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  • Yeah what the other guy said, modpacks and give FTB academy a start. Generally the mods add a shitload of new content (like lots more ores). Better automation and electricity is, imo, the best stuff added, and there’s tons of that. I find the magic and adventure mods don’t quite work as well. My biggest tip for modded mc is: Spread out! Make big ass bases and rooms, you’ll love the space.

    After that it’s your call what’s next. A kitchen sink pack is one that sorta rams in a ton of mods with no theme and it’s fun! FTB infinity was a lot of fun, or FTB Ultimate re whatever too.

    There’s StoneBlock which is the opposite of Skyblock which was a different style

    Create: Above and Beyond is my favorite. It is hard though and requires that you understand the Create mod.

    By the way you’ll find that Create is the best mod. It’s really fucking well done and no other mod really comes close in quality. Gears and belts!

    Anyways here’s some old creations of mine:

    Big bridge that runs off trees and wheat https://imgur.com/gallery/HeIl4vk

    Storage room (before I got the ME computer block) https://imgur.com/gallery/U0qhf

    Create wheat farm in the snow https://imgur.com/gallery/x71winR

    This last pack I played was all about big multi block structures to process ore, so it became a sprawling base https://imgur.com/gallery/873rZT5












  • This, like other movies, I think comes down to novelty. Some of the shit done in that movie was truly incredible… At the time. Some bits are still really interesting.

    The jogging scene, for example, was done at a time when CG wasn’t really an option. So then you ask the question… How did they do some of these shots? How is this guy seemingly running in a zero g circle but it’s actually a real camera?

    Cinematic transitions are another. The bone spinning into the space station was really cool. It’s a shot that has permeated like every form of media. Now it kinda looks cheap and jarring.

    HAL as an AI, an evil robot, was an extremely interesting. Now it’s something that has been done so, so many times since.

    As a sci Fi I still like it, the slow pace isn’t something that bothers me. I enjoy movies that are capable of taking their time. So many movies move at breakneck speeds. The plot is really cool to me as well.

    Otherwise, yes, it’s not surprising that a modern audience finds this incredibly boring for all the points above.







  • Iirc the only main downside to all these apps is that you get a single answer, when it’s usually more complex than that.

    Seek/iNaturalist are great. I prefer the report style of iNaturalist and how it gives me a list of options, which I can use to try and narrow it down.

    E.g. if I take a pic of a flower that looks like a dandelion, it could be a common dandelion, or hawkweed, or burnweed… and of those there are a dozen sub species. Knowing which one is native is really important.

    Tldr yes