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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x01 "Kids These Days" & 1x02 "Beta Test"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am curious if they are going to reveal anything about Gideon S. Turner. I can’t entirely tell if Caleb is making stuff up and Tarima is playing along or if Gideon S. Turner has a very strange history.

  I was confused by this. It came hot on the heels of a truly excessive number of historical name-drops and references, so I was like “Turner? Was he on…Enterprise? DS9? Did they mean Tucker? What’d I miss?”

  It was a funny bit but it didn’t really land for me because of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK grab a cup of coffee and read this article if you want to truly understand what's happening in Minnesota⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  On the one hand, sure, it would give the administration an “excuse” to escalate still further.

  On the other hand, who are we kidding? They’re not going to stop escalating no matter what. There’s no point in trying to appease fascists. They’ll take whatever excuse, no matter how flimsy, whenever they feel like it regardless. That’s how we got here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds interesting. What kind of data can it reliably ingest with “attach”? If I dropped, say, the entire Python docs in there, would it be able to get anything out of that? Or does it need to be minimalistic plain-text statements? How is it actually performing retrieval?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: A real American Civil war will NOT be like Battlefield or COD.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve yet to see a major media outlet call it what it is.

  It’s sheer cowardice at this point. The president himself has called it war.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: A real American Civil war will NOT be like Battlefield or COD.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Chicago. LA. Minneapolis. And more, but those are currently the most egregious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nametag: Self-hostable personal relationships manager⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A poly group (also known as a polycule) is a network of polyamorous people’s relationships. Polyamory, in case you’re unaware, is the practice of having multiple romantic or sexual partners at the same time, in contrast to monogamy.

  If you were polyamorous and wanted to graph out your relationships, you could do it a few different ways. For example:

  • Just you and your partners. If any of your partners are also in relationships with each other, you’d draw lines between them as well.

  • Extend an extra level and include all of your partners’ partners (known as metamours), again connecting any pair on the graph who are partners.

  • Extend that further and include all of your partners’ partners’ partners (no specific term for this as far as I know). This would likely include people you don’t personally know, and it would be difficult to build a complete graph of all their relationships.

  Etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there desire for Capt. Una spin-off?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I would like to see more of Queen Jurati and her Borg Cooperative. It was a cool idea that, like all the cool ideas in Picard, was poorly developed and overshadowed by nonsense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do not want an AI browser. I’m more likely to switch to a text-only CLI browser.

  Orion is a fine choice for Mac or iPad. Basically Safari with Firefox/Chrome extension support, more customizability, and a few other niceties.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem here is education.

  And I’m not just talking about “average joes” who don’t know the first thing about statistics. It is mind-boggling how many people with advanced degrees do not understand the difference between correlation and causation, and will argue until they’re blue in the face that it doesn’t affect results.

  AI is not helping. Modern machine learning is basically a correlation engine with no concept of causation. The idea of using it to predict the future is dead on arrival. The idea of using it in any prescriptive role in social sciences is grotesque; it will never be more than a violation of human dignity.

  Billions upon billions of dollars are being invested in putting lipstick on that pig. At this point it is more lipstick than pig.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its a solar powered phone / webserver! Made from a pixel 6a, solar panel, and hopes/dreams.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does it do that even if you set it to “use device MAC” for the wi-fi network you’re on?

  The exact location might depend on brand/OS, but in stock Android it’s in Settings > Network & Internet > Internet > gear icon next to active wi-fi network > Privacy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🫡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a very dumb way to say that population decline is predicted.

  The birth rate really has dropped below replacement levels in the US. Immigration might not fill that gap. With how actively hostile the current administration is to immigrants, that seems likely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 21-23-year-old dating or sleeping with an older person doesn't automatically make the 21-23-year-old a "victim".⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  people on Reddit, TikTok, and X

  There’s the problem. These are some of the most toxic places on the internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want a non-LW Star Trek meme community? So do I. So I made one.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh. Well that sucks.

  I think I remember you from before, if you’re the same Stamets. You posted a lot. I’ll join your new Risa then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Star Trek Discovery that bad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I very much enjoyed the start but steadily lost interest.

  There’s some good stuff in Discovery all the way through, don’t get me wrong. But they kind of flipped the script in a way I did not appreciate.

  Most of classic Trek showed us a future with a largely functional society, mostly full of good people who were ready and willing to deal with occasional corruption.

