by Ben Travis | Published on11 11 2023. Darren Aronofsky has always been attracted to stories of extremity – whether it’s the bodily intensity of The Wrestler and The Whale, the psychological torment of Mother! and Black Swan, the religious endurance of Noah, or the actual endurance test that is Requiem For A Dream. And for...
There was no finished script or even an ending and a key cast member became fatally ill during the production. Three decades after the release of the landmark Hollywood thriller, the cast and crew look back at the film's chaotic creation and reflect on the legacy of the instant classic that almost fell apart
Revisiting the 1997 Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick for PC! This started off as simple FFB stick nostalgia, showing off a few Windows 95 games, annnd ended up going down rabbit holes on gameport adapters, DirectX, patent trolls, and the quiet demise/resurrection of force feedback flight sticks.
I remember when this movie first came out, Mark Kermode (uk film critic) was reviewing it on his podcast and noted that Flatley had won "Best Actor" for this movie at the "Monaco Streaming Film Festival". Kermode pointed out, that for this to be true it must mean that it competed against at least one other movie, which somehow had acting worse that Flatley's. So Kermode went on a quest to learn more about this film festival and the other films in the competition. Each week on the podcast he gave updates on his quest. He was able to get in touch with someone from the festival who could confirm that yes, it was a real festival and that yes, there were other films in competition. When asked about these other films, the correspondent couldn't directly provide any information and would need to consult "the archives" (for a film festival that had taken place 4 months prior). The back and forth went on for weeks, but ultimately Kermode had to give up. We never found out what films had worse acting than Flatley in Blackbird...
My "favorite" part was when he read from the (now deleted) Oceangate blog post that effectively said "we don't bother with the mechanical certification process, since very few of the failures that occur in the world are due to mechanical faults".
Really? Could that be because the mechanical certification process actually works?
I only recently updated my android phone so I won't be jumping on this immediately. But I am very excited to see something like this arrive in the US. Will definitely be keeping an eye on it.
Between this and the Framework Laptop it seems like we can be hopeful about having more repairable devices. I hope this is a trend that catches on.
Oh, that's too bad. I've been using Stitcher for years and was pretty happy with it.
What other podcast apps for Android are people using that they would recommend?
I've tried using Spotify previously for podcasts, but I find it frustrating since the app is primarily designed for music. It works well for music, but the podcasts experience is awkwardly grafted on and does not work well for me.
To get WinGPT working without a proxy, the Dialup.net developer has also developed a 16-bit port of the WolfSSL library to support TLS 1.2 and 1.3 connections on the ancient operating system. This port is, as the developer says, "not secure, not reliable, and there is no warranty," and it should be used for entertainment purposes only. The port doesn't verify security certificates and uses "a fake random number generator" to function.
What's the name of that movie with those people in it?
Darren Aronofsky To Adapt Elon Musk Biopic For A24 (www.empireonline.com)
by Ben Travis | Published on11 11 2023. Darren Aronofsky has always been attracted to stories of extremity – whether it’s the bodily intensity of The Wrestler and The Whale, the psychological torment of Mother! and Black Swan, the religious endurance of Noah, or the actual endurance test that is Requiem For A Dream. And for...
James Hoffmann: The $20,000 Espresso Machine, The Manument: The Swiss Watch Of Lever Espresso Machines - (www.youtube.com)
Hope you all find this interesting, delighted I got the chance to have a play with the machine!
The Fugitive‘s 30th anniversary: ‘I Didn’t Kill My Wife!’ — An Oral History of ‘The Fugitive’ (www.rollingstone.com)
There was no finished script or even an ending and a key cast member became fatally ill during the production. Three decades after the release of the landmark Hollywood thriller, the cast and crew look back at the film's chaotic creation and reflect on the legacy of the instant classic that almost fell apart
LGR: SideWinder Force Feedback Pro – 26 Years Later (www.youtube.com)
Revisiting the 1997 Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick for PC! This started off as simple FFB stick nostalgia, showing off a few Windows 95 games, annnd ended up going down rabbit holes on gameport adapters, DirectX, patent trolls, and the quiet demise/resurrection of force feedback flight sticks.
Video review of Michael Flatley's Blackbird: Millionaire Tries To Make A Bond Film - Its Unintentionally Hilarious! (www.youtube.com)
"When you order James Bond from Wish"
Is This $2 Billion Orb the Future of Live Music? (www.rollingstone.com)
Designers say the high-tech Sphere in Las Vegas will redefine the concert-going experience. Others say it’s an expensive boondoggle
Real Engineering: The Questionable Engineering of Oceangate - an in depth analysis of the Oceangate disaster by an expert in composite materials engineering (www.youtube.com)
"This is profiteering, not innovation."
INSERT DISK 22 - The joke that STUMPED Monkey Island players (www.youtube.com)
Stumped? #monkeyisland #dosgames #lucasarts
Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US (arstechnica.com)
Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope (arstechnica.com)
Webb turned its gold-coated mirror toward Saturn this week.
Kbin, FUD, and Tribalism - Where do we go from here? (kbin.social)
It finally happened: many Reddit 3rd party apps have officially shut down. With it comes an influx of users looking for a new place....
Who killed Google Reader? (www.theverge.com)
Google Reader was supposed to be much more than a tool for nerds. But it never got the chance.
Developer claims Steam is rejecting games with AI-generated artwork (arstechnica.com)
Valve cites unclear legal status, copyrighted training data in rejection message.
How are lemmy and other fediverse platforms profitable?
Reddit migrator here (shocking, I know)...
Podcast app Stitcher is shutting down in August (www.engadget.com)
Person who made the Windows 3.1 port of Wordle is back with a ChatGPT client (arstechnica.com)
Developer has ported modern SSL/TLS libraries to Windows 3.1 to get it working.
RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days (arstechnica.com)
The closed display halves almost touch, and that can smash debris into the screen.
AVClub: What went wrong with Elemental—and where does Pixar go from here? (www.avclub.com)
Pixar just had its worst opening ever, so what happened? We have some ideas.
Official Poster for Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' (media.kbin.social)
“Stunning”—Midjourney update wows AI artists with camera-like feature (arstechnica.com)
Midjourney v5.2 features camera-like zoom control over framing, more realism.
Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls (arstechnica.com)
Google says it's working on a fix, but as usual, manufacturers will need to update.
Ford CEO says Tesla's Cybertruck is only for 'Silicon Valley people' and he's not threatened by it: 'I make trucks for real people who do real work' (www.businessinsider.com)
Ford's CEO said Tesla's Cybertruck is for "Silicon Valley people" not "real people who do real work."...
Marvel Secret Invasion’s AI Credits Are A Soulless Insult To Artists (www.thegamer.com)
Secret Invasion uses AI for its opening credits, as Marvel sinks deeper into the pit of devaluing art and VFX