[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months ago

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

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I've been using Backblaze long before it showed up in YouTube ads. It's a great product.

[-] ShadowZone@lemmy.world 13 points 3 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 37 points 9 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 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah. And adaptive cruise control is something you have to pay 900 Euro extra via the in car shop on some models. Models you already paid 50k Euro and more for.

[-] 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 24 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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For my first post here I wanted to share the Batwing I made recently in KSP2. Those procedural wings are really great for builds like this. Image is a little photoshopped to make the black really black.

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