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Re: Emmy 2018 Predictions: First Post-Nominations Read | Feinberg Forecast

joshc — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:42:16 -0000

A fun game for this article is “do any of the photos match the prediction?”.

Re: Revisiting the Ghost Story of 'Personal Shopper,' With Kristen Stewart - The Atlantic

joshc — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:58:09 -0000

Has enough time passed that we can talk about what happens toward the end of Personal Shopper -- with the mysterious opening elevator and doors of the hotel?

Re: Who voted for who? A dive into Seattle’s election data

joshc — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 15:20:26 -0000

How does the Oliver-Moon split look by turnout? Visually, it looks like Oliver may have seen her highest percentages in precincts with *very* low turnout. This isn't a knock on her, only a sense that the estimates of voter preference are a lot noisier in precincts without much data.

Re: Brutally Honest Ballot: TK 1

joshc — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:34:09 -0000

That's for the nominations

Re: Transparent will break your heart, but you’ll keep coming back

joshc — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 01:49:46 -0000

I liked this season a lot, but I wonder if bringing in a lot of different (some first-time) directors contributed to it having slightly less stylistic consistency?

The best part of this comments section is how everyone has a very strong opinion on which Pfefferman is the Worst Pfefferman.

Re: Transparent will break your heart, but you’ll keep coming back

joshc — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 01:46:35 -0000

I can't imagine how terrible that must feel. Thank you for sharing your journey.

Re: 'Mr. Robot' Season Two: Seriously, What Is Going On?

joshc — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 19:29:20 -0000

"When did Mr. Robot become so detached from reality?"

This is a show whose unreliable narrator has been interacting with a figment of his own imagination / multiple personality / ghost since the very first episode.

I think that a lot of your questions have been answered by the series, but personally, I am not sure that having solutions to the riddles would make the show any better than it already is. I'm in the tank for this show and think that the second season has been a dazzling piece of filmmaking; so its hard for me to imagine liking this hypothetical show in which everything is explained any better. Elliot, Angela, Darlene, and Dom are confused, isolated, frustrated, and afraid. It doesn't seem fair that we -- Elliot's imaginary friends -- would feel any other way.

Re: Reality itself is up for debate on the strangest Mr. Robot yet

joshc — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:05:34 -0000

Because it's a tv show, you may have convinced yourself that the plot is important.

Re: Everything You Need To Know About the Priority Pass Program

joshc — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:18:49 -0000

I am also curious about this. The meaning of "access" seems foggy.

Re: Happy collaboration with Rmd to docx

joshc — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:42:30 -0000

Is there any way to make column groupings for Word tables? [the htmlTable package works great, but doesn't render properly in Word]

Re: Chase Sapphire Reserve Review: A First-Class Premium Travel Card

joshc — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:22:05 -0000

... but is it made of even heavier metal?

Re: 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Full Circle

joshc — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:47:30 -0000

I'm choosing to interpret this as part of her master plan -- flashily leading the waif back to her cave. Round one didn't work as plan, but she made it work the second time around.

Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

joshc — Thu, 26 May 2016 23:42:32 -0000

When I originally watched this scene, I thought that Wyllis's seizure coincided with Weir!Bran warging into present-day Hodor. But this is actually the sequence (maybe it's just shown this way for VERY SUCCESSFUL dramatic effect?)

1. Bran & Raven weirwatching seemingly innocuous Winterfell scene
2. Meera & CotF fend off attacking hordes
3. Weir!Bran hears Meera yelling that he needs to warg into Hodor to GTFO
4. Hodor gets warged and he and Meera run away with white-eyed Bran
5. Night's King faces Cave!Raven / Weir!Raven tells Bran to leave him / Bran doesn't
6. Weir!Raven goes all smokey / joins the Force
7. [... tragic wolf death, CotF suicide bomb ...]
8. Now outside, Meera yells for Hodor to hold the door
9. Weir!Bran hears this and watches Wyllis go white-eyed and start seizing

Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

joshc — Thu, 26 May 2016 23:08:22 -0000

At the end, Hodor was clear-eyed, which I originally took to mean that Hodor was "in control" and holding that door (btw, can we discuss why there's a nice big door and back exit to this ancient tree cave?).

Still, if Bran was still in Hodor, wouldn't Bran be the one experiencing the horrible attack and violent death?

Re: 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Hold the Door

joshc — Mon, 23 May 2016 12:13:13 -0000

yes. sam also used one of the dragonglass / obsidian blades to kill one

Re: 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Hold the Door

joshc — Mon, 23 May 2016 12:11:57 -0000

Noooooooooo. (But this is Game of Thrones, so "probably yes")

Re: The Best USB Battery Packs

joshc — Sun, 22 May 2016 18:15:51 -0000

Thoughts on the EasyAcc with a built-in lightning cable (iChoc 5000)?

Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

joshc — Thu, 12 May 2016 13:04:03 -0000

I'm just going to pretend Ramsay put a wooden stake into his heart

Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

joshc — Thu, 12 May 2016 13:02:57 -0000

c'mon, the long-lost granddaughter of Nettles rising in the east.

Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

joshc — Mon, 09 May 2016 21:45:22 -0000

yeah, tough to completely clear the deck, but a nice echo of the Reynes of Castamere

Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

joshc — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:55:08 -0000

I think you're selling yourselves short, but you know those outlets way better! Maybe sell out and get a juicy sponsorship?

Re: The Morning News Tournament of Books - Presented by Field Notes

joshc — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:32:06 -0000

I feel like A Little Life may be a machine that's built to see if it can convince you to hate Jude as much as he hates himself.

Re: American Crime introduces more confessions and confusion

joshc — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 03:17:16 -0000

Maybe just the hardest to watch. She means well, but is so damaged that she can't see Taylor's needs (and his degree of trying to protect her/himself).

But my point was that Eric's mom is SO crazy awful she puts all the rest to shame

Re: Real interviews emphasize the aftermath of tragedy on American Crime

joshc — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:21:35 -0000

I feel really sorry for her, but yes: she is a big part of Taylor's problems. So much of his behavior is based on protecting her. It doesn't seem like she's well served by her therapist!

Re: Free vs Paid Photos: A Case Study with Donald Trump

joshc — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:19:02 -0000

I'm sure there's a better professional photo of Trump out there, but the second image isn't it. At least for this purpose.

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Re: Emmy 2018 Predictions: First Post-Nominations Read | Feinberg Forecast

Re: Revisiting the Ghost Story of 'Personal Shopper,' With Kristen Stewart - The Atlantic

Re: Who voted for who? A dive into Seattle’s election data

Re: Brutally Honest Ballot: TK 1

Re: <i>Transparent </i>will break your heart, but you’ll keep coming back

Re: <i>Transparent </i>will break your heart, but you’ll keep coming back

Re: 'Mr. Robot' Season Two: Seriously, What Is Going On?

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Re: 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Full Circle

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Re: 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Hold the Door

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Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

Re: ALL LEATHER MUST BE BOILED

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