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Comment Two Halves... (Score 1) 172

(Spoiler alert below)

First half of the movie was pretty decent. It had promise. But then, like so many previous Superman movies, the film directors became wildly inconsistent showing their powers and abilities. And many plot holes. Let's list them:

1. When Krypto is poisoned, why not take him with to a yellow-star system, which should make him feel better? At the worse, she has the dog with her so if she gets the antidote, she won't have to travel back to another planet.
2. In the first fight, instead of punching guys, why not just snap everyone's arm or leg before they can blink? (could've been reminiscent of Terminator 2 where Arnold shoots all the cops in the leg not killing them) Or use laser eyes to slice everyone in half. The movie is inconsistent showing her powers and speed.
3. So stupid to stop the little girl from trying to kill the bad guy.
4. She sees bad guy reach up to go to his ship. She is fast enough she could easily have beaten him to the ship, brought him back down and literally tore him in 2. Instead she just stares at him and watches the ship jump.
5. Laser eyes barely do damage in one scene. In the next she blows a 20-foot wide hole thru a space ship with her laser eyes. Very inconsistent.
6. I know the comics had the bad guy having some sort of magical powers to fight a kryptonian. But that was never explained in the movie. Nor was the fact that he had made kryptonite darts "especially for her" when he had just recently met Super Girl. And how would the dart even penetrate her skin? Her skin can cause steel bullets to bounce off. Does her skin weaken in a thousandth of a second for kryptonite liquid that is within 6 inches to allow a dart to penetrate her skin? I don't buy that.
7. Why does Supergirl throw the bad guy around like Hulk tossing Loki? And somehow the guy's spine isn't split? Why use a sword to kill him instead of laser eyes. And if using a sword, decapitate. Don't just stab him (with no blood) and assume he'll die.

(end rant)

Comment Service Issues (Score 2) 58

I bought a Tesla online in 2021 (after first test driving one). I loved the process and the car was delivered to my driveway. I hate car salesmen. I don't like haggling, this is what I want, dont bs the price. I should be paying the same as the next customer, just like as if I was buying a laptop from Costco. Here is the real gotcha - service. Tesla is essentially a monopoly with their service centers - which definitely are not great. All states should allow sales direct to customer. But they should also require the manufacturer to allow private mechanics to service their cars. This would essentially be like dealership service centers, where the mechanic is "authorized" to service the car, would have appropriate computer diagnostic equipment, etc. Details would have to be worked out for reasonable fees the manufacturer could charge the mechanic, but the laws should mandate if X cars sold in the state, they must have X third-party mechanics. Like in Phoenix, there are tons of Teslas sold. Their service center is very slow. If there were third-party mechanics to choose from, it would provide competition for Tesla Service Centers to perform better & faster and generally ease the backlog, while at the same time increase the physical locations to choose from so you don't have to drive 45 minutes to get to a mechanic.

Comment Price Gouging (Score 1) 72

So... hurricane hits, Walmart algorithm foresees big uptick in demand for essentials and jacks up the price. Isn't that illegal price gouging?

Or it's 4th of July in Myrtle Beach. Lots of visitors. So Walmart algorithm jacks up their prices. Isn't that also price gouging?

I'd like to see how this works with laws on the books for price gouging. This just smells bad.

Comment Strain on Resources (Score 5, Informative) 65

Who isn't surprised that Tucson, AZ and Chandler, AZ both voted down data centers recently? It is stupid for a water-hog like a data center to even want to build in the desert, where water resources are cherished. And data centers *SHOULD* be voted down in areas that don't the water resources needed to run a large data center.

Comment Yes, Return to Decorum (Score 4, Insightful) 201

"Decorum" for the administration who's Press Secretary makes brazen lies almost daily. The administration who's President calls reporters and people he doesn't like childish names daily, while insisting things others have done he himself did. Lots of decorum there. I don't think reverting to an old font will have the slightest difference in decorum with this administration.

Comment Bad Premise (Score 5, Interesting) 125

If 90% of students in a class complete the required work, and score above 90% on an exam, then they are all deserving of an A. If a class is supposed to teach a set curriculum and the students master that curriculum, they deserve an A. Doesn't matter if it is 1 in 30 or 29 of 30 students.

Harvard does not admit "C" students from high school. They only admit students who have earned top marks in high school. Which means that the students there are generally pretty smart in the first place. Which seems to infer that the majority would be capable of achieving high marks in college as well.

Now if the class has a grading curve then it could be argued that that the curve is too generous.

Also, there is a big difference between freshman general ed classes - required for all majors - versus high-level classes that are specific to one's major. Is the grade inflation in the general ed classes or the higher level classes?

Comment NHTSB Abuses OTA updates (Score 1) 107

When I first got a Tesla in 2021, it had cool/fun features like use of an external speaker... to yell "Hey you!" etc. But the NHTSB decided that was too much fun and mandated Tesla send an OTA update which disabled that feature. But OTA is also great in that in 2021 there was no integration with Apple Music and Spotify, but because of OTA updates they are now integrated with the car's functionality.

I would guess other auto-makers see those types of updates as motivation to buy their new model year cars.

Or maybe they look at BMW and want to lock down more features as subscription services controlled by the software.

Comment Re: Some Evidence. (Score 1) 107

As someone who used to live in a "flyover" state, it most definitely SHOULD go to somewhere with a higher population base and more visitors. That is not unfair at all. That is life. That is where people are. DC and NYC have large airports, mass transit, and infrastructure to move a lot of people around. Rural areas do not. Get over yourself.

The Smithsonian is a national treasure of museums. This is specifically where something like this should go. Not MN, WI, SD, ND, IA, NE, MO, KS, AK, OK, MI, etc. Chicago would be the only option in the midwest. But the Smithsonian is far more worthy.

Comment This explains a few things... (Score 1) 27

Like why the programming "language" for Power Apps is the worst of the worst. It took bad Excel formulas, merged with VB and came up with crap. Where inputs of multiple types dont even have the same basic properties (like background color). And CoPilot doesn't even know how to do lots of things, giving blatantly wrong answers 30-50% (or more) of the time.

Comment Museums Need A/C (Score 1) 192

When I was in the Louvre a few years ago, they had A/C in the section around the Mona Lisa. But other sections did not have A/C. And it was hot enough I thought the paint was going to start dripping. Seriously, why would you store any art important enough to be in the Louvre without A/C? I mean the entrance fees were high enough to support paying the electric bill for A/C. Just seems like such an odd stance to take. Sure they can set the A/C thermostat temperature to be higher to reduce electricity used, but still... certain buildings should be required to have A/C everywhere. It isn't some technological marvel only a few can afford.

Comment How did we get in this mess? (Score 1) 135

The better question is... who in the Navy signed off on such a stupid contract? These are ships designed for war. If you're in a war zone, people die if you can't fix broken things ASAP. Every single item on a war ship should be fixable by sailors on that ship. So again... what Navy official was bribed into signing such a ludicrous contract in the first place!

Comment Re:Not hard to understand (Score 1) 89

Parents can already manage their kids apps on iPhone. Pretty sure they can also do that in Android.

To use your analogy of "pre-Internet"... There was no law requiring you submit your ID to some database (to probably get hacked) to sign up for HBO, Cinemax, or Showtime. Adults would be responsible for whether or not their kids watched programs on those channels. Same thing here. Parents can, and should, be responsible for what apps their kids get. There is no need to scan, upload, take a picture, etc. to access things. Just be a freaking parent. It is not that hard. And it is not the state's responsibility.

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