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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19494425

The artist naming convention also followed a somewhat similar pattern, with names ranging from the normal-sounding "Calvin Mann" to head-scratchers like "Calorie Event," "Calms Scorching," and "Calypso Xored."

That one of you? ;-)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Yeh, she was outstanding. That 'poor little deer' scene in that Brooklyn accent alone.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yep, it's really a lot of fun. A little hard on some parts of both southern culture and NY culture, but just enough to make it even funnier. Not just Pesci as a lawyer and all the lawyer jokes; making a judge out of Fred Gwynne so he could make all those facial expressions he'd perfected was a casting winner. So was Marisa Tomei. And the characters that played witnesses ... to this day when I'm saying 'I guess' it always comes out with that drawl. Every scene in the film was comical first, and never let up. Masterpiece.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Other'n a couple others named? My Cousin Vinny.

(Some quotes to help my arguement: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/quotes/ )

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Margaret Hamilton (witch) in a sci-fi Wizard of Oz remake. Oh hell, let's throw Burt Lahr (lion) in there too.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Haven't heard about the NASA design yet, but JAXA's 2010 IKAROS used "Eighty blocks of LCD panels are embedded in the sail, whose reflectance can be adjusted for attitude contro ".

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"...more research is needed to see if these drugs are safe and effective for people with Alzheimer's.

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"Gas accounts for 40% of California's grid. However, its use in April registered its lowest proportion in seven years."

[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thanks for reminding me of a great film I saw in theatres long ago... I was at a con once and heard Barry (spouse and I both liked 'Enemy') and bought his Workshop book ... good to see he's still kicking ...

and thanks too for hooking me up with Feral Historian's stuff (like his style) which I might never have found otherwise..

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"... The “dirty secret” of the insurance industry is that most denials can be successfully appealed..."

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"Every summer has become, for me, a window on a train that’s rushing toward a collapsed bridge.... This train is, of course, our consumer-driven society...

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"The very slight electric field on Earth may have shaped the evolution of the planet’s atmosphere, keeping our world livable while our neighbors became harsh." - NASA

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A paper by Eunice Newton Foote titled 'Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays' was published in 1856 in American Journal of Science and Arts.

Here's that 1896 paper from Svante Arhenius: https://www.rsc.org/images/Arrhenius1896_tcm18-173546.pdf

Don't ever let anyone tell you 'nobody knew'.

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Human extinction (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

IMO owning an unoccupied house thats off-market, or prohibitively-priced is probably a gambling chip.

IF there are ANY families in the same county that are homeless, it should begin being taxed as a gambling-chip. Sell-it very soon or it may used for a free shelter for however it remains unoccupied by the owner.

[-] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's my opinion that housing is so basic a need that no house should be allowed to use for a gambling chip.

The 'housing market' needs to be broken in favor of individual ownership. (For many, speculation has driven ownership out of reach.)

Only individuals may purchase individual homes, and must agree to occupy them as their primary and only residences until they sell and vacate them. (Live-in landlords included, e.g. boarders.)

As part of the deal, they must first find another individual buyer (under the same terms) for their present home.

(Futher stipluations needed, but none that permit violation of the above principle. )

[-] [email protected] 103 points 6 months ago

"We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes." - Leona Helmsley. (~ 1989)

(Convicted of extortion; sentenced to 16 years; released after months.) Her husband's death left her with the Helmsley hotels, the Helmsley Palace and the Empire State Building. (Yes, that one.)

[-] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

MANY products have seen slow shrinkage over the last decade. 16>13 oz. chip bags, 13 cookies instead 16 .... That candy bar that used to be 3" across is now 2.5 " across? Result: 2/3 of the surface area = 50% more profit. The price stays the same and they hope you don't notice how much less you're getting. Another side of this is the drop in the quality of ingredients.

[-] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago

I ... don't get it. What is the purpose of a tax writeoff? Suppose it saves them money this year. But they lose a much larger profit. Is it being saved for later when their fortunes are lower?

[-] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago

While YT is playing its games, I've found a half-dozen other ways to get at the videos. Very educational. I'm thinking they are learning a whole bunch about what people think of their way-too-aggressive approach ... and how people usually respond to that behavior.

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