jack the nonabrasive
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The dialog in the police station seems to be recorded “wild“ meaning they just had a microphone in the room while filming rather than “looping“ in a studio afterwards. It makes it sound a bit like an amateur film, but also lends a sense of procedural realism. #NoirAlley #CrimeWave #TCMparty
Joining #CrimeWave a bit late after supper club (salmon, polenta, brussels sprouts, pumpkin pie) and 2001's #TheOthers #NoirAlley #TCMParty
Okay, but have you considered how much water chestnut groves consume.
One of America's Last Remaining Chestnut Groves Could Soon Be Wiped Out to Make Room for an AI Data Center
One of the few remaining chestnut groves in the US may soon be bulldozed to make room for a massive hyperscale data center.
futurism.com
In their own way, the 70's and 80's were as unbelievably written as our current timeline
jack the nonabrasive@karabaic.org · 2d agoI learned that John Holmes was an accomplice in the Wonderland murders through Christina Applegate's memoir.
I learned that John Holmes was an accomplice in the Wonderland murders through Christina Applegate's memoir.
can you imagine being a fish minding your own business on a lovely day, scooped from the river into a pitch-black tank, and then dropped into a fire?
I guess it's important for truck hijackers and thieves to know that a broken-down truck on the side of the road without warning triangles deployed has no one on board guarding the truck or cargo. Do with that information what you will. landline.media/fmcsa-exempt...
FMCSA exemption gives driverless trucks a green light
Opposition from truckers and a lawsuit didn’t stop FMCSA from approving an exemption that paves the way for driverless trucks.
landline.media
That was the first time I ever switched POV in a dream. From one "character" to another.
can you imagine being a fish minding your own business on a lovely day, scooped from the river into a pitch-black tank, and then dropped into a fire?
Of course the USA still brands itself as The Land of the Free, so don't hold your breath on accurate product marketing here.
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 3d agoThe US should do the same. Deliberately confusing the public is not a legitimate marketing strategy—esp when confusion can be fatal.
how many people who need to won't make it through the piece
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago🤷🏿♂️
Turns out that the Bene Gesserit were wrong. Fear isn’t the mind killer, AI is.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago🤷🏿♂️
there isn't a week where i don't think about Stiva Oblonsky, the banality of his evil and the inadvertent good he does
We plan to attend the 10/21 pre-application conference for the Amazon Drone Delivery Center at 5501 N Schmeer in Portland. Contact matt.wickstrom@portlandoregon.gov if you'd like to join us.
Software for the Command Module's Apollo Guidance Computer is in the folder "Comanche055" and code for the Lunar Module's AGC is in "Luminary099." Get in losers, we're going to the Moon. (5/n)
When they started, it was $3B/500. Now it's $5B of debt at 525 basis points above average. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... archive.is/lYLlo
bloomberg.com
She was seriously disrespected and marginalized in Steve Levy's Hackers. If that is the only way you know of her, read this.
bryan newbold@bnewbold.net · 5d agoah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...