Instead of using an AI algorithm, they could use a faster framerate and frame interlacing, where the purple is alternated with white light every other frame. Might cause a seizure in the subjects though, but maybe worth testing.

Weirdly I haven’t seen any antiwoke backlash but maybe I’m not looking in the right places. I did see one YouTube critique of it attacking it for trying to be a ‘real’ film (as in having artistic merit), but couldn’t determine if that came from a place of elitism or straight up antiwokeness (it could of course be…

Mod is very British though. I think you mean Wes Anderson has mod vibes.

I’m with you. I’ve recently started rewatching TNG and a lot of what is awesome about it are the thoughtful one-off episodes that cover some moral issue with nuance. I don’t know how people remember it as such an action-packed swashbuckling thing. TNG was great at building, exploring, and deconstructing characters…

I can’t recommend the audiobook version of Piranesi enough. It’s read by Chiwetel Ejiofor and he does an incredible job.

I’m glad someone said something about the 3 refrigerators! I live in the UK with a truly dinky fridge and barely enough freezer space for a bag of ice. The thought of someone having 3 fridges is bizarre to me. I can understand having an extra freezer (that seems to be common in North America), but fridge food needs to…

As a former Catholic, as a child I had exposure to nuns who, while not doing the ceremonies of priests, had a lot of religious knowledge and responsibilities and were an integral part of the religious community. There was also no push to keep women in the home or prevent girls from seeking education and careers (this…

My grandmother (born 1916) grew up dirt poor. She had 8 kids, 3 stillbirths, was raped by her husband in front of the kids, and when she finally left him, she was homeless and lived in a shed for a winter. Luckily there was the beginning of the welfare system at this time, and she had some paltry governmental…

Bit of a heavy insult. It’s not that they are weird, just intricate and interesting. To me it’s like examining a detailed diorama or something. And even when the subject is heavy (like with Grand Budapest Hotel) the tone is frothy and fun. I don’t find Wes Anderson’s films plodding at all. But it’s subjective. View…

Actaully, *adjusts nerd glasses* it has recently been renamed (by NASA? AARO? I’m not exactly sure but both parties are investigating it) to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, as some UAP enter the ocean.

I do think it’s partly men and boys trying to find a ‘masculine’ identity. If women and girls are doing the thing they like, then it’s no longer a ‘masculine’ thing to do, so they get defensive. Personally I think this falls under the same category of gender bullshit as girls feeling bad about their bodies because…

The first season is horrible, but it does get better (objectively in terms of story coherence and characterisation. Subjectively your mileage may vary if you are ‘anti-woke’, don’t like heavily serialised story-telling, don’t like galaxy ending threats, or can’t sufficiently suspend disbelief (this nearly broke me at…

I was raised Catholic (no longer), and I fail to see how people dressing in drag as nuns is at all anti-Catholic? By doing fundraising for the sick and expressing compassion, they are literally being Christlike. I dunno, does not compute. I’d also think that the tough nuns I knew would be amused and not offended.

I…

With the launchpad issue, IIRC, based on previous testing the Fondag concrete was calculated to be able to handle the stresses at the 90% throttle of the 33 Raptor engines. Which technically it did. However the sandy soil underneath the launchpad (which is very close to the water table) subsided/compressed/resonated…

Not to defend Musk or Yaccarino, but Musk did hire Gwynne Shotwell to manage SpaceX, and she’s been really good at it (it’s profitable, does what it says it will do, captured a huge portion of the market, all the benchmarks of successful business). So I wouldn’t necessarily say that Musk has brought Yaccarino in to set…

I was recently at a classical concert and was sitting next to a drunk man and his sober companion (I don’t go to these things frequently but alcohol is sold and consumed in the venue, surprisingly). Luckily I was next to the companion. He was being loud, belching, and trying to fondle his companion who was not having…

Tangentially, I’ve just started perimenopause and it has hit me like a ton of bricks. In the media the only thing that seems to be covered are hotflashes, of which I have had none. There is nothing on the horrible endless periods, hour long cramps that leave you shaking (I don’t normally get any), diarrhoea every damn…

It doesn’t matter what YOU care about. It matters what the British public perceive about the monarchy.

You are so ignorant. I was just trying to educate you on the situation (I assume you are not British or a Commonwealth citizen?) She believed whole-heartedly in the monarchy and its stabilising influence (especially after witnessing what her uncle did with it). Why would she torpedo it?

I always thought this was a bogus thing, but I guess not? Is this like a charliehorse? (which doesn’t last long and I’ve never bother to try to see what it feels like on the exterior because it’s soo painful/uncomfortable). I can’t say I’ve ever had one based on the description above.