rob_t_firefly
@rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world
Artist, writer, comic, loud voice, activist, and nerd of all trades from New York City.
- Home: RobVincent.net
- Podcasts: modern.technology
- Toots: hackers.town/@Rob_T_Firefly
- Pronouns: he/him
- Comment on Easy mistake to make 1 day ago:
Mike may have been binding before.
- Comment on I did the math to prove that Shaq is a woman. 2 days ago:
But how’d Aaron Carter get a jersey with the name O’Neal?
- Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport." 2 days ago:
I had no idea who this person was until @zelahdieliekeis@piefed.blahaj.zone’ comment prompted me to look into it. Calling out crap like this is helpful.
- Comment on I'm hotmail 5 days ago:
I’m self-hosted on my own domain, baby.
- Comment on He suffered so we could learn from his mistakes 5 days ago:
- Comment on How it started... 5 days ago:
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- Comment on Who had it worse? 5 days ago:
From a real-world perspective as a viewer, I think Q was created and written as a foil for Picard, the actors had awesome chemistry, and their TNG stories generally worked really well. On the other hand, as much as I really love Voyager, Q seemed awkwardly shoehorned into it for the sake of doing Q stuff and it really shows. The chemistry with the characters and actors is lacking, the fundamentals of the stories feel way off, and it all just doesn’t work as well.
While I generally rank TNG’s Q episodes near the top of that series, I tend to put VOY’s Q episodes near the bottom.
- Comment on Smart option 5 days ago:
Only your own lips.
- Comment on Final wishes 5 days ago:
Though this thing is a hilarious idea, obligatory reminder that 3D-printed plastic is not food-safe and you shouldn’t ever be using it for things that go in or near your mouth.
The printed plastic itself is not good for you, the surfaces are very porous bacteria farms which are literally impossible to clean thoroughly. The plastic filament, which is still pretty notoriously unregulated in terms of chemical composition, picks up traces of various other plastics, metals, lubricants, and grime from the 3D printer’s filament path, extruder, and nozzle which end up in the printed product. This particular Shrek pooper would be forever leaching microplastics and worse into your toothpaste, and I hope the photographer just set it up for the pic and wasn’t actually using it as pictured.
- Comment on Please tell me 6 days ago:
I want to know what name came in second.
- Comment on Please tell me 6 days ago:
Lichen takes a likin’ to those minerals.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x01 "Hegemony, Part II" & 3x02 "Wedding Bell Blues" 1 week ago:
Una mentions a “couple of litres” of blood. Did she mean pints, and the writers did a find/replace to make it metric and more futurey? Because “a couple of litres” is a lot.
This is months after the previous episode. I think the implication was that Una had been steadily donating blood so they can study it and/or have a stockpile for emergencies. It makes sense
as long as they avoid the “hey everyone, magic blood is the cure for death” crap from the second JJ movie. - Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
They also leaned pretty hard into it when I worked against them for many years as a phone phreak. 😆
- Comment on Do you still remember? 1 week ago:
I had to sit in an empty seat between two strangers on a New York City E train. It went fine because I remembered to take my backpack off beforehand and put it in my lap.
- Comment on When everything is fake and we continue to believe it 1 week ago:
As far as I could find, the origin of this quote seems to be David Sutcliffe who posted it to Old Twitter on April 8, 2020.
- Comment on Do you still remember? 1 week ago:
Imaginary. I’ve never taken a driver’s test or had a driver’s license.
I am, however, fully instrument-rated on my local urban mass transit.
- Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
For those unfamiliar with AT&T, their logo has basically been the Death Star since the 1980s. It makes sense they’re diversifying into other evil movie monoliths.
- Comment on The boy ain't right 1 week ago:
Also an NFT grifter.
- Comment on Signs that rhyme 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Signs that rhyme 2 weeks ago:
🔥
- Comment on Exclusive: Rebecca Romijn On The ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Cast Learning Show Will End With Season 5 2 weeks ago:
It’s the one that’s happened before.
- Comment on Exclusive: Rebecca Romijn On The ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Cast Learning Show Will End With Season 5 2 weeks ago:
Would it be better to drag it out past the point where it runs out of steam, audiences stop paying attention, and it falls so hard nobody does anything else with the Star Trek brand for a decade or two?
- Comment on jobaphobia 2 weeks ago:
The era of remote work has presented new opportunities for many.
- Comment on Some reasons, not all reasons. 2 weeks ago:
I get it, I was swamped that day too.
- Comment on what 2 weeks ago:
Okay, I’ll get fucked for $350 or you can submit your best offer.
- Comment on What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol 2 weeks ago:
For this you could have a timer on the thing you set when you start it up and can then walk away from. You don’t need the damn net to have a clock in the appliance.
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 2 weeks ago:
Same. The principal and vice principals at the last high school I attended were also the football coaches. Going to them about how the jocks were kicking the shit out of me for being too nerdy and queer for their tastes got me that same “just keep a lower profile” bullshit from the highest authority figures in that dump.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 2 weeks ago:
Yes, Popeye will eat his spinach and rescue her.
- Comment on Babe can you refill my drink from the cloaca dispenser please? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Yellow from the egg! 3 weeks ago:
Because my country’s egg supply chain makes them require refrigeration.
