Month: February 2022

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power teaser is here, and it’s spectacular

The first teaser trailer for Amazon’s new original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is here.

The Super Bowl brought us our first eye-popping teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Amazon Studio’s prequel fantasy series. Until late last week, Amazon had kept pretty much every detail about the new series tightly under wraps. But the dam has now burst, beginning with a big Vanity Fair exclusive with first-look images and in-depth interviews. The article is also full of casting information.

(There are some spoilers for those unfamiliar with the LOTR mythology below.)

The idea of making a spinoff series from Peter Jackson’s visionary Lord of the Rings film trilogy dates back to 2017, with Amazon Studios, Netflix, and HBO all vying for the rights. Amazon won out, in part because then-CEO Jeff Bezos was a major Tolkien fan. Amazon paid a whopping $250 million for the rights and committed to what is believed to be a five-season run. Hollywood insider gossip hints that the show could cost between $100 to $150 million per season, adding up to well over $1 billion for all five seasons.

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Don’t let Reese Witherspoon make you crazy

Actress Reese Witherspoon during an interview on Thursday, December 17, 2021.

Enlarge / Actress Reese Witherspoon during an interview on Thursday, December 17, 2021. (credit: NBC)

At 12:24 pm on January 11, the actor and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon made a startling announcement to her 2.9 million Twitter followers. “In the (near) future, every person will have a parallel digital identity,” she wrote. “Avatars, crypto wallets, digital goods will be the norm. Are you planning for this?”

That final line struck a note of urgency. The metaverse is coming, was her message, and you haven’t packed your go bag yet?

Witherspoon’s tweet arrived amid a backlash against celebrities cheerleading the virtual world and pushing their fans into cyber currency. It was bad enough that for years we had been pummeled by crypto dudes for not diverting all of our cash reserves to bitcoin and HODLing no matter what. The Twitter history of “Bitcoin Billionaire” Tyler Winklevoss (who, with his twin bro, Cameron, has done very well since being punked by Mark Zuckerberg back at Harvard) is an endless barrage of FOMO pitches, delivered with the enigmatic faux-wisdom of a blockchain Buddha. “Because of bitcoin, the universe will never be the same,” he tweeted recently. Got that, God?

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The React Cheatsheet for 2022

Do you want to get up to speed with React as quickly as possible? I’ve put together a super helpful cheatsheet to give you a complete overview of all of the React concepts you need to know in 2022. Let’s get started! Table of Contents * React Elements
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How to Use PropTypes in React

PropTypes are a good first line defense when it comes to debugging your apps. But before getting into detail about PropTypes, we have to understand the concept of props. Props [https://tekolio.com/what-are-props-in-react-and-how-to-use-them/] are the read-only properties that are shared between components to give the unidirectional flow of React a dynamic touch.
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