Steve
@Steve@communick.news
- Comment on What TV cancellation are you most upset by? 2 days ago:
- Comment on ‘Mickey 17’ Projected to Lose $75 Million in Theatrical Run 4 days ago:
That’s why I liked it.
In several places it looked like I knew where it was going, then suddenly it surprised me with a different direction. - Comment on can you guess my favorite animal? 1 week ago:
Humans!
- Comment on Americans, How do you pour soda into a cup with ice without the soda going flat? 1 week ago:
For the best results, keep both the soda and empty drinking glass in the refrigerator.
Then start with an empty glass tipped 15-20deg toward open can or bottle of soda.
Pour slowly onto upper inner edge of tipped glass until half full.
Stop with enough room in the glass for additional ice volume. Place each cube into the surface of poured soda before releasing it.If you’re insisting on ice first, use the other techniques but with a preloaded glass instead of empty.
- Comment on Are Autocracies more powerful than Democracies? 2 weeks ago:
I think your questions are more complicated than you realize.
Are Autocracies more powerful than Democracies?
If you separate the from of government from the governing, yes autocracy is a superior form of government. A dictator can instantly marshal resources to face any threat, or completely shift an entire nation, if a direction becomes clearly wrong. The reason they don’t work, is because the leader is always human. Humans make shit leaders, almost always. So distribution of power across a large number of people mitigates the risks of putting it all in one.
Are all democracies are doomed to fail?
Yes. Obviously. Everything eventually fails. The Sun will fail and take the earth with it.
Is the future of humanity, autocracy? For the rest of humanity’s existence?
No. Obviously. Everything eventually fails. The Sun will fail and take the earth with it. I would hope humanity (or whatever species we evolve to) lives past that.
- Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 2 weeks ago:
Not at all! They’re amazing!
I enjoy the hell out of every frame of those movies. - Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 2 weeks ago:
Plot and story are overrated.
If that’s what really mattered, a synopsis be just as good as the movie. And way cheaper to make. - Comment on I'm looking to buy something like a reverse wheelbarrow, what do I call that? 2 weeks ago:
I just call it a “Pull Cart”.
Or “Cart” for short. - Comment on Is it a pattern for right-wing people to attack films, series and animations with protagonists from minority groups? Or is this an exaggeration? 2 weeks ago:
It’s a pattern.
I know it seems strange from the anti-cancel-culture contingent of society, but it’s a real thing. - Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 2 weeks ago:
People keep saying this kind of thing, without understanding there are only a couple dozen to so stories. Literally, every good story is a version of something else. Maybe at best, a mash up of a couple.
- Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 2 weeks ago:
People would pay a dozen times if it was good
- Comment on James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Be Even Longer Than ‘The Way Of Water’ 2 weeks ago:
Cool, even more lack of… anything constructive.
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results 2 weeks ago:
Obligatory mention of Kagi
And my code link for 3 people to try it for 3 months.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 3 weeks ago:
Now that’s a phone
- Comment on It’s Official: The DVD Business Died in 2024 3 weeks ago:
That’s not really got much to do with the article. Like you I keep a library of media. But I always try to source Blu-ray rips for max quality. If Blu-rays go away so does that top quality option, which would make me sad.
- Comment on 'Jupiter Ascending' came out 10 years ago, and we're still not sure how The Matrix creators' space opera went so wrong 4 weeks ago:
Exactly. People need to stop conflating enjoyment with quality.
I love this movie. It’s such a big swing, in so many ways, by so many people. I enjoy every min. And respect the hell out of what it was trying to be. - Comment on Microsoft Follows Google on a Controversial Decision - gHacks Tech News 4 weeks ago:
Yah. I’m torn. On the one hand it’s kind of stupid and pointless to change the names of things. On the other hand If your changing the name, Gulf of America is probably the best option. The real point of doing it is to give the media something marketable to talk about instead of the more boringly important things going on. Which again tonight, gets me dangerously close to a rant about the shitty media we have.
- Comment on Why isn't free stuff (public domain/noncommercial) discussed as much as paid stuff? 4 weeks ago:
Because not as many people know about the free stuff, since it doesn’t have a marketing budget to tell everyone it exists. If fewer people know about it, it’ll be discussed less.
- Comment on Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League | Official Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment 4 weeks ago:
uh…
That seems insane.
I’m betting on either awesome future classic, or notoriously terrible.
Not a chance it’ll be anything between. - Comment on Would you consider me a “dry texter”? 5 weeks ago:
You clearly don’t like texting, and only do it out of some sense of social obligation.
The kind of thing one might call Malicious Compliance. - Comment on How likely do you think there will be a run on the banks? 5 weeks ago:
Asunder?
Definition
“The term asunder is an adverb that means “into separate parts” or “apart from each other.” It is often used to describe something that has been forcefully separated or torn apart” - Comment on The Live Action Masters of the Universe film has started shooting. 5 weeks ago:
Fuck off!
If it’s not for you, you’re free to ignore it.
Stop criticizing shit before it even exists. - Comment on Are people around you still excited about MCU movies? 5 weeks ago:
That says more about you than the movie.
- Comment on Why isn't free stuff (public domain/noncommercial) discussed as much as paid stuff? 5 weeks ago:
I assume mostly, because the free stuff doesn’t have a marketing budget.
- Comment on Are people around you still excited about MCU movies? 5 weeks ago:
Yes!
- Comment on Are people around you still excited about MCU movies? 5 weeks ago:
One person, yes. The rest were never into them very much anyway.
I’m not going to jump on the MCU hate wagon. Some of them have been great, others less so. But none have been actually bad movies. There’s nothing wrong with making fun and forgettable entertainment.
- Comment on Disney+ Lost 700,000 Subscribers in Final 3 Months of 2024 1 month ago:
Disney+ now has 124.6 million subs.
So they lost a fraction of a percent, and probably doesn’t matter really. Ok
- Comment on Why is deportation done instead of imprisonment or making people become documented? In other words, why does deportation exist? 1 month ago:
Thus is the answer.
- Comment on Why is deportation done instead of imprisonment or making people become documented? In other words, why does deportation exist? 1 month ago:
No. That would be better served by imprisonment.
- Comment on In the dark, does anyone else sense things but not see them? 1 month ago:
I can sense it’s dark, but I’ve never been able to see it in the dark.