They probably can't move the movie up. Knowing Disney, they'll probably still be doing reshoots the week before.

Come on man, "freeware" gives you away so bad, like if you're not using open source software already, what would installing Linux do for you.

You think you're a Windows power user because you have two monitors or replaced your OEM graphics driver.
I think I'm a Windows power user because 100% of my day is spent in a WSL terminal and I don't do dick with Windows outside of that black rectangle and vscode and ... a password manager and.. browsers..um.. the screen clipping tool in 11 actually rocks too. Besides the point.
That's for work, for fun (don't tell) I'm ssh/mosh/tmux'd from my iPad sidekick into a Mac Mini vibe coding side projects that I push to Linux instances in the cloud.

You know, maybe I'm not a Windows power user, I'm not doing anything windows centric, no powershell no win32 application development no .NET. And I'm not setting up fancy workflows with Automator on my Mac or building cool iPhone apps, I have one HomeKit automation. And I'm not bootstrapping my compiler, recompiling my kernel, rebuilding the world on a custom glibc in Linux. But I can do all of those things, and I know anyone that says platform X,Y or Z is for power users is fulllllll of shit. It's sort of like moving away from your home state and feeling like you're not from there, that new place. Before long you go home and realize you're not from there anymore either, you've been away as long as you were there. Then what the fuck are you. Not nothing, not half something, you're everything, or you're something on the way to everything, you always have been.

You don't need to replace anything with Linux, you need to open a terminal. Make something, break something just for fun, you can do that anywhere, on all the platforms. You don't switch, you grow somewhere else for a while.

> One of those s[c]ents that everyone is programed instinctively to move away from.

If that were true Antifa riots wouldn't be a thing.

How many supervillain plots in comics, TV or movies started with the villain's corporation introducing some kind of tech like this, only to later use it to manipulate people?

> well above stuff like Star Trek.

In 2026, "Blue's Clues" would be above Star Trek in terms of science.

I have a lot of criticisms of the movie, but it was fun. It was funny. It was entertaining. And because of that, I can give it a pass.

I do, huge virtual high def 2D screens for entertainment is one of the use cases it absolutely excels at. For watching a movie, it's top notch.
That's not what most people think a VR/AR headset should be used for, but fuck them and the ignorant opinion they rode in on, it's amazing.

VR games are nice... but everyone plays games on 2D screens, everyone watches movies and tv shows on 2D screens. The AR pass-through and the high resolution are what make it great for virtual 2D display. That Apple hasn't worked out a deal with Sony and Microsoft for similar native game streaming is mind boggling, hopefully the steam thing is a pilot for the rest.

The price needs to come down, a lot, and being a solo experience is really a limiting factor for families. Think what you will about Apple, but passthrough+high res display with the virtual display use case could end up being more popular than the VR/3D game mode. My main problem is I have a family, I don't get to watch movies alone and I have to fight over the game consoles. I sure AF don't have time to fart around in a VR game and occupy the entire living room. But sit on the couch (with neck support ugh..) and watch the same thing as everyone else but AR augmented bigass screen, that's different, or playing a game on a second virtual display while also watching whatever the family wants to watch on the main tv. There are some really good use cases with widespread appeal, once the price comes down and more manufacturers figure it out. Stop thinking about them as just VR headsets.

Beats putting an 80+ inch tv in every room and the back porch and the hammock, and etc.

https://www.apple.com/apple-vi...

As someone who's been using Samsung phones for about 15 years, I had no idea there was a thing called "Samsung Messages". I tend to tune out all the shovelware that phones come with (and take steps to remove or disable them).

I really like Samsung phones, but their software ecosystem is abysmal. Everything they provide is inferior to other options.

On /. over the decades
"Why should I deal with ads, the internet is free"
"Why should I deal with paywalls, I can get the same AP article for free from a shittier website."
"Why should I deal with the news, I can get everything from Facebook"
"Why should I read anything ever it's all biased"

"Wants.. actual journalism" ... is some no true Scotsman bullshit, because you're either informed, read multiple sources and exercise critical thinking, or a moron.

To anyone that can't find "actual journalism", fuck you right in the ear hole with a rusty corncob. What will replace it... you're looking at it, morons.

It's probably worse than that, because it's so populist and infeasible it has to be on purpose. I think it's bait to give politicians something unwinnable to squabble over instead of playing games with electricity prices, and obstructing datacenter construction, things that are bipartisan and more likely to actually happen.

Half the world runs on VBA for Office applications (or used to, it's probably less now), and VBA for Office has never been officially supported by Microsoft. You're on your own if you choose to use it.

Dude the 85th percentile is literally a measure of what 85% of people drive when no signs are posted, based on their vehicles capabilities, road design, weather, and road conditions.

What are you arguing for, 90, 95%, the maximum, no limit? It's unreasonable to have no posted speeds, because half of you assholes just want to drive faster than the person in front of you and will unnecessarily accelerate to pass all the damned time on any twisty hilly road possible. Jesus Christ, you're not getting there any sooner. As soon as you finish passing and reduce your speed when you think the guy you passed can't see you anymore your average speed is no different. If you constantly fight upstream passing every single car, you still only shave seconds off your trip time and deserve every ticket you get.

Use a fucking GPS, just to drive across town even. Flip to whatever screen or setting shows your ETA. Now speed, and watch what it's all for. Fucking idiots.

It's more like the 85th percentile of observed traffic, and other factors are considered. Maybe it's different in some small towns, but not anywhere getting a fancy average speed monitoring system. Haven't you driven over those rubber hose sensor things laid across the road before, that's how they do the traffic study AFAIK.

https://www.ite.org/technical-...