ryan
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- Comment on A lesson in Input Validation 10 months ago:
"client side validation is fine, nobody's gonna open up the dev console"
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
It's the style right now. Personally, I'm hoping for a "retro beige case that can hold modern hardware" era
because I have terrible taste. - Comment on What a great deal 11 months ago:
smh getting tancos from kurger bing when there's a perfectly good taco baco right around the corner
you could even get a conmbo with a tanco, a chapula, a burro jr., and
friessome people, man.
- Comment on How well do Swedish fish keep past their best by date? 11 months ago:
It probably won't make you ill immediately, more likely the texture or flavor would begin to suffer first (hence "best by" rather than "expiration" date). Keeping it stored properly (i.e. not an open bag but something sealed) would likely allow it to last longer.
You should probably not eat 3.5lb of candy within 10 days unless you are trying to make your intestines suffer, but if you choose to binge please update us as to the state of your health so that you may be used as a cautionary tale.
- Comment on An oldie but a goodie 11 months ago:
You've brought up a real interesting and nuanced point, which is "what's the difference between an insult and a slur, and when does one become the other?" And a lot of it's just down to "whether the target of said insult/slur feels it's so offensive as to actually cause harm or be a predictor of causing harm," I think.
In the cases you've pointed out,
redactedis still very much a slur, whereas "queer" definitely used to be and is now going through a sort of reclamation phase, so whether someone considers it a slur or not really kind of depends on their own history with it. "Queer" is definitely a word with an actively evolving meaning and legacy*, I think, and since we're in the middle of it I'm not sure whether it will end up fully reclaimed or the pendulum will swing the other way eventually.*all words are actively evolving like this but it's much quicker with insults and slurs because of the emotion involved
Anyway, back to the subject of Drath’nor the Anus Destroyer.
- Comment on An oldie but a goodie 11 months ago:
20 inches
doubles in length
takes off my robe and wizard hat Nah I'm good.
- Comment on Drew Barrymore’s Co-Head Writer Says Drew ‘Will Prolong the Strike’ by Resuming Show: ‘It’s Not Too Late’ to ‘Stand in Solidarity’ With the WGA 1 year ago:
Just commenting because this is a really good point and I'd love to know whether there's an answer besides "the other folks mentioned are loved more by the internet", since I really don't know about the specifics here.
I do understand the rationale behind "there are non-writers who work on the show and they still need their jobs", though. While it would be nice if this strike turned into a general strike in the entertainment industry, I don't even know how many of those other folks are unionized.
- Comment on If an ear is an icon for sound, and a nose is an icon for smell, what's a good icon for thought? 1 year ago:
________💭____🧱
👂👁️👃👁️👂_🧱
______👅______🧱
_____👉👉____🧱he is pointing at a brick wall to indicate that he knows where he is in relation to it and will not walk face first into it
- Comment on If an ear is an icon for sound, and a nose is an icon for smell, what's a good icon for thought? 1 year ago:
thought: 💭
bonus: touch 👉, taste 👅, sight 👁️all the senses:
________💭
👂👁️👃👁️👂
______👅
_____👉👉You're welcome.
- Comment on Is has all the nutrients the body needs 1 year ago:
mm mm nothing does my body better than
sleeve of saltines - Comment on Scientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternatives 1 year ago:
Of these [alternative platforms researchers have moved to], Mastodon, which has seen significant growth since Musk’s takeover of Twitter was announced, was the most widely used. About 47 percent of researchers said they had started using the open-source platform in the past year. LinkedIn and Instagram were the next most popular, drawing 35 and 27 percent of researchers, respectively. Interestingly, Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, took the number four spot even though the app launched only days before Nature conducted the poll.
It's great to see wider adoption of the Fediverse. Mastodon is a great and stable Twitter alternative.
- Comment on Inside the ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season Finale: Evil Gorn! Shocking Ending! And Introducing [SPOILER]! 1 year ago:
While I really am not a huge fan of the Gorn, I do like the little sprinkling of "maybe we can communicate with them" (especially with the territory map sent) and I hope that's expanded on a little more. Star Trek is really an idealistic show about exploring and finding common ground with others unlike oneself, and if the writers execute this well with the Gorn going from "terrifying lizardlike unknown" to "we may not like each other and we may have territory lines but at least we can communicate" then I'll be pleased.
- Comment on Inside the ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season Finale: Evil Gorn! Shocking Ending! And Introducing [SPOILER]! 1 year ago:
On one hand I agree with you, and on the other hand it tickles my nostalgia bone for season finale cliffhangers.
I have really liked how SNW has harkened back to the broadcast era. I like only having one episode a week to watch and be able to discuss and be on the same page with everyone, and I like how they have been individual satisfying stories. Because not everything is a cliffhanger, it's made the season finale cliffhanger feel more impactful and exciting.
- Comment on Kirk sticking around? 1 year ago:
I'd say Kirk being here for multiple episodes was necessary to resolve La'an's growth as a person. Whether it needed to be Kirk himself, obviously not, but since they started that thread they had to complete it. I do hope he doesn't just continue hanging around next season, though. He has a post on the Farragut to attend to.
- Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x09 "Subspace Rhapsody" 1 year ago:
I agree. As a fellow musical lover (I'm posting from the intermission of a touring Broadway show) the writers clearly understand what the music in musicals is meant to represent. La'an's and Uhura's solo numbers definitely gave some emotional insight into both characters that I feel benefited the show beyond just being decent musical numbers.
The autotune was painful in a few moments for certain actors but hey, they're not professional singers, and I would have loved a bigger dance number, but I know that's pushing it.