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Post by impulse on Jun 6, 2022 8:26:39 GMT -5
So I’m reading a book that appears to have been, at least initially self-published. And it’s honestly, thus far, been a pretty good example of the hard-boiled detective genre. With a decently original setting in Toronto in 1960. But there have just been a couple of things that continue to niggle at me and I have to think more beta readers or a decent editor would have fixed them. I’ve come across two instances of “you’re” instead of “your.” Which drives me nuts. But arguably making me more crazy is the protagonist calling Canadian Club scotch. I barely consider CC to be whiskey. But even allowing it is, it damn sure isn’t scotch and no adult who drinks either should ever make that mistake. This endith the rant. Calling Canadian Club "scotch" is like calling Michelob Ultra "beer". Speaking of... I'd better pour a nice dram for the impending Zoom call.
At least Michelob Ultra is technically beer, and I mean that in the most barely technically correct sense only.
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Post by impulse on May 27, 2022 12:28:38 GMT -5
Escargot properly cooked in butter/oil and garlic is divine.
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 16:35:23 GMT -5
I've had rabbit stew once. It tasted fine, but I couldn't get over the squick factor.
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 13:06:52 GMT -5
Right on. I had an old... gosh I think 2011 MacBook Pro for work. I got another couple years of good performance out of it with an SSD and clean install. I eventually went back to Windows, but I got that machine to work way longer than it should have.
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 12:56:02 GMT -5
On the other hand, a brand new SSD and a clean OS install can do wonders for old hardware if you're not doin any heavy lifting.
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 10:01:49 GMT -5
I don't know about the newer ones, but when I had a Macbook Pro a few years ago it was surprisingly easy to unscrew the bottom and pop in a new drive and do a clean install of OSX. Might be worth a try? I’m not tech savvy enough to attempt that. My computer is about 8 years old, too. It's not much more complicated than unscrewing some screws, unplugging the old one, plugging the new one back in, and screwing it back together. As long as you have the OS on a CD, it's pretty simple to reinstall. If you're not comfortable you're not comfortable though.
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 9:06:41 GMT -5
I don't know about the newer ones, but when I had a Macbook Pro a few years ago it was surprisingly easy to unscrew the bottom and pop in a new drive and do a clean install of OSX. Might be worth a try?
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 8:51:25 GMT -5
Even in the midst of tragedy, The Onion manages sheer brilliance. Great social commentary masquerading as gallows humour. While that is a great page, I also enjoyed the article that said it wasn't a lone wolf operation, but an action with 535 accomplices located in Washington D.C. It's perhaps a bit on the nose, but I'd dearly love to see every member of Congress attached to the murders like that in real life. We are considering and doing preliminary research into expatriating for a number of reasons, but this horrific tragedy in Texas is the final straw. Lip service aside, it seems this country has determined this is an acceptable cost of living here, so we're not sure we want to live here anymore. Whether they approve directly or tacitly makes little difference if the end result is the same. My oldest is in school, and my youngest starts kindergarten in 2023. I don't feel good about sending them to school, and that is incredibly upsetting to realize.
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Post by impulse on May 25, 2022 13:57:45 GMT -5
I used to post this article whenever this happened, but I can't even be bothered anymore. I'm tired of having to.
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Post by impulse on May 25, 2022 12:54:05 GMT -5
It was fine for a superhero movie of the period. Nowhere near as bad as it is commonly treated. Still haven't seen it even on Netflix, but I expect I wouldn't dislike it overmuch. So many of the recent genre movies excoriated by fans were, at worst, sort of meh... not the kind of gouge-my-own-eyes-out productions they're made out to be. Actually, many of the highly praised superhero movies are also sort of meh.
It was pleasantly entertaining if nothing close to groundbreaking.
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Post by impulse on May 25, 2022 12:34:43 GMT -5
It was fine for a superhero movie of the period. Nowhere near as bad as it is commonly treated.
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Post by impulse on May 25, 2022 11:15:45 GMT -5
Ghost Rider aside, who needs a shotgun of any kind while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet??
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Post by impulse on May 25, 2022 8:48:57 GMT -5
If anyone has any uplifting news or stories to try and slightly lessen the impact of the godawful news in Texas, please feel free to share. I could sure use it.
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Post by impulse on May 24, 2022 9:51:27 GMT -5
Disney has licensed their characters to other publishers for decades. They've experimented with it with the Marvel and characters with IDW (new content) and Archie (reprints in digests) and with Star Wars characters (IDW & Dark Horse) in the last few years. I suspect if continuing to publish comics by Marvel themselves became non-viable, they would look at licensing the Marvel characters and Star Wars characters to other publishers to keep them visible in the marketplace and simply collect licensing fees rather than having to spend on production costs and sell the products themselves. -M That certainly seems like a plausible way to do it.
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Post by impulse on May 24, 2022 8:51:49 GMT -5
Disney is pretty conservative when it comes to things like that. Their book publishing has always been geared around new film releases (or re-releases), as ancillary marketing and they have been more focused on toys and games aimed at young girls. Part of their reason for acquiring Marvel and Star Wars was to grab a young male audience, after seeing the viewing numbers of the X-Men cartoons, on the Disney cable channels. They do have things like Kingdom Hearts; but I still think they see themselves as a film company and that everything else serves that. Star Wars is a bit different, since Lucas pioneered a lot of exploiting content in other fields and they inherited a going concern, rather than developed it on their own. That's the thing funny thing, though. In 2022, video games isn't risky. It's where gobs of money are. It's larger than the film industry even if I recall correctly. If they simply partnered with a respected developer and used their advertising muscle, as long as the game was at least pretty good it would likely make gobs of cash. I suspect the old timers would change if they had no choice, and there are certainly plenty of outlets that sell Manga... it would be there. Yes, that involves risk, but not as much risk as the industry completely dying I'd think. OTOH, since Disney and Warner only care about it as an IP holder and don't expect much, maybe it doesn't matter to them. I doubt Disney or WB would spend too much to artificially prop up the floppies direct market, but I also think they would not want the image of Marvel or DC comics failing and shutting down. I think the PR hit, or the perceived one, would be more damaging in their eyes than keeping it going in some form or fashion. I think the creators of the MCU would want Marvel comics to still exist more than they would not want it to exist. I could be wrong though. Not to say they would keep it in its current form, but I doubt they would want those characters to go fully out of print.
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