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If you're as young as your avatar looks - probably. Otherwise, no.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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trønderen wrote: the series of the 2020s
Have they made another one? Or are you thinking of the 2008/9 series[^]?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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And TV has only grown worse since.
May I recommend some of those things with lots of sheets of paper... whatchamacallem... books.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've done a lot reading lately. I like to switch things up. I almost never watch TV, so i decided to try something different.
Personally, I think TV has gotten better. You'd have never seen something like Breaking Bad in the 1980s.
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Breaking bad?
We had Terminator, Star Trek and Babylon 5.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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And Breaking Bad had objectively better writing, cinematography and acting than any of that. Film students don't study Star Trek.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Film students don't study Star Trek Not gonna argue.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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That's fine. There are shows I like better than breaking bad, to be clear (The Practice comes to mind, despite the much smaller budget), but that's not what I'm getting at. They broke a lot of ground from a filmmaking perspective, especially given the serial format. They shot everything on 16mm and took a limited amount of film to each set to keep the actors on point. They wrote the entire story arc before shooting a single scene, but every episode was pored over and perfected in a way you just don't see in traditional TV, particularly when you go back a few decades. Deadwood I would argue, similarly, even on HBO you'd have never seen something that took that much effort hitting the screen the way it did in the 1980s.
I think part of it is adults ceded big screen movies to kids, and now its the province of things like Transformers and the Marvel universe, driving some of the bigger budget storytelling to smaller screens.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I think part of it is adults ceded big screen movies to kids I threw out the TV a few years back.
Best idea ever
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I recently got netflix, but aside from that I haven't had actual TV fed into my home since a clinton was in the white house.
I do however, occasionally find something worth watching which I will through alternative means, often times with friends or family on their recommendation, because it stands out in some way. I find I like a good story, regardless of the medium.
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Any use of expressions like 'objectively better writing' should be prefixed with 'in my personal opinion'. Such as
'Breaking Bad had, in my personal opinion, objectively better writing, cinematography and acting than any of that.'
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I'm using the labor theory of value here. They put more effort into writing their stories than the other shows. More raw time and energy.
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Kit is the best actor in the series.
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I'm afraid this is one of those series that did NOT age well, at all, and it's not just because of the technology used. They weren't even trying to be futuristic - it was taking place "at that time", not at some time in the future (which is a problem for a lot of series that try to do that sort of thing).
About the car talking...it was a thing, even when the series was on the air. If "a door is ajar" doesn't ring a bell, then you didn't live through it. Fortunately car manufacturers came to their senses and realized that because they could, didn't mean they should.
At least KITT was smarter than Siri.
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Well, yeah "the door is ajar" (no it's not, it's a door) but the silly thing emoted.
Part of me thinks in its own way it aged very well by virtue of aging so poorly. If wasn't this bad I wouldn't watch it at all.
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dandy72 wrote: Fortunately car manufacturers came to their senses and realized that because they could, didn't mean they should.
Tell that to the people who make the vans that loudly announce "Warning! This vehicle is turning left." driving down our road on a Saturday morning.
I mean, I guess it might by useful to cyclists who couldn't see the indicator on the back of the van. But if you're that blind, you probably shouldn't be riding a bike.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Now with text and images!
modified 17-Jan-22 9:18am.
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Hey, look at that!
33d4ad99-7ad9-40b0-99fb-ef2743e0a57d is still 33d4ad99-7ad9-40b0-99fb-ef2743e0a57d!
Somethings never change.
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I recently spotted a Linux icon in the Windows Explorer. That's right, I remembered, I installed the Linux something for Windows. Then I also remembered, sometimes.. in the past? future? I know not... Linux GUI / X-Windows app support should come to the... err... WLS? (Windows Linux Subsystem? Did I get the name right?).
And then perhaps I could try Avalonia for Linux from the comfort of my Windows Desktop.
Which brings me to my question... is any of this is already available to general public?
(I don't feel like risking my desktop into the Windows Insider Program, I got only one desktop)
Bonus question: is there that many normal non IT user using Linux out there?
I am thinking to port (when it is complete) my take over the world app... But that might be a pointless endeavor!
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Interesting...
And answer to your bonus question. I used to be one of those guys.
My entire school system uses Chrome OS, which is a Gentoo-Linux-based system...
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I keep hearing that Chromebooks are really popular in school settings. Cost/maintainability, I guess.
But shouldn't schools be preparing kids for the future?
I personally don't know anyone - ANYONE - who owns a Chromebook (or, perhaps to more closely match what you're saying, the Chrome OS). Either for personal use in a business environment. So using Chromebooks in schools seems shortsighted to me.
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I believe this is now available, check this page: Run Linux GUI apps with WSL | Microsoft Docs.
I recently installed Windows 11 (like a month ago) and my build is 22000.376. For the graphical WSL to work you need to have Windows 11 with build 22000 or higher.
I have installed WSL on my Windows 10 in the past so I know for a fact that you do not have to be a Windows Insider to use the features (even when they are in the preview). Windows Insiders just have access to a higher build available a while sooner.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Thanks matey, gotta have a look.
This is exciting news!
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I do not believe it is available.... I know it is
So far I only ran a random git client with a GUI (needed to sort out some casing problems in our git repo), but it span up without any config or fights.
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