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Games Workshop says an "elite band" of screenwriters is coming together to create the shows and movies.

Kinda concerned they don't already have someone to announce. Cavill alone can't do this, it needs amazing showrunners.

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Wanted to save you a click and write what record was actually set. Article doesn't mention it.
It's not most expensive SW prop

a miniature X-Wing starfighter from "A New Hope" sold for over $2.3 million in June

So it might be most expensive firearm prop, but we are left in the dark...
The article's author also doesn't know anything about props:

The original prop gun was modeled after the Mauser C96 broom handle pistol used by Frank Sinatra in "Naked Runner," and was built by "Star Wars" set decorator Roger Christian and armorer Carl Schmidt. It has gone on to be dubbed the "Hero" prop and is considered one of the most recognizable weapons in cinema history.

A hero prop is just the name for a prop that's seen in close-ups or is important.

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Hope they learned and aren't announcing more than they can deliver again.

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oo rah noos

"U" is not pronounced like "you" at all. "Noos" is also pretty off.

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Probably just some cloaked Klingons

DrYes,
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You'll just need to check how to install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers on your distro. For most that won't be a problem. Just a quick google search, haven't tried this myself:
https://itsfoss.com/nvidia-linux-mint/

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I thought FUBAR was alright. Not a good show by any means but adequate mindless fun.

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Good news, everyone!

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The episode where she's playing as the Doctor really shows her amazing acting skills.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Body_and_Soul_(episode)

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Deep Space Nine, TNG, Voyager

DS9 has great music, TNG is iconic, Voyagers visuals are great and the music is fine, too.

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Yeah, awesome music. Lately I also enjoyed Foundation's intro. Those beats with the ships warping in are awesome.

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David Tennant as The Purple Man on Jessica Jones

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I recommend the books, they tell completely different stories. Though I haven't read them since I was a teenager.

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cool story, bro.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/chadorzel/2016/05/04/the-real-reasons-quantum-entanglement-doesnt-allow-faster-than-light-communication/

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A growing web of hundreds of billions of websites, more data than even 100,000 of the most expensive iPhones mashed together could possibly store.

Should I read the rest of the article after stumbling upon this idiotic comparison?

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Hm, AI isn't going to kill us with Skynet, it'll just corrode our knowledge and blur our reality.

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I have a Fitbit Versa with internal storage for music. The only way to get music onto the device is via the desktop app. The app cannot be downloaded anymore and it cannot be started because the login servers were shut down...

Guess I'll never buy a google product again.

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Anyone know a good, hackable bluetooth mp3 player? Fitbit recently disabled transferring music to my Versa 1. Any cheap, preferably physically clippable, mp3 players? I guess storage being accessible over USB would be enough, but I'd love a device that is easily hackable to my hearts content.

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thanks, that's a great starting point. It seems the SanDisk players aren't easily available anymore but I'll look for the other compatible devices.

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The dev builds are actually very recent but finding a cheap hardware is still not that easy. The forums are a great place to start, I guess.

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an option that should not be considered = not optional

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If anyone wants pictures:

https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2021/05/20/myth-busting-maine-is-closest-us-state-to-africa/

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While it's easy to prove rigorously I think the easiest way to think about it is to think what number/numbers could go between 0.9 repeating and 1.
I guess that it also requires a second thought experiment that if no numbers can go between two numbers, those two numbers must be the same.

edit: this might be even easier:

1/3 = 0.333... -> multiply both sides by 3
3/3 = 0.999...
1 = 0.999...

Amnesty International finds "damning evidence of war crimes" as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza (web.archive.org)

“For 16 years, Israel’s illegal blockade has made Gaza the world’s biggest open-air prison – the international community must act now to prevent it becoming a giant graveyard,” says Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General....

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Very important report, but this case is baffling

Ismail al-Naqla, Mohammed’s brother and the father of Abdel Karim, told Amnesty International that their next-door neighbour received a call from the Israeli military at around 10:30am, warning that his building was about to be bombed. Ismail and Mohammed and their families left the building immediately, as did their neighbours. By 3:30pm, there had been no attack, so the al-Naqlas and others went home to collect necessities. Ismail explained that they had thought it would be safe to do so as five hours had elapsed since the warning, though they planned to leave again very quickly.

But as they were returning to their apartments, a bomb struck the building next door, destroying the al-Naqlas’ home and damaging others nearby. Mohammed and his family were still in the courtyard of their building when they were killed.

