MimicJar
@MimicJar@lemmy.world
- Comment on We will never know the name of a human that lived 50,000 years ago 1 day ago:
Many years ago I heard a comedian tell a joke, “I come from a long line of people who had kids.”
He was a funny guy, with a funny set, but that line always stuck with me.
- Comment on If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for? 1 week ago:
To quote Jeopardy host Ken Jennings,
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Since we’re stuck with the two parties at the moment it’ll need to be a Democrat.
Mark Kelly has mentioned interest and seems to be willing to fight back, so I’m leaning towards him at the moment.
But it’s early so I’m open to candidates who meet the first requirement.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 1 week ago:
See exactly! That’s what I think is happening here. Earl Grey is a solid tea, but someone being a bit snooty would absolutely look down on Picard and his choice of tea.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x03: “Vitus Reflux” 2 weeks ago:
Kelrec’s tea fetish is setting us up for some kind of Picard/Earl Grey joke… But I don’t know how yet. The most straightforward joke being that he finds it too basic/unappealing, but admired Picard and is trying to emulate him.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux" 2 weeks ago:
This episode started rough with the gym lens flare being so strong I couldn’t even look at the TV. The War College gave up a little easy, but I expect them to be back harder and stronger, I hope they get a big win just to help even things out.
Also something I appreciate is all the security this episode and the previous episodes have had. So many Star Trek plots would have been fooled with even the most basic of security, so seeing someone need proper authorization or cloning an eyeball is surprisingly new for Trek.
- Comment on I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows 3 weeks ago:
In contrast, Linux won’t stop you if you try to use a command that deletes every file on your PC (“sudo rm -rf /”).
Actually AFAIK it will stop that specific command nowadays. I don’t have a VM handy to test, but without the “–no-preserve-root” flag it should give an error.
(Don’t actually run that command on a machine you care about, I’m only 80% confident.)
- Comment on Companies with TLDs named after them is the best example of how ridiculously big those companies are. 3 weeks ago:
Gives? They charged a high price for these TLDs.
I think it was fine to expand the number, but they probably shouldn’t have approved company names.
- Comment on Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it? 4 weeks ago:
Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?
Google will pull it as soon as Apple does, they’re a follower not a leader.
- Comment on My apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it? 4 weeks ago:
I feel pretty confident they were in the shower when they thought about this question.
- Comment on 'Backtracking Development Again Was Out of The Question' — Nintendo Says Metroid Prime 4's Open World Hub Was a Victim of The Game's Lengthy Development 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s so much Nintendo in this case as Retro Studios.
Nintendo EPD co-developed “Metroid Dread” with MercurySteam and they fucking nailed it. Retro Studios developed the original Prime trilogy, so in theory they should have been able to figure out Prime 4. Maybe there is backroom drama, but Nintendo gave the original developer of the three original games the go ahead for a forth in the series and they ultimately delivered what they did.
Sometimes studios just change too much.
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 5 weeks ago:
The cable is fiber optic, which is to say light. Light don’t care about gold and silver. The highly polished lens but is probably also bullshit, but at least light cares about lenses.
- Comment on Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux 1 month ago:
No six months to a year is probably about right. They’ll have enough data by then to say “most people don’t turn it off” because realistically most people will use the default, which is on.
Twenty years from now Firefox will be in a new controversy that we can’t even begin to guess.
Plus, while I can’t predict when the AI bubble will pop, whatever they add in the next year will be removed within the next five years. AI isn’t like browser tabs, or extensions, stuff that will always be a great idea, it’s just the current fad.
- Comment on That boy is all right 1 month ago:
Evil Hank says, “Taste the heat, not the meat!” as he burns you alive with his propane flamethrower. You can’t burn a man alive with charcoal.
- Comment on Paul Giamatti Ranks His Favorite Star Trek Shows and Talks Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1 month ago:
I skimmed the video, but given the choices of TOS, TNG & DS9, Giamatti chose DS9, TOS, then TNG.
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers 1 month ago:
To be fair I don’t have 100% confidence that self driving is safer than human driving. I just believe that based on the current data, it seems to be. If new data comes out tomorrow, then I’ll look at and evaluate that data.
I also don’t believe that investment is a zero sum game. We should absolutely be investing in both. Both are valuable. You don’t have to only invest in one.
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers 1 month ago:
They’re safer than human drivers. Tesla cars absolutely are not. But Waymo cars? They do seem to be.
npr.org/…/why-one-trauma-doctor-sees-self-driving…
It’s still early. We still need more data. They should be closely watched. But self driving cars do appear to be safer. That’s why they are a great idea. They are making driving and roads better.
