This got serious about four episodes in

This is an obituary that ends with “Here’s a slideshow of other famous people who died this year.” If you’re looking for something that honours the decreased with the respect they deserve, you're in the wrong place.

Intrusive ads? On AV Cl ... ub?

Cameo of an apparently pre-meth ATM-head-crunch dude from Breaking Bad rockin a bolo tie.

It depends - how cold is the pool?

It’s certainly not a whole limb

It definitely wasn’t a turn on a dime. It was the slow deterioration of the show over several seasons (with a precipitous drop at the end). The backlash against the Civil War  show went hand in hand with issues regarding the sexual violence and racial issues in GOT, which had existed for the entire run of the show. So…

GRRM and HBO both wanted 10 seasons, it was B&W that decided to stop at 8.

more ≠ better

Rushing to check off the remaining plot points in a single season so they could move onto other projects is the opposite of ambitious. Yes, they made an excellent show, and then they torpedoed it because they got bored but wouldn’t/couldn’t hand it off.

Season 8 isn’t even one of the best TV seasons in Game of Thrones.

Whoa, there are still people defending S8? Wacky.

They should put this in the ads.

Exactly. A goal isn’t really a “good idea.” An idea is a path to realizing that goal.

I’ve posted at length about Theranos, but the thing this article points out that I still find absolutely crazy is that this technology appears built on nothing more than a fantasy. It’s one thing to have a nascent technology supported by science that still needs tweaking and improving, but the bones are there (and…

“But Theranos? It’s still a good idea. In a Silicon Valley where crypto now reigns, that means something. It makes Theranos one of the more complex and nuanced tales of Silicon Valley deception. Theranos isn’t the Juicero. It could’ve helped people. And Holmes, a female CEO in a sea of tech bros, was easy to root…

“And Holmes, a female CEO in a sea of tech bros, was easy to root for” - this dynamic seems key to her fraud. Next time someone who’s “easy to root for” promotes a too-good-to-be-true invention, just pretend the speaker is Elon Musk.

If the newest iPhone does not work as promised, it is an inconvenience. If your blood test to detect a fatal condition gives you a false negative and you trusted it, you might die, so the stakes here seem a lot higher and the laxness much more unforgiveable. Why is her faith in non-functioning medical technology…

The family reunion bit was stupid, and I say this as someone who loved the first one and watches it sometimes on youtube. The joke in the first one is John is Ego’s new boyfriend. So she (and therefore the audience) is surprised when he knows more about the guests, and black culture, than she does. But now they’re…

No? They’d investigate the rapes.