Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

[Grinch]

Has anyone seen Department Q on Netflix?

So great.

Yes, it was a 2 Evening Journey. Waiting for the next Season

[dualstow]

Nice!
Originally a Danish novel. No wonder imdb dot com spells his name Mørck.

[Smith1776]

Looks like I was caught up in the latest Microsoft credentials leak. Had an unauthorized login from an IP address in the U.S.

Looks like I'm going password changing today.

[dualstow]

Boo. I should check mine.

[Smith1776]

Not exactly how I was planning on spending my Sunday, but at least it was just my Microsoft account and not something more critical...

[Smith1776]

Have you guys watched 28 Years Later?

It's both bizarre and excellent. The style, cinematography, and the mood of the film is very 2000s -- in a good way.

Serious nostalgia and a very creative story (not your usual zombie fare).

[dualstow]

Have not. Watched Dept Q (awesome) and a movie called To Catch a Killer (pretty good).

[Smith1776]

Have not. Watched Dept Q (awesome) and a movie called To Catch a Killer (pretty good).

I'm catching Dept Q next. The missus and I need a new show to chill with in the evenings.

[dualstow]

It’s so good. Originally a Danish novel, but the show is Scottish.
Vinny doesn’t have time to watch it.

[yankees60]

It’s so good. Originally a Danish novel, but the show is Scottish.
Vinny doesn’t have time to watch it.

As I work though all my daily morning things on this computer I'm listening to C-Span's Washington Journal on this computer and last night's Yankees game on my TV. Both in background while I do things like this. Little that I have to watch gets my full attention.

I do, though, listen to the audio portion of videos like I'm doing now and when I'm outside in my garden or doing other things on my property.

[Xan]

It's not that kind of video, Vinny. Just pull it up.

[yankees60]

It's not that kind of video, Vinny. Just pull it up.

There are lots of competition for my time. Which is why few videos which I have to watch get my time / attention.

[Smith1776]

It's not that kind of video, Vinny. Just pull it up.

There are lots of competition for my time. Which is why few videos which I have to watch get my time / attention.

[dualstow]

[Xan]

Vinny, you'll get the joke after about 2 seconds. No need to go into video-watching (or not-watching) mode.

[boglerdude]

Dont let power trippin mods bully you vin. They cant even two videos at once

Random content
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY17_nraW68

https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/pow ... cy-tension

"We'll ally with China"
https://youtu.be/-YR0ix_rMcY?t=269

https://www.youtube.com/@VivaFrei/videos

[yankees60]

Dont let power trippin mods bully you vin. They cant even two videos at once

Random content


https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/pow ... cy-tension

"We'll ally with China"


https://www.youtube.com/@VivaFrei/videos

I'm also into long form over short form.

Listening to this one now:


Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East | Lex Fridman Podcast #473

Finished this one today.

So good that I will be listening to it again.


Zionism & Jihadism (Making Sense #422)

[Hal]

Have also been watching this series. Very professional. Suggest watching the Malaya series from the beginning.

https://www.youtube.com/@theprinciplesofwar/videos

[dualstow]

I'm also into long form over short form.

Listening to this one now:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtmJi8LbAts

..

Oh, that’s the guy from the ‘Ask Haviv Anything’ podcast.

[Smith1776]

I picked up a nice little base model Mac mini from the Apple store a couple days ago. I've hooked it up to our living room TV as a home theatre computer.

As a base model with the plain vanilla M4 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD, I wasn't expecting much.

But just for kicks, I loaded up the Resident Evil 4 remake at 1080P with max graphical quality... and wowza. Buttery smooth gameplay.

Check it out:

(You can see the little mini in the bottom left corner.)

Apple is really knocking it out of the park with their silicon.

[dualstow]

Using any special software?

[Smith1776]

Using any special software?

Nothing super special at the moment, especially given how well-equipped MacOS seems to be out of the box.

I will probably end up installing Plex at some point for some media management goodness.

[dualstow]

Cool.
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In other news, I’ve joined the club: I’ve completely lost my sense of taste & smell to covid (Nimbus variant).
There is not one thing that I can smell or taste.