corbomite
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Movies are that are better than the book:
No Country For Old Men
Goodfellas
The Godfather
Strangers On A Train
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@ratlpolicy This is like a Reddit screenshot someone posted the other day asking “why can’t we just ally with Iran?”
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What a novel idea! No Israeli leader has ever tried to negotiate with the Palestinians! This must be the key to unlocking the whole region!
Doing the same thing repeatedly & expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
Dilan Esper@dilanesper
There's actually only one thing Israel can do that will actually reduce terrorism directed at it, and it's the thing the Israeli right desperately doesn't want to do (because elements of its coalition want to steal the land)-- negotiate with the Palestinians.
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No you didn’t.
You probably think you did.
But you didn’t.
If you truly did, go to the hospital immediately, something is very wrong.
Hockey Farmer🥶🏴☠️🇹🇹@grfarmgoat
@anymanfitness I ate 1200 for 44 days straight. Measured and weighed everything. I gained weight. I wish was I kidding.
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@RhodeToLove This is a nicer cover than my copy, but the badge kind of ruins it 😔
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@KurtSchlichter Must choose between winning and giving up. Kind of zen, in an imbecilic way.
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What an interesting definition of cornered. Oh wait, it’s a European. Understood.
Joni Askola@joni_askola
Trump is now cornered in the Strait of Hormuz. He is forced to choose between massive military escalation and embarrassing concessions in order to restore global shipping. Stumbling into this severe bottleneck is a textbook example of strategic failure
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This is forever controversial but IMO Spider-Man should have organic web-shooters. It's always seemed silly to me that his backstory is that a spider bit him and gave him Spider-Powers™
... except for his most famous spider-power, which he made in a lab. For branding, you know.
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@ChristianHeiens It was a boondoggle from inception. The “it will be cheaper than driving” analysis assumed gas prices of $20/gal.
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California has spent 11 years and $14 billion dollars on a train project that has 0 miles of operational track.
I'm sure that one day in the far future they'll finish this project, decades behind schedule and tens of billions of dollars over budget...but that's the entire point. That was always the point.
This entire project demonstrates the sheer ineptitude of Blue State governance. Conservatives almost unanimously predicted this would happen back in 2008 when the state voted on this project.
And their objections were waved away by the same crowd who now sit there and fumble over themselves trying to explain why it's going to take 30-40 years and +$120 billion to complete.
That's so utterly outrageous that it almost baffles the mind seeing anyone still even attempting to muster a defense of it today.
Alan Fisher@alanthefisher
there are so many astroturfed conservatives against CAHSR because the second that there is a working train between 2 cities in the US that can hit 200mph it is fundamentally over for the argument of "that doesn't work here" The oil lobby will do everything possible to stop that
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@redsteeze Not that “get beat up” is even a realistic fear. Men don’t care if women use the men’s room (which isn’t that uncommon, since men’s rooms almost always have a much shorter line). Extremely unlikely care about TIMs.
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An interesting insinuation that "they" are physically dominant over one of these choices and because so, will only get verbally accosted to leave if they choose that one.
PRIDE 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇧@prideukorg
What should they do?
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@bumbadum14 This is such an obvious Trojan horse, you almost deserve what’s coming if you fall for it.
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New York has such insane tennet laws that this is going to become a pseudo grab to destroy private property.
You rent part of your home, suddenly the tennet starts complaining to the local renter's board (managed by a communist NGO) about the condition of the place. Then they come in, demand remodeling, you can't afford to do it, they sue you and manage the property themselves as an affordable housing complex.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor
If you own a home with a basement, attic, or backyard, chances are you’ve thought about using it to earn a little extra income or as space for a loved one. We want to make it as easy (and affordable) as possible for you to do that. NYC recently legalized ADUs — but for too many New Yorkers, they’re still tied up in bureaucracy and expense. We're fixing that. Our new toolkit at nyc.gov/aduforyou includes preapproved building plans and a financing calculator so you can get right to building. If we want New York to remain a city for everyone, we have to make it easier for homeowners to stay here. ADU for You will do just that.
