Overspark

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[–] Overspark 1 points 57 minutes ago

That's not entirely true, Intel's latest laptop chips are more advanced than AMD's in some regards, specifically when it comes to dividing different workloads amongst different chiplets. But that hasn't led to chips that are actually better for the users yet. On the desktop they still have a long way to go, that still holds true.

[–] Overspark 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

1st season is brilliant, none of the later seasons will match it.

2nd season is way too far up it's own ass in how the story is told. If you need Alt Shift X (a youtube series) to explain to you what you've just watched (and I did) you're failing as a story teller. HOWEVER, if you disregard how the story is told there's still a lot to like in the 2nd season. Both Shōgunworld and The Raj are a decent change of scenery for example, and I loved some of the new characters, like Williams daughter.

3rd season is very different since we're no longer in the parks. The real heroes of this season are the location scouts. The places everything is filmed in are absolutely amazing and make for some really beautiful pictures. It's quite a bit different from the first two seasons, almost like it's a different show. Overall I liked it but not all episodes worked for me. Aaron Paul plays a great role as a new main character, which is both very relevant to how things are now and also a bit on the nose.

4th season is still interesting but harder to like, and again changes direction quite a bit. There is a bit where once again a new park is opened which felt quite tired to me, but it's supposed to be very unoriginal so maybe it gets a pass for that? Not sure. Even though there was supposed to be a 5th season it does a decent job of ending the series, although the ending is very open and it's not at all clear how things will go from there.

All in all I feel like every season is worth watching and I've watched them all more than once over the years, but I totally understand how the 2nd season chased people away and the seasons after that weren't good enough to lure them back. If you're patient enough to get through the bad parts there is a lot to love in all the seasons.

[–] Overspark 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Haven't heard of it before, but it does look interesting

[–] Overspark 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Me neither. Last time I read SP was in 2021. I see the site was rebooted recently, anyone know what I missed in the meantime?

[–] Overspark 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can also let bat render your man pages, with some nicer coloration (and theming) than man does by default.

[–] Overspark 2 points 2 days ago

You can also try something like broot. Lovely TUI file manager that shows how big folders are when you start it with the -w option, faster than either du or tree in my experience.

[–] Overspark 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah that's fair, I only use it on systems where I'm in full control and use enough to get all my toys set up properly, which goes for all the commands in the article. I've just aliased ls to eza though, so it'll mostly (options are a bit different) keep working on any system I'm on.

[–] Overspark 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Eza is a lot more than just ls with colours though.

[–] Overspark 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah, that sounds better. My tumor was found when I was 30 and initially caused me lots of IBD problems, and then proceeded to blood in my stool. Butt probe then confirmed it even though my doctor was expecting something else because I was so young. A test like that might not have helped much in my case but I wasn't the most average case anyway.

[–] Overspark 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well the trade war isn't going great for them...

[–] Overspark 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Is that a blood test? Those aren't always effective. I kept testing negative even when I had a massive tumor in my bowels. The only thing that really works is going in there and taking a look, i.e. a colonoscopy.

[–] Overspark 7 points 4 days ago

Sony TVs are very well regarded though, they're one of the higher quality devices you can buy.

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