Sounds about right. I held onto my 16:9 OnePlus 3 until the battery completely gave out in 2023 or so. It was the perfect size, and I hated the 2:1 ones that came after. Tried a OP Nord N200 for about a week but returned it.

Daily driving the Minimal Phone now. It’s not the highest resolution by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s 4:3 and makes current phones look even skinnier than when I was used to 16:9.

The only thing preventing me from looking into this further is it’s yet another tall-skinny phone. I don’t know which manufacturer popularized that ridiculous aspect ratio, but I hate them and everyone who followed suit.

I think it’s more exhausting to be around a narcissist.

The narcissists themselves seem to feed off of the behavior.

I have 3 of the original ones in my basement that my parents were going to throw out years ago that I rescued. They were pretty awful in every way but I always hoped to do something with them eventually.

Maybe with this I can make a lo-fi HomeAssistant dashboard / control panel and/or plumb in the Weather Channel emulator (https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/)

^^ Me after one hit of my ex’s weapons-grade pot.

I caught that the hive used RF spectrum but didn’t make the connection to that being why they likely shut down cell towers. I need to re-watch the last episode when I have more time to see what the frequency was that he found. Would be interested to see if it’s within the cellular bands (mostly out of curiosity).

Also in the first episode we see Carol doesn’t use a cellphone

I must’ve missed that completely.

The finale was definitely a roller coaster, and I loved the callbacks.

• I was terrified the attempt to join the Peruvian girl was going to fail, but glad it didn’t go that direction
• Apparently the goat was just a goat. Man, I’ve seen Jurassic Park too many times.
• In episode 8, when Carol and Zosia were talking outside, there were two airborne planes visible in the background. Could have just been IRL air traffic during filming, but now it seems those planes were the hive and likely ferrying the custom viruses for the other immune.
• Loved the ongoing live translation gag with the phone
• Carol’s reaction to and view of Manounous seems to be very similar to the other immune’s attitude toward Carol (at least until the end)
• Carol refusing all of Manounous’s op-sec was both hilarious and wise. Like, of course she wouldn’t get in a van with a complete stranger wielding a machete.
• Now we know what Manounous was looking for when he was scanning and logging the radio frequencies
• Laxmi calling again just to bitch at Carol and Carol anticipating it.
• Goddamn Manounous is tenacious. The sheer force of will to get things done and learn what he needs to learn to accomplish his goals. I’m just kind of jealous.
• After Carol leaves with Zosia and the rest of the hive, I thought for sure it was going to be a dream sequence
• It was expected but still heartbreaking when Carol and Zosia split up because, despite their relationship, Zosia is still compelled by the hive’s imperative. And Carol rightly feels violated and betrayed.
• The build up of hearing the helicopter at the end had all kinds of theories brewing:
• Carol coming back after splitting with Zosia (confirmed but not as expected)
• When it came into view hauling cargo, I thought Manounous had the hive bring him equipment to build a radio tower so he could broadcast his anti-hive signal
• When we see Zosia piloting it and Carol along side her, I have no idea what the cargo would be
• “Would you give me a nuclear bomb?” Apparently very much yes.

Lingering Questions

• Why only landlines? They explicitly stated cell phones would no longer work, but why? They seem to be keeping all the rest of the infrastructure up and running (water, sewer, power, landlines, etc).
• How does the hive knows who’s calling? Yes, caller ID exists. But Carol calls from random phones and they always know it’s her. I guess the drones saw her setting Manounous up in the neighbor’s house and noted that phone number for him?
• Are the joined still operating refineries for all the jet-setting they do, or is there just a lot of aviation fuel stockpiled?

Can’t wait to see where season 2 goes, and I hope this series isn’t going to suffer from the 2 year gap between seasons that’s becoming sadly common with streaming shows.

Glad you liked it!

Power-watched the whole season 2 of Strange New Worlds and the first couple of episodes of S3.

Probably Nico Borie

Edit: Oh, goddamnit. My dyslexic ass read that as Michael Langdon. I’m gonna leave this up for a laugh at my expense but disregard.

Oh, nice. I didn’t catch what account posted it when I clicked on it.

Shame me 4 times? Shame on you for picking on a vulnerable man.

😂

It was the other day, too. It’ll probably be gone by tomorrow though. But keep uploading it for sure.

If you stop hearing from me, that’s exactly what happened; look for that van.

Them’s the fanciest lookin’ Funyuns I ever did saw, I tell ya whut

the segment has been shared widely on social media

Not widely enough.

https://files.catbox.moe/4kv1gt.mp4

See Also:

• https://www.threads.com/@erikveland/post/DSl4-P8iWfp
• https://www.thereset.news/p/breaking-heres-the-60-minutes-segment

Even if they do eventually air it, it would be enlightening to play “spot the difference” between what they didn’t want to air and what they finally do. My guess would be CBS doing something like sed s/Trump/Biden/g to the script.

I can see that. Kinda like only enjoying the first 1/3 of each season of American Idol.

“Sadly” lol

(I dunno, I’ve never seen it but it just does not sound like compelling television to me)

Sounds about right. I dropped cable in 2010 or thereabouts so probably right around the time that shifted.