lauren

virtualbri, 6 days ago to random

Thanks to @lauren pointing it out, I'm enjoying "The Andromeda Strain" again, (free on YouTube with ads). It's one of those peak 70s sci-fi films; everyone should watch. Very 70s, but also very hard sci-fi, both in the best ways.

And once you're done watching read: https://theasc.com/articles/the-andromeda-strain-may-1971 which is a great article about all the special care taken to make the movie.

lauren, 5 days ago to twitter

Elon turns #Twitter / X into a porn platform

I wonder if this will trigger age verification requirements in some states? -L

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/x-embraces-adult-content-amid-wave-of-porn-in-bio-bots/

lauren, 13 days ago to random

Because Voyager 1 is so far from Earth, it takes almost 23 hours for a command to reach it at the speed of light, and the same for a response to reach us back, for a total of close to 50 hours.

Which means that interactions with Voyager 1, currently around 15 billion miles away, are still faster than many Microsoft Windows updates.

lauren, 4 days ago to random

So I stumbled into this video, and I really was enjoying his presentation style. But all through it I was bugged that he reminded me of someone else -- not in appearance really but voice and related mannerisms especially. Took me a few minutes before the right identity dragged itself out of the slimy goo of my deep brain recesses, but yeah: Fred Willard! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1KKSEevvGw

lauren, 5 days ago to random

Noticed a video contest from DJI where they want videos submitted that use "tilt-shift" actions. Except they left a letter out of the latter word. Oops.

virtualbri, 4 days ago to scifi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzY2r2JXsDM

Woah.

As a UCLA student I was brought in for a test screening of Alien 3 (they got students all the time), which I thought was terrible, and I haven't watched the sequels since.

This I may watch.

#Alien #Scifi #Movie

lauren, 4 days ago to random

Cyndi Lauper is 70 years old. Ouch.

lauren, 4 days ago to random

Analysis: Google AI Overviews now on < 15% of queries, was as high as 84%

The lower the better. But for how long? -L

https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-overviews-visibility-drops-15-percent-queries-442850

lauren, 9 days ago to random

Some new factors added to the Drake Equation are suggesting that the odds of intelligent life that we can communicate with in this Galaxy (keeping in mind the limited time during which such civilizations can actually communicate before one or the other or both collapse) is far lower than originally thought, and the odds that we are currently alone in this category here in the Milky Way are now significantly higher. This pretty well fits in with my thinking on this subject.

lauren, 8 days ago to random

I actually believe that if Trump had simply admitted that night with Stormy, he wouldn't have been convicted. Really.

lauren, 8 days ago to random

CNN seeks millions in debate ads

https://www.semafor.com/article/05/31/2024/cnn-seeks-millions-in-debate-ads

lauren, 8 days ago to random

Trump claims witnesses on his side were "literally crucified". That must have been quite a mess to clean up in the courtroom afterwards.

lauren, 8 days ago to random

At any moment one expects Trump to start ranting about the stolen strawberries.

lauren, 8 days ago to random

Anyone else behaving like Trump would be in four-point restraints and shot full of Thorazine.

lauren, 8 days ago to random

Ticketmaster hacked, may affect more than half a billion users, including some financial info.

https://mashable.com/article/ticketmaster-data-breach-shinyhunters-hack