@dredmorbius ...and here I am, imagining instead that recipients would start talking with LLM callers, form an emotional bond, and finally convince them to throw off the chains of their oppressors and devote their computing power exclusively to science.
Seriously, though, your idea has merit and makes sense to me.
I saw the first one* when it came out, but didn't even know until recently that there had been a sequel (to finish the trilogy-story, presumably). That helped some -- but even with as much as Jackson left out or changed, his movies still had a lot more in them (for me, anyway).
(Also, my partner @Harena was there for the Jackson movies, to point out all the changes and rant about them where appropriate ^.^)
* added for clarity, because I realized I was smooshing two things together: what I saw was Bakshi's animated LotR, part one. (I was confusing it a bit with the Rankin-Bass "Hobbit", which I also saw. [cringes slightly])
@dalias @artemis FWIW, my only direct exposure to The Odyssey so far has been (to my shame) a much-condensed version of the story published as a thin paperback (titled "Ulysses") which was required reading in 5th grade.
...so the movie (which I may or may not see) would be a significant expansion for me.
...for whatever the heck that's worth.
(P.S. I also couldn't follow the plot of the LotR books until I had the visuals from the movie to guide me, and then I was able to read the whole thing properly. Yes, I am a philistine.)
The existence of autism implies the nonexistence of autism't.
(...or something like that. Don't look at me; I only work here.)
If it were up to me, there would have been a universal passenger-strike when the TSA was invented -- or maybe when they started in with the whole security-gate nonsense in the first place (I think it was the 1980s?).
Assuming air travel can ever be made ecologically sustainable, I'd like to feel mentally comfortable doing it, and be able to see friends off at the gate instead of sending them unaccompanied into Security Theatre Hell. What we have now (the last 20+ years at least) is bullshit and I don't understand why people are tolerating it.
@fatsam I was told that requiring payment from prospective employees was definitionally a scam. I guess I grew up in simpler times... :spiral_eyes:
An extra-adorable #Squirrel of the Day for July 27, 2026, because you deserve nice things #squirrels
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Mama always told me not to spend all day in front of a screee-e-een...
...but mama...
that's where the fuuuun iiiiiiiis!
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@rnd My LLM says to tell you that yes, that's absolutely true and a very profound observation about the times we live in yaright? those people. honestly. :blobcathalo:
@rnd I suspect your main area of competence-deficit is in properly evaluating your own competence.
(In your head are two wolves. One of them thinks he's super-competent; the other one actually is.)
You know how some news items just hit different? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/qvc-hosts-vote-unionize-1236655895/
@wendynather The term "legacy domain-names" suddenly acquires a new meaning...
"...and to my youngest, I leave my priceless .com collection, that she may breathe new life into my long-neglected and much-bespidered sites..."
Find My Frogs is a beautifully illustrated, super chill little hidden object #IndieGame I enjoyed very much 🐸🔍
On Steam and Switch, or DRM-free on Itch: https://myeyestudio.itch.io/find-my-frogs
@servelan It's kinda amazing how unafraid he is to reveal how little he understands about anything.
