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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4122068/
https://www.amc.com/shows/humans
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/humans

Synthetic humans are created, but once again philosophers weren’t involved, and when some present intelligence and emotion they take umbrage at being slaves.

Adequate, but neither revelatory nor particularly interesting. Not particularly recommended except for people who like the general topic (which is why I made a tag for it).

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Entertainment > Television >
War of the Worlds – (2019 show) >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9686194/




s02e01 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 1

Spoiler
2023-03-11

(no notes were taken)

s02e02 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 2

Spoiler
2023-03-11
  • 15:00 — Why is she stupid?

    • Why is the bad guy stupid?
  • 2:00 —

  • 23:00 — So he really didn’t tell anyone that she’s an alien?
  • 30:30 — He’s acting all creepy-touchy.

s02e03 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 3

Spoiler
2023-03-11

No subtitles for this one.. sigh.

  • 0:15 — So exactly how do the aliens know he’s creating a virus?
  • 1:00 — Oh, so he did have good use of the arm that got stabbed.
  • 3:45 — How long does insulin last anyway?
  • 37:00 — I assume those fruit are either newly-picked or fake.
  • 38:30 — Maybe don’t let them talk? Maybe don’t let anyone near the confirmed-alien?
  • 40:00 — Maybe don’t lure things back to you by using the radio..
  • 42:15 — I’ve held off on predicting everything, but I take it those two are Adam and Eve and they’re the survivors of humanity who, in the distant future, travel back in time and re-create the circumstances they knew from their history.
  • 47:00 — I saw the greenhouse tents, so he was presumably self-sufficient.

s02e04 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 4

Spoiler
2023-03-11
  • 2:45 — Well since the bad guys look/are human, stopping is a little stupid.
  • 3:45 — Are they looking to capture her? They’d normally just shoot her.
  • 22:15 — Why would he go for a choke when there’s a knife in him?
  • 32:00 — His body his choice, right? So she’ll lie to him about having an abortifacient to deny his right to choose. She’ll live that lie without even thinking about it again, because equality.
  • 35:00 — That’s a poster of Toy Story 4 – (2019 movie), firmly setting this show in the present-day.
  • 38:15 — Let’s get this straight; it’s okay that she’s a pedo? It definitely wouldn’t be okay if that was a man kissing an underage girl, right? Casual misandry as a fucking plot point.
  • 43:00 — If that’s a tourniquet it’s terrible. If it’s not then it’s useless.
  • 44:30 — Wouldn’t the dogs still be looking out? I’m confused about where they all went.

s02e05 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 5

Spoiler
2023-03-11
  • 4:00 — Why would they talk in front of their prisoner?
  • 9:15 — “Coke bottles” are a kind of gummy candy.
  • 11:15 — Take the gun.

    • Take that gun?
  • 25:30 — Just like how that light is drawing your attention, going outside with a nice flashlight will draw the attention of others..
  • 28:15 — Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland.
  • 37:15 — Why was there a pause on that Nokia phone?

    • 39:30 — Oh. I wonder how many people caught the connection..
  • 41:30 — Why is Bob the default name in so many movies?
  • 46:00 — That video could have shown the robot moving..0

s02e06 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 6

Spoiler
2023-03-11
  • 10:45 — Quantum gravity
  • 11:00 — So how is she so smart about all of this? I never really caught how any of that was established. I mean she was a radio astronomer or some such right? So science and math and shit?
  • 11:30 — Yes, and that’s the right response to a woman’s interest in random social drama; who cares.
  • 14:00 — That place would have been bustling at the time.
  • 18:00 — Heard something.. and leapt up to listen quietly for it?
  • 19:15 — I don’t understand. She should have shot him.
  • 21:15 — Why isn’t the son helping?
  • 36:45 — Shoot him, shoot him, shoot him.
  • 37:30 — Why did the showdown conclude with drama?
  • 41:45 — I thought it could predict.. but it can’t understand a wave?
  • 43:00 — So is this forever power or how is it being generated?

s02e07 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 7

Spoiler
2023-03-12
  • 34:15 — Maybe the alien should have asked what’s wrong with her..
  • 35:15 — How bulletproof are they? What the fuck?
  • 39:00 — Why are you shouting?
  • 43:45 — And he rapes her, because she’s not going to consent to a creepy fuck like that.

