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General Discussion / Re: Hello World! Also Registration Question is Totally wrong.
« Last post by diddly on July 15, 2021, 10:30:58 AM »
It was a poor attempt at humour, apologies.  In reality, I just googled the answer myself, with the assumption that 1 year was the orbit of the Earth and the expectation that's what most people would do.  You are of course correct that rounded to hours a full orbit is 1 yr + 6 hrs.

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Earth revolves around the sun in 365 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 16 seconds. The time a planet takes to revolve around the sun is called a year.

Updating the answer to be more accurate would certainly help keep the spam bots at bay, but would it be too big a hurdle for the average user?  I'm sure there a better question that's too tricky for bots to parse, but understandable for humans.  Do you have any suggestions?
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I am not sure if youre sarcastic or real, i aint really sure i trust google anymore. But seriously :D a year is 365 days (8760 hours) AND 6 hours.

just looking out for you bro. i might be a nerd. but which one of us isnt? this tho isnt even nerd stuff. ive learnt it in primary school
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General Discussion / Re: Hello World! Also Registration Question is Totally wrong.
« Last post by diddly on July 15, 2021, 09:22:42 AM »
Totally wrong?  Best notify Google.  :)
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General Discussion / Hello World! Also Registration Question is Totally wrong.
« Last post by Lachanadan on July 14, 2021, 07:41:28 PM »
I mean the year isnt actuall 365 days flat. there are some leftovers.
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Reviews / Re: Hot Sauces
« Last post by diddly on January 18, 2021, 09:20:08 PM »
Butterfly Bakery Maple Wood Smoked Onion Hot Sauce - Great flavour and smell, with a little kick.  I made fajitas trying to mimic the taste of my favourite Mongolian Grill dish.  I substituted this hot sauce for Mongolian Fire and was not disappointed.  Would probably be good in a chili, burger, or spicy chicken wrap.
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General Discussion / How Doctor Who and the Daleks can become canon
« Last post by diddly on January 11, 2021, 09:39:58 AM »
Last night I watched a Rifftrax treatment of Dr Who and the Daleks on Amazon Prime.  It's a terrible movie from 1965, but stars Peter Cushing as Doctor Who, and much like the fantastic Curse of the Fatal Death is considered non-canon.  This was referenced a few times during the riffing as a comfort, thank goodness it's not canon.

Well, after certain revelations in season 12 of Doctor Who, I put to you that it can indeed be canonical!  Here are arguments against being canonical, and why they no longer apply:
  • The canonical Doctor has no knowledge of being Peter Cushing - Technically we don't know everything The Doctor knows, but we do now know there are Doctors they don't remember
  • Peter Cushing's Doctor has no knowledge of being anyone else - As we've learned, the Time Lords somehow kept The Doctor's other identities secret
  • Peter Cushing's Doctor is human - The Doctor's fogwatch can turn him human
  • Peter Cushing's Tardis is rubbish - We've seen the Tardis interior redesigned many times
  • Peter Cushing's Susan, Barbara, and Ian are different than William Hartnell's companions - No two humans can have the same name, eh?
  • Peter Cushing's Daleks are morons - Agreed.  Chalk it up to eons of isolation.  Their circuitry goes bad and they have to reinvent their history

Have I missed any?
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Had I Written... / Wonder Woman 1984
« Last post by diddly on December 26, 2020, 09:06:13 PM »
WW84 had an appropriate level of cheese, I think.  I wouldn't change the tone, and the moral is always a good one, especially when dealing with mythical characters like Wonder Woman's amazons.

Without any spoilers, here's what I would change about the movie.  After you watch it, let me know if you think these would be improvements.

1) At the start of the movie, we're shown a young Diana learning(?) an important(?) lesson.  Instead, I would start with Max Lord's childhood.  We're shown it later in the movie anyway.  I'd put it up front so we're compassionate with the character.  This would also serve as a less transparent reason to bond with Barbara, as they could be kindred spirits, and only later we learn his obsession.

2) I would postpone the difficult thing Diana has to do.  She still has cards to play at that point.  I think she'd don her special armour hoping it'd be enough to protect her.  When it gets shredded from her and she's beaten to the point that it's clear she can't win, only then she does the difficult thing, knowing the implications and that there'd be no warning.  It would devastate her while she's already at her lowest point.  Let her rage of what happens fuel her return to the fight and victory over her adversary.

3) Ignore everybody else at the end.  In my version we start with Max Lord, sympathize with him, understand why he does what he does.  So we need to end with just Max.  Chuck the "I wasn't talking to you" speech.  Let Max see the truth of what he's done to what he holds most dear.  They kind of show that already, but muddy it.  I'm just suggesting removing all the noise.  Make it purely his realization.  Make him alone do the thing that saves the day.

The rest of the movie, can stay as is.
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News / Burger Priest coming to Waterloo
« Last post by diddly on December 21, 2020, 10:21:30 AM »
One of the things I miss about living and working in Toronto is the food.  There are so many great restaurants in / around downtown.  One of those places is The Burger Priest, and it's coming to Waterloo!

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Reviews / Re: Hot Sauces
« Last post by diddly on December 17, 2020, 07:48:12 PM »
Historic Lynchburg Jamaican Jerk spice captures that great jerk flavour.  Not very hot, but as a spice it's great to add before grilling chicken
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Reviews / Re: Hot Sauces
« Last post by diddly on December 05, 2020, 09:19:37 PM »
Historic Lynchburg Sweet Fire Spicy Chipotle Hot Sauce - Poured some of this into a bowl of chili and wow was that good!  Gave my Wendy's chili a thicker and spicier flavour
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