Sergio

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[–] Sergio 4 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, that's the approach I use too. Eventually I'll have 2-3 versions of my resume/CV, and a file of typical paragraphs to put in a cover letter. Ideally I'll have some kind of connection to the company, like: "in a conversation with (Name) at (conference), I learned of your work in (whatever)" or "I am familiar with (product/process) from applying it to my work on (previous work)." Whenever I'm hiring, that sort of cover letter tells me that at least they've taken the time to learn about the company, so it's less likely a waste of time to interview them.

[–] Sergio 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

See, this is why I keep speech recognition turned off...

[–] Sergio 18 points 4 hours ago

Well they were planning on Effing it, so maybe they were wearing "protection".

[–] Sergio 3 points 20 hours ago

True story: me and my BFF, both Americans, were in Rome on September 11, 2001. We later tried to figure out exactly where we were when the first plane hit, and as far as we could tell we were right around Castel Sant'Angelo, walking along the Tiber for a while before cutting over towards the Spanish Steps.

[–] Sergio 7 points 20 hours ago

Educational tear-downs are a great way to give an honorable death to a machine. I have a young relative who loves taking things apart. When they're done, the parts go into a big bin for the annual trip to the recycling center.

 

In these troubled times, who can we turn to for guidance?

[–] Sergio 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They will find a scapegoat.

[–] Sergio 4 points 1 day ago

Or: memes and complaints.

[–] Sergio 19 points 1 day ago

Native Americans weren't/aren't some monolithic people. Back then they no doubt had a lot of different ideas on measuring a man's worth.

[–] Sergio 3 points 1 day ago

Hey, 3rd and 5th picture is Al Leong, who played one of the bad guys in Die Hard!

[–] Sergio 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This was mentioned a couple months ago. I checked it out yesterday at a friend's house -- the tone is kind of interesting, a lot different than the first preview (which was linked to back then) suggests.

The second preview (linked above) gives more of a feel of it. It's in the "isekai" genre, meaning he's in another world. Specifically, his fantasy world merged with a cyberpunk world in a way that is glossed over (those details are rarely important in the isekai genre.) so the main guy is presented as a "fish out of water" in a somewhat comedic way. Like the 2nd preview shows, the guy's a demon lord, but he's in a cyberpunk world, and to gain "followers" and thus gain power he becomes a streamer. Yeah, like a video game streamer. Anyway, it's the sort of thing you have to be in the mood for. I only watched a couple episodes while gaming, specifically of the "dubbed" version.

Here's a "recap" of the story of the first couple episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBG65MT33og You'll note some shots reminiscent of Ghost in the Shell and Akira.

 

Fantasy/Cyberpunk anime currently ongoing in Japan and the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Lord_2099#Anime

[–] Sergio 3 points 1 day ago

You should see the ham...

[–] Sergio 3 points 2 days ago

This movie also has an opening scene which involves them interviewing a member of Hezbollah. It's not an action-based movie, but it has some very good acting and occasionally has outstanding dialogue.

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A fictionalized account of a true story, it centers on the controversial 60 Minutes segment about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry,[3] covering his and CBS producer Lowell Bergman's struggles as they defend his testimony against efforts to discredit and suppress it by CBS and Wigand's former employer.

Though not a box office success, The Insider received acclaim from critics, who praised Crowe's portrayal of Wigand and Mann's direction. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor in a Leading Role (for Russell Crowe).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(film)

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Jonathan Shale is a Vietnam War veteran and mercenary. After a botched covert operation in Cuba in which three men from his platoon were killed, he returns home to Miami. He surprises his girlfriend, Jane Hetzko, at her apartment; she welcomes him warmly. Hetzko is a schoolteacher at inner-city Columbus High School, an institution with a considerable gang problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Substitute

There are a couple of cuss words blanked out the in the first couple minutes, but whoever was doing that got bored and quit doing it after a while. Also, the youtube comments say some of the violence was edited down.

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Keep in mind this was over 30 years ago. The very first Doom was was still a year away, there were no cell phones, and the internet was still something that only geeks knew anything about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)

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Was uploaded yesterday, aspect ratio is a little weird, might be removed in a day or two. UPDATE: yep, it' gone.

 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay written by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from her own stage play, which was in turn based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. The film stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh.

I think this might have region-blocking, but I'm not sure of the regions.

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Old documentary about kung fu, displaying the various types of wushu forms. Doesn't have a plot, is only 480p, and I think it was meant to be some kind of national propaganda film. But it is fascinating to see the different styles by expert practitioners in natural settings. A young Jet Li shows up at 19:10.

 

Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer) is a member of a violent Chelsea hooligan firm. His friends and fellow hooligans include Tommy's best friend Rod King (Neil Maskell), the hot-tempered Billy Bright (Frank Harper), and impulsive younger members Zeberdee (Roland Manookian) and Raf (Calum MacNab). Tommy spends his days drinking, using drugs, womanising and fighting, much to the disappointment of his grandfather Bill Farrell (Dudley Sutton), a pensioner and veteran who plans to move to Australia with his best friend Albert (John Junkin).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_Factory_(film)

There's nothing different about me. I'm just another bored male, approaching 30, in a dead-end job, who lives for the weekend. Casual sex, watered-down lager, heavily cut drugs. And occasionally kicking fuck out of someone.

What else are you gonna do on a Saturday? Are you gonna sit in some poxy office with a cunt for a boss telling you what to do as you count your pennies trying to make ends meet in a country that's sinking into strikes and wars and at the end of the day you go home to your cosy little flat in 'nowheresville' and pull your IKEA curtains shut to hide from the big bad world and pretend it's not happening? Sit in your fuckin' armchair wankin' off to Pop Idols? Then try and avoid your wife's gaze as you struggle to come to terms with your sexless marriage? Then go and spunk your wages on kebabs, fruit machines and brasses? Or are you gonna stand up and be counted, make a difference and feel the rush?

Just for once say "fuck it". I'm coiled up like a spring and I'm ready to burst and wanking ain't doing it anymore. I need violence to make me feel I'm still alive. Fuck all that for a laugh! I know what I'd rather do. Tottenham away, love it!

 

Variously translated as "The Angel of Hearth and Home" or "The Fireside Angel", subtitled: "The Triumph of Surrealism."

Ernst painted The Triumph of Surrealism shortly after the defeat of the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. In this conflict, Spanish fascist leaders were supported by Germany and Italy in their victory. Ernst's goal was to depict the chaos that he saw spreading over Europe and the ruin that fascism brings to countries.

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retitled by Ernst in 1938 as The Triumph of Surrealism, "a despairing reference to the fact that the surrealists with their Communist ideas had been unable to do anything to resist fascism."

https://www.max-ernst.com/the-triumph-of-surrealism.jsp

 

This is a pretty horrible movie in terms of acting, plot, realism, special effects, etc. The one redeeming value is the following. Apparently it was made with the support of the local chapter of the Japan Karate Association, a "traditional" shotokan karate organization known for the rigor and quality-control of its training. So every once in a while you'll see people doing karate moves that clearly demonstrate they've spent years of practice on them.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14991177

A famous martial artist, Steve Hunt, travels to the desert for what he thinks is an Olympic-style competition. The competition turns out to be a trap set by Baron von Rudloff, an ex-Nazi general who is still bitter over the humiliating defeat of his martial arts team

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_or_Be_Killed_(1976_film)

It has a sequel, you know....

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