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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268458/
A meteor (I think) strikes the Atlantic Ocean, sending tidal waves that not only scour shores but destroy entire continents, the resulting wave of which approaches Australia. Except the tidal wave is made of fire for some reason.
I’ve not much to say about it. It’s a decent movie.
See also On the Beach – (1959 movie)
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245492/
thisistheend.com
The apocalypse happens, and a bunch of average celebrities try to survive.
Moderately terrible. Worth a watch if you like these particular actors and their previous works.
Based on the short film Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse (2007 short movie), by Evan Goldberg and Jason Stone.
DO NOT BUY. DO NOT TRY.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/
https://www.nomanssky.com/
Explore, survive, gather and trade while making your way to the galactic core.
Every single described goal of this game has failed. It is a bad flight-simulator, with bad crafting, bad technology, and bad survival mechanics. It is set on procedurally generated planets so vast that nothing matters, in a procedurally-generated universe so vast that nothing matters. What’s worse is that it is so godawfully crowded with hand-holding that it becomes both easy and repetitive. Being ugly and with abysmal performance, it’s not even an exploration time-waster.
Perhaps in some years they will change/fix many of its issues, but I believe it has a fundamental casualness to it that anchors its core gameplay problems. This is not a game made for gamers.
2017-05-07 update: I tried it again, and it just isn’t worth it. If its graphics were the same as before (they’re busted now) then maybe. I have another video card but I’m not going to swap things around or fiddle with installing an old version of my card’s drivers. I just don’t want to bother any more.
Disambiguation: Leatrix Latency Fix
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/leatrix-plus
Combines multiple little conveniences and opens up basic functionality that would normally require multiple separate addons.
The author has an incredible philosophy of simplicity and strict programming. This addon is created in such a way that each of its features is only loaded up if you enable the feature, meaning that if Blizzard breaks anything, this addon doesn’t implode.
Absolutely mandatory.
/ltp
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727770/
To judge the Earth, aliens grant a single man the power of wishing, but he’s an everyday guy and has no idea how to handle it.
A moderately good movie, with solid comedy throughout it. I only really care about it because of its subject matter and the way it handles it. Strangely, he grants himself wisdom early on but never clues into using it to give him proper understanding of it and how to use it. That’s the major theme of the movie, and the source of its comedy.
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3464902/
Single people are in a hotel and must fall in love, and they hunt other people for sport to gain extra days to do it.
This is just a shit movie. The little twangs of music are unnecessarily unnerving, the narration is pointless and fucking annoying and everyone’s manner of speech is .. well it grates on my nerves.
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2649554/
https://twitter.com/midnightspecial
Having been caught uncovering government secrets, an eight-year-old goes on the run.
While good, it’s a sort of non-movie. It’s hollow and without real substance or resolution.
Some of it reminds me of Race to Witch Mountain.
TODO – take better notes when I next re-watch this.
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/
A time traveling agent chases after a terrorist bomber.
A very good movie, notable for its unique handling of issues in time travelling.
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Entertainment > Movies >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498820/
https://www.marvel.com/movies/captain-america-civil-war
Leftovers from a previous movie come back to haunt The Avengers, who tear themselves apart because they lack conflict resolution skills.
Another superzero movie. Only good if you’re not just into this genre, but into this series. Other movies set in this universe must be watched to appreciate some of this one.
Properly titled Captain America: Civil War
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190218044149/http://usbflashspeed.com:80/
A USB storage testing application.
A tiny, portable, storage device speed tester. Created specifically for USB storage.
Very very nice. Easy to use
(Yes, USB storage is that bad with small files)
Note that this is not https://github.com/bradfa/flashbench
