HobbitFoot

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you have any “headcanons” (so to speak) about the Star Trek TNG characters?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Not characters, but places.

  Earth is extremely competitive to gain any notoriety, which is really bad for a lot of people as notoriety and talent have become what is valuable in human society. People leave Earth because, while it is comfortable to live there, it is really hard to move up the social ladder. It is a lot easier to move away to get a better position, hence why humanity still colonizes other planets while Earth is paradise.

  The Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarire civilizations were going into decline when the Federation was formed. This is why Humanity became the dominant species of the Federation; the other species effectively gave up trying to be powers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to respectfully and subtly tell dad and his new gf they're too loud when having sex?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s nothing like a cool body on a warm summer night.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why hasn't congress passed a law saying that you can only deport people *back to their own country*?⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Republicans don’t care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If spez manipulated reddit in the right way could he ignite a revolution?⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. That’s why social media tries to curtail that kind of communication.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are popes always really old?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The selection process is via an election of cardinals. Generally, if a small group elects someone for a position, that person usually comes from that voting group. Therefore, while not a requirement, an elected pope is generally a cardinal.

  Beyond that, a pope has great influence over the Catholic Church. It would be very remarkable that a young person could have that much influence over the cardinals to get elected. It could happen, but the likelihood is rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hottest Star Trek character?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And holographic data rods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Was Denied 2-Hour Finale Movie, Says Sonequa Martin-Green⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I count Enterprise as 1/2 since TNG was the other half.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The border patrol doesn’t really care as long as the amounts are small. A lot of times, border patrol will even provide the limits.

  If you are going to go over and you get inspected, you’re going to need a good reason for what you’ve got. For instance, going for a day trip but coming back with a week’s worth of clothes are going to be a red flag. Border patrol is also going to look at condition of the items if they are at the point they are inspecting the items.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is excited about money!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But that may not be as viable today.

  There are already several transit systems that have converted to cashless systems. There is also a push to some stores to cashless as well.

  Cash may be a superior way for kids to handle money, but I can see some areas where having cash isn’t viable.

  If I was a parent, I would want the wallet to act as a debit only system. However, I could see the utility in giving my kid a debit like system with $10 on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are the blatant anti-competitive practices of Apple just…allowed? How is this even possible?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Regulations on cartel behavior is usually linked more to price fixing, not industry practice. Also, there is consumer choice on being forced into a single app store, get an Android phone.

  And Apple has been forced to allow for in app purchases, the most cartel like behavior between the two stores.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My spelling and grammar are a lot worse when I type on my phone. I also accidentally a word.

  I don’t bother with correcting it since I don’t care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish I could.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are the blatant anti-competitive practices of Apple just…allowed? How is this even possible?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Apple isn’t a monopoly.

  In personal computing and smartphones, Apple has competition. Because Apple has competition, even if it is only one other major company, Apple won’t be forced to unbundle services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google cuts hundreds of jobs in Android division.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I wouldn’t consider this a sign of recession. Instead, it is the confluence of various structural changes in the industry.

  1. Because the industry was forced to work in a distributed manner, it has removed the location premium in a lot of salaries. Companies are firing high cost of living areas and hiring in lower cost of living areas.

  2. Outside of cost of living, total supply for developers has increased significantly.

  3. The return on investment for software development has either dropped or are starting to be included in more decisions. This is leading to development budgets getting slashed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google cuts hundreds of jobs in Android division.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if you don’t need programmers to work in place place at the corporate headquarters, you can hire them anywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xi says China ‘not afraid’ in first public comment on escalating trade war with the US⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  China’s economy was very affected by China and the growth of China’s economy has been projected to slow as China can’t rely on its construction sector to continue to supply growth.

  That said, China has been preparing for some form of trade war with the USA for a while, so they probably have something planned for this and can now blame any lack of growth on the USA to its citizens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actually I will be happy to do it for you once a day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It always confused me that a short pipe with two male ends was a nipple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's the best strategy to follow with a new boss who wants me dumbed down?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It may not be the doctors complaining.

  While not exactly the dynamic between doctors and nurses, I’ve had to be a “doctor” and deal with people in a “nurse” role. The typical “nurses” enforced a hierarchy where they didn’t have to make technical decisions and their work was crap as a result. I got one “nurse” who was proactive and was an asset to my team, but they got pushed out since they didn’t play the game the way other “nurses” did.

  The person who did the firing was surprised that I thought so highly of the “nurse” who was fired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Note: before tariffs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a big part of it is that a lot of gaming companies keep wanting to make AAA gaming, but no one wants to pay for AAA gaming.

  Mario Kart 8 was already a recycled game from the Wii U and it sold well. After it stopped selling copies, Nintendo sold more DLC with the Booster Course Pass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Brewing Transatlantic Tech War: How Silicon Valley Got Entangled in Geopolitics—and Lost.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like Silicon Valley got trapped between two parties. On one side, Democrats were actively discussing increased regulations and antitrust litigation. On the other side, Republicans were going to accept free reign as long as they got support on “other policies”.

  It turns out the “other policies” included significantly reducing their customer base.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts on Mario Kart World⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like they had to do something different than Mario Kart 8 and they did. The game looks interesting.

  If isn’t interesting enough to buy, but then I figured I might sit this generation out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do people really think setting up domestic manufacturing in the USA is easy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is a simple solution to a complicated problem. For a segment of society, it sounds good enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Artificial Lifeforms gain sentience, would they be in the right to kill their creators in order to gain freedom?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It really depends on if they try to assert sentience before or not. You can justify a slave killing a slaveowner ethically, but I don’t know if you justify a tree shredder killing its operator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could human stomach acid be bioengineered to break down microplastics?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You would need a solvent that would break down organic molecules that create the strength for plastic. Acid isn’t good at breaking that down.

  Any material that could break down plastic would also break down everything that makes food useful for a body.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of CAPTCHA is this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if it was a Richard Hammond attack, it would probably crash itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of CAPTCHA is this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did, it was that link.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now that the US is under influence by Russia, what will happen to Whistleblower Edward Snowden?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably nothing, since Putin wants to encourage future defectors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t trust public wired charging ports to anything other my mobile battery.

  Since I can’t verify if a weird charging port won’t upload malware on site, I’d use wireless charging instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eat some good barbeque.