The Oas was actually pretty solod. The only real problem was the removal of the start menu and traditional interface for non-touch computers. It’s just that it was a huge fucking problem that destroyed the perception of Win8 even after the issue was addressed.

If Metro had been the alternative interface and the traditional experience the default, it would have been celebrated as a great OS.

Sometimes there simply isn’t a good substitute for a wooden spoon.

If I’ve got marinara in the pot, you keep those plastic and metal utensils away.

It’s easily his best film. Everyone shits on it because it was another “twist” while completely ignoring the excellent dialog, acting, character building, and theme. At its heart, it isn’t a story about an invasion. It’s the story of a grieving family leaning on each other for support after a tragic loss.

Gibson’s character had been outwardly the strong, moral man of faith at the center of his family and the community. His wife’s death pulled him into deep despair that had left him a broken man. He no longer had hope for the future and had stopped providing hope and comfort to his family and community.

Throughout the film, you see not only his grief over the loss of his wife, but everyone else’s grief over losing him as a fixture of compassion, comfort, and grace. The story is about his faith and hope being restored. The events that lead to that involve hostile invaders, but they’re just a mechanism to tell the story of grief and healing.

There’s a scene with Phoenix and Gibson whispering quietly for like 10 minutes about belief and fate with no action - just great acting and dialog. There’s a scene where he breaks down crying over his family and how cruel he’s become due to his fear and hopelessness while simultaneously eating a meal.

And in the end, many of the aspects of his normal life that contributed to his grief, annoyance, and fear were key to his family’s survival. He accepted what life had thrown at him, and was able to heal.

They’re not aliens. They’re demons.

You never actually see a spaceship. They don’t ever show any technology or even clothing.

And they’re defeated with an act of faith.

If I had a car that had suddenly stopped working due to a careless update, I’d want it to be bricked so I could make the manufacturer pay for a different fucking car.

Yes, but also make it clear why you are leaving. And as dirty as it feels, don’t tell them their actions are irredeemable and they’ve lost you for life.

If you tell them you’ll never come back no matter what, then they no longer have to care about your opinion. You’re essentially telling them that they should start catering more-heavily to the fascists now that the only potential customers don’t mind them bending the knee.

States and cities try to criminalize recording police all the time.

I have a z-fold 6, and only because my 3 finally had the screen break and the rebate from the carrier for trafing in even a broken Fold 3 was enough that it was cheaper to get a 6 than to fix the 3.

I’m 100% fine with its thickness while folded. And the 6 actually has great battery life - usually able to go 2 days without charging with my normal use.

P0420 hit me this week…

Squirrels are very frequently hunted with a .22. It works great for squirrels, but (like a pellet rifle) can be lethal to a human - especially if you shoot them in the head.

And there’s legitimate reasons to shoot squirrels. I used to do it for an exotic animal preserve because their population would explode and they’d eat everything in site.

But they don’t have the fucking power. They’re letting Trump do whatever he wants, and eroding their own authority in the process.

They started with the immigrants and “criminals.” Then they openly said to imprison the homeless. Now they’re targeting comedians, judges, sexual minorities, and the neurodivergent while laying the groundwork to declare political opponents terrorists.

That’s what I was referring to by hacking stuff together to work.

Customers shouldn’t have to do that.

As much hate as they get for their recent Apple-like behavior, Bambu is kinda the king of “it just works” right now. An A1 or A1 mini offer spectacular performance for the price for people who want to just start printing stuff.

If you want something enclosed for printing more advanced materials, however, there is more competition on the pricing front.

They were great until the dude on the left broke up the band to join Drive Shaft and got super into drugs before drowning on an extended trip to the beach.

I wonder if it has something to do with how they count users with ad blockers.

I thought it was rough-cut dimensions.

Actually, Harris was the tail-end of boomers.

They’ll he defined as a generation thay never got to be in charge.

The youngest X-ers need colonoscopies, and the Boomers still fucking refuse to step back.

MRAPs for police departments are usually scraps thrown away by the military. They tend to he in terrible shape when the military ditches them, so the “free” armored vehicles end up costing a fuckton on money to repair and maintain.