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Openbox. Simple and efficient.

So…Rendezvous With Rama will happen after 5+ years.

Solid breakfast!

Yeah I’ll probably try doing that. I’ll post discussion threads whenever I can watch a new movie within a reasonable time as the digital release.

A netbook maybe? I used to have an old 10" lenovo netbook with a celeron CPU and 2GB of RAM. Worked pretty well with Lubuntu. I could even play StarCraft on it. If you just need it for light browsing and office tools, it should work fine. You can probably get one with at least 4 or 8 GB RAM for better performance.

I haven’t experienced this yet. However I went to a boba tea shop yesterday and after paying using Apple Pay, it prompted me to add the store’s rewards pass to my wallet. First time I’ve seen that and it’s very unwelcome.

Been a while since I had to buy one so might no longer be accurate, but an inverter-type window A/C will be more energy efficient than the regular one.

The one thing I miss since no longer going to theaters much (unless it’s a movie I really want to watch in IMAX) is that I miss out on the discussions following a film’s release. I wonder if we can have discussion threads here for movies when they are released on streaming/digital so the ones who didn’t see it in cinemas can discuss.

Ok that one got me. lol

It was better than I expected. Obviously not a masterpiece or anything, but it was a fun watch especially if you’re familiar with how the kpop industry operates.

Lol at Snarky Puppy getting caught up in that search result.

What’s wrong with Apple Notes?

I assume it’s because of HIPAA requirements. The doctor is essentially recording patient information into his private Apple account. Obviously that depends on what info he was putting there. If it was just mundane stuff like scheduling, then it’s probably fine.

I remember we had a bootleg compilation CD of various artists and Teardrop was the first track. That led me to looking for their full albums.

Mullvad’s DoH service and Leta search proxy are free. You don’t need to have a VPN subscription to use them.

I like the producers they pick for this group. They lean towards r&b influences.

The Japanese airlines had the best food I’ve experienced. Then probably Emirates.

I’ve only seen a couple of ads for this and they make it seem like it’s a generational film that will be talked about for years to come. lol

I think you have a different definition of ceiling/floor raiser than everyone else. It’s not just about winning.

To me, and most of the other people I’ve seen define those terms, a floor raiser elevates their entire team and makes their teammates better. So someone like Jokic or CP3.

A ceiling raiser is someone who has the potential to make an already good team even better. KD is the ultimate example of that. He can’t lead and carry a team, he can only add to an already good team that can do without him, with the Warriors as an example. He failed in Brooklyn because he was supposed to be the leader and he clearly is not one. He failed in Phoenix because that honestly was a poorly constructed team (redundant SGs, no PGs, stars are all iso scorers, and no depth), and Booker who technically is the leader isn’t a floor raiser either. KD is basically the lipstick on the pig. The success of his stint with the Rockets is not dependent on him, but how well their core does next season.

Curry and Kawhi are outliers in that they can be both. With Curry’s skillset and playstyle, you can plug him into any team and he raises your ceiling. At the same time, his sheer gravity gives his teammates the space to play well, which is why KD had all the space in the world with GS, because everyone was busy trying to stop Curry. Kawhi is a ceiling raiser by definition, but he was so good in his prime that he could carry an entire team on his back even without raising the floor of his teammates (i.e. Toronto). And to be fair, that was a well constructed team around him (Lowry, Siakam, Gasol, Green, and Ibaka).

Durant has always been a floor raiser, never a ceiling raiser

I think you got it the other way around…

That’s the thing. They ARE good as it is, they don’t need the foul-baiting and flopping. Not to mention they get away with a lot of physicality in the name of elite defense. That’s why their championship run was so frustrating to watch.