Bldck

joined 2 years ago
[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

A book recommendation: Click, Clack, Moo. It’s about cows unionizing for better conditions

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 30 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Arrested Development struggled from the serial storyline in a 30 minute sitcom slot. Fox didn’t like the show and moved its airtime around, making its viewership numbers even worse.

If it had been made in the streaming era, we would have gotten six seasons and a movie

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it’s any consolation, Costco’s margin is close to zero on their toilet paper. Their income comes from the membership fees

Most general merchandise is between 1-3% margin.

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 15 points 3 weeks ago

I believe the bottom is from a “how to draw characters from X show in Y show style”

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A VPS is a valid system for self hosting. I know a lot of folks who have local servers and use VPS depending on their needs

You’re welcome to join the discussion 🙂

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago

Sylvester Stallone has signed on to reprise his role as Rocky

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 10 points 1 month ago

The Martian was almost entirely internal monologue and they did a faithful job adapting it. It wasn’t as good as the book, but still great.

I can definitely see some difficult moments to adapt on the big screen, but I have faith

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the complaint about tipping is more the pervasiveness of it.

Why should I be asked to tip a cashier at a convenience store when I had to pick my own products and carry them to the counter? Sometimes I’m even asked to tip when I’ve scanned and bagged myself

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gotta be the Scott’s Tots episode of The Office. I can’t watch it anymore. Once was enough

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

I found The Babadook deeply unsettling. I could never quite predict where the protagonist was going or what she was capable of. The creeping dread of ‘will she harm her child and blame this delusion?’ dominated the viewing for me.

Probably the only film I’ve ever literally watched from behind my fingers

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Sour cherry

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

Bonjour, parlez-vous anglais?

That’s my baseline for speaking French. 99% of the time the French are gracious and switch.

The few times someone has responded “non” we use pidgin franglish or pantomime whatever we need to discuss. Haven’t had someone be a jerk about French or English in France for almost 20 years.

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