes that I didn't even notice.
Lost in Translation (2003) ★☆☆
I liked Rental Family (2025) better. I have the same issue with this as I do with Brief Encounter (1945): this could be a really good movie if the main characters weren't already married to other people.
Disclosure Day (2026) ★★☆
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) ★☆☆
Boogie Nights (1997) ★☆☆
Movie 43 (2013) ★☆☆
Admittedly I was only interested in this movie because of its poor reputation. So now my morbid curiosity has been satisfied, but yikes, this was just as bad as advertised.
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Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | Official trailer in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkAs someone still playing catch-up (next is Black Panther, so I'm within a few movies of Endgame), can I watch this trailer without spoiling things? If not, I'll probably wait until I see Endgame...As someone still playing catch-up (next is Black Panther, so I'm within a few movies of Endgame), can I watch this trailer without spoiling things? If not, I'll probably wait until I see Endgame to watch this trailer.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentYeah, Citizen Kane is better on the second watch. When you know where it ends up, it's easier to follow the nonlinear story and just go along for the ride. Maybe Vertigo is the same way; I've only...Yeah, Citizen Kane is better on the second watch. When you know where it ends up, it's easier to follow the nonlinear story and just go along for the ride. Maybe Vertigo is the same way; I've only seen it once and didn't think it lived up to its reputation.
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