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ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
movies@piefed.social•Steven Spielberg Warns Hollywood Must Invest in Original Stories or Movies Will ‘Run Out of Gas,’ Debuts Eerie New ‘Disclosure Day’ Trailer at CinemaConEnglish
12·14 days agoAlthough Spielberg recognized that his films were a significant part of the 1980s popular culture cited in the book, he opted to remove many references to them to avoid accusations of vanity.[75] Cline believed Spielberg wanted to avoid self-references to films he directed, due to the criticism he received for his film 1941, which lampooned his own previous works Jaws and Duel. Cline said he had to convince Spielberg to include some iconic elements, such as the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future, which Spielberg conceded as he only produced the film.[76] Spielberg also allowed the Tyrannosaurus rex from Jurassic Park to be included.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)#Cultural_references
For your last paragraph. What references to old Spielberg movies do you think you remember in Ready Player One?
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Fox News doc says not enough ’15 to 19′ year-olds are having kids: ‘The fertility is down’English
7·18 days agoAbsolutely, we still have 3.6 million births per year, but the problem is teens and young adults. From the ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7% and it’s down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we’re telling people that are young not to have babies, to wait until they’re in a more stable life situation till they’re more financially secure, maybe they haven’t found the right partner.
To your point, by the way, you said before we came on the air something really really important: which is we also have the technology to say “okay wait, you’re still going to have a healthy child, you’re still going to be fine because we can support pregnancies much better than we ever have before.”
Of course I want to add to that some downsides: there’s a higher obesity rate that interferes with fertility, there’s a risk of poly cystic ovary and endometriosis, there are more overall medical problems and diets are worse and then we’re talking about all the chemicals in the environment, ultra-processed foods; you might want to have a kid, but maybe as you get older you might not be able to.
My wife by the way, when she was 36 years old was going to have our second kid and I said to her obstetrician “She must be your oldest patient,” he said “She’s my youngest patient.”
Dana, people are having kids in their 30s now, not their 20s. And again, that’s leading to one thing I want to point out: the replacement rate is down to 1.56. Meaning every couple is having on average 1.56 children in the United States. We need 2 or above to keep the population at the same amount.
Maybe you watched a different interview than the one linked, he sounds like he belongs on Fox.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Firefox@lemmy.ml•Mozilla is working on a big Firefox redesign, here is what it looks likeEnglish
2·2 months agoI don’t think pixel count would be a fair comparison for a 30 year old browser. You used to actually be able to count all the pixels back then.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
pathfinder@ttrpg.network•New Bundles at Humble Bundle and Fanatical
1·2 months agoThe free RPG day adventures should be available somewhere. I was able to find A Few Flowers More (https://downloads.paizo.com/PZO9500-24E_AFewFlowersMore.pdf), but I think the rest are most easily available on demiplane (https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/sources#pathfinder2e-standalone-adventures) after you create an account.
Also important to note, it seems that everything in the humble bundle is tied to hero lab, and most of the individual items you get are the player character options from those books. I don’t actually know how hero lab works, but I’m pretty sure it’s mostly a character creator/manager and you won’t be getting the actual adventures you see there.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Congressman Tries to Cut Pay of ICE Prosecutor with Racist X Account to $1English
341·3 months agoPresumably members of congress don’t usually get a say in the disciplinary actions of any federal agency.
ICE sent a letter to Veasey stating it would address the matter and that such internal investigations can take up to 120 days, but it has otherwise not provided any information.
Veasey’s amendment came a week after the Observer reported that Rodden, who was apparently pulled from federal immigration court schedules following the Observer’s reporting last February, had returned to immigration court in Dallas.
Since ICE doesn’t want to fire the guy, this is one of the few official acts thay can be taken to “encourage” him to leave on his own.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
movies@piefed.social•What are some movies that didn't deserve to flop?English
3·3 months agoThe original was called All You Need Is Kill, which also happens to be what the new animated movie is called. I always liked the weird name, but I can definitely understand needing to change it for a wider english-speakong audience.
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movies@piefed.social•Disney's embarrassing AI-generated Star Wars video of scrambled-up animals was the opening salvo in a year full of AI humiliationEnglish
351·4 months agoMaybe you just lack the sophistication to truly enjoy an orange sloth, various animals but with stripes now, or the blue lion. Ever think about that?
The remorhaz page gives you the relationship to frost worms as part of a “Related Creatures” sidebar, while the frost worm only has “Additional Lore”. I assume this means that the two are related, but no one in universe actually knows for sure, since the remorhaz takes centuries to metamorph into the frost worm. Looking at the Pathfinder Wiki, I can’t find much more that goes into the details of either creature.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbolsEnglish
20·5 months agoThey’re probably out “not being political” and are ignorant to most curent events.
Apple seems to disagree with you.
Plus, watching a new movie with basically the same story go over all the plot points and give you a sense of deja vu will really add to the experience.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•The Kremlin Wants Elon Musk to Build a Tunnel From Russia to the U.S.English
11·6 months agoSo yeah, it was about minors (children) trapped in a cave, not miners (the profession).
But in fairness, the Chilean miners I was thinking of was back in 2010.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•The Kremlin Wants Elon Musk to Build a Tunnel From Russia to the U.S.English
16·6 months agoI think that was a trapped minor incident. The trapped miner incident happened around the same time, but didn’t involve Elon.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Top White House official selling Arlington home after activists write chalk messages on sidewalk | ARLnow.comEnglish
12·6 months agoFrom here it seems 3 would be normal, one for trash, recycling, and yard waste. But that house has three bins dedicated to trash pickup every week, which seems like a lot.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•You might still be able to get Xbox Game Pass’ day one games for less than $30 a monthEnglish
7·7 months agoAnd if you’re only interested in a brand new game every two months (on average), you could just buy the games at full price on release day.
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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•HELLDIVERS 2: Tech Blog #1 - Arrowhead's Deputy Technical Director discusses the install size of Helldivers 2English
11·7 months agoThey could probably put out a beta branch or whatever it’s called specifically for hard drives. Have the default installation assume you have an ssd and let people opt into hdd optimization.
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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Kingmakers - A Message From the Developers [planned release delayed]English
1·7 months agoA surprising number of people on steam are calling it a scam, so I’m assuming they don’t actually know what the word means.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for ShutdownEnglish
116·7 months agoThe VA did the same thing in a newsletter they send out.


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