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Who knows what is true or whatever was true.... but one thing facing all car manufacturers is the (US) national charging network never really materialized - its is shit. Charging is still way too slow; and the range is still signifcantly subpar on most models

We own one fully electric car and one gas, and will not do an electric again unless there is large improvements in all three areas. Perhaps Apple, if they were doing anything, sees that has a not insignificant issue for wide spread adoption.

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Xed said:

foregoneconclusion said:

Good scripts and good casting come first. FX shouldn’t be the reason for watching a show.

Not the reason, but sets are important. Imagine all the same writing and casting but all you see is a green screen and large cuts that just say what completely CG scene is being displayed between the dialogue. It would suck big monkey balls.

Sets aren’t that important. Star Trek TNG’s main sets - the bridge, the conference room, the bar. Story is what happens. Too many of the new shows (including New Trek) are spending obscene amounts for movie-quality sets, while under emphasizing story and character development. Foundation included. 

Was about to post similarly - if the $50M per episode is true, I would say, from an overall dramatic/entertainment assessment, not close to "worth it" IMO. The writing is often weak, with plot and decision points seemingly written just to move the narrative in a certain direction, but not necessarily based on legitimate character motivation or even reasonable internal logic.

Silo was disappointing to me as well - the series, (except for the first and last episodes which I thought were good), was mostly very slow paced and repetitive (the plot progression in those middle 8 episodes could have been covered in two or three...)

Separately, I'm hoping Dune 2 is better than Dune 1, which was rather emotionless, a bit turgid, and spent nearly no time establishing the deep rooted motivations of the characters, Houses, and Emperor needed to care about what was happening. Again, subpar writing. And I'm a big Villeneuve fan...

The spatial computing tree will bear more than one fruit for Apple. Another version may drop the Pro designation and eliminate EyeSight to reduce weight and cost for example. 

I would be shocked that Apple does did not develop multiple variations at the same time and will release versions strategically...

In other news, tests show that water is wet...

Here's another insincere idiot wanting free access to someone else's decades long and ongoing investments.

How many third-party companies does Spotify give free access their user bases and services to leverage for their own external benefit?

How many major artists does Spotify give 100% of the revenues to, keeping nothing for themselves?