Every time I watch Stargate SG1 and get to the point where we see Cameron Mitchell and Vala Mal Doran, I'm reminded I never finished Farscape and really should download and watch all of it some day.
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StarGate SG1's episode "Window of Opportunity" probably is one of my all-time favourite timeloop episodes.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
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it's amazing how often when needing to steal a uniform in a (scifi) series, the victim has the exact same size as the one who needs it. 😂
Another reason why I wish more appliances still had physical buttons and knobs, aside from the obvious tactile one, is that it's an easy way for you to have a personal default setting.
My countertop dishwasher for example has only touch buttons. They are a pain to trigger, especially with wet hands, and it always starts at the energy- and water-saving programme, so helpfully named "1", which takes about 2 hours. Whereas I prefer the short programme, which takes only 30 minutes, since it's the only programme that doesn't include a drying cycle, and it usually cleans well-enough. I usually prefer to just open the door afterwards, pull the rack out on top of it, and let it air-dry while its contents are still hot. It's programme 3 though, so I'll have to press that programme-select button twice. every... single... time...
Whereas if the programme-select was just a physical knob, I could just leave it on programme 3. I also like to always have it start with a 5-minute steam, which could also just be a physical switch, instead of a non-tactile area I have to press every time. Hell, make it a knob that sets the duration of the steam session.
Even better; instead of mildly different predefined programmes, give me a whole bunch of knobs for pre-wash temperature and duration, main programme temperature and duration, rinse cycle. Put a nice, user-replaceable, LED above each of them that indicates which cycle it's currently in, and one shared countdown timer display, and I'm a happy camper.
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the thing he dips in Olive Oyl
I'm still waiting for a Groundhog film where his loop seems to break after he does whatever the hell he wants because he thinks it comes with no consequences.
Maybe first do a bit of fourth wall breaking by having him recognise he's looping "like that guy from Groundhog Day", and then first spends a couple of loops trying to do good things, just for the sake of getting out of the loop, only to not break out of it. (Perhaps because he's not genuinely trying to help others, but rather only does it to help himself.)
After several loops trying to nail the perfect loop, only to wake up disillusioned on Day One again, he cracks and spends the next loop giving in to every intrusive thought, including taking out the groundhog, ending the day in jail.
Only to wake up the next day, Day Two... still in jail. Now his loop is broken and he's forced to face the consequences of his choices.
Not quite sure how to end it though...
Perhaps that at first he thinks it's because he took out the ground hog, but eventually he realises it's because he only did the good things with the intention to get out of the loop. A bit like how The Good Place explored Immanuel Kant's deontological philosophical concept of "good without qualification"; doing good because you should, and not because of the reward you are expecting because of it.
And once he truly realises that, perhaps sacrificing himself to save someone else, he wakes up on Day Two again, but this time that day continues on from how the very first Day One would've ended.
Alternatively maybe play with the idea that all this time he's been in Purgatory, and having finally realised the mistakes of his life, he's finally ready to move on to the next stage of his afterlife.
Or a combination of the two, and having to carry on with his life, never being sure if he's still stuck in a longer loop, doomed to repeat at some point as a Purgatorial punishment loop, similar to those from some episodes of #Lucifer.
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I just love these patterns. At first they look like cracks, but they are just black lines running through the wood.
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Made myself a lovely walking staff that will join me on hiking trips from now on.
Last night while taking a walk through a local park/forest, I found a nice sturdy branch that helped support me while traversinf the uneven terrain.
When I got home, I stripped it off its bark, and this afternoon I sanded it by hand with sandpaper. Couldn't find the mineral oil I thought I still had, so instead I gave it a light coat of 'green soap' for now.
Very satisfied with the result. 💚
off to a good start on the weekend burning my fingertips on melted cheese trying to save our pizza from falling
"Yesterday I seen the film about the killer who uses puzzles to murder his victims."
"Don't you mean 'saw'?"
"Yes, exactly!"
Finally, the finale episode of #DoctorWho is available! Even though a fucking thumbnail on YouTube has already spoiled something in it for me...
I hate this 'rush to be first' leading to spoilers even when you are not actively looking for them...
Coders have heard of #YAML, but have you heard of yamL?
I've missed the first 25 or so minutes of #Critters2, but I don't think I'll have missed much important xD
#monsterdon
This promises to be a very #eggciting #monsterdon
how to do things you've procrastinated on? find something you like doing even less, so you can procrastinate on doing that with the former task
@Curator it's been a while since we've had a #CuratorPrompts, hasn't it?
If you also are affected by the bug in #YouTube's Android app where if a video gets paused, you can't unpause it, here's a workaround:
Once paused, drag up from the red timebar to reveal the 'precise progress seeker' or whatever it's called; the play button that appears in the centre of the video now, will work as intended.
Edit: this is not the place to tell me how YT and Google suck and how I should use alternatives.
