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- Comment on Section 31 Is Now the Lowest-Rated Star Trek Project on Rotten Tomatoes 2 days ago:
Seriously. Awesome. Series.
Don’t change my mind!
- Comment on Section 31 Is Now the Lowest-Rated Star Trek Project on Rotten Tomatoes 2 days ago:
Ok. Now I definitely decided that this is the first ST movie I won’t waste time on.
Never thought I’d see the day.
- Comment on i'm no watermelon 🍉 6 days ago:
I guess it’s Bruce & Diana (Batman & Wonder Woman).
Not sure what the actual image source is, though. Is it animated? A comic?
- Comment on Feelin free 1 week ago:
Is there anyone who genuinely believes that working for basic needs is freedom?
- Comment on We need to go back! Back to the terminal! 4 weeks ago:
Quite the opposite. Walking people through terminal commands is a pain. Cryptic commands that often obscure their true meaning and functionality, where every typo leads to failure.
On the other hand, asking someone to open “Software” and just click on the “Install” button of whatever they searched for is infinitely better than explaining how to update the package index, add a repo and so forth.
And that’s just installing software.
New kernel? The average user shouldn’t know about that. Just install it with an OS upgrade. File editing? Stop starting to explanations with “sudo nano…”, start with “open your favourite text editor”. Or better: " click on settings and activate option xyz." And so forth.
I use the terminal myself. Sometimeas because I want to. Often because I have to. I wish I had the option more often.
- Comment on We need to go back! Back to the terminal! 4 weeks ago:
Hard disagree.
GUIs made computers/operating systems accessible. In fact, I would argue that we need even less command line in Linux distributions for the mist common tasks and even those beyond that. The hardcore Linux fan won’t agree, I guess, but IMO that’s one of the ongoing needs in Linux accessibility and wider acceptance.
Good example is YasT in OpenSuse. A GUI for much of the stuff other distributions require knowledge of terminal commands, though it really is for Sys. Admins.
Mint and its big daddy Ubuntu have done well for the average user. I hope that this trend will continue and other companies will support Linux better than they are now.
- Comment on About to turn the car to a flying car 1 month ago:
Jup.
Cars actually come with manuals that explain this stuff.
Reading is a lost art.
- Comment on Interesting. It's a constant reminder 1 month ago:
Ok. Your first one is “tomatoes, tomatos.” The second is my go-to solution of sorts as well: use a paper towel, open the door, and dump the paper towel in the nearest bin. This usually works more often than not.
- Comment on Interesting. It's a constant reminder 1 month ago:
But now you have dry urine smeared over your sleeves.
Better than on my hands, but…
- Comment on The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That's a big problem for Hollywood 1 month ago:
Movie longevity is one factor. Maybe.
Paying entrance fees that are easily the price of a streaming service for an entire month is another. Definitely.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"? 2 months ago:
Freedom is always relative. No one has absolute freedom. No matter how much I want to go without sleep, I can’t do that. No matter how much I don’t like gravity, it limits me (or liberates me, depending on my view). I have the freedom to jump off a highrise, but will that freedom actually do me good? Absolute freedom is not necessarily a good thing as it can harm myself and others…
Therefore free speech doesn’t mean I can say whatever I want. It means that I have the right to express my opinions publicly. But there must be restrictions to balance the right to free speech with the need to protect individuals and society from harm (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech).
- Comment on This world is cruel… 2 months ago:
I understand your take and respect it. However, this is the feature I was hoping Voyager would “fix.” Unfortunately, this means it’s time for me to move to a different client, which is sad because Voyager is a great client.
To explain: Since every other client and interface (as far as I know) uses the display name, it becomes confusing when I post under a different name every time I use Voyager. Like it or not, Lemmy has the display name feature, and it is used. You don’t like it for solid reasons, and that’s okay. This just makes Voyager not a full client for Lemmy, but an opinionated interface. Instead of implementing your opinion on what Lemmy should or should not do, why not move that discussion to Lemmy itself where these decisions should be made and leave the client to be just that - a client?
