The core problem is that many movies have the audio mixed for a movie theatre with multiple separately controllable audio channels. You might see this marked as 5.1 ; DTS; etc. In a typical home environment, you only have stereo sound. This means that the multiple audio channels have to be mixed down to two unless there is a separate stereo audio mix channel provided - basically never except commentary tracks. The shitty way to do it is to just take the left and right front channels which are mainly meant for sound effects and not bother to mix in the center channel which covers the dialogue. It’s still hard even if you mix in some of the centre channel.

Short version: asshole movie makers mix only for movie theatres, not stereo.

So what’s his laying off 5% of staff?

I think anyone familiar with the history of the region would disagree with the statement that ‘this is the first time that Sweden has sent armed forces into the Baltic sea’.

I fail to understand what disabilities this could help with

Fundamentally the only unique attribute for these goggles is 3D and that comes at a significant expense in terms of user experience. It’s the same story as it has been over the last two centuries.

Stereographic photos in the 19th century worked perfectly well but required a special headset and only one person could look at them at a time. Didn’t take off. People prefer to be able to look at two-dimensional photos perhaps casually and to be able to point the things to other people looking at the same photo or to compare it with other things at the same time.

3d movies in the 1950s required special red, blue or red green glasses. Didn’t take off beyond a gimmick. 3d movies could not be watched without the goggles.

3d movies in the theatre in the early 2000s. Didn’t really get beyond the gimmick level. Lots of people complain about headaches.

3d TVs in the early 2000s required special glasses and the 3D could not be used if other people were trying to watch without the glasses.

The conclusion I draw from this is that people don’t like having to wear special glasses or a device strapped to their face, even if it is relatively cheap to produce. Although 3D is nice, it simply doesn’t seem to be sufficient incentive to put up with the isolation from other people and the surrounding environment that the viewing equipment invariably requires.

Unless you have some actual data to back this up then, yes, this is personal bias. I’m my own case I have:

• A personal account with three calendars
• A shared Google account with two calendars
• Read only access on someone else’s account calendar

Don’t forget that there are any number of public calendars that you can share to your Google account, e.g. ‘public holidays’ or events groups

So engineered stone is equivalent to MDF. It’s a dust of the material mixed with resin. You can mould it like plastic but it has the appearance of stone. When you cut it you get a fine dust. Engineered stone is very cheap compared to granite.

As opposed to what, lightning? Laptop DC barrel connectors? Micro USB?

And flag claims ‘A Complete Success’ lol

I’m missing where Russian Santa’s presents are shown, he mostly seems to be involved in surprise pyrotechnics

In Russia, metal bore not sink in water. Also, anti-aircraft systems not shoot down airliners, and no war in Ukraine

Given the recent Azerbaijan airlines disaster this really is cartoon level evil.

Tell me that you have a boomer-led government without telling me you have a boomer-led government

Damn! And here I was thinking I could rustle Jimmys like rustling sheep…

How is this better than a hub gear with a single chain?

81 is current average US female life expectancy. Where would you suggest people ‘get old’?

TL;DR. Learning the reason for the premature race ending also ended before it began

Blocking a motorway deliberately. We can debate whether the sentence is just or not, but that is orthogonal to debate about the tag.

Unsurprisingly it’s available on the seven seas. Unfortunately it’s not worth the voyage.

The guardian have been desperately trying to agitate for outrage about this for a week or so now, but I haven’t seen it commented on or reported anywhere else. Fundamentally this woman was convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a period of imprisonment. She wasn’t sentenced to a curfew, that was a subsequent arrangement.