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@MLBGuyRocked My brother in law named his dog Tulo after him. Tulo is now 13.

Troy Tulowitzki That guy rocked.

@BenjaminDEKR @toddscarbrough You need to read the book man. They don't sense light. They see with sound. Their atmosphere is so thick light doesn't reach the planet surface. There are some stretches in there, but hey it's science fiction after all.

@toddscarbrough And also they didn't understand RADIATION!?

A big problem with Project Hail Mary: the science and engineering is so dumbed-down that it's borderline comical. Problems get solved almost magically, with no process or iteration. He meets alien life, shows it a clock, and five minutes later is having conversations. (His laptop magically translated the language, I guess.) Grace is charming (unbelievably so) but isn't shown as a good scientist. He's shown as a fantastically-lucky scientist. The Big Bang Theory had a similar problem, pretending to be a show for smart, techy people but mostly just winking at it. In other words it's pop science when the world desperately needs hard engineering to be celebrated. Still a good movie, but not nearly the classic it could and should have been.

I read the book. They did make Rylands character a little less competent on screen. For example, in the book, he solves the astrophage breeding question himself. In the movie, he needs the help of the guard. However, it makes sense they way they scripted it. There is so much internal dialogue in the book. They had to engineer ways to make it watchable. The guard and Ryland working together, the ship logs, etc ...

This is great. However, it makes me wonder about the decision to completely redesign the ship for the Project Hail Mary movie. In the book, it's a simple design powered entirely by astrophage. No solar panels. I wonder what was behind this decision.

@BillyM2k You are here

tbh, as a long time power user of this app, this metric does not match my experience my assumption is that this is due to ai agents as opposed to actual human users enjoying the app more again, ymmv, but my personal experience is an inverse enjoyment to this graph

Sometimes I feel like the entire point of my smartwatch is to read two factor authentication codes.

@MobofJoggers We need market saturation so that people realize that regular people buy and drive them. The 68k version was a step in that direction.

I'm going to be honest. I really want a Tesla SUV 7 seater. But I don't want it to look like a cybertruck. I hear all the hate my cybertruck friends get and I don't need more contention in my life.

@farzyness It could be the Y L

Very obviously CyberSUV or CyberVAN. Cybertruck has Tesla’s best platform. Would be silly not to maximize it.

@spencer_askew Some call it hopecore. Others competence porn. I don't care what they call it I love it.

Outside of the fact that the film is incredibly well-made, I’ve been ruminating on why Project Hail Mary has struck such a cultural chord. I think it comes down to the reality that society is starving for hope. “Cool guy” cynicism is dead. People are craving “earnest,” even when it’s cheesy. We’re through resonating with jaded and bitter characters that turn up their nose at concepts of goodness and self-sacrifice. We want someone who stares the apocalypse in the face and still finds a reason to have hope, crack jokes, and love their friends well. They pushed nihilism HARD, and it has been thoroughly and utterly rejected by the masses. PHM is a return to meaningful storytelling, rather than disillusioned content-creation.

@CollinRugg Imagine seeing this man riding up to you on a motorcycle with his kids in tow and deciding to choose violence

JUST IN: Brentwood Police say 'Reacher' star Alan Ritchson acted in self-defense, say no charges will be filed. The development comes as new footage appears to show Ritchson's neighbor blocking the road while he was on his motorcycle. "After reviewing available evidence, including video footage and witness statements, authorities determined that no criminal charges will be pursued," said the Brentwood Police Department. "Mr. Ritchson’s actions were found to be in self-defense." "Although a potential reckless endangerment charge was considered, Mr. Ritchson declined to pursue charges." The case has been closed.

@farzyness My feet are about to block the entire aisle

OK this is actually great. Can we please crank up the innovation by 10x in the airline industry please. THANKS!!!!!

@cb_doge You see the problem is that you paid some attention to the media

Elon Musk offered to pay TSA salaries so travelers wouldn’t have to wait for hours at airports. Instead of praising him, the media twisted it into “he should pay his taxes instead”. The truth is he is already the highest individual taxpayer in history and will pay over $500 billion in taxes over his lifetime. They don’t show the good he does, only the story they want you to believe. It’s crazy how they brainwash people.

@TGL @mhl Yo this is great but something needs to be done about the driver sound. It's just not coming through on the broadcast. Sounds like they are out there plinking a water glass for 320 yards.

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@SawyerMerritt Love the semi, but was anyone else distracted by that gorgeous yellow 911?

Tesla says the Tesla Semi Standard Range (325 mile range), which has a shorter wheelbase than the Semi Long Range (500 mile range), has about the same turning radius as a Model Y. Jay Leno driving the redesigned Tesla Semi in his new video: "Nice turning radius. Boy that's pretty amazing."

@RyanKoenigsberg 100%. I've lived in Mountain my whole life, but spent the last week in Eastern time. I'd get alerts on my phone that games were just starting when I'm already in bed.

The only reason why there is any pushback is not enough people have lived in the Mountain Time Zone to experience it. #1 sports viewing time zone without question.

@NFLonPrime Honestly just seeing this Broncos duo in this conversation is progress

No easy answers here 👀

@glyn_dillon @HailMaryLogs I guess they had it modified to show a fox instead of a wolf because they thought it looked too aggressive for his character originally.

@HailMaryLogs Look a bit closer, what Ryland is wearing is a fox motif.

In the Project Hail Mary movie, Ryland Grace is seen wearing a vintage sweater featuring a traditional Cowichan wolf motif. That means he has not only two wolf heads on the front but also two large wolves on the back. This type of wear reflects his simple, down-to-earth nature.

I jumped on the hype train and just finished reading Project Hail Mary. It was great! I haven't made time to read fiction for a while, but I want to keep going. What should I read next?

Capitalism is the worst. I'm sitting here watching megayachts owned by business leaders like Arthur Blank float by, without hope of ever owning one myself. Meanwhile, I'm stuck poolside for the rest of the weekend.