Interesting Links for 20-10-2021

[andrewducker]

The Tragedy of The Last Duel Flopping at the Box Office (I do actually fancy this. But I'm not going to a cinema until cases are 1/20 of what they are now)

(tags:movies pandemic viaSwampers RidleyScott )

The British ambassador to Afghanistan repeatedly warned Dominic Raab that Kabul would swiftly fall into Taliban hands

(tags:uk afghanistan epicfail OhForFucksSake )

New Delta sub-variant is 15% more transmissible

(tags:pandemic )

New Edinburgh primary school to get one of three names as shortlist unveiled (Sophia will be there in 2 years)

(tags:school Edinburgh names )

The time Claudia Black gave James McAvoy advice

(tags:acting scifi advice )

So You Want To Abolish Time Zones...

(tags:time )

Android 12's Extra Dim Feature is One of My Favorites

(tags:Android darkness light phones )

An interesting fact that political campaigners ought to know

(tags:politics marketing comics )

Memes of classical history

(tags:history meme funny )

Engineers know who is to blame for the Trolley Problem

(tags:philosophy engineering )

Surgeons perform first successful transplant using pig kidney in a human

(tags:pigs humans organs )

Comments

[ironymaiden]

This article was the first time I became aware of The Last Duel's existence. so I'm not so sure about the marketing strategy.

[andrewducker]

Yup. I only know about it because of trailer_spot - not heard any mention of it elsewhere!

[movingfinger]

Me too! I don't recall seeing that title anywhere, especially not on the local marquee.

I do think holding this one six months or so would have benefited it, I am in the target demographic, it sounds like exactly the sort of movie I like, and I remain reluctant to go to live events and movie theaters.

[hunningham]

I heard about it, thought "that sounds interesting" and read a couple of reviews and no no no. I do not need or want a film about rape. Extra fun bonus - we're doing a Rashomon and telling story from various viewpoint, so rape gets shown more than once.

"Uncomfortable subject matter", my arse.

And I am exactly the target audience for grown-up films without superheroes - looking forward to the French Dispatch and Never Gonna Snow Again.

[calimac]

But the trolley problem isn't "who is to blame?" The trolley problem is "what do you do?"

[anna_wing]

Was anyone seriously recommending the abolition of time zones? And if so, why?

The solutions I was told for the trolley problem were (a) find a way to derail the trolley; (b) find something to jam the wheels. The lesson was actually about not letting other people trap you into thinking your choices are only binary.

[andrewducker]

It's something you see from many people who have to work with timezones even they realise how complex they make things.

And don't realise how complicated the world would be without them.

[trailer_spot]

Loved the Claudia Black - James McAvoy story!