Forum | Site-Wide Activity https://thecarrier.net/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:49:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c3990ad23834e37a27ea6aa338b702a0 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Mind-Expanding (non-science) things in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-non-science-things/page/3/#post-148997 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:59:46 +0000 I’ve been reading some stuff about the protestant reformation.

 

I think of all the groups that came out of it, the anabaptists are the most interesting. And the mennonites who grew out of that.

]]> 3920da607e3846a5e368cc1251a1abbb Al-x replied to the topic Daredevil: Born Again (With SPOILERS) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/daredevil-born-again-with-spoilers/#post-148996 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:15:55 +0000 They are back:

 

]]> 7c349f6dc569ec96c3ed2a915e209bb2 lorcan_nagle replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-148995 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:00:01 +0000 AI is very good at generating code, but it’s a hell of a lot buggier than the same amount of human-written code.  It’s why so many AI evangelists talk about the volume of output they make from AI and not what they’re actually outputting, or the quality of that output.

]]> a589993e3f219535372d406b6b6e1ada Christian replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-148994 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:47:14 +0000 Absolutely. But, at least as far as a friend who teaches IT at university explained it to me, AI is so much better at coding than even at human language that the effect is much bigger and faster in that field.

]]> 7d634ff831414bea936990c2a124cb4c Christian replied to the topic Mind-Expanding (non-science) things in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-non-science-things/page/3/#post-148993 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:43:21 +0000 Sounds like a cool dude!

I know too little about Luther, that much is for sure.

]]> 18d936c7c62166c1b10e746cb89197b4 Al-x replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148991 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:10:17 +0000 41 years ago today:

]]> 65c8f2bb62406d8398af907399e2a591 Al-x replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-148990 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:05:22 +0000 This Nolan Wells story is tragic: https://abcnews.com/US/hurt-nolan-friend-late-mississippi-teen-nolan-wells/story?id=134703876

Heard a similar account of a young Asian girl in her group of friends.

It was said before: In a circle of friends, there might even be a hierarchy in cliques, but don’t be the “expendable” one in the group, be careful…Read more

]]> 87d25da2d386668f04328e97a637758e Ben replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-148989 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:25:40 +0000 My copy of Batman / Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham Anniversary Edition arrived. I was expecting a standard oversized hardback, about 28cm high, nope, it was far bigger, 35cm high.  It’s huge. Nor did they stop there, top quality paper and binding too.

So, of course, I start off deciding to just look at the art then end up reading the entire,…Read more

]]> 28710d1c9f86389fa394b70cd78e47b2 Todd replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-148988 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:13:49 +0000 Entry-level jobs everywhere are getting messed up.

It used to be that you could would take a high school or college graduate and train them on the job to develop them. Nowadays, a surprising amount “entry-level” jobs require a few years of experience. How is someone supposed to get experience if they can’t even get a job? This is compounded…Read more

]]> 689c881e7d9bd3e1d041bea00ec5d7f7 Al-x replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-148987 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:45:20 +0000 I can remember some getting into computer science and stressing the “future” importance of knowing how to program (they call it coding these days) in the latest languages (C, C++, Python, some java scripts). But if AI can do a lot of that now …. The worry used to be these H1B visa programmers brought in from overseas to work at the tech…Read more

]]> 03d7c69cb1d35f9b22785c3bac825850 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/3/#post-148986 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:26:13 +0000 A coalition of state attorneys general have sued Paramount to stop its $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, a sweeping legal challenge to a merger that threatens to reshape Hollywood amid the absence of the Trump administration’s intervention in big deals.

In a much-anticipated lawsuit filed in California federal court on M…Read more

]]> 32e9c1216acec40b0ea770b3935eaa4f Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Mind-Expanding (non-science) things in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-non-science-things/page/3/#post-148985 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:15:40 +0000 Well he was convinced the common people were thoroughly evil and deserved all the bad things that happened to them, especially punishments by tyrants. Like he said “The princes of the world are gods, the common people are Satan”. He was a fan of all kinds of brutality from figures of authority towards their servants, their children, their pupils…Read more

]]> 467bee93193585e8a314a8bdc7955586 Christian replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-148984 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:02:04 +0000 Yeah, it seems like the entry-level IT jobs are going to be hit hardest of all.

]]> f1868e6f9ce78e89f97feb8b4df19689 Christian replied to the topic Mind-Expanding (non-science) things in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-non-science-things/page/3/#post-148983 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:53:30 +0000 I want examples!

]]> 0054a0a750b58bdc676fa608ce8f18dd Christian replied to the topic Weird News Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/weird-news-thread/page/8/#post-148982 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:48:05 +0000 Just saying, I can see the Other Dave Meadows wielding a chainsaw against people more easily.

