F Save The World (paid early access) was July 2017. FN Battle Royale was September 2017. And, for reference, PUBG launched the beta in March 2017, full release Dec 2017

Not sure what theme, style, or use you’re looking for. I don’t have suggestions that would hit in a fun powerful way like the soundtrack to American Horror Story: Coven (but I guess that playlist is a recommendation). I’m into metal and I’m imagining higher feminine vocals that may not be entirely understandable, so that’s what I have. Generally, the top tracks on Spotify are representative of the sound I associate with each.

Chelsea Wolfe comes to mind first. She drifts between metal and folk (sort of?), but the lyrical content is largely consistent. Hiss Spun (2017) is the album I like most, followed by She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She (2024) if the other is too metal. She also put some work into the X/MaXine/?? horror movie trilogy score with Tyler Bates

I lied, some more upbeat bands would be Cellar Darling (hard rock, fantasy themes, cello solos) or Castle Rat (if you needed Iron Maiden to beseige a castle).

Not exactly jams or bangers, but my autumn work/build grind playlist consisted of Heriot, Faetooth, Author & Punisher, Conjurer, and King Yosef. This is some heavy background score material to give me that fay metal mood without too much focus on the music itself. They’re what built my 7ft tall deer reaper for Halloween. Discovered this genre(?) from a goth burlesque/freak show performance.

I couldn’t believe it’d been out for ten years, so I checked. It’s been out for ~10 years, but not 10 years, originally releasing mid 2017

That looks like my cheddar! That’s why, without the aid of an industrial shearing rig, I have to hold the knife at about 15 degrees off vertical, cutting edge towards the block. The cut goes straight down. I’ve accepted the superiority of using a small santoku knife and having to hand wash. I really should get a wire slicer

Cut paper makes a ton of dust and fiber. Ever empty out a shredder? It’s a significant maintenance issue for print shops

This is pretty much what I was going to say. You always lose material, but the amount lost varies drastically based on the method. Even when using a knife or shears in a purely straight motion (no sawing or sliding), the material has to deform to make room for the cutting device. It may rip apart, it may bulge into itself, it may crumble, it may do it all. Try cutting a thin slice off a nice block of cheese and you’ll see nearly all the deformation go to the slice, while the knife will be coated in cheese

The SR-71 could almost outrun the moon. Maybe it could. Claimed max 2,200mph vs average 2,288mph of the moon

Eh, I get the sentiment. Nothing in space comes to a stop and most speeds are well beyond human comprehension. The Earth orbits at 67,000mph, escape velocity is like 27,000mph, the ground at the equator moves at about 1,000mph, the Voyagers are in the 30k range, and the Park Solar probe peaks over 400,000mph. So to learn that a comet is a tangible aviation speed was neat to me, at least

My roku has an internal rechargeable battery and lasts months. But what’s infuriating is I read up further and found it doesn’t actually use my wifi network. It’s direct to the TV. So why wouldn’t it work without internet? Insane.

I didn’t connect my free Roku TV to the new wifi, and suddenly the remote works like shit. Turns out, it’s a wifi remote that would rather not use infrared and the infrared receiver has been slightly blocked this whole time.

The way to set it up without connecting it to wifi is very hidden. I had to look it up after because I couldn’t figure it out. I fucking hate smart tvs.

One time I found the most circular rock I’d ever seen. About 2.5" wide, 1/2" thick, smoothly worn by the ocean. It was a pale gray rock with dark speckled pits. It was like a cartoon moon. I took it from the beach, intending to keep it as a souvenir of the trip. It never made it. It was accidentally thrown out in the chaos of leaving a hotel.

I stole that rock from it’s ocean view home and sent it to a landfill. It was just a rock and it tears me up unnecessarily.

I’d happily take your input, but it sounds like you’re just disengaging

The older I get, the more I associate with the man who shit the fuck up and just let out a couple tears upon seeing the curvature of the Earth from a U2

Their spinoff shows haven’t been the same, either. It’s less about the cars and more about playing up their personalities. Or I’m just getting older and am tired of Clarkson being a condescending, belligerent prick about everything. To a lesser degree, I’m a bit bored of Hammond as well. Somehow, May is who I enjoy the most. Geek out, dgaf

That’s a possibility. I finally figured out a method, albeit slow, to bring myself to read. It’s become my main passtime on flights. Took 11 months to read Revelation Space, the first book I’ve actually read since like 10th grade. I’m planning to continue the trilogy.

My gripe with Avatar is that it feels shallow in plot, like it’s a sales pitch for the next-gen CGI as it develops new elements. I also got stuck watching 2/Water in 3D, which I hate due to the uncanny forced focus. I get there’s a continued narrative of exploitation of indigenous people’s resources and ecological exploitation in general, but it’s not seeming too deep to me. 1 was blue Pocahontas, 2 was a CGI whaling/Pacific conquering documentary. But I welcome your input, if you’d like to expand my view

I saw half of Dune (1984) after Dune 1 (2021) and wow, I’m glad to see the Villeneuve take continue. I didn’t see it in it’s era, but Star Wars 4 wasn’t nearly as hokey, right?

That’s why I specified “on this platform”, where the demographic leans towards having been 10-20 years old at the time of the movie release and going into IT/coding after that. But I mean, I was being a little facetious with it. It’s a cult classic with some awful interprations of hacking

skateboards into server room

Dune was confusing, cut some details, skipped some time, threw a ton fo universe building at me and god damn did I enjoy it in theaters. Excellent sound, excellent visuals. Dune 2 felt like a political slog, somewhat like Star Wars 2/3, with less action and more exposition. But you know I’ll line up for 3 on the expectation it should be a theater experience.

Can’t say the same for avatar after the water one, so it’s still possible I’ll drop dune if I still can’t figure it out in time

I go a few times a year. If it’s not opening weekend for a blockbuster sequel (like any main Marvel), the theater is half full at best. I wouldn’t call it a “crowd” experience because you’re all just sitting in assigned seats. It makes the movie the one thing you’re experiencing, and is being shown on a large, high quality screen with a good sound system. I went for Star Wars 1-6 reruns over time because the score is over the top for them. For me, something like Dune, Ad Astra, or Mad Max is way better in a theater for environmental immersion and some excellent audio engineering.

If you watched Interstellar on a laptop and thought it was good, then maybe theaters won’t matter to you. If you didn’t think it deserved the praise for the experience, it was the playback device.

The internet isn’t new. We’ve had home video for a long time. Pretty sure I can still find my laser discs, which played better than my VHS tapes. If you don’t have a home theater, then the commercial theater was where you go for better immersion

Completely disagree on the movies. 95% of movie advertisements are for the big budget, low writing quality blockbusters. More than half of my theater’s current showings are typically original IP (or first-time adaptations) and the majority of award winners are original/first timers. If you’re not seeing the original titles, I don’t believe you’re looking for them

I get that for people who had his live Shaggy role their entire lives. Scooby was primarily a cartoon for me. But I was surprised and understanding of him potentially being most famous for Shaggy, as he has like 20 credits to his name. Presumably for a lot of voice work