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@disparutoo They’re unexpected because nobody expected a second season.
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@CydeWeys @ChrisJBakke Fascinating implications for the floor above.
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@ChrisJBakke Washing machines in kitchens are common around the world. I assume this is a studio and it doesn't have a dedicated in-unit laundry room.
What really stands out to me as dumb is the curvature on the ceiling. What's going on there? You don't see that in apartment buildings.
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You will live in the AI slop apartment. Your clothes washer will be under your kitchen sink. You have no dryer. There's wood paneling on the walls for some reason. You will smile at the candle that is burning 4 inches away from your 24 foot tall curtains. You pay $20,000/mo and can't access the stairs up to your shitty loft bedroom. There is no bathroom. You will be happy.
HOUSE PORN@HOUSEPORN___
the absolute perfect starter apartment for living alone in your 20s
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@ChrisJBakke Yes, obvious AI slop, but single unit washing machine/dryers are common in Europe, and it's not under the sink here. I'm more curious about whatever this thing is.
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Men - do you have a "mental list" of things you need to do every day?
Or do you tackle things as they pop up?
(I'm asking because a friend and I were talking about this earlier and we both wondered how common it is for men, because it's VERY common for women)
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@st_louis_stan Eventually a reanimated skeleton, immune to bullets, shambles out and kills the soldiers with its skeleton powers.
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This scene feels like a comedy bit where the men get progressively older until it's like a 110 year old man in a wheelchair going for the gun and the soldier is yelling Oh come ON
Li Zexin 李泽欣@XH_Lee23
It’s even crazier in US movies that invaders are portrayed as "I’m sad that I have no choice but to kill your whole family in your country."
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@halsgenein @ShamashAran I was honestly a little disappointed when I learned how much I’d have to spend to *maybe* hear a marginal improvement over my $500 Hifiman cans.
(*I* was disappointed; my wallet was not.)
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I'm VERY into music and audio quality, and while there is a crazy difference between $30 headphones and $3000 headphones, you're well into the diminishing returns sector at that point. A pair of $30 headphones might be at 76% audio quality, and a pair of $3000 headphones could be at 98% audio quality, but a $600 pair of headphones can be at 97% audio quality, and that extra 1% is NOT worth $2400.
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80% of the stuff people spend this money on make little to know difference in quality of sound, its the audio equivalent of Himalayan salt lamps.
Aaron Malone (fka PizzaMind)@welldonemalone
@Grummz There is such a crazy difference between normal and audiophile quality. But i don't think most people care. 99% of people have never hada $3000 pair of headphones on or heard a $50,000 home theater system to even know or care that their earbuds are only par.
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@welldonemalone @Grummz Audiophiles can't tell the difference between a $500.00 audio cable and a coat hanger in blind testing. Next to wine snobs, the most delusional, weird group of people you'll ever find.
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@tommy_stella I demand they show us the maintenance and insurance costs on that stupid glass ball ride.
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I’d honestly watch a tv show of people working at a fully functioning and done jurassic park. Heck make it a workplace comedy
slice@sliceofheck
They should make a Jurassic Park movie where all the dinosaurs and humans get along and the park runs just fine. I’m tired of this
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@memeticsisyphus Lacks air dominance? We’re about to send the Wright Brothers’ plane on a bombing run, and this clown says we lack air dominance.
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@Mallchad @urso_bruto @amazing_physics If iron were $100/kg, I’d raid Target and buy every $30 cast-iron skillet they have.
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@urso_bruto @amazing_physics AI tires me...
I took one look and was like where the hell are you getting 100/kg iron, its not even stainless steel.
Also where the hell is my beautiful red petina all iron gets.
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This is a 1000-gram iron bar. In its raw form, it’s worth around $100.
If it’s turned into horseshoes, its value rises to about $250.
If it’s made into sewing needles, its value jumps to roughly $70,000.
If it’s crafted into watch springs and gears, it can be worth around $6 million.
And if it’s transformed into precision laser components, like those used in lithography, its value can reach $15 million.
Your value is not defined only by what you are made of, but by how well you shape your potential into something extraordinary.
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