Activity from JHarris

(Pressing "play" on my tape recorder....) "First off, let me say HELLO, and welcome to the world of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fandom! "I understand that the first time you see the show it seems so brilliantly original, so… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

And so we come to the end of our tour, covering highlights from the ninth and tenth seasons of Mystery Science Theater 3000. As with the previous comments, these are based off a combination of fan buzz and personal opinion. I'm sorry if I miss one… [more]
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I'm back with highlights from seasons six through eight. 603- THE DEAD TALK BACK with short: THE SELLING WIZARD This is a weird one. A bit of googling reveals that, while filmed in 1957, this movie wasn't actually released until 1993; the… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

As threatened previously he's more highlights, going up to the end of the 5th season: 403- CITY LIMITS At the time this was aired, this was the newest movie MST had ever done (it was supplanted later by Werewolf). There is some unexpected star… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Here is a list of highlights episodes, containing a mixture fan and personal favorites. Keep in mind most MST3K episodes have great moments somewhere along their length and if you onbly watch these you'll miss a thousand wonderful moments. But if… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

And if you want proof of what I'm talking about, there's a known phenomenon with these kinds of "AIs," about what happens when you train them on the work of other "AIs." It turns to crap. If "AIs" are fed other… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

How is it different from you looking at those artists then doing your best to copy their work? As others have said, an AI (which, again, isn't a great word for these things, so I'm going to start employing the scare quotes from here) isn't… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I am more hopeful that the courts will help reign this in, because if a system can reproduce a work in such a way that's nearly entirely accurate without human intervention, then regardless of the details it obviously is being stored in some… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I had a look at sites that had won Webbys about a year ago. First, as far as I can tell, if old Webby award records are visible on the Webbys site, they're not visible to the public, I had to get the lists from Wikipedia. Second, they probably don't… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I'm rooting for you Servo5678! [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I think that's a bit harsh on jragon, even if I agree generally? They were just offering in the spirit of help and all? I'm glad that we're all moving away (or might be, who can say for the long term) from the Twitter model, but there is some… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I'm surprised nobody here has mentioned Marginalia, a DIY search engine that prioritizes non-commercial/independent/brutalist/old-skool sites. Marginalia is useful, but is too limited in scope for many purposes. I think the future might be… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

the internet never stopped being wierd, all the wierdos just decamped to tumblr where they found kindred wierdos. Sort of? When I think of the weird and fun internet, though, I don't think of posts on any kind of social media, I think of… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Above, someone says, surely everyone knows advertising is misleading. I have a few things to say about that. 1. Nothing is obvious to everyone. Kids. The naive. People from less ad-filled cultures. People whose guards are just down. You… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

You mean you haven't seen them herding down to the CineMOOOOO? This statement brought to you by the Interrupting Cow. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

This doesn't seem to be biased hit-piece at all LOL. My eyes jerked sharply up when I read this. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Here's an informative and fun video demonstrating the properties of every usable wooden item in the game! [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Ah, one of the biggest problems with the marathon, one that we've always struggled with, is the need to be all things for all people, when experiences, preferences and expectations vary so widely between viewers, and time is merely linear. For… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

We're on Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny now, and around 9 PM Eastern time, the Star Wars Holiday Special [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

Fairly off-topic, but Oreo is a household name, OREO is not "contorted" fill at all. It may be a bit of a misstatement, but it's not far off. There's a small number of words that appear in crosswords in excess of their prevalence… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

And every time “aloe” shows up, someone breathes. I’m assuming that that’s the connection because that’s how often it shows up. Calling it: it's a matter of time until we get a hyper-defensive puzzle with a clue that reads something like:… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Daily Alice, we saw that one too. Every time OREO appears in a puzzle we make a show of how upset we are. "Oh, NO," we'll cry in dismay, and then wearily enter the blighted letters, that benighted sandwich cookie, the ill-favored product of… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Nearly every component has a cost of 3 zonaite, with very few exceptions. There are such spreadsheets, but as is the way with Google's decay and Discord's current popularity, it's a lot harder to find them now than the days when you could… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

