Brilliant Round-up
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- Oscar Isaac and Rebecca Ferguson on Dune and Why They Love Denis Villeneuve. Thanks Acleacius.
- 'Dune' 101: Everything You Need to Know Going Into the Sci-Fi Epic. Thanks RedEye9.
Stories
- Jetson One personal eVTOL looks like a ton of fun to fly.
- Vinyl Is Selling So Well That It’s Getting Hard to Sell Vinyl (may require registration or subscription).
- One of Most Popular Paint Colors Runs Out of Stock Due to Supply Crunch (may require registration or subscription). Thanks Slashdot.
- Alec Baldwin fatally shoots woman with prop gun on movie set. Was just talking about The Crow two days ago. Thanks brother19.
Science
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- So-Called Junk DNA – Genetic “Dark Matter” – Is Actually Critical to Survival in Mammals.
- There's a Beautiful Molecular Relationship Between Cannabis and Caffeine.
- The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds.
- Hardened Wood Steak Knife Is Three Times As Sharp As A Steel One.
Media
- How Radiohead Wrote the Perfect Bond Theme. Thanks Acleacius.
- Former Marine stops armed robbery attempt at Chevron gas station store in Arizona. Thanks brother19.
- World's Worst DJ.
Follow-ups
- CDC Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Booster Shots.
- Booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine shows 95.6% efficacy in Phase 3 trial, companies say.
- Dental records show remains found at Carlton Reserve are Brian Laundrie, FBI says.
- Robert Durst charged with 1982 murder of wife Kathie Durst.
RedEye9 wrote on Oct 24, 2021, 15:23:
Keeping up with the movies was not difficuIt and i have never read the books.
I definitely preferred the 1984 version and how they showed space travel and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. Plus Sting.
MxxCon wrote on Oct 22, 2021, 19:06:I'm sorry this is causing a problem. I haven't seen this myself or seen other reports like this, so it may be hard to figure out. However, I also just received an email from our ad provider saying that entire type of ad unit has been redesigned. It will now appear at the bottom of the screen among other changes to make it more user-friendly. I haven't seen the new version appear yet, but I'll cross my fingers this will just solve your problem by itself. Please keep me posted if this happens again (whether the ad appears at the top or the bottom of the screen). Thanks.
Blue, whenever this banner ad shows up, my cpu usage jumps to 100%
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The Flying Penguin wrote on Oct 23, 2021, 10:39:Are you suggesting that there was live ammo on set? What would be the purpose of that?
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The previous day, Baldwin's stunt double was handed what was supposed to be an unloaded gun and wound up firing two rounds accidently. That should have shut down production for a safety review right there, and if they had, a needless death would have been avoided.
TheBigVlad wrote on Oct 23, 2021, 11:55:The Flying Penguin wrote on Oct 23, 2021, 10:39:
The previous day, Baldwin's stunt double was handed what was supposed to be an unloaded gun and wound up firing two rounds accidently. That should have shut down production for a safety review right there, and if they had, a needless death would have been avoided.
If that is true, then it makes me wonder if that kind of mishap happens from time to time and we just never hear about it because it doesn't result in injury. Like you said, I would think that it would have been taken very seriously the first time and resulted in a review of safety procedures. Maybe it did, and it still happened again anyway. It might be a while before we get the full story of what exactly happened.
The Flying Penguin wrote on Oct 23, 2021, 10:39:
The previous day, Baldwin's stunt double was handed what was supposed to be an unloaded gun and wound up firing two rounds accidently. That should have shut down production for a safety review right there, and if they had, a needless death would have been avoided.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Oct 22, 2021, 22:43:
Dune was fucking awesome!!!!!!