One of my favorite movies of all time is “Let the Right one In” (“Låt den rätte komma in”), a Swedish romantic horror film. There is an American remake called “Let Me In”. The pacing, mood, and atmosphere of the remake don’t even come close the original. I believe the American versions of foreign films are often more expensive, polished, and with better actors, but I don’t need that to enjoy a film. One recent example is “Bugonia” which was nominated for 4 academy awards and is very well made, yet I enjoyed the Korean original “Save the Green Planet!” just as much.

Baking soda is too weak. As far as I know they use sodium hydroxide in bakeries, which is kind of dangerous because it can cause serious burns on the skin. You can bake your baking soda to make the solution slightly more alkaline but it will still be a lot weaker than the stuff that’s used commercially.

I discussed this recently with a friend. Commercial gambling, e.g. slot machines, online poker, F2P mobile games, sports betting, etc. seems like exploitation of weak people. These products are carefully optimized for return of investment, which always means nudging people to play more, even if it’s bad for them. This book is pretty good: Addiction by Design - Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

I use all of them, as long as people I know or care about use them.

X-Duckx, it’s a French cartoon about two ducks doing extreme sports, there is a German dubbed version that’s pretty legendary even though it only ran for a couple years on German TV

more like a revival of early internet aesthetics, i.e. shitty 3D graphics, low quality digital images, and WordArt from the late 1990s