And it's like the same things every time too (soooo many OREOS). Every time OREO is clued in a puzzle, the Cookie Monster eats a Polish Angel Wing. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Tortured fill is a problem, but I think it's not nearly as bad as losing this essential aspect of US crossword construction. Another contributing factor of that is the rise of computer construction aids like Crossword Compiler (commercial and well… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

It's already a fairly long thread and I've not read all of it (or TFA yet, for that matter), but: A UK style cryptic offers two paths to a solution, a quick has one. That is untrue! Cryptics remove one of the key virtues of traditional… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Aw Don Pepino, I am certain that you and hippybear are actually in agreement. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

What we might try doing next time is a "hands-off" marathon. There is no reason we can't just construct a three day long playlist and let it go, only making changes as needed. It would reduce the work a little, or at least move it to ahead… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Elon Musk
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FanFare post - 5 months ago

Infinity Train: Book 1
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FanFare post - 5 months ago

xedrik, I've posted Kleric's videos on multiple previous Zelda Days! I didn't have a lot of time this year, but I wanted to make sure something went up all the same. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

This is not relevant, but a short about the preparation of turkey came up, and the remark was "Google 'what are giblets'" Giblets was the BEST EVER blog character, on Fafblog! And of everything rotten Google has done lately, their benign… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

After a couple of problems starting it (the SWHS always seems a bit cursed for us) it's underway. Happy Lumpy and Itchy day everyone! [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

The next section (about 9-10 hours) is some of the less iconic riffing, but also some of the funnier/weird Christmas items and MST3K's showing of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

Yeah, it's always been difficult to introduce to people. It's just a sequence of movies, shorts and other videos you can watch along to. You can create an account, but you don't have to. Everyone is welcome, even non-MeFi members, so long as… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

This is just a reminder, that the Holiday Marathon is going now! [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Morning of the 24th, and the chosen content of the hour is Christmas episodes of TV shows! Most of them are cartoons, but there are some others mixed in.... [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

Aaaah I'm recharged a bit and am building the list for the next portion. I gather I missed a number of people, thanks for stopping by! [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

A couple of weeks back, I complained in a comment in one of the recent Musk threads about Musk doing things because largely the government hadn't. Someone challenged me on the ways that happened, and I didn't have a list at hand so I went by… [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

You can have us playing in the background, and watch for bits of serendipitous noise. A villain monologues at you, and over the speakers comes the Ice Cream Bunny's HURR HURR HURR [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 months ago

Oh glob, I just paid 150 scarse dollars for the latest COVID vaccination. I can't help but expect it'll be in next years catalog. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

mr. musk sounds like the villain in a TMBG song. Mr. Horrible wasn't so bad (the thing that really bothered him was that someone kept moving his chair), it was the Ugliness Men who really came out the worst in that song. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

It's sad that this has become the Thread of Beloved Pet Death, but it's really nice to hear so many people around here have such big hearts. Santa must have his hands full with you all because it's certain you're on the Very Nice List. [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I love that this list is full of actual substantive progress! Thanks hippybear! [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

Planning the Exploding Christmas Video Inevitable (that is to say, the Christmas Marathon). A question for people: I always announce it in Talk, which feels like the appropriate place to mention it, but tends to limit its reach (even if it does… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

I don't think they abandon them so much as are probably so pressed with new horrible things to talk about that they never get around to covering unused topics from previous seasons. [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

Aside: Hey! There's a Unicode character that resembles the HAMBURGER MENU! It's ≡! [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 months ago

The Legend of Lore
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MeFi post - 5 months ago

He ends many, not all but many, seasons like that. It's not the biggest send-off he's done, that would probably be the dance party of all the mascots the show's staff has made. [more]
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FanFare comment - 5 months ago

The character of what happens to these toys changes greatly between 31V and 500+V. The speaker stops working as low as seven volts. At 30 most of these toys shake themselves apart in amusing ways. At 500V... it's like Storm (in the first X-Men movie)… [more]
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