And I swear autocorrect, a basic feature of smartphones for like 15 years now, is less reliable than ever.

Two phones later and I’m not even sure what’s improved in terms of usability. Is facial recognition any faster or more secure than thumbprint? Camera’s better but I mostly use actual cameras for photography. Every new phone just feels like an obligation now instead of a cool new piece of tech.

This time I’m putting multiple such boxes in a bigger box in a self-deluded effort to convince myself I’ve consolidated the random stuff into one box.

At this point I wonder if people would even care? Like if we discovered chemical evidence in the atmosphere of an exoplanet only explained by some artificial process...would it change the world or would people just shrug and go about their day?

Living in Vancouver there was virtually no difference upon exiting the theatre, save for the absence of Jared Leto which was an improvement.

Love the aerobraking sequence, think that's the only time it's been depicted in a film.

Agreed should really have leaned into its premise and become more isolated and desperate. I would’ve liked a longer arc returning home though…maybe they make it to the Beta Quadrant but get captured crossing Romulan space. Some escape and get a message out to the Federation. Something like that.

Forced to rely on a private space company due to lack of funding which will soon be reduced even further to historical lows by the current administration...yeah, kind of puts a wet blanket on the whole thing.

I actually found Balteus the hardest part of Armored Core 6. It felt so needlessly difficult and definitely made me consider putting it down but I found progress much more enjoyable from then on. Conversely Margit in Elden Ring made me rage quit, I just wanted to keep exploring the world.

You’re also working off a debt for a dystopian corporation that charges you for everything (including oxygen) and there’s a subplot about your coworkers unionizing, which is conflicting because yeah obviously that’s a good idea, but all I wanna do is WORK.