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CougTek
Serial computer killer
Thanks Mooner for the explanation about DDrueding... I was more looking for post #18526 and #18532 of this thread, but your "unconventional" links motivated me to search for the correct source.
It boggles the minds.
CougTek
Serial computer killer
It was comical and reminded me that you had the same issues many years ago. I didn't mind.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
It's a fun movie that leans heavily on the Pakistani-American Ms. Marvel character and her family . Ms. Marvel had a TV mini-series explaining the character and it was clearly intended for younger viewers; the actress playing the character actually writes the comics about her as well, but as the character is a newer creation, she doesn't have a huge fan base.
The Marvels relies on two less-known characters that were both introduced in Disney+ Shows, The other is (currently) Captain Rambeau, who in comics has also had the name Captain Marvel, who first appeared in the WandaVision series. These two characters require someone to have seen two D+ shows to fully understand, although the movie does a fine job of introducing them to new audiences.
Brie Larson tried to fight back against misogynist internet trolls, and thus is not well liked by those same trolls. There's been a lot of reflexive hate against her specifically for that reason, which definitely has had an impact on her career. I attribute this largely to misogyny; Warner Brothers and Paramount both have a similar problem with some creative projects as well, but Disney has it the worst. Kathleen Kennedy (functionally the woman in charge of Star Wars) and Victoria Alonso (Co-Producer of Marvel Projects up to Eternals) both see massive amounts of online hate. The troll brigade does not like 'woke' casting in particular and Disney is seen as a poster child for this in general.
All that said, the movie is light, colorful and above all fun. There's a Bollywood dance number. There are friendly alien cats. Ms. Marvel's Pakistani family brings a lot of heart and realism to the movie. The bad guy isn't terribly memorable but does further the overall plot of the last three years of Marvel projects. The end credits sequences pay off two massive ongoing elements of Marvel comics lore. It's easily the most enjoyable Marvel movie since No Way Home.
I saw the Guardians of Galaxies Phase III and it was by far worse than the others. It's more of a kid's movie than the first one which was decent for adults. The second version was weaker, but palatable. The third had such a disgustingly mawking ending I wish the other teams had won the battles. I suspect many involved with that project were atomoxetine candidates.
CougTek
Serial computer killer
Atomoxetine; I've learned a new word! Thanks.
sedrosken
Florida Man
Doing some upgrades to my network again. I bought a cheap 4-port 2.5GbE switch with dual 10Gb SFP ports and a couple of copper transceivers that should be able to do 10Gb over CAT5e under very short runs (the longest I'll be doing is around the room to my main desktop, which will be ~15ft or ~5m). I nabbed a couple of Intel X540-based 10Gb cards off AliExpress as well. I plan to put the smaller switch in-line between my main switch and my router -- it shouldn't matter that the LAN interface on the router is only 1Gb for what I've got planned.
I'm swapping my motherboard and CPU between the server and my main desktop as well since I need more slots on the server -- I'm condensing a little bit, I'm putting my VGA capture card in the server and passing it through to a Windows VM. The 5700X will get more of a workout running my server needs, the 5500 was absolutely fine in my main. I only upgraded when I did because the 5700X was so cheap and I needed a Zen3 memory controller so I could run the RAM I had at native speed.
I'm swapping my motherboard and CPU between the server and my main desktop as well since I need more slots on the server -- I'm condensing a little bit, I'm putting my VGA capture card in the server and passing it through to a Windows VM. The 5700X will get more of a workout running my server needs, the 5500 was absolutely fine in my main. I only upgraded when I did because the 5700X was so cheap and I needed a Zen3 memory controller so I could run the RAM I had at native speed.