My initial thought upon leaving DUNC2 tonight was that Dennis Villeneuve would probably do good adapting the Broken Earth trilogy, and I don’t know what that says about me or about the movie
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M_Gargantua posted:My initial thought upon leaving DUNC2 tonight was that Dennis Villeneuve would probably do good adapting the Broken Earth trilogy, and I don’t know what that says about me or about the movie After going through the plot summaries of the other dune books, I would rather pretend everything stopped after Dune.
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Pine Cone Jones posted:After going through the plot summaries of the other dune books, I would rather pretend everything stopped after Dune. Not a bad take really. Can maybe extend it out another book or two while accepting a certain level of weird but books four and beyond are just cuckoo bananas bizarro literature.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Here’s some dad chat. My mom never knew who her father was. Thanks to 23andme and dumb luck, we’ve found him. My grandpa is jewish. Never would have thought. Post/Av combo.
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bird food bathtub posted:Not a bad take really. Can maybe extend it out another book or two while accepting a certain level of weird but books four and beyond are just cuckoo bananas bizarro literature. I could agree with the second book, but after that, I dunno
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Yeah just rewrite the bit to give closure and just let it end cleanly. There are so many good stopping points that you could pivot to.
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Opinions vary on just where the Dune books stop being worth reading, but I've never heard anyone say "just push through the bad one(s) and it gets good again."
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Opinions vary on just where the Dune books stop being worth reading, but I've never heard anyone say "just push through the bad one(s) and it gets good again." It wasn't exactly high-brow, but I liked the stuff his son (?) did about the Butlerian Jihad. Don't think it counts for this though cause it was like 40 years later and, yeah, for ol' Herbert senior it started high, went off a cliff and crashed to the ground as time went on.
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I think we could squeeze Leto II's worm shenanigans into two decent and weird movies. There's a ton of fluff to get rid of, but a Miles Teg flick would be cool.
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Godholio posted:I think we could squeeze Leto II's worm shenanigans into two decent and weird movies. There's a ton of fluff to get rid of, but a Miles Teg flick would be cool. i would watch a Leto II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ftavdKq_s they are definitely not making a Leto II
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I'd like to give a big thanks to forums poster tiny for sending me a lockpicking kit a couple years ago. I got my dad's old truck and he forgot to give me the key to the hitch lock. Popped that bad boy in like 10 seconds.
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You know how sometimes, as you're sitting there, watching a movie and drinking your drink, you start reflecting on the opportunities that passed you by? Feel that twang of sorrow at the knowledge that they'll never come again? Yeah, I'll never not be butthurt that I didn't bid on any of the Fury Road cars.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I'd like to give a big thanks to forums poster tiny for sending me a lockpicking kit a couple years ago. I got my dad's old truck and he forgot to give me the key to the hitch lock. Popped that bad boy in like 10 seconds. I can't remember why I did it, I think my roommate and I got them on a lark from Amazon early on in deployment. Oddly satisfying and occasionally useful! My crowning achievment was popping the lock in my Mazda B2200 with a coat hanger I happened to have sitting in the bed? I didn't put the coat hanger there. But there it was. There was a guy sitting in the loading dock next door that offered me 20 bucks if I could pull it off again.
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 11:39 |
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I have a Sparrows kit that I need to start goofing around with.
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SquirrelyPSU posted:I can't remember why I did it, I think my roommate and I got them on a lark from Amazon early on in deployment. Oddly satisfying and occasionally useful! Lockpicking was a hobby I cultivated during the pandemic. If you really get bit by the bug, you'll start watching Deviant Ollam videos about physical security/penetration testing and then you're down a very deep and fun rabbit hole. Syrian Lannister posted:I have a Sparrows kit that I need to start goofing around with. MasterLock Model 1 and 3 are very easy to learn on, same with their 140 and 141. You can learn how to single pin pick (what everyone thinks of when they hear "lockpicking") and learn how to rake and do bypasses as well. Sparrows, ITS Tactical and tons of other vendors also sell repinnable practice locks that you can learn on as well.
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McNally posted:I may have been a little premature on the reevaluation because it looks like they're actually not done with it yet. Here's hoping for a healthy increase. I forgot to update the thread. They were done with it, my request for an increase got me a bump to 20% for the stenosis, 20% for the Cervical Radiculopathy of the Radial Nerve (right), and 20% for Cervical Radiculopathy of the Radial Nerve (left) The vertigo finally got approved at 10%, which is too low. The threshold for 10% is "occasional dizziness" which is what vertigo is. The next level is 30% which requires dizziness and "occasional staggering," which is also what vertigo is since you tend to stagger when the world begins to spin. I have an increase filed for that and I had the exam two weeks ago, waiting for the VA to parcel out my file for a decision. 30% for the vertigo would bump me from 70% (which my ruined neck got me to back in January) to 80%, which would be nice. But that's not what's important. What's important is April 8th, the day of the eclipse. We got 90% coverage where I live and I was excited to go out and see it Then five hours later I ended up with a Chosen One. The birth of my daughter was foretold by the heavens. The Prophecy has been fulfilled. She was born at 34 weeks, so she's been in the NICU. Until today! We sprang her from the joint this afternoon. oh god i have no idea what I'm doing
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Congrats! It's such a good feeling springing that baby from the NICU
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# ? May 7, 2024 04:08 |
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Congrats to you and yours, McNally! Nothing but best wishes and happiness for your family. buy her an account and make her an IK
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Congratulations! Sleep when the baby sleeps. And no, nobody has any idea what they're doing. That part's normal. The baby will remind you when something's wrong, and keep reminding you until it's fixed. You'll figure it out soon enough. Remember, sleep when the baby sleeps.
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I've said before but grats! Having children made me the man I am today. Tired, old and confused.
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Baby McNally Congrats!
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McNally, I’m so happy for your brother. You got an adorable kiddo. Best wishes to you and your significant other! And I second: No one knows WTF they are doing and sleep deprivation can be real. You’re gonna be the best kinda dad there is, I have no doubt.
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Yay, Baby! Congrats!
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Congrats McNally, that's great news!
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