u/chinese-telephone

Lee Cronin's The Mummy: Miles Better than Obsession or Backrooms

Sure, the latter two films have apparently overwhelmed the senses of low-attention span / second-screen kids. It's understandable if you a) have not actually seen that many movies and b) have been trained since birth to give equal attention to whatever flashing light is most recently demanding your attention.

Watch just a few more films and you will instantly realize that Obsession is just a super simple-minded Monkey's Paw story - with zero interesting variations. Backrooms has a more interesting concept, but is equally poorly-executed. Kudos to the latter for trying something slightly (um, David Lynch's works have been around for decades and Backrooms doesn't even hold a candle to any) new.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy is no masterpiece, but it was actually really watchable. The child actors are great. The touches of humour, jumpscares, and backstory are appreciated. The characterization is actually pretty good - rare for a horror. The twists were minimal, but they were there.

Obsession and Backrooms are trendy, but The Mummy was an entertaining movie.

reddit.com
u/chinese-telephone — 3 days ago
▲ 1 r/speedtest+1 crossposts

Got upgraded to 3 Gbps but getting only 1.2 on Speedtest?

I got a message saying Bell increased my max download speed from 1.5 Gbps to 3 Gbps at no extra charge.

Speed test from the Gigahub 1 says 3.28 Gbps download and (3.22 Gbps upload), while all the other speedtest sites say 1.27 and 1.15 respectively.

I am using wi-fi from my MacBook Pro (2023) to the Gigahub 1. They are basically a few inches away from each other.

Do I need:

  • the Gigahub 2 (instead of the Gigahub 1)
  • an adapter
  • an ethernet cable
  • all of the above

to get the full 3.28 Gbps download speed?

reddit.com
u/chinese-telephone — 12 days ago
▲ 2 r/sonos

Can someone kindly explain how to link Sonos to the local library on Mac? I have tried using the desktop Sonos app and the iPhone app using the instructions from Sonos, but keep getting a variety of errors. I'm now using Choragus (which is great) to play and scrobble, but it doesn't have local library linking built in.

I have recently gone through my local library - over 160,000 songs - and reduced it to only around 8-9k songs with the goal of randomly shuffle playing my library of these curated songs at the best quality possible.

MacBook Pro: Apple M2 Max, Tahoe 26.5 Beta (25F5068a)

Arc Ultra, 2x Era 300, latest firmware and software

Sources: Apple Music (sub), Local Library

P.S. - I also have an Apple TV 4K (original release, on the latest beta version) and Sony Bravia 9, and now a lot of shows -both on the Bravia and Apple TV - have music but no speech. I have (hopefully) reset this by redoing the setup, but this is not the first time this has happened. So, if the basic function of simply playing my local music library on this quite expensive system is not possible after a number of previous issues, it will be QUITE frustrating. All of these devices are within feet of each other and the network speed is excellent. I appreciate your understanding and any assistance you might be able to provide.

u/chinese-telephone — 2 months ago