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jacquesc commented on Hollywood Cannot Survive Without Movie Theaters   theatlantic.com/culture/a... · Posted by u/fortran77
DangitBobby · 3 years ago
I like movie theaters a lot, including AMC. The ones near me are clean and well maintained. No one is forcing you to buy concessions. I really don't want everything interesting outside of my house to stop existing.
jacquesc · 3 years ago
Agreed. I'll always prefer an Alamo or Cinepolis, but I've actually been extremely impressed every time I end up up at non-boutique movie theater.

AMC has upgraded their seats at a lot of locations now (to super comfortable recliners), and they often serve some high quality wine/beer options.

The only issue I've been having is content. The movie options have been slim these days. If given a choice of streaming or cinema experience, I'll choose cinema every time. But give us something to actually watch please, that's not superheros or cartoons.

jacquesc commented on In 2022, Web3 went just great   newsletter.mollywhite.net... · Posted by u/rpgbr
qbasic_forever · 3 years ago
"The collector who dropped $2.9 million on an NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet found himself in a bind in April, when he tried to resell the NFT and wound up with a top bid of… $280."

Hahaha, wow. You couldn't even take a 2.899 million dollar write off loss on your taxes too! Just straight vaporizing nearly 3 million bucks.

jacquesc · 3 years ago
I always figured buying that NFT was sort of a way to just donate to one of Jack's charities. I hope the buyer wasn't trying to make a long term investment with it.
jacquesc commented on Forcing Helmets on Cyclists Would Crush Bicycle Use, Says UK Transport Minister   forbes.com/sites/carltonr... · Posted by u/kitkat_new
autoexec · 3 years ago
> A helmet has to be carried with you after you leave your bike.

I see a lot of helmets with holes in them... I wonder if it couldn't be made easier to run bike locks through them and leave them chained/locked to your bike while you're away.

jacquesc · 3 years ago
Yeah, I just leave my helmet on the bike (on the handlebars, not attached). It's not a high value item to steal. Someone took my front tire once but left my helmet.
jacquesc commented on Cops can extract data from 10k different car models’ infotainment systems   forbes.com/sites/thomasbr... · Posted by u/walterbell
jacquesc · 3 years ago
I'm trying to think of what useful evidence that law enforcement can get out of an infotainment system. Guilty of listening to too many Brittney Spears tracks?
jacquesc commented on Show HN: Amazon Seller sent me a postcard asking me to leave a 5-star review   i.imgur.com/9ARMZdI.png... · Posted by u/princevegeta89
jacquesc · 3 years ago
I got a hand written postcard recently from a seller asking for a review. Threw it in trash tho

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jacquesc commented on If you (still) work at Twitter and you can code, head to the HQ now   theverge.com/2022/11/18/2... · Posted by u/jbredeche
chrisseaton · 3 years ago
Are football fans really a big part of the Twitter user base?
jacquesc · 3 years ago
I can't actually imagine watching NFL without using Twitter during commercials (or after something crazy happens). It's actually quite spectacular

World Cup is definitely going to surge traffic

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jacquesc commented on Sublime Text 4 Build 4142   sublimetext.com/blog/arti... · Posted by u/joeyespo
alexmorenodev · 3 years ago
At the time I made the change, vscode had a better plugin ecossystem to my needs. Still use it when I need for specific stuff, but it isn't my main text editor anymore.
jacquesc · 3 years ago
Same. I always have both open, but use VSCode 98% of the time
jacquesc commented on Pinboard vs. Raindrop   dsalo.info/pinboard-vs-ra... · Posted by u/zem
HomeDeLaPot · 3 years ago
Hmm. I'm currently using Raindrop and haven't ever been logged out. It's been pretty solid for the past year or so I've used it on (Android app and Firefox extension on MacOS).
jacquesc · 3 years ago
Cool, it's been a while so maybe I'll give it another try

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