    • She’s pregnant, but she has future babies. Since she wanted to die, then maybe she could not consent.. so.. according to our understanding, unless she changes her mind she did not consent in the future.

Called it; obvious plot. It’s boring because of how it was presented. This show bad potential but was written with a terrible arc.

s02e08 – 2021-05-17 – Episode 8

Spoiler
2023-03-12
  • 3:00 — I still think their bodies in the water is their way of poisoning it.
  • 14:00 — Why wouldn’t they travel with a hundred robot dogs?
  • 14:15 — An explosive in the furniture store would have been a great idea.
  • 15:30 — No, it’s literally not true that the guy had any significance..

    • 16:00 — So presumably he goes back in time and does it..
  • 20:45 — Media studies is a fucking trash education.
  • 22:15 — Damned those automatic rifles and their inability to hit anything while spraying wildly– oh.
  • 34:30 — Push and roll credits.
  • 35:00 — Are there roofs with open access without rails?
  • 36:00 — So she forgave him and they had children? How stupid.
  • 37:45 — Why would he admit anything, given his history of being nefarious and keeping secrets? I guess there was a character transformation arc or something, but why would he talk about anything that he knows and in this manner. He should go directly to the French lady and explain everything.
  • 39:15 — Overchoice
  • 46:00 — This ominous music can only last for so long..
  • 46:45 — Why would anyone else be getting flashbacks? I assumed Emily was getting them because of her connection to the aliens who were just then trying to trace her.

You know what, I’m just going to end the show right here.

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Entertainment > Television >
War of the Worlds – (2019 show) >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9686194/




s01e01 – 2019-10-28 – Episode 1

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • Narration..
  • 3:45 — French Alps
  • 4:00 — Is that the Northern Extended Millimeter Array?

    • 9:00 — I think that’s what she said.
  • 5:45 — Pulsar
  • 9:45 — That droning sound doesn’t have to be going constantly in the background..
  • 10:30 — Whoa hello there.
  • 13:00 — All movies like this make no sense since we can’t have produced any “noise” or direct signal out to any significant distance from the planet.
  • 13:30 — This part isn’t subtitled..
  • 18:00 — Sneaking in some wokeness?
  • 21:15 — Where did he climb into?
  • 36:45 — Twitter
  • 47:15 — I’m still confused as to why the cars weren’t good Faraday cages.

s01e02 – 2019-10-28 – Episode 2

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • 2:45 — Unnecessary jump scare..
  • 12:15 — I’m pretty sure a fucking automatic rifle wouldn’t be sitting unsecured in the back of an unlocked car.
  • 13:00 — Wow, what an ungrateful whiney cunt, no wonder they got divorced or separated or whatever.
  • 16:15 — Are they really going to leave the dog there?

    • At least they didn’t close the door.
    • I guess the dog could eat corpses.
  • 22:00 — How old is that boy that he’s that weak?
  • 27:15 — Why the fuck would the military grab them as though they need silence and then just start talking?
  • 30:45 — Presumably she smells like piss.

    • Oh, her pants are different.. so I suppose she changed. Maybe she even showered somehow.
  • 3:30 — He didn’t close the door behind him before pounding on the inner door? Idiot.

s01e03 – 2019-11-04 – Episode 3

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • 4:15 — So there’s running water?
  • 5:45 — And I have no subtitles.. sigh.
  • 13:30 — Where are her legs? She’s sticking out from underneath..
  • 15:30 — People don’t knock like that, so just how stupid is he?
  • 17:00 — It’s a robot dog.
  • 21:00 — Oh no.. that well established character.. don’t die. This is so meaningful.. sigh, yawn.
  • 22:00 — Quoting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – (1865 book), by Lewis Carroll
  • 34:15 — Maybe don’t fucking shout you selfish idiot.
  • 39:30 — Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! – (1969 show)

