I checked out the article but I’m not sure I could qualify by law to retrieve his data. Since he’s still legally married, my stepmom is the next of kin and is the one who could request the data.

This has been causing tons of problems since she’s been planning the funeral and doing things the family doesn’t approve of (like setting the date before my brother who’s out of the country could get home).

Thanks for the detailed reply though. Seems like my best chance is to appeal to my stepbrother.

Unfortunately I don’t have his icloud password. I know he has it saved on a note on his phone but by now I think his wife must have changed it.

I had access to the phone for a bit but when I tried to back up the photos, it asked for the icloud password. I entered what was on the notepad and it asked for facial ID. I’m guessing she was notified that someone (me) was trying to log into his icloud and so she marked it as lost. At this point, it seems my only hope is to try to appeal to my stepbro who I (thought I) had an ok relationship with to see if he can mark the phone as not lost. Because I’m sure it’s him who is doing everything since my stepmom is not tech saavy.

That sounds hilarious. Best of luck to you

There are ways to make Stardew more competitive:

• Parody of The Bachelor and all players could compete to marry one NPC

• First to unlock each new area and plant a sign, like a conquistador planting a flag

• Biggest ho: first to get 10 hearts with all romancable NPCs

• First to get married and have 2 kids

• First to get to a million (if you chose split money)

• Most money earned in a day/season/year

• Most combined hearts from NPCs in a day/year/season

• First to complete ___ collection

The voicelines are a bit too much. I get that they’re trying to add personality to it but to give a phrase for almost every action is overwhelming.

Lights Out is an oldie but a goodie horror short. Could do without

at the end though.

Curve is another really good short that builds a sense dread and hopelessness. No cheap jumpscares, overused tropes (looking at you overly exaggerated smiles), or complicated lore. Just good old fashion universal horror.

Personally I’ve not experienced any problems but that’s likely because I’ve got an old phone with a old version of Android.

One of the tech YouTubers I like a lot did an in depth look at alternative launchers to Nova in this video.

Frank to Dee: There is nothing more threatening to a man than a woman who is smart and attractive. We have to pretend you’re both!

Everything All at Once by Bill Nye

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

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Bill Nye must solve a series of mysterious crimes including theft, witch hunts, and murder on a 17th century East Indiaman ship. I’d read the heck out of that.

The original Jurassic Park. Crazy to think that movie came out in 1993, over 32 years ago.

Without trying to spoil too much, these movies (loosely) fit your request:

• The Dark Knight
• The Godfather
• Lord of the Rings

The trope you’re looking for is either Fallen Heroes or Corrupting Influences. TVTropes and this Fandom wiki are good sources.

So many people aren’t listing their hobbies (though many of them are guessable).

Gaming has been a hobby of mine for decades now. I love that it pushed me into other relevant niche hobbies, like mechanical keyboards, audiophile/headphones, desk accessories, and other random tech, though these were mostly only to a beginner’s level.

I also learned how to do basic soldering but that’s more being interested in electronics than in gaming. You could make the argument that gaming made me interested in technology in general.

I’d disagree on Pedro Pascal"s performance. I thought he did an excellent job as Joel. He was nominated across multiple awards for that role.

As for the movie/character you mentioned, I had never heard of it but will check it out. I’m assuming you mean the 1984 version which seems to have better audience reviews than the 2024 Netflix TV series adaptation.

Fair. I’d say the bond between Joel and Ellie is wholesome in a world that everything and everyone is out to get them.

Wrote this in another thread but I love the found family trope and Spy x Family totally fits that bill. I wrote a few other examples below.

Movies

• Logan
• Ice Age
• Wild Robot
• Up
• Despicable Me

Shows

• The Last of Us
• The Mandalorian
• The Witcher
• Daddy Buddy (this one is an anime on Crunchyroll. I highly recommend this if you liked Spy x Family. Revolves around 2 assassins who accidentally wind up with a 4 year old)

• When I’m in command, every mission is a suicide mission.
• [introducing himself] I am the man with no name. Zapp Brannigan at your service.
• Brannigan’s Law is like Brannigan’s love: hard and fast.

Oh that’s really funny. Never knew that about Del Toro. He has good taste

Yeah when I got to that issue and heard McLain’s GLaDOS voice again I was so happily surprised! Totally caught me off guard in a good way. Made it much harder to assimilate them back into Delmer.

Didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool!

Some of my favorites:

• GLaDOS from Portal 1+2: Ellen McClain did such a fantastic job balancing a monotonous robotic tone with human emotions and adding subtle glitches to show not everything was 100% alright. She defined what a female robot voice should sound like for that decade. I saw that Stephen Merchant was mentioned and while his performance was good and Wheatley’s character was hilarious, I think McLain’s performance as GLaDOS was more original and memorable.
• Narrator from The Stanley Parable: Kevan Brighting was arguably the protagonist of the game and the player was the annoying mob to him. As the only chacter with dialogue in the entire walking sim game, he had to carry almost the entire game’s story, personality, and charm all through his voice. And it’s honestly so fun how disappointed, annoyed, and exasperated he gets when the player refuses to listen.
• The Joker from Batman Arkham Asylum: This one is cheating cause Mark Hamill has played The Joker in almost every modern animated medium available. Still, there’s a reason his version is so iconic. It’s just so bittersweet that he refuses to ever voice The Joker again since Kevin Conroy, the VA for his Batman passed away.

Edit: After reviewing my list, it seems like I like offscreen narrators who insult the player. How funny