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- Comment on Social media users probably won't read beyond this headline, researchers say 18 hours ago:
Can confirm.
- Comment on Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will it handle the surge? 1 day ago:
I think Fedi Garden does a good job of making it accessible, but I still think that curated list needs updating.
None of the automated find-me-an-instance sites have really convinced me, but I have an okay niche server for my interests, and if that folds I’ll probably host a GoToSocial instance just for myself…
- Comment on Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will it handle the surge? 1 day ago:
Yeah, but tech journos are so far up Big Tech’s cloaca that they can’t imagine any platform emerge without a business plan™. Couple that with their unreflected admiration for anything they’re told is The Next Thing and you have the gushing bit you quoted.
- Comment on Petition calls to ban Elon Musk's X in Europe 3 days ago:
No, I use only the platforms I wouldn’t want to see get lost eventually. But I see your attempt at a rhetorical gotcha, and I want to recognise that, too.
- Comment on Petition calls to ban Elon Musk's X in Europe 3 days ago:
Posting on the fediverse I sort of want to exempt those, but Bluesky can get in the see too, yeah.
- Comment on Petition calls to ban Elon Musk's X in Europe 3 days ago:
we need to ban every platform such as Reddit, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Discord
Now you’re talking.
- Comment on Where to start? 1 week ago:
Even if you’ve watched some or all of the old shows in order, I think it could be fun to do a casual rewatch by LDS references. It gives you reason to watch some deep cuts out of context, and probably not the ones you’d be inclined to pick on your own 🙂
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Lower Decks* 5x06: “Starbase 80?!” (SPOILERS) 1 week ago:
I had a brief spell of panic there. Thought I’d missed an episode!
- Comment on Where to start? 1 week ago:
Since you’re into Lower Decks, I dare you to just follow the episode annotations and canon connection published here and use those as your guide to Star Trek. Every episode of LDS is so full of references to older episodes across different series, that might be a fun way to experience the canon 🙂
- Comment on Where to start? 1 week ago:
Agreed. I watch SNW when new episodes air, but it’s the one Trek show I’m never tempted to rewatch. It’s basically overengineered fan fiction.
- Comment on Annotations for *Star Trek: Lower Decks* 5x06: “Starbase 80?!” (SPOILERS) 1 week ago:
…you mean episode 5x05? 😉
- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 505 With New Images From “Starbase 80?!” 1 week ago:
Went over my head by several decimetres!
- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 505 With New Images From “Starbase 80?!” 1 week ago:
Spotted the Ferengi!
- Comment on ‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators? 1 week ago:
There are several UI translation projects, one is Transifex. There is also Crowdin, but I see they have started using “AI” translations as well…
Generally, both mobile and web apps that are interested in volunteer translators will have a link to their preferred platform in their source code repository.
- Comment on “Star Trek Origin” Movie Reportedly Headed To Greenlight For Production Start In Early 2025 1 week ago:
Not assumption, just worst fears when they give us so little to go on after two or three aborted or stalled movies 🙂
- Comment on “Star Trek Origin” Movie Reportedly Headed To Greenlight For Production Start In Early 2025 1 week ago:
Oh great, another recast of the TOS crew, but they’re all preteens hijacking a spaceship and fighting preteen Romulans together? Also, they form this deep and meaningful bond that has to be reset/memory wiped by the end of the movie yet somehow steer them onto a shared future?
- Comment on ‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators? 1 week ago:
All the more reason to chip in as a (human) volunteer translating open source apps 🙂
- Comment on ‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators? 1 week ago:
I’ve used deepl, and as a “quick solution/I’m fine with the occasional error” translation service it’s definitely better than Google. As a commercial platform probably tracking more than I personally care for, trying to corner a market share —not so much.
But neither of the above are fit for translating books of any kind (except perhaps as a joke to emphasise just that). And I’m still doubtful of the “AI” models doing any better.
- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 505 With New Images From “Starbase 80?!” 1 week ago:
Meh, it’s fine. I used it knowing the literal and vernacular meanings, either is valid here 🙂
- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 505 With New Images From “Starbase 80?!” 1 week ago:
Oh, want? I think you’re contributing agency to inert goo. 😄 I’m just not certain Boimler’s face hair will be able to deal with the steady scrubbing (also chemicals).
- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Episode 505 With New Images From “Starbase 80?!” 1 week ago:
Five Federation credits says that disinfectant is going to decimate Boimlers “beard”.
- Comment on Automattic creates website tracking WP Engine departures • The Register 1 week ago:
This weird grudge match is devolving more and more into schoolyard tactics. I’ve been wary of all the Automattic service integrations even in self hosted WP, and it’s turning out even worse than I could imagine. Not with simple enshittification, but with a complete egomaniacal tantrum.
My earnest hope is that all of the former WordPress community supporters and contributors, swivel and start investing their time and effort into WriteFreely.
I’m afraid there won’t be one replacement for WordPress, because it has so many applications. The pure blogging aspect could be substituted by Writefreely, more advanced users may go to Ghost, and I’m not sure what small business and corporate websites will turn to?
- Comment on Tony Todd Dies: ‘Candyman’ Star Whose Hundreds Of Credits Include ‘Final Destination’ Films & ‘Platoon’ Was 69 1 week ago:
Damn, he was a highlight of anything he appeared in, and his Trek parts were amazing. His memory lives on.
- Comment on Canon Connections: LDS 5x03 -Best Exotic Nanite Hotel 2 weeks ago:
That’s fair. But we do not know the specifics of that parallel universe Boimler’s face fur:
- How long has it been growing?
- Did he fall into the raisin fertiliser as a teen, prompting an uncanny beard growth?
- Might he even be part Tribble (on his mother’s side)?
- Or is it simply a Captain’s Chair-worthy toupee? I’m betting on the toupee, and so is Shatner.
- Comment on Canon Connections: LDS 5x03 -Best Exotic Nanite Hotel 2 weeks ago:
Judging by the amount of facial hair growth Boimler’s exhibited over the course of the three episodes this season, we can assume that so far the entire season has taken place over about 17 hours.
Now now, let’s not be normative about the speed of facial hair growth. Some people take longer filling in their mustache and beards than others, and this could easily be something like 17 days if Boimler has particularly slow and/or sparse facial hair.
Characters were artificial body parts include […] Jack Crusher [personality]
Harsh, but true.
- Comment on "EU-Linux:" Petition calls for the implementation of an EU-Linux operating system in public administrations across all EU countries 2 weeks ago:
the most extreme POV possible
Absolutely not. Somebody may still wade into the discussion and Godwin themselves.
- Comment on "EU-Linux:" Petition calls for the implementation of an EU-Linux operating system in public administrations across all EU countries 2 weeks ago:
Um, yes. It is odd, and you get some things ass backward:
But then the government is dependent on this private company again
To my knowledge Linux is community driven. I can only assume that’s Murena and /e/OS you’re talking about, then? In which case, that was my point.
I am shocked that most governments in the world don’t have their own distribution. It just makes sense.
Yeah, makes sense to North Korea, too. I’m not sure they’re an example to follow, though.
To be clear, nation states controlling the tools that their employees and, potentially, wider population communicate and access information is a dystopian vision, and I cannot agree with that point at all.
- Comment on "EU-Linux:" Petition calls for the implementation of an EU-Linux operating system in public administrations across all EU countries 2 weeks ago:
Such odd choices here. Why should the EU make its own version of Linux when they could invest in existing project and kernel development? Given the recent sacking of Russian kernel developers, do we want further politicisation of Linux development?
the adoption of the E/OS mobile operating system for government devices
Just no. There are way better solutions than /e/, and suggesting device and OS lock-in like this doesn’t exactly inspire trust. In my eyes, that idiosyncracy detracts from the generally positive suggestions of getting public administrations away from corporate platforms and OSes.
- Comment on The 'bias machine': Undecided voters in the US who turn to Google may see dramatically different views of the world – even when they're asking the exact same question 2 weeks ago:
Yeah. Be very, very afraid of people using search engines or “AI” as some Magic Eightball oracle to give them answers.
- Comment on The Starfleet Gazette Will Not Be Endorsing a Candidate for President of the United Federation of Planets 3 weeks ago:
So what you’re saying is, vote Borg. Gotcha 👍