Both of those are infinitely rewatchable.

How do you feel about Interstellar? That one might be my favorite movie across any genre, not just space. And I don’t really pick favorites.

Well next time you’re in the area, I can print you one of Rocky’s human figures.

I just watched that one last week, for no other reason than I felt like it. I enjoy it. Shame that there’s so much potential for more story that we’ll likely never see.

I had said “oh come on, that is a master class of satire” and got no response. The conversation died there, but it has stuck in my head.

This person really sat through the movie and completely missed the point? It shouldn’t surprise me, many took The Colbert Report seriously. But it does.

While playing games the other night I had commented that I watched Netflix’s War Machine on somebody’s recommendation, and that it was just boring oorah military propaganda with a barely there sci-fi veneer.

The person I was talking to said “oh like Starship Troopers.”

Sorry, that’s fair. Never meant to offend.

Well you’re just wrong. Those two aren’t perfect by any measure, but they have a far clearer direction than 4’s “fuck the studio for making me make this movie” message.

Don’t look too much into it, I don’t think the movie meant to do anything. It’s aimless drivel.

We'll see what happens, but Frontier has confirmed that the price shown on the broadband label is not a true price. Most people would call this a lie.

The most likely outcome is nothing happens. I don't even think the label will be updated, as it's been a lie from day one.

So the next step in the process is the case is bounced back to the FCC. Maybe I'm crazy, but wasn't the point of the broadband label system to inform customers of the actual price they would pay for a plan?

Today I received a call after their "investigation" to inform me that the price on the broadband label is a "standard format" - whatever the hell that means - and does not reflect the price that any customer would actually receive.

Frontier's FCC-mandated broadband labels list my 5 gig plan as $139.99. They charge me $164.99. When I called to have my plan adjusted to match, they refused, so I opened an FCC complaint. I have had a couple phone conversations with Frontier's executive office over this.

Found a little “1” badge on my Photos app on my phone when I woke up, but no matter where I looked, I couldn’t find a reason for it. I still have no idea what it’s trying to tell me. Only way to clear it was to turn off notifications for the app.

Brilliant design Apple.

For ages I've thought that some apps were just being stupid making the Redo keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Y. Today I've learned that is standard on Windows.

Windows users, are you ok?

For some reason, though not complaining, ever since Reddit removed the link to all, I engage with it much less. I updated the bookmark to take me to all, but will skim a page or two, forget home exists, and put it away.

Probably not the effect they intended.

They frame it as a cable-company would: we've added a bunch of AI features you didn't ask for and are not using, so we feel it appropriate to charge you for that.

To their credit, the email does mention the "new" plan in the final paragraph, but they hope you don't read that far.

Shitty tactic of Adobe, big surprise. Get an email saying my subscription price is going up. Except it's not really. My plan is getting a new name, higher price, and included AI credits. A "new" plan with the same price and features of the old plan is being added.

It’s a clue. Like I said, it’s not uncommon in stuff written by people that write for a living. But use it as a hint. Also look for lists of three, and “it’s not just X, it’s Y” usage. If you see something using all three, there’s a pretty high chance AI was involved.

An em dash is a wider form of hyphen. Looks like — instead of -. It’s most often used to interrupt a sentence. It’s not something people normally use in their writing, but it’s not uncommon in journalism. Since news articles were a major LLM training source, they’re often overused in AI text.

With the latest Windows updates, you can now press the Windows key + Minus to easily input an em dash.

Just got this as part of a “new features” email from Microsoft. Seems they’re trying to encourage the use of em dashes to normalize their overuse in AI generated text.

The movie sucks. But damn is it entertaining.

Better to get two separate devices. Maybe something like an infrared heater designed to sit under your monitor.

I’m not saying this thing is any good, but something like this. a.co/d/0ckauYsE

Yeah. But it’s actually a terrible idea. Think of all the things that make mice unique. Shape, weight, button count, button placement. Switch type, sensor type, power method, and more.

So you get to choose between a heater with a crappy mouse attached, or a good mouse.

I need a heated mouse...

This is my simplified version.

Why so much code!?

Two word review of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die:

See it.

Update on this. It snowed overnight so I got to actually test the effect in the real world, and they absolutely did their job. Blower moves better than ever.

So my task becomes to find something that is 1/8th inch to rest it on. Two somethings technically.

3D printer to the rescue! Had it spend 20 minutes to make me a pair of 1/8th inch thick bricks, and they did the job perfectly!