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Starcade

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Work in tech support. Passionate about movies, music, games, finance, technology, and photography.

Northern CA

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Starcade, to movies
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A movie I completely missed when it was released and only watched for the first time last night...

John Carter (2012)

What should have been a major film, arrived and quietly disappeared at the time.

I had no idea it was based on a book series by Edgar Rice Burrough. Also I had no idea it mostly takes place on Mars.

Apparently the source material has been referential for other major sci-fi and adventure films.

It's a story about a Civil War Confederate Captain, who while searching for gold, is transported to Mars, where he encounters alien species, a princess, and a plot to manipulate control of the planet. Meanwhile he discovers he has increased strength and ability to jump great distances while on Mars.

It's not a bad film, and was surprisingly more entertaining than I expected. There are some good moments. By the way, it's also a love story.

Stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy. and Willem Dafoe

#Movies

GottaLaff, to Michigan
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🤔Gee, who owns the ? Oooo, ooo! Pick me! I know!🙋🏻‍♀️ 1/...

Via democracydocket:

BREAKING: Republican National Committee files lawsuit alleging that 's voter rolls are outdated and the state is in violation of the National Voter Registration Act. The RNC wants Michigan to purge voters before the November election.

Starcade,
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@GottaLaff

I don't understand what's happening to the RNC and worse yet, why no one in the party seems to be voicing concern. People are okay with what appears to be the foundation for setting up a dictatorship... install your family everywhere and your close allies.

Starcade, to random
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I just received an email from LinkedIn suggesting that I follow Ryan Reynolds

I thought this was a tool for business contacts.

When did LinkedIn become Facebook?

What are the chances of me ever interacting with Ryan Reynolds in a business capacity? 🤔

#Linkedin

hryb, to random
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Has anyone done a feature and side by side comparison of Bluesky and Mastodon? Each has really cool unique features - I wish I could just combine the two

Starcade,
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@hryb

I received an invite code six months ago to Bluesky, and am shocked to discover that it's still invite only. That to me is a turn off-- however, I signed up today out of curiosity. Mastodon, for me, has been quite enjoyable since joining over a year ago. I would admit though, finding people on Mastodon is a bit more of a chore than it should be AND the whole decentralized concept does add complications. I had friends on alternate Mastodon servers that stopped operating. Those that moved to other servers, had to be re-followed. Some just disappeared.

brennansv, to random
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I’ve never referred anyone to a country club. Today I learned… https://apple.news/AVRwGmoGWQQuvl6nf697Vzg #CNBC 😉🙃

Starcade, (edited )
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@brennansv

I read this earlier. I especially like the part where it starts off "It wasn’t until I began my career on Wall Street..."

Starcade, to movies
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I noticed something about...

Taylor Swift The Eras Tour movie.

When it was first released in theaters, there were NO matinee showings. Basically they were maximizing returns. I had never seen that happen before.

Now it's available to stream, however, you can't buy it, you can only rent, and it's commanding a premium $19.89 Again, maximizing returns. I've never seen a new movie released that you could ONLY rent.

I'm not liking the precedent.

For me, I wouldn't buy until it becomes reasonable.

#Movies #TaylorSwift

Starcade, to movies
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Eight Men Out (1988)

Seen this movie for the umpteenth time. It's the story of the White Sox as they head to and compete in the 1919 World Series and the scandalous aftermath.

Apparently it didn't do well upon release, and the reviews state if you're not a fan of baseball, you probably wouldn't like this film- however I disagree. I'm not huge fan of baseball, but I love this film.

Stars John Cusack, David Strathairn, Michael Rooker, D. B. Sweeney, John Mahoney, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, and Charlie Sheen

Directed by John Sayles

#Movies

taylorlorenz, to random
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Blue check users pushed 74% of X’s most viral false Israel-Hamas war-related claims https://www.adweek.com/media/verified-accounts-x-spread-wartime-misinformation/

Starcade,
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@taylorlorenz

There's something wrong with Twitter.

I have an account with no tweets, that's only following friends.

Every day I managed to pick up fake followers-- whom I block as I don't know them.

I'm noticing more and more tweets in my feed that I'm not interested in following. In fact, I removed all interests from my profile. Yet I keep seeing odd content appear.

I'm seeing patterns of the same tweets by different accounts. I've tried blocking the accounts, yet the same content continues to appear. I block again, same content shows up.

There's a LOT of misinformation that's being tweeted en masse

I suspect there's an increase in number of accounts that are not fronted by a person that are pushing content.

tubetime, to random
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Four Ways to Improve Your Memory.

a vintage 1985 TEAC ad for floppy disk drives.

Starcade,
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@tubetime

I love a good ad, and it's a shame you don't see these types of ads anymore.

arstechnica, to random
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Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing

One of the early pioneers in computing, the company disappeared in the late 1990s.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/long-gone-dec-is-still-powering-the-world-of-computing/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Starcade,
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@arstechnica

We have DEC VAX at our company, running as part of our manufacturing process.

