HipPriest

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[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think it's the 'Boss' and they're building up an arc.

With the whole gold tooth thing I really hope it's not as obvious as The Master but who knows yet

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah it's a real shame because from what I saw of the Artemis app it looked good as well. I hope the dev is ok.

Kbin definitely needs a decent app. The web app does the job but it can be a bit irritating as you say

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

So because I play a lot of games and read a lot of eBooks then I would say getting my first tablet was pretty great, even though it was a midrange one that was just thrown in to the deal when I was upgrading my phone and I probably wouldn't have bothered otherwise

It was a Samsung A8 from 2019, had about an 8" screen and I used it mainly as a kindle and games device. The games I play are mainly strategy or board games, but there were certainly some games that you wouldn't necessarily think would cause a problem (Wingspan?) that would lag or crash. Since I review games it helped to have a second device to check things on, and a bigger screen is better.

Last year I upgraded it to a Samsung S8 which is a flagship. It's a 10 or 11 inch screen which felt more unwieldy though I'm used to it now. It can run more things. It's a really nice device. The screen isn't actually OLED but feels like it, the quality is amazing. It actually came with a stylus which was a neat touch. The screen is good enough that yes I have found myself watching more TV on it.

However, when people say 'productivity', I don't know really know what they mean by that tbh. I've got a work laptop for work. I've got my own laptop for other stuff. Do people mean drawing and things on tablets but that?

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah me and my son watched it and both preferred it to Star Beast (though we both liked Star Beast too) - Doctor Who does weird /surreal/uncanny exceptionally well and it had a nightmare Alice in Wonderland vibe in its visuals, especially when the Not Doctor/Donna were blocking the tunnel.

The Doctor picking the wrong Donna got us both, and seeing Wilf at the end was great. I loved the way that the Timeless Child was acknowledged in a dramatic way and moved on from (it's a nod that RTD is respecting the continuity of the show but not going to let it get in the way of a good story).

If I was going to criticise, I'd say there was a bit of padding (really unlike Doctor Who) and some of the effects weren't as good as they thought they were. But really what could be better for an anniversary story where they're literally running up and down the same corridor?

Plus - technically a multi doctor story!

(I bet if I was younger and watching this high it would have been astonishing...)

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

2 made mine - 'Hey Bulldog' and 'Cry Baby Cry'.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I get that too now you've said it!

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It looks like a shady dealer in an orange hoodie.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Top Artist - The Beatles (I relistened to their remaster of Revolver a lot this year, it's really very good!)

Top Song - 'Give It Up' by Public Enemy

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Seems from the present tense use of the wiki article all hope is lost...

My sister lives in China atm. Internet access a contentious issue - dogs and cats in cages in the Saturday market for butchery sale. Not a criticism - just a very different culture to the West.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

What if this is the afterlife of a religion we don't know about from our previous existence?

I don't think you can have a rational reply to your question - it's all head canon

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The worst thing to do would be an inorganic botch job on here to fill a gap when there's no need, you can read that content elsewhere.

Anyway, it's not an automatic guarantee of engagement or interaction. It's purely a hack move.

I'm happy to use Reddit if I feel I can't find anything to read on Kbin. You are allowed to use both you know?

 

Obviously this question is going to be asked at some point so I might as well be the obvious one and ask it...

I am assuming that a lot of people out there will rightly go with Genesis Of The Daleks and City Of Death. (Amusing side note, predictive text badly wants that first story to be renamed Genesis Of The Faeries). The first has Davros and the second is one of Douglas Adams' finest hours.

So I'll go for my 'official' vote The Deadly Assassin . Seeing Tom Baker on the back foot is always riveting. Watching him having to play out everything by himself is just so watchable, right from him putting a dummy of himself of him smoking a hookah to distract the guards to basically drowning to death in the matrix.

Anyone else? I had to think hard for a favourite 4th after discounting my usual defaults of Genesis and City, but that's not saying they're off limits for everyone!

 

Joby Pool, who drove off with sugary stash from Telford industrial unit, had clearly not acted on ‘spur of moment’, says prosecutor


I love the understatement of prosecutor there.

 

Just thought I'd share this. It's an excellent site for reviews of apps and online versions of board games. The guy who runs it has got a pretty exhaustive list of reviews (though not complete!)

There's also a Discord community which is friendly and actually very fediverse like in its lack of toxicity

Anyway, it was perfect for someone like me, because my wife is a bad loser and no longer plays games with me, and my son is 7 so we can manage Patchwork but not much more just yet 😛

 

Not had a chance to actually watch this yet but should be interesting I think...

 

We tend to think about media disruption as driven by technological innovation. But the ‘enshittification’ of our socials shows that the tech itself plays a relatively minor role

 

One of late director Stanley Kubrick's films is to be adapted for the stage for the first time.

 

British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign

 

I also think this is one of the best 12th Doctor moments, allthough I'm not sure it's the one that defines him for me...

Maybe earlier in the season where he's able to share a joke with Davros a moment before spoiling his plans, whilst then telling Missy to go before he gets really angry.

 

This article sort of sums up my ideas that hadn't fully formed on why Threads might not be the Twitter killer it wants to be - there's not much wriggle room for humour.

 

The 3rd doctor is probably my least favourite of the Doctors - I think he's pompous, humourless and generally acts like he wishes he could be a Victorian gentleman instead of a time travelling alien.

That said, I love his first series, especially Inferno, and I'm quite fond of The Green Death. Does anyone else have a favourite Pertwee?

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