abfarid
@abfarid@startrek.website
- Comment on Today is June 1st, the start of Pride Month. This scene from "Blood Oath" weighs heavily on my mind. 3 days ago:
If we are being pedantic, Trills are a bad analogy for transsexuals. Every new Trill host is a brand new person with only the memories (with some extras) of the previous hosts. This distinction is emphasized in several episodes. So while Klingons are rather hyper-traditionalists, they can’t really complain about a person having another person’s memories.
- Comment on Om nom nom 6 days ago:
Thanks, I hate it.
- Comment on Feel this 2 weeks ago:
That Windows XP Merlin though.
- Comment on Globe Safety 3 weeks ago:
Oh right, didn’t pay enough attention. But it was the first thing I saw in the morning.
- Comment on Globe Safety 3 weeks ago:
Shouldn’t 7/10" actually be 7/20"?
- Comment on Instant rotten milk 5 weeks ago:
What happens if you put powdered milk into milk? Milk²?
- Comment on I see you 1 month ago:
- Comment on Proton 1 month ago:
When somebody says they like Proton:
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 1 month ago:
Why is the dpad censored?
- Comment on Please choose one 1 month ago:
Techbically, there’s a bundle that includes the game for $50.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 1 month ago:
I honestly don’t see this changing any time soon because there are biological incentives behind both stereotypes. And, anecdotally, my gf (40+) will pout if in some context I refer to her as a woman, and be like “noooo, I’m a girl… :(”. Semi-jokingly, of course, but only semi.
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 1 month ago:
Stereotypically, women always strive to look as young as possible, so calling one a girl can be seen as a compliment. While men, stereotypically strive to appear mature, hence calling one a boy can be considered an insult.
- Comment on I am just silly 2 months ago:
I remember this joke usually involving eggs. But I suppose that has to be changed, for reasons.
- Comment on Tired of dating apps? 2 months ago:
Uses Too Many Big Words
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- Comment on Tired of dating apps? 2 months ago:
How can one be chronologically disappointed? Did you mean “chronically”?
- Comment on Struggling 2 months ago:
It was obviously sarcasm with that 100ths precision rating.
- Comment on Type C 2 months ago:
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- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 months ago:
I’m not criticizing the screens, they are ok and I loved my Pebble Time Steel until the battery swelled and popped off the screen. I’m just saying that calling these e-paper is a deceptive marketing strategy.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 months ago:
From the Verge article:
The first watch that Migicovsky and Core plan to ship is called the Core 2 Duo (not to be confused with the old Intel processor), which Migicovsky says will cost $149 and will ship in July. […] It has the exact same black-and-white e-paper display as the old Pebble 2 (technically a transflective LCD, if you’re curious)
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 months ago:
As I mentioned earlier, whether a screen type is considered e-paper is subjective. And in my opinion, reflective LCD isn’t a type of e-paper. You may disagree, but it’s not “categorically” wrong.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 months ago:
Quote is from Wikipedia. You can see it’s the case for both models here:
Besides, I own a Pebble Time watch and can tell you it doesn’t perform like a typical e-paper. It has the bad viewing angles of LCD and screen goes blank when power is lost.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 months ago:
The watch featured a 32-millimetre (1.26 in) 144 × 168 pixel black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power “transflective LCD”
The problem is that e-paper is a category of displays, abnd some companies label reflective LCDs as “e-paper”. Which is subjective (and I personally heavily disagree with that categorization, cause then LCD clocks and Gameboys have “e-paper” displays, too).
But in the comment I responded to it was said Pebble has “eink” display, which is categorically wrong, as that is a very specific proprietary technology, which is e-paper in traditional sense, like the ones in Kindles.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 2 months ago:
IIRC, it has a reflective LCD, not epaper display.
- Comment on Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS. 2 months ago:
Thanks, good to know.
- Comment on Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS. 2 months ago:
Technically, sideloading is possible already, but you need a developer account, you’re limited to 3 sideloaded apps at a time, and you have to renew them every week.
So the more difficult way already exists.
- Comment on Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70% 2 months ago:
Doesn’t make my comment not true.
And I don’t filter or block anything or anyone. Rawdogging Lemmy, the way God intended.
- Comment on Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70% 2 months ago:
Lemmy, this is the 7th day in a row you’ve shown “Tesla sales down in Europe” news in Top.
- Comment on Big Spooon 2 months ago:
Rookie mistake. You get muscular BY carrying a backpack woman. Careful about going bald though.
- Comment on Big Spooon 2 months ago:
The backpack.
- Comment on .tar.xz 3 months ago:
Because modern media formats are already compressed by default and have very little redundancy in them.
