Defunding schools while funneling massive amounts of money into ads and sports to start

Anecdotally but several of my friends build a new PC and then slide their old one to siblings who game but don’t need high end

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people in real life are dread and monotone

That is the context under which the rest of your comment is viewed and quite relevant when we’ve been talking about monotone acting and people not being able to change their role for several comments.

Kristen Stewart getting shit for her monotone acting and still being able to present different characters was literally the point there. Kristen Stewart with her bad monotone acting is still able to present two different characters. If you dropped Peter Dinklage in you wouldn’t get two different characters, you’d get Peter Dinklage twice. Like that was the entirety of my point and you’re just completely glossing over it.

I’m beginning to think you’re just intentionally trolling and won’t be responding again. Ciao and have a nice day.

I understand it completely which is why I gave such a range of different characters and examples that normal people very much expect to have different mannerisms. People play different roles, Peter Dinklage plays nothing.

Also I disagree that people in real life are dread and monotone. Each person still is unique when I talk to them.

I’ll give an example more of what I’m talking about. Kristen Stewart, also often talked about for her more dialed back almost monotonous acting (although that seems to be changing more recently). Her role in Twilight still feels incredibly different from in Snow White and the Huntsman despite being on paper near identical characters personality wise.

Liam-neeson, also often called monotone, but still manages to make Ras al-ghuul (spelling?) feel different from his character in Taken despite very similar performances.

It’s also weird you used Hitler as an example, a man who is known for his charisma and exuding life and was able to give great passionate speeches. Kind of really weakened your point about monotone life.

Sure if it was an action comedy, but that doesn’t belong in a drama

It depends on what aspect of programming you want to network over.

If you want too discuss the intricacies of different algorithms and nerd out over O notation timings and such then you’ll want to inhabit very different spaces then if you want to write videogames which is a different space from if you want to make home automation gadgets and small webpages.

Sure they’re all “programming” but you’ll generally find the people doing them in different spots.

Overall though, broad ways:

• Hackaday.com has a decent community and events
• Hackerspaces will sometimes have networking events
• local college classes
• events at local college
• mentor first robotics team (they often need programming mentors too)
• Make stuff and blog about it

I’ll say though, networking with other programmers isn’t how you get good at programming in my experience (currently as a Senior Software Engineer developing programs for language learning). In my experience being curious and trying to make stuff is how you get good. That billionaire quote only really truly applies to money.

I kind of combine them. Neetch. It’s kind of a niche pronunciation

Honestly I’m surprised that isn’t a customization option from the start. Change it to be GLADOS or Wheatly or something complaining about being tossed around

Sure. But if talking about politics, abandonment, and hookers in a medieval fantasy (Game of thrones) is supposed to sound exactly like a grieving lover in a modern comedy (Death at a Funeral) is supposed to sound exactly like a robot guiding you through epic space adventures killing the king of chaos (Destiny 2) is supposed to sound exactly like Optimus Prime’s biggest enemy (Rise of Beasts) and that not one of them is supposed to be dramatic or life exuding then I think we fundamentally understand movies and acting differently and I would generally love a longer take from you.

I share with anyone who brings a cold one or something for the grill

You’re ten years or so older than me. I’m just passionate about movies.

Now the actual kids on my actual lawn…

Yes, judge me from my opinion on one thing I’m passionate about. You got me. I’m the Ted Bundy of parties

It was fine the first thirty years but now it’s no longer a fun Easter egg. So many sound engineers don’t think one bit about where they’re putting it like in the middle of emotional climax scenes where people are getting bloodied in the face of a nigh impossible uphill battle and stuff.

My wife is getting sick of me talking about the Wilhelm scream and how it’s time for it to die.

Real glad I didn’t pick one of these up now.

It’s pressure from a Christian Fascist Australian group called “Collective Shout”. They were the people behind itch.io and Steam being forced to purge things too.

I dunno, he sounded the exact same as he did in every single thing I’ve seen him in to me.

You wound me sir. But thankfully tis but a scratch.

That sounded to me more like what my wife’s grandpa did when sundowning where he would start a word, forget it partway in, but remember the intent and just change words.

They’ve realized the mask won’t stay, that’s why they’re pushing so much gerrymandering

I’ve been saying for a while until we get rid of Peter Thiel and the other Epstein class members things won’t get better. Trump is a symptom not the problem. It’ll be cathartic setting him gone but it won’t fix things.