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I didn't see any references to Rebirth, and I see that this was published before the latest film came out, so I'm guessing the author didn't want to wait to publish in case anything in there would have changed the tone of this essay. Having seen it this past weekend, rest assured that it would not have.

There's a bit of backstory in the new one about how dinosaur zoos are closing, and that no one wants to see dinosaurs anymore. That premise struck me as strange, as people have been going to zoos for a lot longer than these fictional dinosaur zoos would have been open, and so I have to wonder if it was aimed as a little dig at audiences. The rest of the film ends up exactly as the post spells out. Hollow characters with forced exposition and mutant dinosaurs that you haven't seen in any book, making them just another monster in a monster movie. Maybe it's just that Jurassic Park was the first movie to really capture the size and scale, bringing these creatures to life, and in doing so, became the standard bearer and yardstick to which all future movies get compared to. You'll never get to experience that sense of awe and wonder again. Maybe in another few generations when the original JP falls out of the cultural consciousness.

Comment · 3 years ago
Before carplay and android auto, at least on my 2015 Mazda3, the UI was designed with the knob in mind, and you could quickly navigate through the menus without looking once you became familiar with the most often used functions. Of course, now that you have interfaces that were not designed with a knob in mind, we suffer trying to spin the knob and highlight the appropriate touch point.
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Comment · 3 years ago
Forgot to post my comment this morning so I'll post under here.

Another recommendation for the Mahjohn (or Moonman) A1. I have always adored the Pilot Vanishing Point but couldn't bring myself to spend 160 dollars on a pen, especially when most of my time is spent typing on a computer. So I found out about the Moonman A1 and I enjoyed writing with it so much that I ordered another. Feels great with some iroshizuku ink (I suppose this is my splurge) and Luechtterm 1917 notebook paper, which I only mention since ink/paper seems to have an impact on writing experience.

The pen also comes in a clipless version for those that want to avoid the clip.

Comment · 3 years ago
Do you have one that you recommend? The two I've seen are Creed, and one whose name currently escapes me but is cheaper. The latter I have heard is a more "authentic" experience, while Creed is more of a game.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
This may be my ignorance showing, but wouldn't the DOF be equivalent and the panasonic is getting more light to the sensor? The pixels may end up larger on the canon thus leading to less noise or something, but I thought in terms of light hitting the sensor Fstops were equal, but for DOF you adjusted for crop factor.
Comment · 4 years ago
Have you looked into the various builds on r/ergomechkeyboards? A lot of custom layouts/pcbs, most all with hotswap switches and running QMK, which should let you keep your custom keys on device and not needing any software at runtime. (You'll have to program the firmware at some point though.) I went with one that had a build service as I didn't feel comfortable soldering just yet. Only downside is that cases can be a little unrefined and it's easy to get expensive quickly as they are more niche builds.
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Comment · 4 years ago
You would be less likely to register accidental key presses.
Comment · 5 years ago
I'm not sure where the trim level is being populated from, but for my vehicle (Mazda3) I have a list of maybe 50 options. Compared to KBB which has the 6 levels I was expecting (with a step to select 4 or 5 door prior), it's quite confusing and overwhelming. A lot of the options seem to be equivalent as well, just with abbreviations or capitalization differences. They don't seem to change the valuation much, but perhaps some sanitizing on that dropdown would be helpful.
Comment · 5 years ago
They're a 3d printing company.
Comment · 5 years ago
In a way, I got just as frustrated (well maybe not _as_ frustrated) as playing hatetris, because I couldn't easily make 4 line combos. That is, until I managed to set up endless straight pieces and stack the rest of the board save that one slot.

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