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[andrewducker]

Capitalism excels at innovation but is failing at maintenance, and for most lives it is maintenance that matters more (tags: innovation capitalism viaFanf ) The researcher who claimed that you either "get" computers or don't has now retracted their claim. (tags: computers learning ) If traditional relationships were treated like alternative

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[gonzo21]

I had not realised Dr Strange had moved the Ancient One from Tibet into Nepal.

That's... possibly even worse than the white-washing.

[bart_calendar]

Other than Sherlock has anything Cumberbatch been involved in not been a shit show?

[gonzo21]

I quite enjoyed The Imitation Game, but that was often in spite of him rather than because of him.

But it's a really problematic movie because they so radically changed the historical story, despite purporting it to be the story of Alan Turing.

But yeah, he's massively over-rated.

[andrewducker]

I liked him in Star Trek (even if the movie was a mess), his voice was good as Smaug, he was good in War Horse, and awesome in a small role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

[bart_calendar]

I agree with 99 percent of what Jim Hines wrote but I completely disagree with him that law students should be able to skip classes that discuss sexual violence law.

That is way too important a subject within pretty much all corners of the law to skip even if it would be super traumatic for you to deal with.

Sexual violence law is evolving and having a good understanding of where it is now and the current legal issues involved is insanely important.

This is particularly true for anyone studying criminal law. Because let me tell you at some point - whether as a prosecutor or a defense counsel you are going to have to deal with the realities of those laws and if you don't know your shit you will end up hurting people.

(Beyond that there's no possible way to pass the bar if you don't know that stuff.)

[andrewducker]

Over on Twitter, my friend Rachel told me about a counselling professor who said (basically) "No, I won't give you trigger warnings. Because your patients won't, and you need to learn how to deal with having upsetting things thrown at you unexpectedly."

And I think that, in that case, they're absolutely right. I don't need to deal with that kind of thing in my job, but some people absolutely do.

[gonzo21]

Yeah, therapists absolutely have to lay it on the line. I just... can't even imagine the damage that could occur if somebody tells something to their therapist, and their therapist responds with like, sorry dude, you needed to give me a trigger warning for that.

Instant destruction of patient/therapist relationship.

[bart_calendar]

yep

[bart_calendar]

I don't even get the point of the Dr. Strange film.

Dr. Strange was always one of their weakest titles - because the complete lack of established limits on his power meant that there was never any suspense, because he could always just whip up some new magic we'd never heard of before to deal with shit.

An argument could be made that they need him to deal with Thanos if the Infinity War tips strongly against the other Avengers - but they already Have Scarlett Witch available to play role of "magic deus ex machina."

I suppose SW might get killed in Civil War, but if that's the only reason for a Dr. Strange film it feels like a pretty lame reason.

(Side Note: Can Marvel please give us a Hell Cow movie?"

[gonzo21]

I think they just leapt on the Cumberbatch bandwagon, and wanted to put him in their franchise somewhere. And if you've got 'Posh English Actor', the number of possible marvel superhero roles he could play is rather limited?

Plus they'll never let Scarlet Witch be the deus ex machina. A woman? Nah. They'll let Strange be the uber-powered one.

[lilchiva]

Not to be too much of a geek...

But that's basically all She and Jean Grey do, when they do anything at all. Their story arcs are all "deus ex vs trying to live a normal life". Also, they both occasionally go evil and must be contained/destroyed.

[lil_shepherd]

I understand that 'Dr Strange' is one of Kevin Feige's pet projects, and Feige rules the MCU. Personally, I'm not sure how well he fits in with the well-grounded MCU (where even the Norse gods are just aliens, and I suspect that the Panther god doesn't exist either, but we shall see.) I don't like Cumberbatch as an actor but he will certainly put bums on seats. In this case I think he is too young to play Stephen Strange, but then RDJ was, objectively, too old to play Tony Stark - only it turned out he was a brilliant choice

Capitalism excels at innovation but is failing at maint

[cartesiandaemon]

Oh, interesting point

RE: Capitalism excels at innovation but is failing at maint

[andrewducker]

I think that "Trying things out to see what might work" is what capitalism is very good at.

But yeah, anything where the decisions need to take into account more than a few years away is pretty terribly handled. Not that government is necessarily better at that.

China moves Dr Strange's origin from Tibet to Nepal. In

[cartesiandaemon]

I remember watching bulletproof monk, and thinking "So, the mystical cultural treasure was stolen from Tibet by Nazis? Can you maybe think of another likely candidate country for that role other than germany?"

RE: China moves Dr Strange's origin from Tibet to Nepal. In

[mlknchz]

To be fair, Himmler DID send the Ahnenerbe to Tibet in the '30s to search for "Aryan relics".

But yeah, China