If you were warned that your home was a target why return with a bunch of children?

though they planned to leave again very quickly.

They knew it was still dangerous. If you need to get stuff from your home, your 3 and 5 year olds won't help with that. Leave them with Ismail and get capable adults to get in and out quickly. If your decision making in the face of risks is based on inshallah, if God wills it, then you can't complain if your God willed it.

This is all fucked up and their home should probably not have been a target in the first place. But they knew it was and brought their children there.

This is probably victim blaming but the decisions made in this case were very bad. Though of course it doesn't absolve the perpetrators.

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Did you like Foundation?

DrYes,
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Yes, the Apple TV adaptation

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I mostly enjoyed it but I never read the books so couldn't compare. Visually it's a treat. Apart from some things seeming a bit too "magic" I'd recommend it to sci fi fans.

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Been playing Starfield on an i5 Haswell CPU (it's a PITA). Currently re-downloading Cyberpunk to play 2.0

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It's a 10 year old CPU with 4 cores. The game pauses for seconds every so often. About every 2 hours it crashes.

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Yeah, wouldn't recommend if you aren't a hardcore fan of the setting. Having to suffer through all of the typical Bethesda jank with these problems on top is pretty rough.

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I need to re-listen to Paul's Boutique.

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they probably have an understanding of physics we don't currently know about in the wider public.

I don't believe any secret agencies have a better understanding of fundamental physics. They have better technology and engineering.

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bro. nice avatar :)

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Guys, do we really need clickbait headlines from poor sources like politico?

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"They started hitting me first. So I hit back"

You:

First of all, I understand you think it’s okay to do, because you think it’s already being done by aggressors. But regardless of who started it, by saying it’s okay for self-defenders to do this you are also saying it’s okay for anyone else to do this. Because, if it’s a good thing to do, then it must be a good thing to do by someone you don’t like.

Your argument has no merit if this were an actual self-defense situation. Which Trump's followers believe it is. So you'd need to argue that it isn't a self-defense situation. Your argument wins no one over who needs to be won over.

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This looks like a 15 year old game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNP4Sx3PtQI

This is a BF3 video from 12 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FktL2pu2wE

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I didn't read the article but does it say anything about detectability? If I claim I created it who can prove an AI did?

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So I read the article and the lawsuit has nothing to do with my question. It's more about precedent and actually finding out what the laws are if everything is as claimed.

Still think detectability is an interesting question.

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I'm sure OP is talking about the 1984 movie Repo Man

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/

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Not the OP. I can easily imagine a test that, if someone cannot pass it, I can clearly say they shouldn't be representatives. While still weeding out cases like Feinstein.

Might there be problems with people who have the knowledge but have problems with the process of being tested? Maybe. But maybe those people also shouldn't be representatives. I don't know enough about the causes of test fright to be confident on that.

YSK there are sites that offer you a temporary email address for signing up for services that require one (like some Lemmy servers)

They work by giving you a random email address that is available for a short time (ex. 10min) and an inbox for any messages you recieve during that time (ex. an email verification message from a Lemmy server)...

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YSalsoK that many sites block these email addresses when trying to sign up. especially the bigger providers of such services.

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjEaoINr3zgFX8ZsChQVQsuDSjEqdWMAD

I believe this is the latest version but it might already be outdated. Blender changes stuff around often so these get outdated pretty quickly. I did the version before that (came out 3 years ago).

edit: if stuff isn't there or not working like it's shown you can search "how to do [x] in [current Blender version]"

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People just don't do Beatzoid weddings anymore :(

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You click join-lemmy.org and are presented with a page of information about the fediverse, links to set up a server and pictures of code...

Not sure what universe you are from but in my reality that's just bullshit. What you said is there but right next to the "set up a server" button is a "join a server button". And right above the scary code pictures is another "join a server button".

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Is fast food in America actually cheap or does this come from people who don't know how to cook with cheap ingredients and compare it to microwave dinners and such?

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https://www.discogs.com/release/626287-Vangelis-Blade-Runner-Esper-Edition-

Made in the E.U. Not licensed for public sale.
Limited to 10 copies.
Five for each member of the project. The five others were distributed to friends in the Vangelis circle. It is a homemade project.

The double-disc "Esper Edition" combines tracks from the official release, the Gongo bootleg and the film itself.
It is purported to be the most complete collection of music from this film, from the best available sources.

Not available to buy but it's out there...

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