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  • Sinners, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Lord of the Rings trilogy (saw it in theaters last year, it counts). I also really enjoyed Megalopolis but understand it’s not a perfect film, kinda gonzo.

    If you like Cthulhu type stuff then Nic Cage starred in an adaptation of Lovecraft’s “Colors out of space” that my wife and I both really enjoyed.

    A lot of people missed the 2008 adaptation of Speedracer done by the Wachowski sisters (same people who did the Matrix) which is a real shame because it’s one of the all time best movies in existence so obviously recommend that.

    If you’ve never seen Iron Sky it’s a fun smaller budget film. Velocipastor is too (really recommend this one drunk with friends though). Oh, and Yoga Hosers too. Those three are so dumb but fun.

    And finally, a few movies I’ve not seen yet but everyone I trust with film opinions have raved about: Hundreds of Beavers, Asteroid City, The Shadow Strays


  • With ipv4 there are only 4 billion addresses or so. That might sound like a lot but we really chewed through them a while ago. We came up with a way to kind of fake more with NAT where one address can map to many machines but it was a bandaid.

    Ipv6 can handle some 340 undecillion addresses if I’m not mistaken. Not gonna run out any time soon.

    There’s a lot of extra features baked into how ipv6 works that make things more efficient, potentially faster, and easy to maintain but those are all secondary benefits. They’re great, but not the main reason for the switch.









  • There’s very little people can do. In order to fix things you usually need to get on the board, but the people who run HOAs are usually retired nimby assholes and they hold meetings while most in the neighborhood are at work so nobody can oppose them. They then reelect themselves to the board and the cycle continues. HOAs are usually a thing set up by the builders to make their lives easier for some paperwork and stuff. They absolutely suck 99% of the time.

    Native plant garden bans aren’t just an HOA thing. Many counties or cities ban them too. Much of it stems for chemical manufacturers selling the white picket fence image after WWII to veterans receiving funding to buy a home. The chemical manufacturers pushed hard for that image so they could keep making as much profit as they made manufacturing for weapons during the wartime.

    This means that trying to fight your HOA on yards is useless, you have to go higher and it’s a big big fight




  • Any of the classics really are worth a watch.

    The Expanse - more realistic sci-fi that actually accounts for thrust as gravity and slingshots around planets and such. Dystopian but not quite depressingly so. I’m on season 2. Much more serious. Still good. Read the books with a friend.

    Babylon 5 - Deep space 9 basically. Complete with godlike alien beliefs and a Vulcan like character. Honestly holds up really well from what I recall though it’s been a while since I watched it.

    Stargate - very fun. Campy. Not afraid to make fun of itself. Much more action and tropy but a very fun watch. Added bonus, between all three shows you’ve got like 18 seasons. Plenty to bite into. Honestly one of my favorite shows still.

    Firefly - A Western, in space. Very good. Very fun. Love it.

    Farscape - almost but not quite a sci-fi parody, but good. Guy gets lost in space, meets aliens, goes on adventure. Several of the actors also got roles in later seasons of Stargate.