For me, it's all of the inflated reviews that are killing the movies for me. There was a time when you could trust the RT reviews (within reason). But some of the worst movies I've seen, in recent years, were all in the high 90s on RT. All the hype, marketing and junkets had led me to wait a year or so before finally watching a movie. By then, things have settled down, and you can get a true idea for how you'll like a movie, from user comments (and rarely ever, professional reviews).
Yeah, I liked that one. It's a shame it got so overhyped though. Not sure I would have appreciated it as much, had I watched it after all of the buzz. But I guess all of that buzz underscores what you were saying.
The only other show that I've been impressed with lately has been Better Call Saul. It may not be as fast moving as its predecessor (perhaps a disappointment for some), but the story draws you in, there's no agenda and I'm not frustrated with how stupid all of the characters are. The characters are all different, but you actually get a feel what it's like to be in their shoes, rather than just siding with one over another.
TV and movies too. We rarely get entertaining stories anymore. Mostly just agendas and/or the director's personal issues, patched together with some CGI.
Yep, this tax was the primary reason I discontinued my Dish Network. I already had Netflix, threw in Hulu, Pandora and Prime into the mix (and now youtube red), and I still pay less than I did back then. I have more to watch than I can ever get to.
The only thing I was disappointed to give up (back then) were the news channels, and now you couldn't pay me to watch that miserable nonsense.
Although I eventually switched back to Firefox, when they finally added this critical feature, the ability to "close all to the right" was the main reason I used Chrome for several years before that. I use it at least 10 times a day. I will never again use a browser without it.
Most 3D is very subtle and lacks much depth. It's even worse when it's a post conversion. If I'm watching a movie and I have to struggle to even see the 3D, why would I bother? I'll only put up with the glasses and the darker image if the 3D really pops. Avatar, Coraline, Beowulf and The Polar Express were pretty good at that. Most other 3D movies, not so much.
That being said, I do own a 3D TV and projector and I still like to check out the handful of better 3D movies out there, from time to time. IMO, it's not worth watching on a TV, even a 65". It's a much better experience on a large screen that fills your view.
Just popped in my first bluray in months, the other night. Took me close to 10 minutes to start the movie after all of the piracy warnings, studio advertisements, ratings advisories, etc. All they're doing is punishing the people who did what they wanted, and encouraging people like me to go back to torrenting.
I haven't pirated music, on the other hand, since they removed the DRM and started selling songs at a reasonable price. It's not worth the effort for music, I'm happy to pay. But it most certainly is for movies.
Yeah, I never really saw this reported as "news" anywhere (not that it wasn't eventually picked up on several blog sites). This was more of a discussion board/twitter "investigation." I never really gave it much credibility, but when all the MSM sites start yelling "fake news" in unison, it does peak my curiosity. It's not like pedophile scandals are that rare among people in power.
It might be inaccurate news, but I have no doubt that the people looking into this believe its real.
I cancelled my satellite, because I got tired of subsidizing all of the sports fans. Their movie and TV show catalog is pretty pathetic as is. And more and more, I'm not even getting the two day shipping I was promised. If Amazon goes this route, I'll cancel the first time I see an increase in the membership costs. I was already on the fence as is.
In other words, you support Hillary Clinton. You sound just like the Bush supporters when Assange revealed their secrets. I bet you didn't call him partisan back then.
Despite living in an area that gets tornadoes, I decided I'd to take my chances and shut it off, rather than have my smartphone screech at me, every time somebody is having a domestic dispute.
The problem is that it's just like Brexit. The more you point out that it's a terrible idea and sure to end in disaster, the more people reject expert advice and facts and go with their feelings.
And yet, Brexit didn't turn out to be the disaster that was predicted. More often than not, the "experts" are just going with their feelings as well. The sky isn't actually falling as often as people would like to believe.
As for Clinton, are you really not including Libya and Syria on that list? Benghazi aside, she bragged, in her own e-mails as to being the driving force behind removing Ghadaffi. The region is in chaos and refugees are fleeing everywhere. Siding with the "rebels" against Assad hasn't worked out too well either. Hundreds of thousands are dead due to her regime change games.
This is a slippery slope and it's one of the reasons we shouldn't try to fix what isn't broken, by giving up control over domain assignments. We have more of a hands off tradition over here that other countries do not necessarily share.
The same could be said of Hillary supporters. These people hated Bush, but now they're voting for someone who believes in the same policies of regime change, throughout the Middle East.
Seriously though, nice gimmich, but the liability concerns will never be overcome on these drone delivery stories. No sure it'll ever be profitable either.
This right here, is why tabs are best though. I get that it can mess with cut & paste (people shouldn't be doing that anyway), and the lining up up split lines, but it's worth it to let everybody use the width they're most comfortable with.
I think there'd be less of a debate if tabs were 4 chars in width, out of the box. Not sure they'd even bother with a tabstop setting had that been the case. Granted, you're always gonna have your freaks, like this one guy I worked for who insisted on 3 spaces for indentation, but they would have gotten nowhere had the default tabstop been reasonable from the start.
That being said, spaces for work code, tabs for personal code.
The only reason I didn't stick with Nexus after my 4, was the idiotic decision to place the power button, right under your index finger, where you're holding the phone. I'd say a good 80% of the times I turned that phone on or off were unintentional.
There aren't many phones that still place it on top, but that was pretty my only requirement for my next phone. Getting tired of all the different models pretty much just being clones of the same crappy design. A little variety would be nice.
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Assange exposes "public servants" who should be accountable to us, not private citizens goofing around on the web.
Should that really make a difference? But from what I've heard, he posted a different variant of the video that Trump posted.
