[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

As an avid Dune books reader (all of them), I think Villeneuve did the best adaptation possible. As a character, Chani is much more fleshed out in the films and Rebecca Ferguson CRUSHED it as Jessica. Oscar Isaac also was a very good Leto.

My big gripe is with Stilgar and Paul. Stilgar in the second movie was almost relegated to comic relief. Yes, he is also portrayed as a believer in the books, but it felt like a caricature in Dune Part 2.

As for Paul, I had hoped for more focus on why he actually went to drink the water of life. In the books he wanted to avoid it. But events he couldn't foresee and put people he loved in danger pushed him over the edge. In the film I didn't get any of that.

Still, loved both parts. Definitely worth a watch.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

With normal news websites, A/B testing could be a thing. We had a rudimentary implementation of that back in 2011 already. But this is Reuters, a news agency. They are B2B and don't care about clicks, their business model is selling first hand reporting to other media outlets (e.g. CNN, USA Today etc). As stories develop, so does the title. Especially when ongoing conflicts are concerned.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

That wasn't just cool, it was badass! You can rewatch it here: https://youtu.be/cJowjYixfEs

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Fun fact: "Mordhau" literally translates to "murder hit".

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Had this exact thing happen to me. Luckily my Framework laptop's BIOS allows me to pick the EFI boot order and I set it back to the Linux Boot loader.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

No, no and no. In our country, there's a loophole in traffic regulation allowing for anything under 25kph on bike paths if it's electric powered. This resulted in a super dangerous situation for normal cyclists. I commute by normal bike and believe my it's terrible:

  • food delivery guys switched to electric scooters (think Vespa) and clog bike paths. These things are way too heavy in case of a collision with a pedestrian or cyclist.
  • the 25kph speed limit is not observed! Either the manufacturers don't care or the drivers tweak their rides.
  • the acceleration is way too sudden. Even a regular E-Bike needs to ramp up to speed. And you see when the driver engages his drivetrain by way of them moving their legs. With a throttle you just have a lump of mass that suddenly jumps forward. Super unpredictable.

So now we basically have way too big, way too heavy and way too quick objects on bike paths endangering everyone else.

There needs to be strict mass limits for vehicles allowed on bicycle paths. There need to be acceleration limits. There need to be mandatory checks for pedal-less ebikes. If a bike from a manufacturer is found that can exceed the speed limit, there need to be existentially threatening fines. Because their products are threatening lives!

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

This. When I got my CPR training, the consensus was: if you hear or feal something crack, don't stop. Messing up is better than doing nothing.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What the heck are you on about? When we went into full work from home at my former company, productivity went UP.

There's studies showing that companies forcing their workers back into the office suffer huge brain drains and cannot hire as fast as more flexible employers.

https://fortune.com/2023/08/01/research-damaging-results-mandated-return-to-office-worse-than-we-thought-rto-remote-work-careers-leadership-gleb-tsipursky/

The people have spoken.

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Morning trail run (lemmy.world)

Got up early today to put my new-ish fully to the test before it got too hot. Trail was great, view was fantastic.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I used my Pixel 5 as a mobile recording rig. Plugged in my audio interface via USB-C (which powered it as well), two wireless XLR receivers and used the app n-track to record an interview with an astronaut at an ESA event (lav mic on myself and the astronaut).

In that moment, I felt like a pro.

Unfortunately, the interview didn't get a lot of views on my YouTube channel haha

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

This is a W. It started with different registers here in Austria as well ("registered partnership" vs "marriage") until our supreme court ordered it was unconstitutional to make that distinction.

Now all marriages are equal before the law. As they should be.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Current day Russia is an authoritarian oligarchy. Nothing communist about it.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

I admit it: I'm a lurker 99% of the time. I do partake in the up- and downvoting though.

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