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  • vexikron@lemmy.ziptoMemes@sopuli.xyzHe's selective
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    6 months ago

    I think the Wickerman remake is just actually a good movie. Yes, its so over the top at times that you are laughing at how absurd some scenes are, but its also still horrifying. Its an actual enjoyable experience that is not as formulaic as many other ‘horror movies that are so bad theyre funny’.

    Same with Face Off, but its so absurd its funny and also still a good action movie.

    Mandy? I honestly think its also a great movie.

    I have not seen /everything/ Cage has been in… but everything I have seen that stars him basically either is a good movie, or is a stupid movie that is made hilarious by Cage’s acting.

    Everything (that I’ve seen) that doesnt star Cage but just features him as a more minor character? His bit or bits are incredible.


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    6 months ago

    The dude is apparently quite the spender but goddamnit he’s one of the most talented and versatile actors ever.

    Are there any movies where he just phones it in?

    Not that I’m aware of.

    Keep going strong you magnificent maniac hahah.



  • Also by this guy’s correct logic, Deus Ex is more truly an RPG than FF7.

    Good luck explaining that to a JRPG fan without them becoming either manic or passive aggressive though.

    Dont get me wrong, FF7 is a great story… but… as with nearly all ‘RPGs’… youre not really role playing, as role playing involves meaningfully being able to … play… the role you want… for your character(s).

    Nearly all RPGs are more like role insertion: you are this character and this is how their story goes.

    The Witcher and Mass Effect series both attempt to avoid this… though I’d argue that the Witcher series pulls this off far more convincingly.

    Oh and of course Cyberpunk 2077, which is actually a great game now that its had years to get fixed up.

    These 3 are still ultimately linear stories, but at least choices in decisions you make or things you do or do not do can have pretty significant impacts on the grander world / main storyline.

    Hell, Kenshi is a better role playing game than most linear story ‘RPGs’ too, though you’ll likely need a few dialogue expansion mods for this effect to become more obvious/convincing.





  • Unless you go to basically a non franchise, non chain, actual asian/chinese restaurant/take out place… yeah basically if you dont do that, you are getting pretty much reconstituted chicken puree doused in… not really even real orange chicken sauce.

    As with much modern food in America… its got waaaay more sugar and is missing other vital parts of the original way of making it.

    Real orange chicken from a real chinese place tastes significantly different, and varies from place to place if they actually make the sauce on site. Usually a different medley of spices and oils… way more flavorful than extremely sweet orangeness.




  • I have at least found that using DnD or other common RPG concepts can be useful in some regards. Dont take it too literally though, the real world obviously does not have a dungeon master.

    You can to some extent view yourself as basically a character with stats, feats, skills and weaknesses.

    It is possible to improve these over time, though how that works in the real world bears little resemblance to games.

    But you can practice and learn new skills and they can end up being useful in niche situations.

    Overall, Kenshi is closer than DnD to real life in that basically /everyone/ is playing by the same rules, you are not special, and trying to do something you are not prepared for can result in catastrophic failure.

    Again: Do not take this hyper literally. There are similarities in some regards, but lots of stuff doesnt translate.

    Theres a reason these worlds are generally designed to facilitate some kind of adventure and narrative creation: thats what many, probably most people desire.

    There arent any roleplaying games I am aware of where the vast amount of /gameplay/ is doing a very boring and stressful job for low pay.

    Because… that isnt fun. But thats the real world we live in.

    So, yes, some concepts from roleplaying games can be beneficial to analogize to real life, but you have to be aware of the limitations.





  • This person asked if they can make PopOS secure via TPM.

    I am saying that while yes, you can, there isnt much point, because setting up LUKS to work with TPM is inconvenient, easy to fuck up, and basically offers no additional protection against all but extremely implausible security scenarios for basically everyone other than bladed server room admins worried about corporate espionage who are for some reason running bare metal PopOS on their server racks.

    Like the only actual use case I can see for this is /maybe/ having a LUKS encrypted portable backup drive, but even then you can still base the encryption key in the actual main pc’s harddrive without using tpm, though at /that and only that point/ are we approaching parity between the difficulty of using or not using tpm to accomplish this.


  • Oh ok so the use case here is if this casual linux user asking this question has only their harddrive stolen from their pc or their laptop in their home or apartment or workplace, not their whole pc.

    Mhm that seems likely.

    I guess this maybe makes sense if youre running like a server room, but chances are low thats the actual context of this question.

    Why would you run PopOS on a large operation’s servers?