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[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Both of these.

American Gods really pissed me off though if they had stuck to the books it could have been an amazing series with great characters and weird but fun storylines in a unique setting. But they added too much stuff and there was a total mess with the show runners leaving so it all sort of fell apart before one of the best plot lines of the whole story.

I kinda want to rewatch it again someday though…

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I have friends who are big time LOTR fans who absolutely hate it and didn’t get past the first couple of episodes.

Me - who has no context around the whole thing - found it kinda entertaining :/

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In the UK at least, switching banks is super easy, I’ve done in twice in the last 2 months because they offered free cash to do so, there is enough competition that the banks have to make it easy to move or else they lose customers.

For government, generally most systems are built to be as accessible as they can be because there has been [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/accessibility-requirements-for-public-sector-websites-and-apps ](whole raft of legislation) written up to cover this.

I’m not saying it wouldn’t be a problem (power companies etc could prove to be sticky) but there are legal requirements that entities above a certain site have to meet.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

If you want to move them elsewhere(or even just get a csv export of them) there are apps for that.

https://freeyourmusic.com will let you pay a one time fee to do it to as many services as you want, it’s a bit slow but it’ll get there eventually.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I like Invasion but it’s always felt like popcorn entertainment, silly contrivances that advance the plot, characters that do things out of character, a decent amount of action but nothing particularly deep and hardly “prestige” TV like The Last Of Us.

So - for me - the first episode felt pretty on-brand.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How about The Expanse or The Martian? They’re both relatively hard sci-fi that focuses mostly on our own solar system.

The Martian tells the tale of a man stuck on Mars and his ability to survive on his own whilst those back on Earth figure out a way to get him back. Both the book and the film are great so you can’t go wrong with either.

The Expanse covers more of the local system. Earth and Mars are on the brink of war, whilst others live out near the asteroid belt, Jupiter and beyond. It goes a little sci-fi later on but it’s an inherently human story that has some great characters living in a time when space travel is still dangerous but achievable by humanity. It starts a little slow but ramps up brilliantly and has a nice conclusion that wraps everything up pretty neatly. You’ve got 9+ books, a 6 season TV series on Amazon Prime, and a newly released TellTale video game, all of which are well produced and worth investing time in.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The best time to leave Twitter was when Elon took over, the second best time is right now.

I think would be a step too far for most

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As a Brit this seems like such a ridiculous attitude to have.

When you go out for food you are paying for:

  • Quality ingredients
  • The knowledge and skill of someone to take those ingredients and make a nice meal out of them

If you’re dining in you also get:

  • A nice place to sit with good lighting and a nice ambiance
  • Someone to bring your food
  • Someone to clean away your dirty dishes

If you are getting delivery you instead pay for someone to bring it to you.

The food itself is like 40% of what you’re paying for, the rest is just convenience and atmosphere.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m curious as to the last time you tried it? Apple Maps is a heck of a lot better than it used to be.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obvious answer is obvious

Fight Club

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m guessing Linus’s investment is safe then :)

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Needed office for my Mac, internet was terrible and I couldn’t find it legitimately to download anywhere (these were the days before Office 365)

Took a shot at an eBay listing, got sent a burned DVD with an OEM product key written on it sharpie

It worked, but I wasn’t particularly happy

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