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers 1 month ago:
I mean the US is heavily car centric. Self driving cars are an attempt to adapt to what the reality of the world currently is.
We should absolutely be doing things to make cars less of a requirement by improving public transit and creating more livable spaces that don’t require cars, that can even be the primary goal, but it won’t eliminate cars completely, and if it does it will take A LOT longer than self driving cars.
Self driving cars are a great idea, but they aren’t a fix everything solution, they just one part of an overall solution.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 1 month ago:
Nothing has been announced as far as Baldur’s Gate 4 goes yet. It looks like Hasbro is being a little bit smart and are going to try and make (“make”) a handful of other smaller games, like the recent Warlock game announcement.
But at some point Baldur’s Gate 4 will be announced, but Hasbro isn’t going to be willing to invest properly into it in order to make a good game.
- Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ 1 month ago:
Re D&D,
It’s because Hasbro gutted the D&D division and burned their goodwill with Larian. pcgamer.com/theres-almost-nobody-left-ceo-of-bald…
Hasbro could have done nothing and made a bunch of money, but they chose temporary short term gains. Baldur’s Gate 4 will arrive far sooner than you think, and it will be terrible.
- Comment on I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it. 2 months ago:
post-DS9 show.
If you haven’t seen it the DS9 Documentary, What We Left Behind, can give you at least a tiny hint at where the writers would have gone, maybe, possibly.
- Comment on I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it. 2 months ago:
I tell every Star Trek friend I know to watch The Orville and they never do. Compared to Star Trek it leans more heavily into comedy, especially at first, but it’s easily the best Trek since 90s Trek.
- Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn 2 months ago:
I hope you'll find this acceptable
- Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn 2 months ago:
(.)Y(.)
- Comment on Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out 2 months ago:
I don’t know that I agree. AI will continue to grow stronger and heartier, just like Campbell’s new Extra Chunky™ All Americanado™ Chicken Noodle Soup.
- Comment on I dunno 2 months ago:
RPN or Reverse Polish Notation is a notation for calculators to be less ambiguous. The last numbers use the operator to their right, repeat.
- 2 5 8 5 - × +
- (8 - 5 = 3)
- 2 5 3 × +
- (5 × 3 = 15)
- 15 2 +
- (15 + 2 = 17)
- 17
- Comment on Gaming Pet Peeves 2 months ago:
To add, give me some way of tracking these collectables.
If I’ve collected all of the trinkets in a given area, mark that area in some way. If there are 100 trinkets, number them and give me a list. Give me a map, hints, thing that beeps, something.
I don’t need any of the above to be unlocked from the start. You can add it in the post game or after I’ve collected some percentage of them or make it a side quest.
It’s annoying going online and someone has posted “I found 99 of 100 things, where else to look?” and basically no one can help them. It’s annoying being that person, to be so close and yet so far.
- Comment on Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy 2 months ago:
Many workers report that aging devices stifle productivity, but like a favorite pair of shoes or an old sweater, they don’t want to give them up to learn the intricacies of a new device (which they’ll learn and then have to replace with another). Familiarity can trump productivity for many workers.
So first off I’m glad they mentioned this. However it’s frustrating to see the first quote, “last month concludes that each additional year companies delay upgrading equipment results in a productivity decline of about one-third of a percent” which feels like real numbers versus the section I quoted which feel like vibes.
There is a cost in doing something and a cost in not doing something. Sometimes doing nothing is the best course of action.
(Now if getting a new device is a huge cost you should investigate where you can improve that process.)
- Comment on I signed up for Trump Mobile two weeks ago and I still don’t have my SIM 2 months ago:
So technically, in this specific instance, Trump Mobile isn’t run by Donald Trump. It’s instead a separate company run by Don Jr and Eric Trump. That company is then licensing the “Trump” name from The Trump Organization.
Now The Trump Organization is owned by Donald Trump, although officially run by Don Jr, Eric, etc.
But you’re absolutely right that all of this is bullshit. It’s also why Trump is so pissed at New York AG Letitia James for investigating and uncovering all sorts of shady business practices.
You’re absolutely right that Congress should be doing something about it.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 2 months ago:
Just so it’s not forgotten to time I want to recommend AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake). It’s basically what if Metroid 2 was made in the Super Metroid engine.
I’d recommend any of the 2D Metroids, but if you’re going to play Metroid 2, that’s the version to play.
- Comment on 🚣 🚣 2 months ago:
No, the man in the rowboat is on his way to fix door hinges so it’s basically the same thing.
