Why “Stunts” is being discussed
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Slowly dying in no man's land vs. a chance to make it out alive makes it a fairly tempting risk to take. I can totally understand the Ukrainians trying such stunts with their wo…
by crest · Oct 20, 2026
Yes! It's just repeatedly asserted that vibecoding is taking over, going to replace us all. I have yet to see evidence of it (no, marketing stunts aren't evidence).
by uv-depression · Oct 19, 2026
Nathan Fielder is pretty well-known for his work in The Rehearsal and Nathan for You. Nathan for You resides in the docu-comedy genre, where you take advantage of real people's…
by antasvara · Oct 18, 2026
If you mean one that can do the stunts from the demo I'm in, but not for $10k: that's more than I'm willing to bet with people I don't know. How about $100, since most of the po…
by jefftk · Oct 18, 2026
Is it going to be released at all, let alone on time? I'd bet against it. Tesla promises about future releases are worth dogshit. Was the demo fake? I also doubt it. Tesla doesn…
by squidmaster · Oct 18, 2026
Zero sense for Tesla? They've just pulled off one of the most impressive marketing stunts in the automotive industry, that clearly has some sense :)
by tiborsaas · Oct 17, 2026
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A stunt is an unusual, difficult, dramatic physical feat that may require a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually for a public audience, as on television or in theaters or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Before computer-generated imagery special effects, these depictions were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera effects, unless the creator could find someone willing to carry them out, even such dangerous acts as jumping from car to car in motion or hanging from the edge of a skyscraper: the stunt performer or stunt double. Read more on Wikipedia