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I've decided to return to #buildinginpublic and will be working on a new version of Codex. It will be > free > open source > local first @electronjs > graph-centric @SurrealDB > include my notes And if all goes well 🤞 > 3D @threejs

It's embarrassing how gullible Star Wars fans are. The rumour that Disney will axe the sequels from canon has been repeated ad infinitum over 7 years. Yet, with a new film about to launch, surprise, the rumour mill starts again. No one questions it; just treats it as real. FFS.

@GCDickens @IMAO_ I mean no offense, but I've found the average Star Wars to not be very discriminating. If it has lightsaber battles & space dogfights, they're happy. That's what makes Disney's failure to win them over so impressive. The bar was very, very low but Disney couldn't manage it.

@GCDickens @IMAO_ Rogue One is the kind of film that appeals to the average Star Wars fan. It ticks all the boxes. But it has no soul and adds nothing interesting to the Star Wars mythos.

The Force Awakens domestic gross was $937 million. No other movie has come close to that. There was a lot that movie did wrong, but it did some very fundamental things right to get that many people to see it. And then Rogue One was very entertaining and definitely made for Star Wars fans. I think people forget how great things were looking after Disney's first two movies and how much anticipation there was for The Last Jedi which most people assumed was going to be The Empire Strikes Back of the trilogy, improving on The Force Awakens's decent start. But The Last Jedi was like, "Everything you liked about The Force Awakens? That was dumb. We're doing something different."

@thrillhouse01 @peterrhague So you're saying there is no archaeological evidence for any of the places or people mentioned in the Iliad and the Odyssey?

@peterrhague "I demand full historic accuracy for my fictional and mythological story!!!"

What the hell is this? Full plate armour? In ancient Greece? They might as well be turning up in helicopters!

@MarhinDeMosr @romanhelmetguy By his command!

@romanhelmetguy It's like Lancelot knocked up a Cylon centurion.

I understand why Hollywood writing is so bad these days. I understand why Hollywood casting is so bad these days. But can someone who actually knows explain to me why Hollywood set and costume design is so bad these days? And why is everything grey?

This gorgeous machine is the AKAT-1. Constructed in Poland in 1959 by Jacek Karpinski and Janusz Tomaszewski, this was one of the world's first transistor-based analog computers. If you think the AKAT-1 looks more like a piece of modern art than a computer, you're onto something. The exterior and control panel were actually designed by artists associated with the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Sadly, this machine never actually went into mass production, but don't you wish it had? #RetroTech #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory

Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier".

I can watch it all day long

@georgethefourth "Time and Tide", DWM 145-6?

The Tardis making a splash!

@actuallyaridan To be fair, people whinged endlessly at the time whenever MS tried to spice up the interface with a bit of animation. Apparently these people and never heard of graphics cards ...

current microsoft could never

@scrumblebum1 @AvidCommentator @lauren_vasiliou To be fair, the original Labour proposal was for a fibre optic network directly to the home. The Libs nuked it out of spite. If it had gone ahead, we'd all be on blazing fast internet now.

@AvidCommentator @lauren_vasiliou Gee under Labor how fu king unusual

'NBN prices are going up again' "Wholesale NBN prices will increase by as much as $4.04 per month." whistleout.com.au/Broadband/News…

@TheMekon_Venus Usborne was the king of children's educational publishing in the UK in the 1980s. I grew up (in Australia) on the Usborne programming books for kids. In their own way they are unsurpassed.

My school used to force us to take books out of the library. This type of book was what I went for. Clearly BS.. but a lot of fun.

@TXMCtrades @GeeksGamersCom Personally, I think they should skip the Imperial remnant storyline (which just rehashes the Empire vs Rebels story and skip ahead to the Yuzhong Vong.

@GeeksGamersCom I once again implore them to consider:

RUMOR: Disney to Remove Star Wars Sequel Trilogy From Timeline to Resume Focus on Original Characters "If true, this would be one of the most dramatic franchise shifts in modern Hollywood history."

Does anyone recall a city the size of Canberra or Newcastle being built from the ground up in the last 12 months? Net migration was 480k for the same period. Rental Vacancies are less than 1% It’s not slowing down. The country is on a high speed collision course with reality.

The thing I find funny about the migration debate is conceptually what's not to love. As a wealthy developed nation you can choose some of the top surgeons, builders and entrepreneurs on the planet to help enhance your society and prosper with your people. It should be the slam dunk of slam dunk policy settings. But here we are debating over it because fools want to run at it at a rate that no longer benefits the per capita economy, at a level that far outstrips the ability to deliver infrastructure and housing. An issue that now undermines social cohesion and is a political landmine because it was mismanaged by a series of fools.

"Tomb Of The Cybermen" Episode 2 in colour #doctorwho #colourisation #TombOfTheCybermen (Made with EbSynth and DaVinci Resolve)

@patrol5513 @HumanityChad What makes you think these kids are foreigners? Does Australia have no criminals of its own?

@HumanityChad More of this needed - Don't want to import that delinquent overseas bullshit where kids think they can just do this with no repercussions.

Bystanders work together to prevent teens from stealing alcohol from Australian liquor store, without resorting to physical violence

Here's how he may have looked at the time (courtesy of AI).

Hans von Bülow (1830-1894), German conductor, pianist, composer of the Romantic era, and cuckold of Richard Wagner.