At one time or another, we've had every major technology...
AT&T and NCR UNIX, OS/2, NT 3.51, Linux, Windows Server, etc.

We're also operating an IBM z/Series mainframe

arstechnica, to random
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Rebuilt Microsoft Teams app promises twice the speed and half the RAM usage

Microsoft dumps Electron framework for its own Edge WebView2 backend.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/rebuilt-microsoft-teams-app-promises-twice-the-speed-and-half-the-ram-usage/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Starcade,
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@arstechnica

I've been using a pre-release of the new version for a couple of months now and it's MUCH better than the prior version. Also, it should be noted that prior version had a security flaw, so it's worth upgrading to the latest release.

jrconlin, (edited ) to random
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Briefly I wondered if they might have regretted this, but then they made a turn without using a signal and proceeded to cut off someone, so, probably not.

Starcade,
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@jrconlin

So, if they regret it, are they an XELONFAN ?

Starcade, to random
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As I was driving home from work this evening, I couldn't help but notice that gas is suddenly over $6.

Wasn't it $5.40 last weekend?

What happened to drive up the price so much?!

#gas

Starcade,
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@cynblogger

Yikes! I'm dreading my next fill up.

Starcade,
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@cd24

We're about a week or so away from a presumable price drop as we transition to the blend everyone else is using, however, I'm assuming our pricing will remain elevated (likely in the $5 range) for the remainder of the year.

Starcade, to random
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Corporate is visiting us this week for three days. As what happened last time, I'm finding that I'm working 14 hour days while they're here. Feel completely drained. Just have one more day to go. Having trouble keeping my eyes open at the moment. Might go to bed early.

Starcade,
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@fkamiah17

Thanks! 🙂

arstechnica, to random
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Microsoft will stop accepting new third-party print drivers in Windows

Universal standards for print and scan drivers have become more popular.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/microsoft-will-stop-accepting-new-third-party-print-drivers-in-windows/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Starcade,
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@arstechnica

Saw this yesterday. What I'm wondering-- how will this impact business users? I doubt it would be an issue for most home users.

We have legacy systems using their own printing systems, such as one with it's own driver to print checks that validates authorization over the internet. Another is enterprise application we haven't upgraded in years as it's too costly to upgrade, but it has it's own drivers. Lastly, we have a copier infrastructure that uses a system to print anywhere securely.

As far as I can tell, it says you can STILL install third party drivers.

So maybe it's much ado about nothing-- other than they'll be a universal driver at some point.

mookie, to movies

Emily Blunt is hilarious in The Devil Wears Prada.

#movies

Starcade,
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@mookie

One of my favorite movies.

Aaron, to random
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The fastest way to get me to leave your website is flashing a big ‘ol message telling me to disable my adblocker or else I can’t proceed.

👋🏻 Bye.

Starcade,
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@Aaron

Yep. I just move along.

mookie, to Batman

Which actor is your favorite Bruce Wayne? Which actor is your favorite Batman?

Starcade,
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@mookie

Hands down, my favorite Batman would be Michael Keaton followed by Christian Bale

As far as Bruce Wayne, it would be a toss up between Keaton and Affleck.

mookie, to running

Two weeks without running really set me back. Gotta get myself back into running.

Starcade,
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@mookie

This is my with cycling. I'm no longer in my routine. The weather has been a factor. I exercise less when it's 90-100. Wish I could magically make it 70 degrees year round.

Starcade, to movies
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I watched The Andromeda Strain a film I had never previously seen, but recall hearing about the book from a friend. The movie was released i 1971 and was directed by Robert Wise, based on Michael Crichton's novel of the same name. A satellite crashes in a small isolated town, and mysteriously almost wipes out all the inhabitants. A military team is sent in to retrieve the satellite, and contact is lost with them. The rest of the movie is spent trying to determine what happened by studying the satellite and it's contents at a secure underground location. It's basically about a bio-hazard, and seems somewhat timely., although the movie itself is dated, yet still feels compelling. I found it interesting that the special effects were done by Douglas Trumbull, who later worked with Wise on Star Trek the Motion Picture. Kind of wish Trumbull had worked on more films. #movies

mookie, to movies

Hopefully this is a better Hercule Poirot movie than the last, 2022's Death on the Nile.

https://youtu.be/yEddsSwweyE

#movies

Starcade,
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@mookie

It's like a trailer to a horror film.

Yeah, I'll be hiding under a blanket watching this one 😬

mookie, to TaylorSwift

This is the Taylor's Version album that I've been waiting for. I can't wait until October 27.

#TaylorSwift #music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_(Taylor%27s_Version)

Starcade,
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@mookie

Such a great album

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