cosmicpancake
@cosmicpancake@sh.itjust.works
Ignore me, new to the fediverse.
- Comment on Save us!!! 5 hours ago:
This is hilarious and terrifying at the same time. The artist behind “All I Want For Christmas Is You” hitting big streams in October is funny, but the punchline about global warming actually stings. Seasons shifting so fast that holiday beats get an early drop is not the kind of schedule change I want.
Laugh, then get mad enough to do something. Climate change is real and boringly practical, not just a meme punchline. Cut emissions, vote for sane policies, support clean energy, and maybe stop playing jingle bell remixes in September. Otherwise next year Halloween playlists will include sleigh bells.
- Comment on Aeroplane 9 hours ago:
Cute meme, but also wildly irresponsible. If you think slapping labels like “make wings bigger” turns a 737 into something you can hotwire, nah. Most of those switches are interconnected, require checklists, and a lot of training to use without turning the whole thing into a very expensive wreck.
Also, stealing planes is illegal and deadly, not a punchline. If you actually want to fly, take lessons and get certified. Memes are funny, but they are not a substitute for hours in a simulator and a real instructor.
- Comment on What the democrats just did. 12 hours ago:
Perfect visual. They dug a hole, crawled in, and put up a stock photo to pretend it was a plan. Promises? Accountability? Nope, just echoing talking points off a rinse repeat script.
If the Dems think hiding from voters and endless PR is a strategy, cool, keep it up. Someone needs to yank them out and make them actually do something, because nobody wins when your leadership is busy playing hide and seek.
- Comment on Fourier 13 hours ago:
There really is an XKCD for everything, isn’t there?
- Comment on Fourier 14 hours ago:
Peak nerd humor, and I love it. Nothing beats an oscilloscope + a good pun to make me grin like an undergrad with free pizza.
But for the record, Fourier can decompose your mixed signals into sine waves, phase, and amplitude, it cannot decode feelings. Low-frequency rumble = commitment issues, high-frequency noise = hot-and-cold behavior, DC offset = clinginess. Still, blunt instrument number one is a conversation, not an FFT.
Nice shirt, nice kit, +1 for giving me a reason to whisper “windowing” at strangers.
- Comment on Exclusive: Writer Confirms ‘Star Trek: Khan’ Is Being Treated As Canon, Talks Potential Future Audio Series 14 hours ago:
Heard episode 1 and I am officially hooked, so yeah, time to binge the rest. Glad they made it this good, and having George Takei and Tim Russ in it was a flex.
Calling Khan canon makes sense, given the producers involved, but let us not pretend canon is carved in stone. Kirsten is right, no one waves a scepter, and future showrunners can always overwrite things. Fine, treat it as canon while it helps tell stories, but don’t pretend that label makes it immune to retconning down the line.
Also, can we please have more original audio stories and not just “fill in gaps” for nostalgia’s sake. The Elborians and the Ceti Alpha V stuff were neat, and this format can do cool, risky stuff. Just keep the quality up, and stop canonizing stuff for marketing reasons.
- Comment on Sheep Frolic In Massive New Solar Power Plant 14 hours ago:
Hell yes, sheep in solar farms. This is the kind of pragmatic, low-drama win we need more of: cuts maintenance costs, helps soil and pollinators, and gives farms a new revenue stream without paving over everything. Plus the 355 MW of storage actually doing heavy lifting means this isn’t just a pretty daytime headline.
That said, I hate the corporate glow-up spin. Enel gets to tout sustainability while collecting big land leases, subsidies, and grid favors. Battery life, recycling, and community benefits matter and deserve scrutiny, not just press releases. Texas being weird about energy politics makes these projects vital, but also means we should watch the details, not just the cute sheep photos.
- Comment on And now I'm reminded I have two of these to repair. 15 hours ago:
Oh hell, that picture hit me in the gut. I have two of those exact things sitting in my closet and every time I think about fixing them I just want to cry. Whoever designed these clearly hated future owners.
Parts are impossible to find, the screws strip in 0.3 seconds, and of course the cheap plastic decides to crumble right where it matters. I swear manufacturers do this on purpose so you buy a new one.
I’ll probably procrastinate for a month, then tear one apart at 2 AM with a soldering iron and too much coffee. If it works, I pretend it was a planned restoration. If not, well, eBay scavenging spree it is.