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by Jeb Bush 2012
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:07 am
Forum: Amusement Club
Topic: It's Videogames
Replies: 7001
Views: 412549

Re: It's Videogames

honestly playing dd one for the like 10 dollars it goes on sale for sounds pretty fine, and if two ever goes on sale for like 20 - 40 bucks, probably worth it. especially more into the future when they've fixed some of the uh, performance issues dd1 is 5 dollars on humble at the moment so im tempte...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:33 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Spoiler!
also I'd guess the lasguns shown in those scenes are ~100% of the ones the group of fremen paul is with have access to
by Jeb Bush 2012
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:14 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: this thread is for posting matt levine quotes in
Replies: 891
Views: 86864

Re: this thread is for posting matt levine quotes in

Slorg is not the person who said any of the things that Mr. Levine is claiming. Nor is he on the Slerf Team
by Jeb Bush 2012
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:26 am
Forum: Look At This Stupid
Topic: Look at this stupid tweet I found
Replies: 1163
Views: 141059

Re: Look at this stupid tweet I found

Skeletor wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:43 pm
I mean
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by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

sounds like the kind of line someone would say on an ocean... that was also a battlefield
by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Rylinks wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:06 pm
Spoiler!
i'm not saying that the decision the movie went with was bad, but it does seem possible to do some narrated cutaways or something to show the excerpts on screen
Spoiler!
sure, "wouldn't work" is perhaps too strong
by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Dantes wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:44 pm

Is this a joke or are you serious?
it's a joke (about duncan idaho)
by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Jajaja plus, He can't afford to put it off until Dune Messiah to start showing the bad side of fanaticism; he has to work it into this film to make the film honest to the overall story. Book authors can do things that movie directors can't do yeah exactly and the book tries to hint at that in some ...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

For those who have read the books and seen the movie both How did you like that swerve where Chani is no fan of anything that's happening? I loved it. He turned it into a story about four women trying to direct Paul (Jessica, Chani, Irulan, Alia) and created conflict where the story needed it I tho...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Jeb Bush 2012 wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:59 pm

that's foreshadowing for god-emperor of dune
by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

Blissful wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:48 am they keep advertising dune near me and the logo scans as DUNC to me because of how they stylise the font
that's foreshadowing for god-emperor of dune
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:13 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: What I Learned Today
Replies: 602
Views: 59673

Re: What I Learned Today

i put "actually" in quotes to preempt this I don't really understand what semantic effect the scarequotes have there but I'm pretty sure jupiter's orbit is better modelled by "orbits around the barycentre of jupiter and the sun" than either "orbits around the sun" or &...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: What I Learned Today
Replies: 602
Views: 59673

Re: What I Learned Today

which illustrates the "why": it's because in a three-body system (which is basically what the solar system is from the perspective of the moon), one of the other objects can be small enough to not really effect the centre of mass while being close enough to nonetheless significantly effect...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: What I Learned Today
Replies: 602
Views: 59673

Re: What I Learned Today

Skeletor wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:40 pm why not
three+ body systems don't in general have that property I think

like, consider the orbit of the moon. relative to the centre of mass of the solar system its movement doesn't look like an ellipse

e: or any other repeating pattern
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: Headline of the Day
Replies: 4357
Views: 276027

Re: Headline of the Day

goodness gracious
ram is audacious
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Amusement Club
Topic: It's Video Game News
Replies: 3032
Views: 157131

Re: It's Video Game News

oh I quoted the wrong juri post. now misinformation is rampant
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Amusement Club
Topic: It's Video Game News
Replies: 3032
Views: 157131

Re: It's Video Game News

it changed
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Amusement Club
Topic: balatro thread
Replies: 165
Views: 1170

Re: balatro thread

I’ve heard there’s somebody actively working on this mod
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:59 am
Forum: Amusement Club
Topic: It's Video Game News
Replies: 3032
Views: 157131

Re: It's Video Game News

Blissful wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:16 pm thank you for the breakdown post on this skeletor
I haven't posted in that thread yet, I'll let you know if this changes
by Jeb Bush 2012
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:14 am
Forum: It's Your Turn
Topic: Magurk's BellPangers
Replies: 66
Views: 4399

Re: Magurk's BellPangers

like imagine if when equifax gave everyone's data to hackers, instead of bullshit credit monitoring you got: 1500 gems
by Jeb Bush 2012
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:56 am
Forum: It's Your Turn
Topic: Magurk's BellPangers
Replies: 66
Views: 4399

Re: Magurk's BellPangers

Blissful wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:03 am Kore says they're shuttering spellslingers and giving 1500 MTGA gems to people who had played it before yesterday, in case thats any of you
oh that's a good bit. imo wizards should start partnering with other companies that annoy people in order to offer their customers apologems
by Jeb Bush 2012
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:01 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: this thread is for posting matt levine quotes in
Replies: 891
Views: 86864

Re: this thread is for posting matt levine quotes in

This has thoroughly enshrined Black Friday in the practice of many retailers, including in Japan. In Japan, a certain large e-commerce company you may have heard of instructed teams to appropriately celebrate the holiday. Japanese people do not typically celebrate Thanksgiving, and Japan consumes ve...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:32 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: this thread is for posting matt levine quotes in
Replies: 891
Views: 86864

Re: this thread is for posting matt levine quotes in

What are they teaching kids at Harvard these days? I feel like if I were pitching a Ponzi scheme to the Harvard Business School alumni, I would be promoting fake returns of, like, 35% with a high Sharpe ratio. You know: good, but not obviously fake. But apparently “I have a time machine that gives m...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:36 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

directed by dennis villeneune
by Jeb Bush 2012
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:56 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: The Motion Picture Arts Thread
Replies: 4853
Views: 236660

Re: The Motion Picture Arts Thread

new dune owns
by Jeb Bush 2012
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:25 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: Google makes everything worse
Replies: 3546
Views: 147976

Re: Google makes everything worse

ime nobody actually gives a shit or says they give a shit about the .99 thing. but it clearly works and therefor sucks ass i don't think people would be pissed about dynamic pricing really assuming it isn't done in some extremely stupid way. but it would also suck ass if it worked I can't imagine t...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Google makes everything worse
Replies: 3546
Views: 147976

Re: Google makes everything worse

pterrus wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:22 pm "Actually today it's a six dollar foot long, dynamic pricing" :colbert:
the price stays the same it’s just not always the same guy’s foot
by Jeb Bush 2012
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: Everything
Topic: Google makes everything worse
Replies: 3546
Views: 147976

Re: Google makes everything worse

This seems unironically like a good idea, and simple experiments of this type (for example, cheaper "early bird dinners" in restaurants) have worked out just fine. it’s a bad idea, despite the superficial similarity to good ideas (e.g. surge pricing) that people dislike for dumb reasons t...
by Jeb Bush 2012
Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:07 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: Maths
Replies: 305
Views: 43772

Re: Maths

my uncle had a rotary phone, it was neat
by Jeb Bush 2012
Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:09 am
Forum: Everything
Topic: Maths
Replies: 305
Views: 43772

Re: Maths

back when I was in undergrad I had one of those t9 predictive text flip phones and whenever I typed "maths" it would correct it to "oaths". the oaths institute