Since the Hobbit and the original trilogy didn't have any black elves in it, they must have been killed off somehow, so it will be interesting to see how they write that part into the 50 hours...

But I blame the writers for these racial problems and causing some race problems in society. If you write good characters that are black, brown, or Asian no one has a problem. If you try and force a black character into a role just to have diversity or representation without a good storyline or purpose, it harms race relations and the mood of on-line comments.

Back in college I wrote my own encryption/decryption program. I knew it was secure up to a point. But I do wonder what the criminal underworld's tech people were thinking trusting some software that they didn't write in-house.

While I just watched one of these for Intersteller yesterday, I did see that movie in the cinema.

Movie clips are another thing that should be allowed.

But, demonetize them and give the money to the studios. And I would say that the movie has to be over 10 years old too. You aren't going to be losing much revenue at that point to anyone choosing the quick version over the full movie on YouTube.

There are a lot of older movies that younger people should see, but don't have time to sit through 2 years of films before they are done with school.

He will forget to do it if this story doesn't get brought up in the news for the next few weeks.

Travel is easier than before, and communications is much easier than it was before. You used to be stuck to your own area and friend groups, and you only had to compete with local guys. Now the fantasy of being with a doctor or rich guy makes it too competitive. There are also too many options, so you always wonder if someone better is out there.

Yes, there is no loyalty for life anymore, richer or poorer and all that. If you can't provide the good life, there is someone else that can a few miles away. Travel is much easier now, communication is much easier now, and moving is much easier too.

Society has changed, but there is blame to go around to every group for getting us to where we are.

It isn't just employment. Driving an Uber and working retail aren't impressive. Compared to the doctors, businessmen, and athletes that play the hook-up game. Just look at the Bachelor TV show. If you aren't impressive enough to show off to her friends and parents, you aren't worth dating.

Rule 34 still holds true.

It was obvious that China went into strict lockdown mode and was concerned about this virus in January. We don't know what the non-public data showed either.

It is more proof that doctors and researchers are cavalier and think they are invincible. This should still be a Biosafety Level 4 type of virus. The researchers should be following procedures wearing full face P100 masks and decontaminating suits when dealing with infected patients and areas.

In my state something like 17% of the cases are healthcare workers, and I would assume a few more are family members of those healthcare workers.

We don't even know how long immunity lasts. If it is like the flu, you will be just as vulnerable after a few years. Let alone if different strains can re-infect people.

I don't know who decided that herd immunity was the best strategy, but it isn't. New Zealand will be fine opening up their borders to people from other countries who have eliminated the virus for the next few years.

But that was a crazy process for a small program. I might have known the C program that I was trying to reconstruct too, I don't remember. But I couldn't imagine the work that would have to go into a program this big.

If you watch the first 7 minutes and then fast forward to minute 44, it isn't a bad movie. They needed to focus more on the trees around the world and what humans are doing to them.

The middle part was out of date, and nitpicky. Yes we need to figure out how to do industrial production using renewable energy to get off of fossil fuels, but there weren't any solutions to work towards.

And they sidestepped around calling for worldwide birth control, women empowerment, voluntary permanent birth control, and better sex education at a younger age (on-line and uncensored). That is how you start to reduce the amount of humans being born and to help people get out of poverty.

But playing "gotcha" on a music concert that is trying to use solar panels in Vermont is missing the big picture. Complaining that the mirrors installed back 20+ years ago somehow is contributing to the financial benefit of the rich anti-environmentalists isn't great either. And who knows how much natural gas is used there. Maybe it is only used to prevent it from freezing a few nights a year as a backup? Or are they getting the landfill/food decomposing natural gas for this site? It wasn't necessary and was missing a lot of details. I'm surprised the bird issue wasn't brought up.

Maybe the WiFi signals could be used to ping other phones near you. Or the phone could keep track of your GPS logs in an app like Strava and it uploads to a website that overlaps your path with others who tested positive.

They are just copying Apple again...