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Hyperreality, to news in Satellite images show China made an apparent USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier target out in the desert

High value target, vulnerable in a conflict with China.

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/14/mda-u-s-aircraft-carriers-now-at-risk-from-hypersonic-missiles

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/3/22/incoming-can-aircraft-carriers-survive-hypersonic-weapons

Counter argument:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/06/09/claims-of-aircraft-carrier-vulnerability-are-false-but-the-versatility-is-real/?sh=31fda78f591a

Caveat on this article:

Several contractors with a stake in the carrier debate contribute to my think tank, including Huntington Ingalls Industries HII —the only company in the world that manufactures large-deck, nuclear-powered carriers.

Hyperreality, to risa in Oh hey, I heard Star Trek got mentioned on the news! Let's just go check and-

Seem to remember Frakes being dissapointed with that too. Wanted a male actor.

Hyperreality, (edited ) to asklemmy in What is your unpopular flim opinion

Oh, wow. Old comment.

The easiest route to learning about movies, is to watch a lot of movies, and reading about the movie you've just watched. Wikipedia, a more in depth review, interviews with people who made the movie (not just the actors).

Google a top 100 list. Work your way through a few of them. Eg.

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

They also have cool features. For example, Michael Mann's made a load of really cool action movies. Here's a feature on his movies they made:

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-michael-mann

Or here's famous critic Mark Kermode's top 10 of horror movies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdj_22hHRyM

Yes, he has a PhD and is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the UK equivalent of the Academy of Motion Pictures. No, he's not a snob. Texas Chainsaw Massacre's in the top 10. So are some older classics, which are still good.

But if you want to read something, you could try:

Bordwell and Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction.

David A. Cook. A History of Narrative Cinema

Hyperreality, to risa in Oh hey, I heard Star Trek got mentioned on the news! Let's just go check and-

Or season that 30 year old episode of TNG where Riker has a relationship with an alien who's trans.

Hyperreality, to risa in Oh hey, I heard Star Trek got mentioned on the news! Let's just go check and-

TNG basically had Riker fuck an alien trans woman in 1992.

Any trekkie who complains about Trek being too woke, is either a moron, or not an actual fan.

Hyperreality, to lemmyshitpost in PS6 rumors coming in hot

While that is funny, I do find it annoying when supposedly reputable news organisations act like they'll ever sell these in significant quantities, and that this is anything other than a marketing campaign.

Hyperreality, to piracy in PDF Piracy

What about hidden watermarks?

Hyperreality, (edited ) to memes in I can't stress enough how much I don't care.

People clearly do care, that's why they manufacture drama. It helps drive engagement and views.

Of course, it's hard not to look down on people who develop parasocial relationships with youtube personalities.

But some people are very lonely. So if anything we should be critical of the youtuber who knowingly cultivate unhealthy fanbases and profit off their misery.

Hyperreality, (edited ) to asklemmy in Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?

Basically, yes. Time, angles, geographic coordinates.

Hyperreality, (edited ) to memes in How could the EU do this??

I found the wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European_Transport_Network#List_of_transport_networks

Apparently initial proposals for this pre-date brexit by 26 years.

This is a Daily Express article. Utter trash, right wing yellow journalism. Rabidly pro-brexit, endorsed Liz Truss for PM. You know, the weird cheese lady who was outlasted by a lettuce.

Obviously brexit isn't going so well and neither is the latest tory PM, so it's time for their daily article about how the foreigners done ruined Engerland.

Hyperreality, (edited ) to memes in How could the EU do this??

Part of Schengen, part of the European Free Trade Association, signed a lot of bilateral treaties and enacted a lot of EU legislation, contributed to EU projects.

The Swiss electorate voted against becoming part of the EU, but the EU's a huge market so Switzerland is quite integrated with the EU while still being independent.

Norway isn't part of the EU either, but they're in a similar position as Switzerland, which is probably why they're also part of this proposal.

Hyperreality, (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in The American mind cannot comprehend this

get 8 miles across town and back for their job every day how silly of us

A half hour cycle commute really isn't far. Almost anyone can do that, almost certainly including your grandma.

The real problem is the lack of infrastructure.

Hyperreality, (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in The American mind cannot comprehend this

I find these kinds of threads funny.

Someone makes an admittedly lame jokey stereotype about the US.

A bit like a broad stereotype about the French liking baguettes, the Scots hating Scots, the Brits having bad teeth and talking like Austin Powers, or Germans not having a sense of humour. Even the Germans don't get offended. They've been taught that this is meant to be funny, and that the rules of etiquette suggest they should not be offended by it.

But the real punch line is always some humourless Americans taking it at face value and getting genuinely offended. "They're saying we don't have public transport. They're clearly idiots!"

Do any of you see times square on various holidays or have been to a parade?

No. No one outside the US has ever heard of New York. Just like everyone in the US drives a pickup truck everywhere. lol

Hyperreality, to asklemmy in Is there an artist so horrible that no matter how hard you try that you cannot separate their art from them?

I've linked to them as a reply to the comment you're replying to.

Agree about the Witch Trials podcast .

Hyperreality, (edited ) to asklemmy in Is there an artist so horrible that no matter how hard you try that you cannot separate their art from them?

Here's a discussion of that podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmT0i0xG6zg

And another one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us

Yes, they're long videos. Yes, there's a reason they have millions of views. Genuinely interesting.

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