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  1. Comment on ‘Moana’ flounders with $43 million debut, among weakest of Disney’s live-action remakes in ~movies

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    "still young enough" From pictures I've seen from the movie he was already not still young enough. I've heard similar rumors though, that this was pushed by Johnson after his ego was bruised by...

    "still young enough"

    From pictures I've seen from the movie he was already not still young enough.

    I've heard similar rumors though, that this was pushed by Johnson after his ego was bruised by the Black Adam thing.

    9 votes

  2. Comment on PortalVR Motion on Steam in ~games

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    Yeah I clicked here excited for another Portal VR mod. :/

    Yeah I clicked here excited for another Portal VR mod. :/

    5 votes

  3. Comment on AI adoption and IntelliSense in ~tech

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    I can't speak to AI intellisense with SQL but I've been very careful with it in Visual Studio on C# after I had it "notice a pattern" I was doing in several places throughout the code only for it...

    I can't speak to AI intellisense with SQL but I've been very careful with it in Visual Studio on C# after I had it "notice a pattern" I was doing in several places throughout the code only for it to mess it up when I let it loose, even though the preview was correct.

    The worst part was it was something that didn't produce an error, it was just a logic bug. If I hadn't been paying close attention and noticed it right away it would have been a nightmare to find later.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Climate.us is a new website created by former NOAA employees who worked on Climate.gov until they were laid off last year as part of the heinous DOGE cutbacks in ~enviro

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    Yeah I've seen too many errors to trust LLM output. Also I actually like coding and don't want a robot taking away something I enjoy doing.

    Yeah I've seen too many errors to trust LLM output.

    Also I actually like coding and don't want a robot taking away something I enjoy doing.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 22 in ~society

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    This actually happened? I genuinely thought someone had made it up when I first heard about it.

    There are pictures of his motorcade driving through the reflecting pool

    This actually happened? I genuinely thought someone had made it up when I first heard about it.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | Cinematic story trailer in ~games

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    You sound just like me. I spent a good chunk of my life in Halo 3 multiplayer. I thought Infinite was a good start but there were too many little changes that disrupted things. No friendly fire,...

    You sound just like me. I spent a good chunk of my life in Halo 3 multiplayer.

    I thought Infinite was a good start but there were too many little changes that disrupted things.

    No friendly fire, no collision with teammates, vehicles being made out of paper, vehicle handling still feeling off, the weird vehicle drop in system, map design forcing vehicles into tight corridors.

    The whole launch of Infinite was just weird. It was like they were surprised by their own release and didn't have any plans ready for post launch stuff. The whole thing about "the UI doesn't support additional game modes" or whatever it was they said was wild.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | Cinematic story trailer in ~games

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    Oh yeah, I forgot it did actually release on Mac too.

    Oh yeah, I forgot it did actually release on Mac too.

  8. Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | Cinematic story trailer in ~games

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    Anyone I know who used to be into Halo is pretty much over it after 343's (mis)handling of the franchise. I'm still open to being won over but my expectations from Microsoft/343/Halo Studios are...

    Anyone I know who used to be into Halo is pretty much over it after 343's (mis)handling of the franchise.

    I'm still open to being won over but my expectations from Microsoft/343/Halo Studios are at rock bottom.

    Also, it's not in this video but I believe the video showing parts of the new prequel missions showed what seems like a possibly significant alteration to the Master Chief's timeline.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | Cinematic story trailer in ~games

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    Xbox release PC release Anniversary remaster MCC Now this

    Xbox release
    PC release
    Anniversary remaster
    MCC
    Now this

    4 votes

  10. Comment on US Pentagon puts building blocks in place for Cuba invasion in ~society

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    If only there was anything we could do about that that didn't involve military action. I'm not well-versed in Cuban-US relations so someone please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the US...

    “Having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security of the United States.”

    If only there was anything we could do about that that didn't involve military action.

    I'm not well-versed in Cuban-US relations so someone please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the US embargo/blockade and US treatment of Cuba in general a big part of why Cuba is in state it is today?

    15 votes

  11. Comment on America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices in ~life

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    Yeah, to exaggerate a bit, this feels like banning books in class because kids were reading ahead instead of listening or banning paper because kids were drawing.

    Yeah, to exaggerate a bit, this feels like banning books in class because kids were reading ahead instead of listening or banning paper because kids were drawing.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices in ~life

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    Absolutely but unrestricted YouTube, which it sounds like what they got, is just asking for kids to be distracted. If they don't have a way to filter the videos kids can access it's better to not...

    Absolutely but unrestricted YouTube, which it sounds like what they got, is just asking for kids to be distracted. If they don't have a way to filter the videos kids can access it's better to not allow it at all.

    12 votes

  13. Comment on America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices in ~life

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    YouTube shouldn't have been allowed on school devices in the first place. In the article, it seems like most of the issues stem from "school"devices being used for all kinds of entertainment. If...

    block YouTube on school devices

    YouTube shouldn't have been allowed on school devices in the first place. In the article, it seems like most of the issues stem from "school"devices being used for all kinds of entertainment. If it's a school device it should be used for educational stuff and nothing else.

    20 votes

  14. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    Ah, fair enough. Containers really simplify things.

    Ah, fair enough. Containers really simplify things.

  15. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    Yeah I would actually respect them if they said that the lifetime pass is no longer viable and they just stopped selling it.

    Yeah I would actually respect them if they said that the lifetime pass is no longer viable and they just stopped selling it.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    I'm very confused by this. Jellyfin is available as a single container image that essentially requires only a couple volume mounts and a couple ports to run. You start it up and it's ready to go....

    I'm very confused by this.

    Jellyfin is available as a single container image that essentially requires only a couple volume mounts and a couple ports to run. You start it up and it's ready to go. It's honestly much easier to set up than several other self-hosted projects I run.

    Also, I don't see how the project's language is related ot the ease of setup anyway. I'm self-hosting dozens of services running the gamut of both language/platform and setup complexity and I've never seen a correlation. It just depends on what the developer(s) decide or are able to do.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    I think $250 was an ok price a few years ago but I wouldn't buy it at $250 today. Jellyfin has caught up enough that if you're reasonably tech savvy it'll do the job. $750 is clearly a "F off" price.

    I think $250 was an ok price a few years ago but I wouldn't buy it at $250 today. Jellyfin has caught up enough that if you're reasonably tech savvy it'll do the job.

    $750 is clearly a "F off" price.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv

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    I don't have a link for it and I'm on mobile so I can't easily search but on the Plex subreddit I've seen a former Plex dev say that they do see more people using their streaming offerings than...

    And if so, what do they think their users actually use their software for?

    I don't have a link for it and I'm on mobile so I can't easily search but on the Plex subreddit I've seen a former Plex dev say that they do see more people using their streaming offerings than people using Plex to stream their own media these days. It's been sounding like the personal media functionality is pretty much in just maintenance mode for a while now.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Canvas hack impacts university students and professors during finals week in ~tech

  20. Comment on SteamOS runs on jailbroken Nintendo Switch in ~games

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    This looks like a cool and still worthwhile accomplishment but calling it SteamOS seems incorrect. The article itself says it's just the Steam client running on ARM Ubuntu. Not to detract from the...

    This looks like a cool and still worthwhile accomplishment but calling it SteamOS seems incorrect. The article itself says it's just the Steam client running on ARM Ubuntu.

    Not to detract from the work though - it's still impressive.

    4 votes