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ASCII-rendered visuals looks pretty decent.

After reading the first sentence, I cannot stop imagining some Rust people cannot stop salivating at the prospect to a version saying, "written in Rust", "safe", etc. ~

As it should be.

Excellent news. Ethnocentrism is gone wild in such certain big tech, what I would call as "ethnic nepotism". It seems more problematic with Indians.

PDF's are not Presentation Document Format. Should be "Portable".

> Every possible product name is carefully checked to avoid undesirable meanings in other languages, political or religious affiliations and fit into our global profile

If I remember correctly, they had a desk named "JERKER" in early 2000s.

Am I the only one who cannot read the date on the blister pack even fully zoom in my phone?

If that is the full quality image given to the model, I think it's not surprising that the model confused with 03/2022.

The language is not the problem here, I also cannot understand ancient greek. Let aside the casting, it impose a modern morality instead of the original moral arguments. The movie portrays Odysseus in a completely different manner. Homer's Odysseus is intelligent, deceitful, resilient, cruel... While in the movie Nolan's "modern" themes served rather than Homer's original.

I don't know if I am the only one, but it feels like trying to rewrite a historical epic with someone's own themes. I don't say one is better or worse, but it just doesn't feel right.

In this context, the book itself is the history rather than the story as a foundational western narrative. The movie diverge in many grounds from the book, and it is sad that most people will only watch the movie rather than read the original work.