For me, it's all of the inflated reviews that are killing the movies for me. There was a time when you could trust the RT reviews (within reason). But some of the worst movies I've seen, in recent years, were all in the high 90s on RT. All the hype, marketing and junkets had led me to wait a year or so before finally watching a movie. By then, things have settled down, and you can get a true idea for how you'll like a movie, from user comments (and rarely ever, professional reviews).
Yeah, I liked that one. It's a shame it got so overhyped though. Not sure I would have appreciated it as much, had I watched it after all of the buzz. But I guess all of that buzz underscores what you were saying.
The only other show that I've been impressed with lately has been Better Call Saul. It may not be as fast moving as its predecessor (perhaps a disappointment for some), but the story draws you in, there's no agenda and I'm not frustrated with how stupid all of the characters are. The characters are all different, but you actually get a feel what it's like to be in their shoes, rather than just siding with one over another.
TV and movies too. We rarely get entertaining stories anymore. Mostly just agendas and/or the director's personal issues, patched together with some CGI.
Yep, this tax was the primary reason I discontinued my Dish Network. I already had Netflix, threw in Hulu, Pandora and Prime into the mix (and now youtube red), and I still pay less than I did back then. I have more to watch than I can ever get to.
The only thing I was disappointed to give up (back then) were the news channels, and now you couldn't pay me to watch that miserable nonsense.
Most need to be shown the door, not a higher paycheck. Especially those from network TV. Fire them all. Replace them with starving book writers.
Although I eventually switched back to Firefox, when they finally added this critical feature, the ability to "close all to the right" was the main reason I used Chrome for several years before that. I use it at least 10 times a day. I will never again use a browser without it.
...and there'll be no more news.
Most 3D is very subtle and lacks much depth. It's even worse when it's a post conversion. If I'm watching a movie and I have to struggle to even see the 3D, why would I bother? I'll only put up with the glasses and the darker image if the 3D really pops. Avatar, Coraline, Beowulf and The Polar Express were pretty good at that. Most other 3D movies, not so much.
That being said, I do own a 3D TV and projector and I still like to check out the handful of better 3D movies out there, from time to time. IMO, it's not worth watching on a TV, even a 65". It's a much better experience on a large screen that fills your view.
Just popped in my first bluray in months, the other night. Took me close to 10 minutes to start the movie after all of the piracy warnings, studio advertisements, ratings advisories, etc. All they're doing is punishing the people who did what they wanted, and encouraging people like me to go back to torrenting.
I haven't pirated music, on the other hand, since they removed the DRM and started selling songs at a reasonable price. It's not worth the effort for music, I'm happy to pay. But it most certainly is for movies.
Yeah, I never really saw this reported as "news" anywhere (not that it wasn't eventually picked up on several blog sites). This was more of a discussion board/twitter "investigation." I never really gave it much credibility, but when all the MSM sites start yelling "fake news" in unison, it does peak my curiosity. It's not like pedophile scandals are that rare among people in power.
It might be inaccurate news, but I have no doubt that the people looking into this believe its real.
I cancelled my satellite, because I got tired of subsidizing all of the sports fans. Their movie and TV show catalog is pretty pathetic as is. And more and more, I'm not even getting the two day shipping I was promised. If Amazon goes this route, I'll cancel the first time I see an increase in the membership costs. I was already on the fence as is.
It's called propaganda. The people are becoming too uppity on both sides of the aisle. Time to remind America why they need Washington.
Why give either side a pass?
In other words, you support Hillary Clinton. You sound just like the Bush supporters when Assange revealed their secrets. I bet you didn't call him partisan back then.
Despite living in an area that gets tornadoes, I decided I'd to take my chances and shut it off, rather than have my smartphone screech at me, every time somebody is having a domestic dispute.
The problem is that it's just like Brexit. The more you point out that it's a terrible idea and sure to end in disaster, the more people reject expert advice and facts and go with their feelings.
And yet, Brexit didn't turn out to be the disaster that was predicted. More often than not, the "experts" are just going with their feelings as well. The sky isn't actually falling as often as people would like to believe.
As for Clinton, are you really not including Libya and Syria on that list? Benghazi aside, she bragged, in her own e-mails as to being the driving force behind removing Ghadaffi. The region is in chaos and refugees are fleeing everywhere. Siding with the "rebels" against Assad hasn't worked out too well either. Hundreds of thousands are dead due to her regime change games.
There are many people who live to stick their noses in other people's business. Why waste money by paying them?
This is a slippery slope and it's one of the reasons we shouldn't try to fix what isn't broken, by giving up control over domain assignments. We have more of a hands off tradition over here that other countries do not necessarily share.
The same could be said of Hillary supporters. These people hated Bush, but now they're voting for someone who believes in the same policies of regime change, throughout the Middle East.
Seriously though, nice gimmich, but the liability concerns will never be overcome on these drone delivery stories. No sure it'll ever be profitable either.
This right here, is why tabs are best though. I get that it can mess with cut & paste (people shouldn't be doing that anyway), and the lining up up split lines, but it's worth it to let everybody use the width they're most comfortable with.
I think there'd be less of a debate if tabs were 4 chars in width, out of the box. Not sure they'd even bother with a tabstop setting had that been the case. Granted, you're always gonna have your freaks, like this one guy I worked for who insisted on 3 spaces for indentation, but they would have gotten nowhere had the default tabstop been reasonable from the start.
That being said, spaces for work code, tabs for personal code.
The only reason I didn't stick with Nexus after my 4, was the idiotic decision to place the power button, right under your index finger, where you're holding the phone. I'd say a good 80% of the times I turned that phone on or off were unintentional.
There aren't many phones that still place it on top, but that was pretty my only requirement for my next phone. Getting tired of all the different models pretty much just being clones of the same crappy design. A little variety would be nice.