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- Comment on What are the biggest red flags when talking with a Trek "fan"? 2 months ago:
Oh inside the ship definitely, but outside space doesn’t have a down. If a photon torpedo really hit the front it would push the ship backwards, not to the front and down. But it’s ok, it’s just a bit of fun 🚀
- Comment on What are the biggest red flags when talking with a Trek "fan"? 2 months ago:
I hadn’t watched any Trek in a while and in Picard there was a scene where their ship was hit and started listing like a boat and I was like “that’s not how space works!”, then remembered that’s the thing with Star Trek.
- Comment on Portable CD players are back and now work with wireless headphones 3 months ago:
I loved my MiniDisc player, I wish Sony had opened up the tech.
- Comment on Proton launches privacy-focused Google Docs alternative: Docs in Proton Drive is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editor 4 months ago:
I degoogled to Proton mail initially. I didn’t like that I couldn’t search my emails (a security thing or something? But annoying) and then their Drive was absolutely useless on macos. I had about 100gb and it couldn’t sync even half of it.
After much help from support I eventually moved away to a combo of Fastmail, Mega and OnlyOffice.
- Comment on Why Super for Housing is a Bad Idea - Purplepingers 5 months ago:
I think politicians should be banned from owning multiple properties. It’s a huge conflict of interest.
- Comment on ‘Hate is not a family value’: protesters clash as Sydney council considers rescinding same-sex parenting book ban 5 months ago:
It wasn’t even a parenting book, it was a kids book helping them to understand about same sex parents. Apparently at the meeting some people said maybe it should be moved to the adults section until it was pointed out it is for kids.
- Comment on Which OS do you use for your homeserver? 9 months ago:
All good! The laptop I was using Linux on I installed batocera on instead 😊
- Comment on Which OS do you use for your homeserver? 9 months ago:
Maybe, but I’m not a huge Linux user and every time I dip my toe in I run out of tinkering time. Plus I had the Air laying around and it all installed so easily.
- Comment on What's the best type of food to eat in an active shower? 9 months ago:
- Comment on Which OS do you use for your homeserver? 9 months ago:
Just to be controversial, macos. It’s nothing fancy, just the arrs and Jellyfin running on an old MacBook air.
- Comment on Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ 9 months ago:
They want a tip at self-serve? That’s ridiculous!
- Comment on You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds 9 months ago:
I picked up from their response that they’re just using the public API, not in any kind of partnership?
- Comment on Will people show off their old computers and phones in say, 30 or 50 years in the future? 9 months ago:
irradiated mutant cassowary No thanks
- Comment on Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find 9 months ago:
I keep hearing about Kagi, are they reputable? I moved from Google to DDG and I do a fair bit of searching so I would be interested, but I guess there’s a bit of a one-company-knowing-my-search-history going on (totally unironically).
- Comment on Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah tells employees to 'work longer hours' in year-end email 10 months ago:
Nirajisms
Ew.
- Comment on Apple’s MacBook Pro memory problem is worse than ever 10 months ago:
I used to use Windows a long time ago, it was always slow and crap. I also tinkered with Linux but I don’t want to spend my free time (and some of my work time) troubleshooting. I like the idea of Linux, but for most people it isn’t there yet. Windows is just bad.
Apple has created a situation where, for better or worse, they are both the software and hardware. Yes, you’re locked in and pay for the name, all of that, but also they work. Really well. No troubleshooting, no bloat or slowing down. That’s what people pay for.
- Comment on Adobe faces big fines from FTC over difficult subscription cancellation 10 months ago:
Also Photopea is pretty cool too
- Comment on Incorrect Quotes with Dukat 11 months ago:
I love that anything I read with his face next to it I hear clearly in his voice.
- Comment on Lower Decks theme slaps 11 months ago:
Reminds me of the time I wasonce in a novelty ukulele band.
- Comment on Lower Decks theme slaps 11 months ago:
It changes? Haven’t watched it since the early 00s, I’m on a rewatch now (nearing the end of S3) so I’m intrigued.
- Comment on It's true. 11 months ago:
I looked it up. No, but Arjun is his dad!
- Comment on Bro, I have no fucking idea 11 months ago:
Things had to get bad in ST before it became a socialist utopia though.
- Comment on Just a trend I've noticed 11 months ago:
Happy families
- Comment on PS5 & PS4 Will Lose X Integration This Month, a Year After Elon Musk's Acquisition of Twitter 1 year ago:
Ah got it
- Comment on PS5 & PS4 Will Lose X Integration This Month, a Year After Elon Musk's Acquisition of Twitter 1 year ago:
I haven’t owned a PlayStation since the first one, there’s a dedicated Twitter button on the controller?
- Comment on My opinion of Risa lately... 1 year ago:
I want to see a Ferengi Borg now
- Comment on Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain 1 year ago:
Also Aussie sites often cover news in the UK.
- Comment on Am I Doing This Right? 1 year ago:
I can’t stop watching that
- Comment on Put on a brave face 1 year ago:
Watching this episode right now! Weird.
- Comment on Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its 'year of efficiency' 1 year ago:
If a free haircut makes me look like Zuckerberg, no thanks.
