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Harrison Ford’s blaster from 'Star Wars: A New Hope' sets Guinness World Record at auction
  • Wanted to save you a click and write what record was actually set. Article doesn't mention it.
    It's not most expensive SW prop

    a miniature X-Wing starfighter from "A New Hope" sold for over $2.3 million in June

    So it might be most expensive firearm prop, but we are left in the dark...
    The article's author also doesn't know anything about props:

    The original prop gun was modeled after the Mauser C96 broom handle pistol used by Frank Sinatra in "Naked Runner," and was built by "Star Wars" set decorator Roger Christian and armorer Carl Schmidt. It has gone on to be dubbed the "Hero" prop and is considered one of the most recognizable weapons in cinema history.

    A hero prop is just the name for a prop that's seen in close-ups or is important.

  • Strange object found trapped near Uranus
  • Probably just some cloaked Klingons

  • Strange object found trapped near Uranus
  • oo rah noos

    "U" is not pronounced like "you" at all. "Noos" is also pretty off.

  • Hello Games has announced its next game, called Light No Fire
  • Hope they learned and aren't announcing more than they can deliver again.

  • Read to leap into Linux
  • You'll just need to check how to install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers on your distro. For most that won't be a problem. Just a quick google search, haven't tried this myself:
    https://itsfoss.com/nvidia-linux-mint/

  • European Union must face legacy of colonialism and support reparations, say MEPs (Members of the European Parliament)
  • Let's say your great-great grandfather stole bricks from a victim to build a factory that you now own and that provides a nice living. Because of that the victim was not able to build a factory and their descendants are poor.
    Let's say this crime is very well documented.
    Did you do the crime? No. Are you reaping the benefits of the crime? Yes.
    Should you give that factory to the descendants? Should you be required to help the poor descendants? Would it be a nice gesture to help the poor descendants?
    Nobody is asking for the factory. People are asking for a bit of help because it's clear that you are still reaping the benefits of a crime that was perpetrated by an ancestor and the victims descendants are still feeling the repercussions of that crime.

  • AI Search Is Turning Into the Problem Everyone Worried About
  • Hm, AI isn't going to kill us with Skynet, it'll just corrode our knowledge and blur our reality.

  • AI Search Is Turning Into the Problem Everyone Worried About
  • A growing web of hundreds of billions of websites, more data than even 100,000 of the most expensive iPhones mashed together could possibly store.

    Should I read the rest of the article after stumbling upon this idiotic comparison?

  • The future of Fitbit doesn't look good | Digital Trends
  • I have a Fitbit Versa with internal storage for music. The only way to get music onto the device is via the desktop app. The app cannot be downloaded anymore and it cannot be started because the login servers were shut down...

    Guess I'll never buy a google product again.

  • Anyone know a good, hackable bluetooth mp3 player? Fitbit recently disabled transferring music to my Versa 1. Any cheap, preferably physically clippable, mp3 players? I guess storage being accessible
  • The dev builds are actually very recent but finding a cheap hardware is still not that easy. The forums are a great place to start, I guess.

  • Anyone know a good, hackable bluetooth mp3 player? Fitbit recently disabled transferring music to my Versa 1. Any cheap, preferably physically clippable, mp3 players? I guess storage being accessible
  • thanks, that's a great starting point. It seems the SanDisk players aren't easily available anymore but I'll look for the other compatible devices.

  • Anyone know a good, hackable bluetooth mp3 player? Fitbit recently disabled transferring music to my Versa 1. Any cheap, preferably physically clippable, mp3 players? I guess storage being accessible

    Anyone know a good, hackable bluetooth mp3 player? Fitbit recently disabled transferring music to my Versa 1. Any cheap, preferably physically clippable, mp3 players? I guess storage being accessible over USB would be enough, but I'd love a device that is easily hackable to my hearts content.

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    What's something that sounds made up, but is completely true?
  • While it's easy to prove rigorously I think the easiest way to think about it is to think what number/numbers could go between 0.9 repeating and 1.
    I guess that it also requires a second thought experiment that if no numbers can go between two numbers, those two numbers must be the same.

    edit: this might be even easier:

    1/3 = 0.333... -> multiply both sides by 3
    3/3 = 0.999...
    1 = 0.999...

  • A spacecraft to deorbit ISS 'not optional,' claims NASA safety panel
  • an option that should not be considered = not optional

  • Amnesty International finds "damning evidence of war crimes" as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza
  • Very important report, but this case is baffling

    Ismail al-Naqla, Mohammed’s brother and the father of Abdel Karim, told Amnesty International that their next-door neighbour received a call from the Israeli military at around 10:30am, warning that his building was about to be bombed. Ismail and Mohammed and their families left the building immediately, as did their neighbours. By 3:30pm, there had been no attack, so the al-Naqlas and others went home to collect necessities. Ismail explained that they had thought it would be safe to do so as five hours had elapsed since the warning, though they planned to leave again very quickly.

    But as they were returning to their apartments, a bomb struck the building next door, destroying the al-Naqlas’ home and damaging others nearby. Mohammed and his family were still in the courtyard of their building when they were killed.

    If you were warned that your home was a target why return with a bunch of children?

    though they planned to leave again very quickly.

    They knew it was still dangerous. If you need to get stuff from your home, your 3 and 5 year olds won't help with that. Leave them with Ismail and get capable adults to get in and out quickly. If your decision making in the face of risks is based on inshallah, if God wills it, then you can't complain if your God willed it.

    This is all fucked up and their home should probably not have been a target in the first place. But they knew it was and brought their children there.

    This is probably victim blaming but the decisions made in this case were very bad. Though of course it doesn't absolve the perpetrators.

  • Amazon's Fallout TV series begins streaming in April 2024
  • I mostly enjoyed it but I never read the books so couldn't compare. Visually it's a treat. Apart from some things seeming a bit too "magic" I'd recommend it to sci fi fans.

  • Amazon's Fallout TV series begins streaming in April 2024
  • Yes, the Apple TV adaptation

  • Amazon's Fallout TV series begins streaming in April 2024
  • Did you like Foundation?

  • Jamie Raskin has some thoughts on Jim Jordan's role in McCarthy's ouster in interview with Brian Tyler Cohen

    The whole video is pretty good. But I found this part pretty interesting as I hadn't heard it before.

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    The new world's hottest pepper, Pepper X, is 3 times spicier than its predecessor
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c

    Pepper X: Sean Evans, Chili Klaus & Smokin' Ed Currie Eat the New World's Hottest Pepper | Hot Ones

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