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Bldck

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  • What is the recommended way to watch the Star Wars series?

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  • Just posted this in a thread about watching the show Andor. Additional context, I’d watch the movies first before you decide to get into any of the shows

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    I highly recommend Rogue One as well. It follows Cassian Andor as a spy for the rebellion immediately after the second (and final) season of the show.

    Rogue One is a story set immediately before the first movie: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Immediately as in the final scene of Rogue One is the first scene of A New Hope.

    Similar to the other commenter, the problem is that Rogue One is by far the best movie of the entire franchise, so you start at the high point.

    If you like the movie and want more Star Wars, I recommend this order. I’ll list the title and the “episode” number

    1. Rogue One (3.9)
    2. A New Hope (4)
    3. The Empire Strikes Back (5)
    4. The Phantom Menace (1)
    5. Attack of the Clones (2)
    6. Revenge of the Sith (3)
    7. Return of the Jedi (6)

    There are three more movies after #6, but there’s almost no point in watching them.

    It’s really important to remember that a lot of the Star Wars movies aren’t good but they’re cultural institutions and you kinda have to accept them as they are. The writer/director of the original trilogy spent a lot of time tweaking and editing them after their original releases including adding new scenes digitally created decades after the release.

  • Became a part of a micro HOA and looking for banking options

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  • Small building HOAs like this are for managing joint property like the roof, common stairs and yard work. They also hold insurance and pay common utilities.

    It’s not the same as a subdivision HOA that tells you what color your house can be and how short the grass must be

  • Government SIGINT or just a skid?

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  • Sagemcom produces white label networking equipment for Spectrum. I used to work in the industry and Spectrum was a customer, so I worked with Sagemcom directly.

    This looks like a business setting up new networking equipment. Either as a complement to the existing network (extending) or replacing what’s there.

  • Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?

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  • Trump plans to announce US will call Persian Gulf ‘Arabian Gulf’, officials say

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  • The name Mar-a-Lago means "sea to lake" in Spanish, reflecting the fact that the estate extends from one end of Palm Beach Island to the other, touching the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Lake Worth Lagoon on the west

  • RSS reader app - only pulls articles w a specific keyword? open source?

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  • FreshRSS

  • What's the dumbest couple dispute you've ever had?

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  • One time I was at a specialty beer and cheese shop and I saw this guy pushing a cart alone with two children. He generally looked beaten down and glum. The kids are rambunctious, he’s exhausted, wife is missing but obviously in the store with them.

    He is browsing the cases, killing time waiting for his wife to come back. He grabs a small block of cheese, looks interested it and adds it to the cart.

    A few minutes later, the wife returns and immediately spots the cheese block. She picks it up and screams “$10? For a block of cheese you haven’t even TRIED yet? Absolutely not.”

    Then she hurled it back in the case and stomped off while he sullenly followed her with the cart and kids

  • What food item are people sleeping on?

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  • Shakshuka with some pita is one of my comfort foods. I use David Lebovitz’s recipe

  • Clients for Beehaw?

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  • I use Arctic for Lemmy on iOS

  • Smart devices and their hubs

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  • Typically for devices that require a hub, it’s because they do not have WiFi chips. Often manufacturers leave off WiFi chips because the power draw is too high for the batteries, but there are other reasons too.

    The hub act as a bridge between whatever local networking protocol is used (zigbee, z-wave, BLE) and the LAN. For example, a lightbulb may use z wave to talk to a hub, the hub uses Ethernet/wifi to connect to the LAN, the LAN connects to the WAN.

    In some cases, you can setup a system that controls everything locally without needing an internet connection at all. This is often preferred in the home automation space by users who want to ensure reliable access to devices.

    Some centralized hubs can talk directly to many brands of devices without needing many proprietary hubs, but they tend to be expensive or require a licensed dealer to install.

    For a DIY option, look into Home Assistant running on a raspberry pi

  • Amazon alternatives

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  • I’ve been using hardcover.app it’d a little rough around the edges but a lot better than Goodreads from a UX perspective

  • Safest American Cities for LGBTQ People in Republican States

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  • Summary of video

    List of Cities Mentioned: 1. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2. Kansas City, Missouri 3. St. Louis, Missouri 4. Cleveland, Ohio 5. Columbus, Ohio 6. Cincinnati, Ohio 7. Louisville, Kentucky 8. Tucson, Arizona 9. Las Vegas, Nevada 10. Salt Lake City, Utah 11. Grand Rapids, Michigan 12. Detroit, Michigan

  • What books would you describe as nothing burger?

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  • I think the best part of the book was the hubris of the government. They threw technology at a problem that was untested and unplanned.

    if we spend enough money, surely we can solve the problem

    Such a late 80s and 90s sentiment

  • What books would you describe as nothing burger?

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  • Actually I really liked The Andromeda Strain including its ending, but it had a similar let down feeling. I think it’s worth the read. See how we thought about pandemics in the 90s before we had a major outbreak in the western world (excluding HIV)

    Crichton is best when he’s writing hard science fiction like Andromeda or Jurassic Park. Sphere is too science fantasy for him and he struggles with how to make it work.

  • What books would you describe as nothing burger?

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  • You disliked the ending to The Sphere more than The Andromeda Strain?

  • (Suggest me a Book similar to) Station Eleven

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  • Oh you’re in for a treat! I love all these books

    If I had to pick, I’d go with Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow first. It’s very accessible and very good

    Same Bed, Different Dreams is a treat, but it can be a little confusing. Especially if you don’t have much context with the history of the Korean Peninsula

  • (Suggest me a Book similar to) Station Eleven

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    • One Day by David Nicholls because it uses overlapping narratives and different perspectives to tell one story
    • The Dog Stars by Peter Heller because it uses a post apocalyptic backdrop to take you on an emotional journey with the characters
    • This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud because its overlapping narratives over decades continually recolor events and motivations and outcomes
    • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin because its three protagonists have their own stories to tell, but they are intertwined and dependent. -Same Bed, Different Dreams by Ed Park because the complex story structure lends itself to a powerful emotional journey for the protagonist and the reader

  • war plans leak

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  • People who like war thunder tend to be military folks. Some of those military folks have access to sensitive materials. Some of those people make bad choices about sharing sensitive materials

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  • Yo that’s super cool! My nerd brain went straight to a virtual table top map for D&D