]]> 7bba1845feea4bac1b834ecee19f489b Todd replied to the topic Marvel Movies & TV: Phase 17 in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-movies-tv-phase-17/page/12/#post-148981 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:18:12 +0000 It already sounds like BND is stuffed to the gills with characters. I hope a lot of them are just glorified cameos, otherwise this movie is going to be a bloated mess.

Kevin Feige all but confirms a major Doomsday character is showing up in Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Thanks to the Thunderbolts post-credits scene and the major cast announcement,…Read more

]]> 1d568aa0c7db345a32eb2a1b6fffa95e Christian replied to the topic The Obituary Column in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-column/page/6/#post-148980 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:51:18 +0000 Oh no! Shit.

]]> 2fd441a664c1dfdd9081befe1e58b9ce lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148979 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:32:47 +0000 The Implication that Megadeath are in turn 1032 times better than Death

]]> df9d0d803827f578ae741049a1ab44aa Christian replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-148978 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:29:21 +0000 I didn’t finish the first season of Beef for some reason, so I finally went back and watched the second half. Great show, obviously, but I especially loved the tenderness towards the characters in the last few episodes.

On to season 2! After a bit of a break, that is. It’s a bit of an intense experience. I’m also watching the last season of…Read more

]]> 89b63e9c00c1c31fa322c4527874a7d7 Christian replied to the topic Storytelling: the neverending story in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/storytelling-the-neverending-story/page/9/#post-148977 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:24:12 +0000 See, this is another one of the many reasons why the intention of the author doesn’t fucking matter: They may be lying.

]]> 5134f03dbea868e3ad558eac1bea1e44 Dave replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148976 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:47:03 +0000

]]> f479abf662cca7f7b9ba721805e642d6 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148973 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:06:46 +0000 ba73d87fa970bf492f9215efe9b5564f lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148972 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:43:49 +0000 Apparently it was an Aortic dissection or similar.

I choose to believe he had the explosive diarrhoea that the CDC has stopped tracking on RFK Jr’s orders.

]]> c7134809655826ba547770d5124cd63d Martin Smith replied to the topic The Video Games Thread in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-video-games-thread/page/8/#post-148971 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:40:54 +0000 I went to Leicester on the weekend and returned to the Retro Computer Museum, where I donated a load of my recently retired dad’s old programming manuals/guides/books and various accumulated magazine cover CDs etc. If you’re within travelling distance of Leicester you should definitely check out the RCM. It has a load of consoles and micro…Read more

]]> c6e91e8f0c68e5f187346e94c3be1597 Martin Smith replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148970 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:17:55 +0000 Graham died of a “brief and sudden illness” after visiting Ukraine and is one of the few Trump allies to be a vocal supporter of Ukraine, so… Russia killed him, right? Not paranoid in suspecting that, am I?

]]> b808470f86d15aa8ee1e00d1a6349d9e Uncle Retrospective replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148967 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:58:37 +0000 Sorry for the AI but….

]]> 450d29c1e209c3e8bcb569af2ab59dd7 JRCarter replied to the topic The Obituary Column in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-column/page/6/#post-148965 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:10:22 +0000 New Zealand actor Sam Neill dies aged 78:

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-actor-sam-neill-has-died-family-says-statement-2026-07-13/

]]> 09b3f7090c97d11dc83329fe1d863b01 lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148963 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:20:40 +0000

]]> e283708cb658c74841ad59538a24e614 Al-x replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148961 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:27:51 +0000

]]> 049a8a7ce6422cbe4ab40d62875fb9e6 JRCarter replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148960 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:05:16 +0000 “Apparently” being the key word. I would not put it past this administration to pretend McConnell is still alive to mess with the midterm election.

]]> 2b644a02757e3c22e07412420588caf4 JRCarter replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/33/#post-148957 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:02:55 +0000 7a068cc758e7ca02bb178fc62076b723 lorcan_nagle replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-148956 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:33:10 +0000 Turns out there’s a live-action drama of My Dress-Up Darling, and it’s only 10 episodes so I watched it over the last couple of days.  It remains a fairly close adaptation of the manga, covering the first six volumes and then volume 8, which is adapted as most of series 1 and a handful of episodes in series 2 of the anime.  There’s changes here a…Read more

]]> ea94c7d2de066a8614d559da75c70b61 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Comics shipping July, August, and September 2026 in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/comics-shipping-july-august-and-september-2026/#post-148955 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:05:46 +0000

]]> fc7f557d9116a75d57dd748606ed547d Sean Robinson replied to the topic Comics shipping July, August, and September 2026 in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/comics-shipping-july-august-and-september-2026/#post-148954 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:04:07 +0000

