Argentina lost their first game last year, and they went on to get the cup. Canada still has a chance.

I think the foreach one should have been recursion.

Well in that case:

• The Matrix
• Dark City
• Pi
• Confluence
• Predestination
• Primer
• Brazil
• Time Bandits
• Gremlins
• They Live!
• Escape from NY/LA
• Big Trouble in Little China
• The Fifth Element
• 12 Monkeys
• Six String Samurai
• Robocop
• Total Recall
• Terminator & Terminator 2
• Event Horizon
• Stargate
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Soldier
• The Truman Show
• Mars Attacks!
• Demolition Man
• Starship Troopers
• Tank Girl
• Cube
• Species
• Men in Black
• Iron Sky
• Robot Jox

… and many more!

Forbidden Planet, Logan’s Run, Death Race 2000, The Day the Earth Stood Still, …

What’s your cutoff for “classic”? Are we talking about the classic film era, or anything older than 25 years?

Rubber. I went in knowing it was a WTF film, but had NO idea how far out it was. It made Sharknado make sense by comparison.

Unfortunate typo in the title…

Arrival presents some good philosophical questions, and does so in an interesting setting. The top questions are:

• How does language affect our perception?
• If you knew your fate, would you still do things the same way?

As such it’s qualitatively a good Sci-Fi film. Should it be ranked as one of the best? I don’t know, and honestly I don’t care, because such rankings are always subjective.

$50M is pocket change to them. Needs more zeroes at the end.

Ah, you’re right! I got them mixed up.

You increase your alchemy skill, either via enchanted gear, an alchemy potion, or both. I don’t know if it still works on newer releases, but it used to be a thing to cheese the crafting system by making an alchemy potion, drink it, make a better alchemy potion, rinse repeat. Then once it’s high enough you make powerful smithing and enchanting potions and then use those to craft gear (rings, gloves) to permanently enhance your crafting.

i added my private key

You are supposed to copy your public to the server, not the private one.

Love Revelation space.

Other authors I like:

• Elizabeth Bear (the White Space books)
• Martha Wells (Murderbot series)
• Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse)
• Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, plus one of my all-time favourite novellas, One Day All This Will Be Yours)

Sounds like Lord Farquaad: “Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make”

Link goes to the wrong page. I think you meant to post https://globalnews.ca/news/9767962/ontario-first-tornado-2023-confirmed-talbotville/

If I recall from the last time this was posted on the alien site it’s less about flying in the dark and more about the light suddenly going out. In nature that means an impending storm most of the time, so the bees immediately land for shelter.

Any “survivors” type game - Brotato, Vampire/Soulstone Survivors, Nordic Ashes, etc.

Roguelikes (I like Noita these days).

Card based games - Slay the Spire, Monster Train, Guild of Dungeoneering, …

Darkest Dungeon.

Oh, that brings back memories… As a kid I used to take a large slice (1/6th of an orange), eat it like that, and then cut monster teeth into the slice before popping it in like your method, then chase my parents who would pretend to be scared.

Server: Ubuntu at work (previously CentOS), Debian at home. Toying with the idea to switch the home server to NixOS, given that all the services I run there are already configured declaratively.

Desktop: Ubuntu mainly due to inertia from back in the day when it was the simplest way to get Steam and ZFS support, but my loathing of snaps increases every day and I would be willing to consider alternatives if I had to reinstall. I don’t care for rolling release as long as I have flatpaks. An install option with LVM is a must for me, however.

My order of preference is mandarin oranges, clementines, and tangerines, but even navel and blood oranges can be peeled by hand and the only mess they leave is the oil from the skin. In general as long as you don’t break the segments you can avoid a mess.

Oranges are the perfect snack for me. Fiber to satisfy the hunger, juicy enough to not leave me thirsty after, and most kinds are easily peelable by hand so no washing required!