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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where to Watch Prodigy on December 25⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have Netflix but it look like it is on Canal+ as a VOD option… So not really streaming but it is there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where to Watch Prodigy on December 25⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is the info on www.justwatch.com incorrect? I’m in France and Season 1 is listed on several platforms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's remember some Star Trek games⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was only allowed 1 or 2 new games per year so I played non-stop. I took my Gameboy everywhere. My mother saw something on TV at the time saying that games improved hand-eye coordination so she encouraged me to play like crazy. That might have helped haha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's remember some Star Trek games⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes!

  Still have it. I asked for a game for my birthday that year. At the last minute I said I wanted ST instead. My mom took back the game she had and swapped it for this. I played it like crazy. Although it wasn’t until last year that I realised how to beat the Borg.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  if only they knew how not-so-techy I really am…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the privacy-related changes I’ve made, Signal is the only thing I’ve managed to get anyone else to use.

  It was a matter of saying “I don’t use WhatsApp anymore” and that was that. Some friends didn’t make the switch, but they know where to find me.

  Quitting Facebook lead people to believe that I was in need of help, though. They thought I was crazy. Still, today, people ask me why they can’t tag me on FB or why I unfriended them. When I tell them I stopped using FB they’re shocked and say things like, “but you’re such a techy computer nerd guy.”

  Quitting Google was confusing for others too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfleet Academy of Delinquents and Troublemakers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a Boimler though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfleet Academy of Delinquents and Troublemakers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Logically, there is but one choice

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For anyone who wasn't aware, the 1990s show Gargoyles is basically a TNG reunion.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I can hear Riker in my head. Weird.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And no, just taking 5 min to do the thing is not an option.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my bath face. At just tall enough to be called tall I am too tall for some bathtubs. Or, by the time it is full I don’t want to bother. Or the water is cold after 10 minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course you can haha. They just keep most of the devices locked down because employees aren’t so skilled with computers and tend to mess things up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I already got in big trouble for that about 6 or 7 years ago. I was teaching a class and one of the IT folks happened by and looked in the window. 10 minutes later my phone was ringing and emails were flying in. No dual booting, Linux in a VM if I want and they need to install it.

  I use 3 things on that computer: Notepad++ (I had to ask them to install it because we’re not allowed to d ha ourselves), Firefox, and MuPDF (also needed to ask permission for that one). Now, I can’t complain too much because they gifted the teachers the previous laptops, so I’m assuming they’ll do the same again and it will be mine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I never turn my work laptop on at home. I don’t even have any bookmarks saved in the browser. I have a .txt file synced using Syncthing that I treat as a perpetual notepad where I keep my links. I don’t think I’ve even turned my work laptop on at home or charged it at home this year.

  Of course, these are things I can get away with since I’m a professor. But still, I have received emails asking if I need training on how to use my computer because I have barely used it. They really, really wanted me to use Outlook instead of the webapp for some reason. I never did. But, they were so insistent. Recently we lost the ability to change wallpaper, default browsers and quick launch icons.

  Work computers: almost a neat perk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free (as in freedom) PDF editor for Android?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Editor? Nope. Just several different viewers.