  Lots of newer Trek, and especially Discovery, showed us a future where society is largely dysfunctional and corruption is the norm. Almost everyone in the series who isn’t a main character (plus a couple who are) is a piece of shit. Even the “good guys” frequently encourage or at least tolerate clearly evil behavior as long as it serves their ends. But it’s okay because…friendship I guess?!?

  Their heart is in the right place but the writing is generally bad. I think this generation of writers is incapable of imagining a better world, which, sure, is understandable, given how thoroughly corrupt our current society is. But it’s deeply depressing. It lacks soul.

  SNW is better in this regard. But you’ll probably want to watch season 1 of Discovery first since there’s some crossover.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want a non-LW Star Trek meme community? So do I. So I made one.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there something wrong with startrek.website?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: YouTube views went down since mid-August because they no longer count views of not logged in users⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s more or less how it works, but that’s still an additional call. If Google is not tying it directly into segment download requests, then it could potentially be blocked without disrupting playback.

  I have no insight into the inner workings. If I download a video with yt-dlp, does it increase the view count? If not, then it’s a broken system, yeah?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Backup/Server Options - is Syncthing / Nextcloud really the go?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Better yet, use borg to back up. Managing your own tars is a burden. Borg does duduplication, encryption, compression, and incrementals. It’s as easy to use as rsync but it’s a proper backup tool, rather than a syncing tool.

  Not the only option, but it’s open source, and a lot of hosts support it directly. Also works great for local backups to external media. Check out Vorta if you want a GUI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s fair to call all those “not serious” just because they had some cheesy aspects, especially when in some cases it was just in the B plot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jonathan Frakes Surprised ‘Strange New Worlds’ Star Trek Spoof Was Controversial; Talks Directing ‘Academy’ And More⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, not yet. It was announced, I think for season 4.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also they put a spotlight on the huge energy costs of running an AI

  Plus it’s fully in keeping with canon. They mentioned several times in TNG and beyond that holodecks needed isolated power. (And obviously we know the original Enterprise didn’t have a holodeck in a few years’ time.) It’s a nice way for them to have their cake and eat too.

  I hope they have another holodeck episode at some point, maybe on a space station.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about qalculate, an opensource, versatile calculator with nice cli⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks cool!

  But I gotta ask: what is the deal with your font making all the I’s and L’s bold? :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure that would make much difference. When you control the media companies (including social media), you control what people see and hear. When you control what people see and here, you control what they believe and how they act, to a large extent.

  Which is not to say that it wouldn’t be an improvement, just that it wouldn’t solve that particular problem. At least not directly. Perhaps it would make it easier to implement systemic changes we’d need to truly address it.

  Jeff Bezos didn’t buy the Washington Post out of a love for journalism, that’s for damned sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x01 "Hegemony, Part II" & 3x02 "Wedding Bell Blues"⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not really looking forward to another season of Gorn PTSD. We just did that with La’an. We don’t need to rehash it. It’s boring.

  Time will tell if they justify it.

  I did love the costumes in this episode, although I also felt like they were a little too present-day. But if they’re playing Wham I guess that’s what they were going for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annotations for *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* 3x02: “Wedding Bell Blues”:⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pike also commented on the wedding planner being Andorian. Spock didn’t seem to react to that statement, so I guess he also saw the Trelane as Andorian at that point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cloudflare blocking AI crawlers⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  do they just want everything to be crawled

  Yes. Web crawling has been a normal and vital part of the web from day 1. We’d have no search engines without crawlers.

  The web is user-centric by design. I’m sick of tech companies trying to flip the script and hoard information, most of which is not theirs to begin with (e.g. Google, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, etc.).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount+ Announces Fifth and Final Season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, seems weird. But I’m optimistic when a series ending is announced well in advance. It means they’ll have time to finish it properly instead of hedging their bets, uncertain if they’ll be renewed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you actually audit open source projects you download?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Let me put it this way: I audit open source software more than I audit closed source software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Never seen one I’d actually trust for the mic, but I’ve seen a lot of Lenovos that have sliding covers for the camera.

  I’m a little reluctant to put an adhesive slider on my MacBook because it closes pretty tight and I’m afraid the extra thickness would create a pressure point and cause damage over time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  recently I saw someone spell “extreme” as “extream” which is just kind of baffling, I actually can’t even imagine how one would make such a mistake?

  There is a mountain of anecdotal evidence, and a small mound of scientific research, suggesting that psychedelics can improve creativity even in the long term. Ask your doctor if LSD or psilocybin might help with your imagination deficit.