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The more effective Pfizer one has been approved as well! ^_^ F.D.A. Clears Pfizer’s Covid Pill for High-Risk Patients 12 and Older - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM The first-of-its-kind treatment, Paxlovid, has been found to be highly protective against severe illness. It could be available within a few days.

There's definitely a pyramid scheme and fad element that taps into the same whatever that causes pet rocks and coin collections to spike, though to a degree NTFs are also unprecedented... I have concern for what some of the long term impact might be. Aside from that I'm not sure I feel much else about it. I personally don't see the value in buying them, and I can't say I feel too bad for anyone buying into it given how easy it is to google what they don't know first. ^_^

From a design standpoint alone I'm not here for it since collecting shit is antiquated and pointless to begin with imo. A leftover trope from a time when games tech wasn't advanced enough to curate more engaging experiences. It's been a stargate sequence of a mindfuck to see how in-demand NFTs are. How ethical or not that is I'm still not sure. Calling it a scam seems a bit inaccurate? Doubt false advertising claims have much merit - NFT shops seem pretty clear that you're paying for a JPG image and ownership of the license to use it, and when in doubt, googling it tells you this. It's a dumb product, but I have to assume nobody in their right mind is being mislead into buying it. Where a precedent like that can lead, however, IS concerning, but also I'm rooting for many digital artists who pay bills from this and I'm not sure I have much sympathy for anyone who feels scammed by them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

FDA authorizes second antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 WWW.CNN.COM The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized Merck's antiviral pill, molnupiravir, to treat Covid-19 "for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in adults with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death, and for whom alternative COVID-19 treatment options authorized by the...

Convincingly aging and de-aging actors, brinking back those who have died to reprise roles (there's rightfully a debate on how ethical it is, but it will happen regardless) using their likeness for digital stunt doubles via deep fake technology or something like it, and bridging the uncanny valley for cgi creatures and animals is the next step. Most cgi beasts in live action films and TV still don't look and move quite right, and this is obviously even more true of actors' digital stunt doubles. Your mind can still tell the difference, even w/ the most convincing examples like that Bear in The Revenant. Once this is no longer the case, the potential of cgi will more or less be realized.

very high-effort trolling, Rids

This is true!

How did NFTs genuinely become such a popular trend?

Who?

This record annoyed all the right people back in the day, still a blast now/10 A delicious four course meal of palatable doom/10 possibly third best album from them/10

I thought it was funny how a few years ago he said he was considering doing multiple sequels to Covenant. It almost had the tone of a threat when he said it, and based on online reactions a lot of fans of the series definitely took it as such.

Visually, it's really good. I just can't stand how it kinda ruins some of the mystique of the first film (why did we ever need to know the origin of the space jockey and xenomorph?) and it's not scary. A big part of what makes the horror in Alien effective has to do with how relatable the character's decisions are in trying to prevent the horror, but mostly because of things beyond their control almost every attempt to stop it unexpectedly makes the situation worse. In Prometheus it's like the characters go out of their way to make dumb decisions (instead of slipping and falling and accidentally getting attacked by the facehugger, crew members actively try to provoke the space cobra, etc), so I stopped caring pretty early on. Though tbf this series has been irrelevant since part 3 so I wasn't expecting much to begin with. At least Marvel films still feel kinda relevant, even if the initial hype of experiencing the MCU is fading out a bit.

Based, though to be completely fair to Scorsese, he started peaking at a time when there was still lots of normalized discrimination towards Italians. As for Ridley, I genuinely wonder how much he cares about being a serious director anymore lol. Watching movies like Exodus and Prometheus just breaks your mind to think about what fuels him to choose some of the movies he ends up directing. Not that there arent some enjoyable ones too, but it's like he intentionally wants a hit and miss filmography or something lol

Scott's clearly goofing around and having some fun on his press day . Nothing he said in those excerpts is anything worth getting mad over, though I get why it might be considered provocative

The Wheel of Time isn’t the next Game of Thrones – it’s the original WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK Without Robert Jordan's sprawling fantasy series, there would be no Jon Snow or Daenerys Targaryen. Why did a TV adaptation take so long?

I’ve Seen the First Three Episodes of The Wheel of Time: Here’s Why You’re Going to Love It | Tor.com WWW.TOR.COM The much anticipated arrival of Amazon’s The Wheel of Time series, based on Robert Jordan’s fourteen novel epic, is only days away now, and hype is strong both for long-time fans of the books and t…

It's bonkers how contemporary Crysis 3 still feels, both w/ visuals and gameplay.

The dialogue in the trailers was concerning, especially for an IP like this where the whole experience can fall apart if it's not good. Wasn't expecting impressions to be beaming so much but here we are, hell yeah SE ^_^

While gathering the classics don't forget about the wonderfully weird and overlooked stuff like God Hand, Killer 7, Mister Mosquito, Raw Danger, Rule of Rose, Gungrave, Rez, Echo Night Beyond, Gitaroo Man, etc ^_^

Until this became a recent trend with younger generations the only people i knew who watched this genre were sad boomers.

That trailer makes it seem like a very faithful adaptation of the first two games! 1999 me would have been hyped for this.