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Even investors pay attention to the news, and this single picture speaks louder than words.

Next month: Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. laid off all of their workers after they formed a union.

Needs moar artifacts!

Ahhh, yes, FARK. The diconomy of mods posting right-wing bullshit and more sane posters calling out said bullshit was interesting, to say the least.

Didn't really bother with Digg. Just went from FARK straight to Reddit.

I wouldn't call it alpha, but man, does it have UI problems.

There were some nerds who pretended to be writers. And those wrote pulp, SF, fantasy, and comics. Those were not real writers.

That just sounds like some hardcore gatekeeping and No True Scotsman bullshit to me.

I also don't think these new series writers are Boomers or Gen Xers, either. They are a bunch of young bloods with shit for brains and a lack of experience. It's not a taught hatred, but inflated egos.

But, you can ruin a sci-fi or fantasy series by hiring the completely wrong type of writer. Those last few seasons of Dr Who certainly proved that, hiring a bunch of fucking soap opera writers, oof.

Slightly different systems, but in the US, welfare is a lot like that as well, especially punishing people by removing welfare or food stamps when they make X dollars.

Witcher, Foundation, The Stand, Y: The Last Man, Wheel of Time, recent Star Trek, Rings of Power, Legend of the Seeker... the list goes on and on. Sandman is only good because Neil Gaiman is keeping a tight leash on the series.

And then they cancel the rest that were turning out good, like The Expanse.

You could always just stash some electrons in a battery just for peak usage, when your solar panels aren't online or aren't able to contribute to 100% of your energy needs. A lot of these systems have a lot of options for when and where the energy goes.

Maybe that, yeah, but I also remember certain interviews of him being just as passively critical about the last season as Emile Clarke was at the time. As in, he couldn't really say anything damaging (contractually), but you could tell by the reactions.

As far as dwarf actors, he really did break out into serious roles in various movies, especially in spots where his dwarfism wasn't a highlight. But, I think Hollywood just treated him as an exception, instead of changing the framing of how they cast actors, which is extremely disappointing.

Not going to lie: It's pretty expensive, and I wouldn't recommend buying them if you need to get a loan to do so. The loan costs would eat into your solar savings. Other tips:

1. Do not buy a solar panel set up without batteries! The electric company does not want to be your battery, and will usually charge more for using their electricity than what you would get sending excess electrons back to them. Batteries add to the cost, but you save money in the end.
2. Beware of loan scams and shady solar panel dealers! Do your research! There's a lot of direct sales people roaming around because the market is new, it's extremely hot, and potential customers don't know what they are getting into. Politely tell them to fuck off and go find a company that works for you.
3. Read reviews and ask for quotes from multiple installers. Do the math on your electricity usage, how much you'll save, when you'll break even, etc. There's a lot of variables floating around, but there's good resources out there, like Project Sunroof, to help you get good yearly estimates.
4. Get your installer to set up a circuit breaker home energy monitor. It's cheap (compared to the main install) and you get a bunch of cool metrics around where you are using electricity. It pays to know where you are using electricity and whether it's during the day or night.
5. Make sure you get the technical plans and have a decent idea how the whole system works. Remember, the installer is there to help you, and you should have good visibility into whether the system is working or not.

But, out of that hassle, you get the piece of mind that you're (mostly) using renewable energy, saving on electricity bills in the long term, and have a natural whole-house UPS to keep things running during outages. I really hope we get to a spot where installing solar panels is a requirement to building a house, like HVAC or water pipes.

Dumb and Dumber’s only talent was adapting the books really well

Honestly, I want more Hollywood writers who are good at adapting books, instead of hating the source material and doing a terrible job winging it.

I can't count the number of TV shows ruined by Hollywood writers usurping the universes from multi-million dollar and very successful source material, just to create their own shitty version themselves. In fact, it's much easier to adapt source material, so I don't even understand why they don't do it out of pure laziness. If they could just drop their fucking egos for a bit, they could be as famous as D&D.