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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 4h

It's sort of amazing to see how much your own taste can change over the years. Things you used to find ugly somehow become your favorites.

For instance. Gengar has always been my favorite pokemon but Rayquaza is suddenly strong competition.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks Jon!

(Big fan of your work!)

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 1d

That's really helpful! I had no idea how popular it was. So based on that theory it's 1001 as the source in the West but perhaps not that contemporaneous to its earliest translations?

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Okay, so back to my question, did Aladdin "taint" the word for English speakers who were children in the early 90s and their parents?

Like in the 1980s could a vizier have gone either way?

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 1d

Very open to it being older, ancient even! But I guess I am wondering if this was the vector by which a huge number of people learned it?

Definitely not asking if this is the invention, just the "popularization" point? And specific to "vizier" and not generically "advisor".

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 1d

I think I'm looking specifically at the word vizier? Like the advisor who is scheming definitely exists in European history for a while but if someone says "I'm a vizier" you immediately think that person is going to overthrow someone.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 1d

Did Aladdin teach a generation of Americans that the vizier is a scheming bastard? Was there some other text people consumed?

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 1d

Based on their SEC filings...Xbox is tucked within "More Personal Computing" and accounted for less than 10% of their operating income last year.

To the company as a whole they sort of barely register considering the size of the other units.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 1d

Formula 1 leaving normal US cable broadcasts would be such a disaster for the health of the sport in America.

Just one more instance of selling the future to make a profit today.

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 1d

"It’s a game that’s all search, where getting around is key."

@rubeck.bsky.social plays Everdeep Aurora, a retro-style game that focuses on exploration over combat:

Searching Without Shooting - Unwinnable

Everdeep Aurora dares to be a small game full of little freaks hiding from the falling sky with no direct violence as a solution to your problems.

unwinnable.com

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

Versus like Jin who starts out classically trained and while he gets better, he's mostly getting better at things he already knows, not broadening his skills.

David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

Do we know she was particularly skilled as a mercenary though? My vibe was that she begins as unremarkable with a sword but is willing to learn, adapt, and be creative. Which is why her skill ceiling is so high.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

I was kind of wondering about this. I'm about the same hours and saw how much of the skill tree is not available to me.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

I also think a lot about the Ian McKellen story about him being so sad he was alone on set just surrounded by a sea of green. It's so much work to make that into a movie, it's not actually easier in a lot of ways. But it feels.....colder.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

It's such a shame! Or when it's totally misidentified! A LOT of Fury Road was done practically but also every frame was digitally altered and it feels like there's somehow less craft or humanity.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think CG is bad! But there's a mental difference knowing that, to some extent, those coffins really had to shoot out of the ground and you either had the shot or you didn't.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

I'm much less romantic for the poor actors who were subjected to real physical danger but Poltergeist was made for $10M in 1982, $34M today.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

More seriously. Pre computer effects movies are fascinating to me because everything the effects to some extent had to be done in front of a camera and some absolutely incredible stuff got done using balsa and wire.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

Rewatched Poltergeist last night, pretty good movie. You should check it out if you haven't.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently keep cold is a 3rd UPC.

I can't say why but one tracks back to an explicitly shelf stable version and the other just is Oatly Barista Edition and is likely the same sauce.

www.barcodelookup.com/190646640019

www.barcodelookup.com/190646650070

UPC 190646640019 | Barcode Lookup

Barcode Lookup provides info on UPC 190646640019 - Oatly Oatmilk Barista Edition Non-Dairy Milk Shelf Stable - 32oz.

www.barcodelookup.com

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

Okay so some more googling....looks like there is a non shelf stable version and likely that Whole Foods is stocking the shelf stable one as the keep cold version.

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

Something I don't really like about this particular Scorigami tracker is that the percentage chance doesn't seem to be related at all to the rate of scoring or the flow of the game.

Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 3d

🏈 SF 19 - 26 TB
2:40 3Q

This game has a 12.34% chance of ending in Scorigami.
Most likely Scorigami: 40-19 (1.84%)

David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently there is some difference between the refrigerated and shelf stable versions in the carton or processing.

Where did you buy it? Feel like it ringing up for a 3rd price is a truth in advertising violation.

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 5d

"I knew he wanted the fucking cookies! Anyone watching the film can see that he wants the cookies."

@nochshorn.bsky.social explores retroactive edits and gaslighting in TV and films like High School Musical:

High School Musical and the Gaslighting of America’s Youth - Unwinnable

What makes streaming different than past revised mediums is that when changes are made, there may be no older physical model to compare it to.

unwinnable.com

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David Shimomura @unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · 6d

I actually think the way we have it set up you can subscribe at least twice before anyone notices.

But you don't have to!

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