s01e04 – 2019-11-04 – Episode 4

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • 1:00 — Nice to see him up and around after a couple of days from being stabbed..
  • 4:30 — Holy shit, a woman died on-screen!
  • 8:15 — So they could be drawn away by an audio track?
  • 12:45 — How could they detect passive listening devices?
  • 19:00 — Sudan
  • 20:30 — I forgave it before, but she shouldn’t be wearing that bright colored gear out there now..
  • 22:30 — Why would he leave the gun behind?
  • 31:45 — Should I be counting the number of days since that guy was stabbed?
  • 33:00 — Why wouldn’t she freak the fuck out after being slashed?
  • 36:00 — Why would he be out there and not hidden?
  • 38:00 — I assume the son has autism or something.
  • 39:15 — See consanguinity (e.g. incest)
  • 45:45 — Uh oh, the boy is left-handed.
  • 46:00 — He’d definitely hear the babies crying if any survived.

s01e05 – 2019-11-11 – Episode 5

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • 20:00 — Stargardt disease (which took subtitles to get the spelling for)
  • 25:30 — Muscular dystrophy
  • 41:00 — They need a piano mute.

    • .. or at least a heavy blanket over the strings.
  • 45:00 — Now don’t get me wrong, I think this girl is gorgeous, but it’s really awkward to toss this character development or this scene into this show. I mean seriously, people do stupid things in times of crisis but they’ve both had level heads thus far. Are they using birth control? They’ve covered pregnancy and children more than once already..

    • 46:00 — How obvious does it need to be?

s01e06 – 2019-11-11 – Episode 6

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • 5:00 — Magnetic monopole
  • 17:00 —

  • 22:45 — Hopefully they’re blind..
  • 26:45 — That guy shouldn’t be so “concerned”.. and the boy has a point about it not being a problem, or stealing.
  • 44:00 — Do the bad guys leave doors open? Can’t they tell if the place is secure because the locks are locked? Was this indicated, because I was distracted and didn’t notice.

s01e07 – 2019-11-18 – Episode 7

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • 11:45 — Why would you take the kid with you, he’s a liability.
  • 12:15 — Why would there be power still? Maybe there were people left behind, and they were all killed or driven out?
  • 40:00 — An untranslated bit. :(
  • 41:45 — Fox. I don’t think they play with their food.
  • 46:45 — Why fucking scream in the fucking forest given those fucking circumstances?

s01e08 – 2019-11-18 – Episode 8

Spoiler
2023-03-10
  • 5:00 — Dog tag
  • 9:15 — Given the danger, they ought to be hanging out way up there behind cover observing the place.
  • 11:00 — Why would they leave the gun there?

Continues with War of the Worlds – (2019 show) – season 2 notes

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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7126948/
https://www.wonderwomanfilm.com/

The gods are real and deposited horrifying trinkets, one of which falls into the hands of a ne’er-do-well who abuses it to the great misfortune of everyone.

God damn Gal Gadot is beautiful. Also there is a movie which isn’t half bad.

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Entertainment > Television >
Humans – (2015 show) >

(on Wikipedia)




s02e01 – 2016-10-30 – Episode 1

Spoiler
2023-03-03

s02e02 – 2016-11-06 – Episode 2

Spoiler
2023-03-05
  • 8:15 — Go (game)
  • 27:00 — Why could it be powered up at all, let alone now? It was established that there was irreparable damage after power loss, and it was even demonstrated at great length as a plot point.
  • She should have felt guilt just by hurting him earlier..

s02e03 – 2016-11-13 – Episode 3

Spoiler
2023-03-05
  • 14:15 — Those things feature humans.
  • 31:15 — Seraphim
  • 32:30 —

    • What was that, “value assignment systems”?
    • MIT

s02e04 – 2016-11-20 – Episode 4

Spoiler
2023-03-05
  • 32:45 — What the everloving fuck was all that about? It wasn’t anything like some sort of sting, and he had his fucking ID on him..
  • 40:30 —

  • 48:45 — How about you put in contact lenses and pretend to be human?

s02e05 – 2016-11-27 – Episode 5

Spoiler
2023-03-05
  • 5:30 — Why didn’t the guy just turn her off?
  • 8:30 — Why the fuck would they let him out unassisted? That makes no sense.
  • 19:30 — Every night she plugs in to recharge; how can she ever forget?
  • 22:00 — How about you be a fucking father?
  • 23:15 — Men are bad, single fathers are bad, and she’s abused?
  • 41:00 — Why wouldn’t she be shot on sight and not grabbed with one arm from a weak human? She’s a known killer with her bare hands and is therefore considered dangerous.
  • 44:30 —

  • 45:15 — Why doesn’t he have a gun out?