It’s your client, of course, so you can do what you want, and I respect that. I don’t want to use such a client, though. So why not make the display name optional as it is everywhere else?
Other clients have their own opinions, of course, but that’s another discussion.
Additionally, I agree that impersonation can be an issue. Still, just because Voyager doesn’t use the display name doesn’t make the rest of Lemmy much safer. Eventually, we might need proper verification on Lemmy and then give color-coded badges or something of the sort.
Other considerations: One, as you said, display names make for better user customization.
Two, hypothetically, instead of ignoring the display name and replacing it with flair, why not have both? Display names can provide personal identifiers, while flairs can add context-specific information like roles or achievements within a community. But as I said earlier, such points are better discussed on Lemmy itself, not Voyager.
Finally: you made an awesome client! I used it for long. Not for posting due to this matter, but it offers a superior browsing experience. Well done!
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
What are you talking about?
Science isn’t about WHY! It’s about WHY NOT! In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won’t hit you in the butt on the way out because you’re fired.
- Comment on “Star Trek Origin” Movie Reportedly Headed To Greenlight For Production Start In Early 2025 2 months ago:
Origin of what?
- Comment on This hair product remains effective up to 230 degrees C which is really handy because when I'm exposed to ovenlike temperatures, my first thought is "Oh no, my hair!" 2 months ago:
OP learned about hair straighteners today. 💈💇💺
- Comment on What do you like/dislike about lemmy? 2 months ago:
Well, I completely disagree! Taking things seriously is the only way to have meaningful conversations. If we don’t challenge each other’s views, how will we ever grow and learn? We need the “battleground of ideas”!
/s
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 3 months ago:
You misspelled Neovim. Am understandable mistake.
😁
- Comment on Who all wants a silent spring? 3 months ago:
This is the kind of garbage I would expect AI to write.
- Comment on Seeking feedback: how should lemm.ee move forward with external images? (related to frequent broken images) 3 months ago:
Im trying to avoid saying “this”. Still, your post reflects my thoughts exactly.
3 it is.
- Comment on Suddenly firefox on ios shows ads on homescreen 3 months ago:
I mean, I’m not a big fan of it either. On the other hand, I want Firefox to continue to grow and be actively developed and supported. If not from sources like these - to me unobtrusive - ads, where else can their revenue come from?
Not trying to be controversial. Just asking. What business opportunities would we support Mozilla in that we’d be happy with?
- Comment on Which are the lesser-known movies that are well worth seeing? 4 months ago:
Great question.
Not really. I’m a bit tired of the standard stuff we are given. So many movies seem sameish these days.
Will take a look at any and all suggestions that are… different or unusual or simply intriguing or… rare.
- Submitted 4 months ago to movies@lemm.ee | 80 comments
- Comment on Wildlife Photography 4 months ago:
“Nothing personal. Needs must, bro. Needs must.”
💥🤛
- Comment on I hope you don't have any plans this evening. 4 months ago:
But imagine how foolish we all would look if this would happen.
- Comment on How many squirrels do you think you could take in a fight to the death? 4 months ago:
I am not sure whether I should be impressed or concerned by this amount of thought, detail and analysis.
Anything you’re not telling us?
- Comment on What is this plug on my wall for? 5 months ago:
Awww. It looks happy.
- Comment on How Did Mpox Become a Global Emergency? What’s Next? - The New York Times 5 months ago:
Why not read the article? Here you go:
Until recently, most cases in Congo resulted from consumption of contaminated meat or close contact with infected animals and people. But last year, scientists discovered a new subtype of mpox, Clade Ib, which appears to spread from person to person primarily through heterosexual transmission.
- Comment on Can't beat the classics 5 months ago:
sigh I see a Blues Brothers post, I must watch the Blues Brothers. No choice.
- Comment on Factory Entertainment Unveils Star Trek: The Next Generation Medical Tricorder Replica, Shipping in Late 2024 6 months ago:
No.
Can this Tricorder?
- Comment on Factory Entertainment Unveils Star Trek: The Next Generation Medical Tricorder Replica, Shipping in Late 2024 6 months ago:
Would we have the technical know-how for that?