Bldck

@Bldck@beehaw.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is andor still worth watching if I've never seen anything else Star Wars?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I highly recommend Rogue One as well. It’s a story set immediately before the first movie: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Immediately as in the final scene of Rogue One is the first scene of A New Hope.

  Similar to the other commenter, the problem is that Rogue One is by far the best movie of the entire franchise, so you start at the high point.

  If you like the movie and want more Star Wars, I recommend this order. I’ll list the title and the “episode” number

  1. Rogue One (3.9)
  2. A New Hope (4)
  3. The Empire Strikes Back (5)
  4. The Phantom Menace (1)
  5. Attack of the Clones (2)
  6. Revenge of the Sith (3)
  7. Return of the Jedi (6)

  There are three more movies after #6, but there’s almost no point in watching them.

  It’s really important to remember that a lot of the Star Wars movies aren’t good but they’re cultural institutions and you kinda have to accept them as they are. The writer/director of the original trilogy spent a lot of time tweaking and editing them after their original releases including adding new scenes digitally created decades after the release.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 'deprofessionalization of video games' was on full display at PAX East⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Coming from the software development side, I interpret this statement a little differently.

  I used to work with a team:

  • 1 engineering manager whose sole focus was management, developing talent and problem solving around the organization
  • 1 very senior engineer who could do the work of 10 ordinary engineers
  • 2-3 mid level engineers who could work somewhat independently, as long as they were provided guidance to start
  • 1-2 junior engineers who could only handle the most basic tasks and needed hand holding through most projects

  Rather than working full tilt, the senior engineer did a lot of work pair programming and helping the juniors develop into better engineers. He accomplished half of what he could, but the team was better for it.

  Fifteen years later, no one hired juniors anymore. We hire 1-2 seniors, 2 mid levels and that’s it. Everyone is expected to focus on developing software. No one cares about training or education.

  The problem with this is we aren’t backfilling the ranks. If we don’t train juniors, they never become mid levels. Without mid levels, we won’t identify the best to become seniors.

  In a world where game development happens on the fringes (indie studios or solo developers), who’s going to hire a junior that can’t contribute meaningfully to the project?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else watched Day of the Jackal?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Generally good throughout the first season. Already greenlit for season two

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a TV series you loved from the 90s, 00s or even early 10s instead came out today - how different do you imagine it would be? How would the writing be different? Who would be casted instead?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  George Sr. Runs for president so he can pardon himself for the Light Treason

  GOB accidentally gets a job building luxury condos in Crimea

  Lindsay is George Sr.’s Special Advisor (to the campaign and then in the White House)

  Tobias is nominated for secretary of HHS but has to get his medical license back. He refuses the job and demands to be made press secretary so he can be on TV every day

  Michael ends up on an Air Force One flight with George Sr. fleeing the country

  George Michael just wants to be left alone in school but has bodyguards around all the time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A state level block on protonvpn would be at the IP block level based on known, published exit nodes.

  Corporate VPNs are point to point and would not be impacted

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your top 10 series of all time?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Top ten ish tv shows

  1. The Wire
  2. Bojack Horseman
  3. Patriot
  4. The Americans
  5. Better Off Ted
  6. Arrested Development
  7. Pushing Daisies
  8. Gravity Falls
  9. The Bear

  Honorable Mentions

  1. Over the garden wall
  2. Luther
  3. Friday Night Lights
  4. The Queen’s Gambit
  5. GLOW
  6. Mindhunter
  7. Sports Night
  8. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  9. Atlanta
  10. Yellowjackets
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Project MINI RACK - a 10" Homelab Revolution!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was looking into DIN rails yesterday. Might be a good option to mount several smaller devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber for Nursing: How an AI-Powered Gig Model Is Threatening Health Care⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gig nursing is different from travel nursing.

  Travel nurses are paid much more than staff nurses and often receive travel stipends and housing allowances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 10 Highest Grossing Film Directors of All Time, as of Nov. 2024⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same question…

  He did the last four Harry Potter films and the Fantastic Beasts films

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Braid Anniversary Edition has ‘sold like dog sh*t’, creator Jonathan Blow says⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Check out Spiritfarer. I loved it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the 2000s and early 2010s, less of your life was lived on a cell phone or smartphone.

  For kids now, it’s 100% of their lives. Post-COVID, the majority of social interaction between peers is through a social media app.

  That means that close to 100% of kids are on their phones during the school day. If you aren’t, you run the risk of social isolation and FOMO.

  Administrators can’t send a kid to detention for using their phone because ALL kids would be in detention every day.

  Here’s one article that examines the problem