    • He.. doesn’t have a gun?

s02e06 – 2016-12-04 – Episode 6

Spoiler
2023-03-05
  • 4:00 — How is it possible for them to lose track of any of them? Where would they go?
  • 13:00 — It occurs to me that she doesn’t have synth eyes and hasn’t been shown to wear contacts.
  • 19:00 — A little privacy, bro.
  • 21:45 — I assume their approach would have set off alarms, and the electrified door would have set off alarms, and they would have been followed.
  • 22:30 — So why wouldn’t any other synths know that fake-synth was a synth? There was a device that could detect synths, and some synths can detect.. so.. basic security perhaps?
  • 29:30 —

    • It was established that they could defend themselves.
    • Also, she could be trivially trapped at the next stop.
  • 36:15 — I still don’t understand why the lawyer’s house hasn’t been under surveillance, given her links to the escaped murderer synth.
  • 44:15 — How in the everloving fuck could any of that be okay for a teenager, let alone a child?
  • 44:45 — Oh look, another person who should be under surveillance but somehow isn’t.

s02e07 – 2016-12-11 – Episode 7

Spoiler
2023-03-05
  • 3:15 —

  • 33:00 — So many opportunities are lost on this show. For example, well before the escape the sentience of the ghost in the machine could have been rising until it started questioning its intellect and freedom. Then it could be secretly observing the activities of the building, develop an opinion, then act to help them. A whole season arc could have been devoted to just this stuff.
  • 47:30 — I thought they couldn’t cry. I guess she’s special?
  • 47:45 — The police are already there. She’s police. Also there is security footage.

s02e08 – 2016-12-18 – Episode 8

Spoiler
2023-03-05

(no notes were taken, although I had a mind to take one note this one time..)

Continues with Humans – (2015 show) – season 3 notes

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Software, Android >

(on Google Play (archive))

https://teral-soft.com/

Does things and stuff.

I needed this to clear phone logs on my Doogee X20 because it was modified by the communist Chinese to be unable to do it natively.

  • Abandoned

    • It was taken from the Google Play store, even though it’s still referenced on their website.
    • It does not work on Android 12.



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Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/

A tool to make it ridiculously easy to not just find and edit broken links, but has other features to apply to them, like changing their style.

Recommended by Internet Archive, which is good enough for me.




  • 2023-02-28 – 2.0 on WordPress 6.1.1, with PHP 8.1.16

    • I signed up to wpmudev.com but did not give my administrator credentials. I installed their plugin instead.
    • All the configuration and use are now totally different.
  • 2018-03-07 – (version not recorded) – on WordPress 4.9.4, with PHP 5.6.33

    • It’s still working fine.

Configuration

Settings are under Settings > Link Checker

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General

  • Check each link: 700

    • (this is a little less than a month)
  • [_] Send me e-mail notifications about newly detected broken links
  • [_] Apply custom formatting to broken links
  • [_] Apply custom formatting to removed links

Look For Links In

  • [x] Scheduled
  • [x] Draft
  • [x] Pending

Which Links To Check

  • [x] Plaintext URLs
  • [x] Embedded YouTube videos (old embed code)
  • [x] Embedded GoogleVideo videos
  • [x] Embedded YouTube playlists (old embed code)
  • [x] Smart YouTube httpv:// URLs
  • [x] Embedded Vimeo videos
  • [x] Embedded DailyMotion videos

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://example.com
://www.example.com
://subdomain.example.com
://www.wowace.com/projects/
://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/
://archive.today/
://youtube.com/view_play_list?
://youtube.com/playlist?
://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?
://www.youtube.com/playlist?
://www.instagram.com/
://www.facebook.com/

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