mercano

@mercano@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Pitt' Stars Read 'Star Trek' Pilot For Writers Guild Foundation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When I heard they were doing the pilot, I kind of expected “The Cage.” I suppose that may be a bit too much inside baseball for non Trekkies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you're not a resort hotel but are in a city...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Charge you $30 for $27 in credits that are hard to use along with amenities like WiFi that are free at other hotels. Basically a way to tack an extra $30 onto the room fee that doesn’t show up when comparing rates online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have no idea what range eggs are but they were free so I walked out of the store with them.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s free as in beer, free as in speech, and free as in Tibet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sent this to a friend when they tell you something you dont like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I do not give one on a plane, I do not give one on a train! I do not give one here nor there, I do not give one anywhere!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Repeating of course⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you need actual numerators and denominators, there are libraries for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guess the game (#008)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I got this game on a 3-in-1 CD, bundled with Sim Isle and the OG Sim City. I already had Sim City, but it was a much older floppy release that, I think, was only in black and white. The Sim City on the CD was in color and came with some extra scenarios and tile sets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is using an ssd as a cache to speed up a harddrive still a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  10-15 years ago, Apple had a product built around this concept, the Fusion Drive. It was one physical device containing both types of storage that appeared to the user as a single drive. The OS would decide what files when on which storage medium based on usage. Unfortunately, it’s been long enough that they went to all SSDs all of the time that Apple is removing support for it in this year’s OS release.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Examples of roles where actors from Star Trek give better performances than they did on Star Trek?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Andreas Katsulas had a recurring role as Commander Tomalak on TNG, but he absolutely shone as G’Kar on Babylon 5, especially in later seasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mayonnaise included⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With Chinese currency, the smallest coin is ¥0.1, one jiǎo. 0.1 CNY = 0.013 EUR. They may not be familiar with the convention of always writing the hundredths place, even if it’s zero, used with euros or dollars, especially if they’re using Google Translate for the menu.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amongus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “I was on cargo doing tasks.”

  “In cargo?”

  “I said what I said.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nookie Crisp

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro, we in an IHOP pancake mix⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Happy Father’s Day!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[politics] ya but, at least Juneteenth still lives! herp-a-derp!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now we have two summer holidays

  And that’s a bad thing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tidy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s an Iranian Water Pipe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of cringe at suggesting this, but Genshin Impact is if Breath of the Wild used a gatcha payment model instead of $60 up front.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do unannounced games keep “leaking” through Korea’s rating site? It turns out there’s a legal issue that makes it almost impossible to avoid⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you think you’re on the borderline between the local equivalents of M and T, and are willing to revise your content to get a more marketable rating, maybe you submit early? I know that’s a thing for movies in the US, as PG-13 movies can attract a broader audience than R. If the ratings board isn’t looking at the final product, though, can they rate it correctly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨there's a Costco at the other end⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, that’s now a cooling pond for a data center.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨d wha⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI doesn’t see a word as a sequence of letters, they just see it as a pointer to an entry in Words table.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🫡🫡🫡⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They both have a habit of misgendering people. At least the Sontarans do it because they’re a single-gender spices, rather than spite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Fellow of the Ring

  The Tower

  (Sadly, The Return of the King is already singular.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depluralize⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Diamond is Forever

  You Only Love Once

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Octopussy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This post is An All Time High.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Land where⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Russian capsules launch from the Kazack steppe. In the event of a launch abort, like there was in October 2018, you need to have a capsule that can land on land.

  American capsules launch from Florida and fly over the ocean. In the event of an abort, they need to be able to land at sea.

  They both took their abort modes and just made it the standard way to land after a mission.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 miles over the speed limit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In Vermont, at least, there’s a second clue: Standard license plates are green with white print. State cops have dark green plates with yellow writing; town owned vehicles, including police cars, have red & white plates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I guess it's better than XP⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL OS/2 has finally been retired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd listen to that⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “The Internet wants us to start a podcast so they can listen to us heckle people.”

  “That’s because at our age, no one wants to WATCH us do anything.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i guess lunar eclipse got an update too..⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Discworld have nutters who insist the world is spherical?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An FU to the CBS execs that canceled him for political expediency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam does have an option to hide all of your activity in a certain game, but not to cherry pick certain achievements. I think it’s so you don’t have to broadcast your 235 hours spent 100%ing Kink Simulator to your entire friends list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are achievements still relevant in 2026—especially when mods disable them?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is exactly why games have achievements for things like making it through the tutorial, completing Act II, or beating the final boss. It lets devs know how far players get through their games before loosing interest.