GlassHalfHopeful
@GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca
Let go and let entropy.
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 5 days ago:
I’m genuinely curious about what actually happened.
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025) 3 weeks ago:
You know, I was needing something to watch as I’m doing some mundane tasks at the moment. I think I’ll watch the first episode in TNG with Kurn now. 😁
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025) 3 weeks ago:
I mean, on the plus side, Klingons look like Klingons again. 😁 (Which I know isn’t exactly true, but Worf said enough on this topic in DS9 (YT clip))
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025) 3 weeks ago:
It has been hard for me to admit it, but I feel the same way about SNW. For the first time in Trek history, my partner has been watching Star Trek SNW with me and is enjoying it. Which… is kind of the problem. 😬 I been getting… bored. 😞
Strange New World resonates for my partner in ways that are the very reasons I’m not particularly fond of the series, but this is good for them and good for other people entering the world of Trek and enjoying it.
I’ll continue to enjoy reruns of TNG and DS9 forever. And who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky with a series that I can really connect with in the future.
- Comment on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Official Trailer | Paramount+ (NYCC 2025) 3 weeks ago:
I think this trailer says more about me than it does Star Trek. It seems Paramount is done making Star Trek for my demographic, which is okay I suppose. Just feeling my age. 😅.
I hope it does well for the new generation. I kind of wish Discovery ended with Discovery. I mean I watched it and there are characters that I liked, but didn’t really enjoy the story. But! I do love Tig Notaro and I’m glad to see her on Academy.
- Comment on Why are so many Afghans suddenly being deported back to Afghanistan? Why is it from so many different countries? 3 months ago:
Germany most recently. As far as I can see, it’s due to the rise in nationalism and anti-immigration policies. It’s absolutely terrible to watch especially knowing what’s going to happen to most of those people being forced back…
- Comment on Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US 3 months ago:
Smashes.
- Comment on China begins assembling its supercomputer in space 5 months ago:
But being accurate with the headline makes it less click baity. 😏 Honestly, this article is scant on details.
Data centers don’t usually have an “X-ray polarization detector for picking up brief cosmic phenomena.” Like you said, it seems more like a scientific tool than an actual “data center.”
- Comment on China begins assembling its supercomputer in space 5 months ago:
They’ve certainly had to come up with some way to effectively radiate the heat into space. The article doesn’t mention it though. i presume it’s one of the main reasons for networking so many machines together?
- Comment on China begins assembling its supercomputer in space 5 months ago:
12 of 2800 planned have been launched.
- Comment on Neville Page Says ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1 Klingons Were “A Salty Broth” 5 months ago:
I was honestly thinking/waiting for the same explanation. Haha.
- Comment on Neville Page Says ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1 Klingons Were “A Salty Broth” 5 months ago:
Makes perfect sense. But why now invent a whole new alien? Why modify an existing piece of canon (again)?
- Comment on Neville Page Says ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1 Klingons Were “A Salty Broth” 5 months ago:
What’s done is done. What I’d simply like to know is the why. Maybe it’s in this article somewhere, but I gave up halfway. Probably just too sleepy atm. Someday I’ll read a source that gives a sensible why. Because what I’ve heard never really made sense. Why keep so much intact and change one thing so drastically?
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 5 months ago:
You nailed it regarding closure and the therapeutic nature of it. That’s exactly how I took it. Life throws a lot at people. We can’t stop that. It’s simply a byproduct of existence.
Sometimes closure is hard to find, so it was really nice to see that happen for someone. There are some things in my own life that still weigh quite heavy and it was nice to co-experience the feelings of Paul Giamatti’s character.
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 5 months ago:
Thanks again for this. It was really helpful.
Watched Eulogy in the living room and one of my kids was kids hard in the feels zone. I chose to focus on the positive and really liked the episode. They wanted to know if this was how Black Mirror always was, so we watched my fav episode of San Junipero. Goodness do I love that one.
Anyway, I really enjoyed all the rest of the season.
That first episode really hit me hard, so I was worried about the rest. Maybe it was bad timing. More likely that it just hit too close to home. Add in the advertising economy in real life and how it’s everywhere, stealing your info, and blocking everything from any semblence of a good experience. It just got to me. I will never understand the irony in Netflix releasing this episode.
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
The thought of subscriber based healthcare genuinely freaks me out.
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
So freaking real, right? Gaa. Awful because it’s too possible. Butttttt… As far fetched as some episodes can be, this is what the creators are aiming for. 😅
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
This is perfect and exactly what I was looking for. I knew someone could do this. I really appreciate you taking the time. Seriously. 💜
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
Except for when it’s not. And I love those episodes, hence the OP. See my comment here in terms of what I mean: lemmy.ca/comment/15880323
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
Haha. Exactly. There’s something about it that makes you curious, but then… the whiplash.
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
It’s well produced and a lot of actors shine in these episodes. Some episodes are incredible. Most though… most may leave you feeling pretty miserable. With that said, I think the show is worth watching when there is a silver lining, hence my post.
In all honesty though, you might be better off over all without watching. The world is pretty screwed right now and the futures envisioned with these episodes usually take it even further. (But not always… again… hence the OP).
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
I responded to a similarly comment here: lemmy.ca/comment/15880323
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
Awesome, thank you!
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
The show can be bleak. Depression and bleakness can be a tough mix. Look out for yourself, friend.
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
I mean, San Junipero is a really amazing episode. Last season, Joan is Awful ended pretty well. Hang the DJ also.
Black Mirror is what it is, but there are definitely some episodes with redemptive qualities in spite of the terrible technology the episode is centered on.
I’m just curious if any of the episodes this season end that way.
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
Damn it, you figured me out. I feel like I’ve learned a lot about myself from this session. Thank you.
- Comment on Black Mirror Question 6 months ago:
Is this a DumDummies request? 😰
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- Comment on Question about (what I think are) gay selfies 8 months ago:
😝