Readit NewsBut that's the thing. The B-movie budget usually lends a hand in doling some B-movie charms. But Carter didn't, it felt so bland. Maybe I should give it another chance?
If you enjoy the Phantom Menace for any reason, you'll probably enjoy John Carter.
I immediately thought of John Carter.
I didn't see that when it came out, heard it was a flop, and disregarded it for years. Then we watched it over winter break a few years ago, and it's basically the same as Phantom Menace - pretty good action, pretty good but dated effects, pretty ok but miscast lead actor, pretty clunky plot. It might have lost a ton of money, but it's like a B- movie at worst.
I agree. With the information they had at the time it made total sense to drop the bomb. After seeing how tough the Japanese military fought during the invasion of the various islands it was reasonable to assume that the invasion of the mainland would be extremely bloody.
I think whatever we learned (I have read that Japan was already ready to surrender). after should be applied to future wars but not be applied to situations where the information was not available.
If anybody is responsible for Japanese suffering it’s clearly Hirohito and his generals who were too cowardly to accept defeat and instead chose to have killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese while they were hesitating.
My favorite terrifying fact about the WW2 Pacific theater: The US expected that invading the Japanese home islands would be so bloody that they manufactured tons of Purple Heart medals, and they’re still giving them out today because they haven’t run out.
pchristensen commented on Two narratives about AI calnewport.com/no-one-kno... · Posted by u/RickJWagner
“Carbon capture” seems oddly specific?
My guess is that's a specific example of e.g. novel scientific modeling.
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This would also presume that the strength and colorfastness of pink and blue pigments was different 100 years ago than it was today.
Which is a very safe assumption given advancements in chemistry, textiles, and industrial processes.
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If you're interested in this, I recommend reading Casey Handmer's blog. Here is one of several pieces about cost curves and learning rate for solar and batteries: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2024/11/09/solar-and-batt...
pchristensen commented on Solar-plus-storage technology is improving quickly volts.wtf/p/solarstorage-... · Posted by u/mooreds
It's also not too dissimilar from Texas, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, and Utah - which together are a much larger part of the US - and not too far from being able to ship power not too expensively to even more areas.
Florida and Colorado are not much farther below California in total solar radiation per year per sq meter, either.
Ditto for even Idaho and Oklahoma.
For reference, those states cover 4.5x more land but only 20% more population (50M vs 40M) compared to California.
http://pchristensen.com/blog/articles/first-impressions-of-v...