]]> d9c4988499ac05871a04a2240e62595c Sean Robinson replied to the topic Comics shipping July, August, and September 2026 in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/comics-shipping-july-august-and-september-2026/#post-148953 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:02:49 +0000

]]> 57fed5b8ff4c8c82aa288faf415dcc64 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Comics shipping July, August, and September 2026 in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/comics-shipping-july-august-and-september-2026/#post-148952 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:00:54 +0000

]]> f4c4798e8054d14ced8b6ce84c87e491 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Comics shipping July, August, and September 2026 in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/comics-shipping-july-august-and-september-2026/#post-148951 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:57:55 +0000

]]> 708c7869d446d454c66baecb5f96a11c Sean Robinson replied to the topic Comics shipping July, August, and September 2026 in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/comics-shipping-july-august-and-september-2026/#post-148950 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:54:58 +0000 Tuesday, July 14th & Wednesday, July 15th

Midtown Comics

Forbidden Planet

Marvel Comics Release Calendar for July 15th – Collections

Lunar Distribution

]]> b8313ab97a012099fad3a93a33eee0d5 Ben replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-148949 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:54:37 +0000 Maybe but I’m slowly getting priced out of them. I agree it’d look great in the format though.

]]> f251371103937a5b90384de2542744d2 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148946 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:46:30 +0000 23e9b1a8f2b241b3bf5dc311bc612a41 lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148945 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:23:28 +0000

]]> ad7fe6618ced095678c2c003dcadbd1e njerry replied to the topic Weird News Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/weird-news-thread/page/8/#post-148944 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:39:44 +0000 Is this one of those Golden-Age-versus-Silver-Age things?

]]> 9c388d26c944c2511863bfc81ee36f0a njerry replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-148943 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:20:37 +0000 I’m not worried; Remender did the same thing with A RIGHTEOUS THIRST FOR VENGEANCE, collecting the full story in two TPBs followed by one beautiful oversized hardcover. I’m confident he will do the same thing here. I mean, I hope so. I mean, I pray so… I mean, it would be great to have an overside hardcover of ESCAPE to put next to…Read more

]]> ae604c6f37f56380e9ff72a26b8f1578 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Box Office Mojo - The Business of Hollywood Thread in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/box-office-mojo-the-business-of-hollywood-thread/page/8/#post-148942 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:03:10 +0000 SUNDAY WRITETHRU: Refresh for updates. Disney’s live-action Moana didn’t catch a wave Saturday when most families come out, crashing to the shore this weekend with a $43M U.S. opening and an even worse result around the world with $95M, far below the $130M WW that was hoped for.

Stateside that result is among the weakest for a Disney liv…Read more

]]> e94cf7bec6b85be4f2ad3749dc8364da Todd replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/28/#post-148939 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:37:40 +0000 bddd4fcea6139cae02bf8aa19ca00a7a Ben replied to the topic Star Wars Thread: Episode II in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-wars-thread-episode-ii/page/8/#post-148938 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:16:03 +0000 Oh, there’s two entire back stories constructed for that.  The older was more light touch, the newer has more been a deeper exploration of Dooku, who was on the down path for a good while before encountering Sidious.

]]> 3f6d0148c372c32be7f69061e1767cbd Dave replied to the topic Star Wars Thread: Episode II in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-wars-thread-episode-ii/page/8/#post-148937 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:44:02 +0000 That was always the implication but the way Obi-Wan talks about him it sounds like Syfo-Dias was someone separate that he actually knew and who died before AOTC. For it to be Sidious implies quite a convoluted explanation that is never provided.

]]> ec7c0f366836395bda1836212be71217 lorcan_nagle replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-148936 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:37:26 +0000 My local cinema is doing an “as seen on TV” season at the moment, with movies based on, sequels to, follow ups from or tie-ins to TV shows on though July and August.  There’s a ton of stuff on I’m looking forward to, and I kicked off with Doctor Who and the Daleks this afternoon.

This is the first of the two cinematic adaptations of the early…Read more

]]> 16edd3e77722fa04cebbb80cdded9ad0 Ben replied to the topic Star Wars Thread: Episode II in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-wars-thread-episode-ii/page/8/#post-148935 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:18:36 +0000 Syfo-Dias = Sidious.

There was always the Q of would there be another twist to amp the tragedy? The answer is: No, there wasn’t.

]]> e6119d5855308bd562bc812edc617060 Ben replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-148934 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:15:48 +0000 The Sheep Detectives

This lived up to its reputation and then some.

A funny, charming, occassionally scary tale of nefarious murder being undone by… sheep. Albeit sheep with one hell of a voice cast.  It’s also well paced and knows when to end.

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