Seth Lukas Hynes

I don’t know how widely-known it is, but the worst film that I really enjoy is Broken Path.
The acting is corny and the pacing is stop-and-start and predictable, but the plentiful fight scenes are AMAZING.

There is a video that edits SNL clips to make it look like the guests are judging their past selves. I also just acquired an M2 Pro MacBook Pro, and recall some techies comparing the new MacBook Pro design to the Titanium PowerBook G4. So, I put all these together for a #Marchintosh visual gag.

With the MacBook Neo coming out today, I look forward to DosDude1 upgrading the storage through BGA soldering.
After all, the iPhone 16 Pro, which has the same A18 Pro chip the Neo uses, could be configured with 1 TB, so the Neo SHOULD also take 1 TB.

I have an intense dislike for Cormac McCarthy's scant punctuation and lack of quotation marks, but it's an artistic CHOICE that I hate.
The suggestion that AI "writing", with no creativity or choice behind it, may be preferable to human writing is far more offensive to me than McCarthy's method.

You can change the boot-chime on a vintage Mac – someone even changed their Power Mac’s boot-chime to the Wilhelm scream – but it’s a deep firmware modification that can brick your Mac if you do it wrong.

I also found the book Introducing Consciousness at a local market, and made a delicious zucchini and smoked salmon frittata for dinner.

I had a pretty good day. :)
I walked my usual exercise route, after not getting a chance for the past few weeks. I walked 5.17 km in just under 44 minutes, and walked possibly my fastest single kilometre ever: 8 minutes, 19 seconds.

The Windows gaming PC I built a couple of weeks ago is still a very Apple-forward rig, as I’m using FireWire-powered Apple Pro Speakers (which were bundled with the iMac G4) and the monitor (@sarascafe.lenowo.org, you’ll like this ❤️) is a 30-inch Apple Cinema Display. :D

"It is close to me — the child's true name. Would you like to know it?"
"I know what to call her. I call her... daughter."

I’ve only eaten McDonald’s twice in my life, and both times were around thirty years ago.

I’m sorry.
Conversely, I called a handyman service earlier today, and had to laugh when the automated menu voice said my expected wait time was 8 seconds (and it was; he picked up almost immediately).

That word salad looks like a God Says result from TempleOS.

I like that reading. :)
You could also view the secret Overseer as operating on a level of moral impunity: with the expectation of nuclear war, any experimentation on the Vault residents is permitted in the end of the world. Although, the incentive to make the cure would be gone too…

Some films I love from female directors: Cold Souls by Sophie Barthes, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night by Ana Lily Amirpour, Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, American Psycho by Mary Harron, Cracks by Jordan Scott, The Substance by Coralie Fargeat and Saltburn by Emerald Fennell.

I am also a lifelong fan of the Matrix series by Lana and Lilly Wachowski. I genuinely think the entire Matrix trilogy is excellent (though The Matrix Resurrections later on is kinda bad).

#internationalwomensday #filmsky
My favourite female director is probably Jennifer Kent.
The Babadook has, like, Kubrick's Shining levels of creeping psychological suspense, and The Nightingale is a harrowing revenge thriller with outstanding character development.

What The World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us by Laura van den Berg also inspired me to release my own book of short stories.

I also love The Word For World Is Forest by Ursula Le Guin, The Search For Signs Of Intelligent Life In The Universe by Jane Wagner, Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente, We Who Are About To... by Joanna Russ, Stasiland by Anna Funder and The Asking Game by Rose Michael.

#internationalwomensday #booksky
My favourite book by a female author is Illusion by Paula Volsky, which is a richly-detailed, deeply moving fantasy retelling of the French Revolution.
I'm also a huge fan of Sarah Vowell, and her book Take The Cannoli opened my eyes to the art of the essay.

I recall a tech YouTuber speculating that Apple might release an A-series Mac Mini as the desktop counterpart of the MacBook Neo, but I don't think so.
The Mac Mini is already a very cheap yet powerful Mac, and an A-series Mac Mini would be too similar to the Apple TV.

The Villainess is awesome.
The opening action scene, which is in first-person for the first half before panning into a mirror and playing out in third-person, is so cool.
John Wick 3 also kinda ripped off this film's motorcycle chase.

You’re absolutely right that Vault 81’s secret objective of creating a cure-all medication is nobler than most Vaults, but infecting the residents with deadly diseases without their knowledge or consent is still abominable.

I like the apparent misdirection with Vault 81’s purpose: with how tired and overworked the residents are, you think Vault-Tec designed 81 to test the effects of extreme workloads, but then you discover 81’s secret disease-based conspiracy.
Oh, and Overseer Macnamara is hot. ;)

Frankenstein was my fourth-favourite film of 2025. :)

@bigbeak.bsky.social
In your Fallout 4 review, you showed the quest-breaking computer terminal glitch at the end of the Mechanist's quest, but I've encountered an even worse glitch: on my way through the Mechanist's lair, the game crashes to desktop without warning. :(

It’s a matter of principle. The original Marathon from 1994 was a Macintosh exclusive, so by not making the remake for Mac, Bungie is ignoring where and how they got their start.

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey 1 is about on the same level as House Of The Dead for me: both films are shallow and incompetent but have some decent scenes and gore (the scene of Piglet with a sledgehammer pursuing a victim through a swimming pool was kinda cool).

I can think of plenty, too. :)
Alien vs Hunter is rubbish. Pixels and Yoga Hosers are way more obnoxious and stupid. The Wrong Missy and the 365 Days series make light of or romanticise sexual assault. Cosmic Sin is boring AND genocidal. Last year's War Of The Worlds has no redeeming qualities.

Someone at the event mentioned that The Tempest isn't performed as often as Shakespeare's other plays (which is a shame, as this and Hamlet are my favourites), but we're actually getting a second local production of The Tempest by a different company in May!

I also brought my copy of Island Noises by Poor Genetic Material, which is a prog-rock adaptation of The Tempest, and the whole cast kindly signed it. I also burned a copy and gave it to the director, and he seemed stoked. 🥰