Good luck 🤞

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A movie couple that would definitely have a podcast

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Related, this is an interesting article about how we might regulate profit for private/public sector contracts

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i don’t want my appliances to be smart or connect to the internet. i want them to do one mechanical task for 100 years

Science is good. We should fund it.

It’s strange that they would see that as a defence rather than see it as another way they have failed as a gov technology supplier. If choosing to work with Palentir is viewed as ideological then that’s a problem they’ve created for themselves.

Foxy

Or as James Cameron would put it: Dune$

Dunes

I tried to watch it last night. I have to admit I couldn’t quite finish it, felt myself sinking into depression and not finding any hope in it. Where’s the way back for these people?

100% agree - cinema trips are a rare treat for me and her films are the impetus to go.

I’m glad she has the weight to get theatrical screenings. Now if she could get them released on physical media I’d be able to rewatch watch them too. It’s a crime Saltburn doesn’t have a lavish blue ray

Starting to spot simple ways to test if AI is useful:

1. Will it make things quicker or just seem quicker if we don’t take into account cleaning it up?

2. Do we need something that is good quality or will unattributed slop do just fine 2.a is it worth doing?

3. If it ‘hallucinates’ is it broken?

"15+ years later, Microsoft morged my diagram"
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this becomes less funny when you remember every Microsoft employee is mandated to morge 🫠

Now if we could just remember to turn the shower off

You know I don’t think I’ve actually seen 3. Might have to check it out before the new Henry Cavil remake lands

Highlander 2 is the worst film and I love it. I know some people are mad at it for creating a load of bonkers lore but what’s odd about that is the original was surely one big bonkers piece of lore - why not chuck in aliens and opera!?

Every one of these ICE guys need to be in jail, I swear to god. This is inhuman.

God knows that the GOP will do next to distract themselves (and us) from their guilt and shame

Extraordinary

Yes, I also read Harry Dresden books because of you 😄 thank you for the recommendations (books and films)

@helenlohara.bsky.social do you have a list of book recommendations listed please? You and James mention books sometimes on the podcast and they’re always really good (I just finished dungeon crawler Carl and now I’m onto Empire of Vampire).

So not the Ballad of Wallace and Gromit island then?

Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.

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Ok, I’m in, but only if he’s sporting these from the Barbie movie

Oh, I’m also trying out old horror franchises that I was too scared to watch when they were released. The terrible acting has been a blessing for me

Bond, James Bond?

When Hammy met Salad

In the research I’m doing at the moment I’ve noticed a lot of words people use to describe a fuss, a hoo har, hullabaloo, ferago - that’s all. There’s some ‘fun’ etymologies to look up later.