V17's recent activity
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Comment on Walter Koenig dead at 90 in ~tv
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Comment on Proposal: For sensitive topics, if a thread is intended for a particular demographic, there needs another thread open for everyone to discuss without having to join the targeted thread in ~tildes
V17 Link ParentI disagree with this reasoning very much. I am confident enough about my own irl behavior that an accusation from an online rando who lives on the opposite side of the planet usually doesn't...I disagree with this reasoning very much. I am confident enough about my own irl behavior that an accusation from an online rando who lives on the opposite side of the planet usually doesn't directly affect me, but I still care about it and will respond because I think it's bad for society to say things like that and it only serves to make cultural conflicts worse.
I'm not sure if I understand your "all women are sluts" example, because while we could and perhaps should empathize with someone who writes that and speculate about their bad experience with genuinely toxic behavior that led them to write something like that, this is clearly something that would never fly on Tildes and it's still a stupid thing to say.
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Comment on We are excited to announce that the Iceland DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 will be released on 10th November 2026 in ~games
V17 Link ParentHave you tried multiplayer? I only tried it for a while and it was kinda weird, you don't meet that many people dispersed randomly, and then there's one or two towns with 50 truck gridlocks,...Have you tried multiplayer? I only tried it for a while and it was kinda weird, you don't meet that many people dispersed randomly, and then there's one or two towns with 50 truck gridlocks, usually in ports around the channel, but it was pretty fun and it seems like with your style of playing you could make it more interesting for everyone.
Oh, and there are some really good user made expansions as well, but I guess you know that.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentI liked the UX as well, it looks much better than LibreOffice. But this was not a very good first impression.I liked the UX as well, it looks much better than LibreOffice. But this was not a very good first impression.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentThis is exactly what I meant by that. I definitely could troubleshoot and solve that and the reason why I didn't is that I need actual MS office installed for 100% compatibility anyway, so I...This is exactly what I meant by that. I definitely could troubleshoot and solve that and the reason why I didn't is that I need actual MS office installed for 100% compatibility anyway, so I decided it's not worth the time. But pushing your average bureaucrat to troubleshoot in any situation is going to be hard.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentNo, that's the one thing that I tried before I went back to excel.No, that's the one thing that I tried before I went back to excel.
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Comment on We are excited to announce that the Iceland DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 will be released on 10th November 2026 in ~games
V17 LinkThere's still something funny about a truck driving simulator being one of the best selling games from our country. Despite technically being the most serious game, it feels somewhat silly to have...There's still something funny about a truck driving simulator being one of the best selling games from our country. Despite technically being the most serious game, it feels somewhat silly to have it among Kingdom Come, Arma or Samorost series. You can become a medieval hero, a heroic soldier, a fantastical fairytale being that lives in a psychedelic tree stump, or you can spend an hour driving some random chemical through miniaturized Europe in a truck to earn money for a better truck.
And of course I fell for it as well, I probably spent 50 hours playing ETS and ATS. It did become boring eventually, but it got me like it got many people.
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Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech
V17 Link ParentIs it really? I recently tried it, opened a very basic excel table (my work timetable) and found out that it was broken. Normally I wouldn't want to extrapolate too much from a single experience,...The technical foundation of OnlyOffice is much better
Is it really? I recently tried it, opened a very basic excel table (my work timetable) and found out that it was broken. Normally I wouldn't want to extrapolate too much from a single experience, but this seems exactly like the dealbreaker that would make non-tech people not use it - a simple, seemingly basic featured table used for a common thing, you open it and see a table half full of hashes.
Ideally the process of adopting it for government work would radically speed up fixing of these issues, but we don't live in an ideal world and i expect the opposite: resistance.
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Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women
V17 (edited )Link ParentYeah, sorry for butting in here, but my issue is you can basically rationalize anything if you come from the assumption that a thing must be similarly bad everywhere and that we're primed to claim...I'm hoping for a reply from them
Yeah, sorry for butting in here, but my issue is you can basically rationalize anything if you come from the assumption that a thing must be similarly bad everywhere and that we're primed to claim the thing does not exist. If I say it doesn't exist, it can be because I don't see it and women don't trust me enough to tell me (I've been told this in a different thread here on Tildes). If women say it doesn't exist, it can be because they're conditioned, groomed or have internalized misogyny.
I don't work in a corporate tech environment and never have, so from me the the argument isn't see it/don't see it, but many of my friends do or did and when I talk to women about their experiences, I feel like that ought to be enough. What is the alternative? Asking them if they're sure they're not suppressing something or coddling me to not hurt my male ego? I don't think we would stay friends if I did that.
Maybe this is not an unwillingness to see a problem but actually good news?
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Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women
V17 Link ParentThe woman in the video doesn't present data either, she presents specific experiences of her own and says that every woman in the audience has the same stories. I have more close women friends...The woman in the video doesn't present data either, she presents specific experiences of her own and says that every woman in the audience has the same stories.
I have more close women friends than men and these are some of the things we talk about, specifically because they are different here, including things like "you have to avoid xxx part of town, especially at night or as a woman, but every town has some bad spots, that doesn't mean it's dangerous as a whole", which I hear from Americans all the time and it does not apply here either. Not nearly all of my friends work in STEM, but some do, off the top of my head specifically as software developers, UX designers and researchers in academia.
Again, I don't want to claim that our culture doesn't have problems with sexism, and maybe there are some bad ones we don't see because we're living in it, but some thing like getting repeated texts saying "Fuck you, you fucking whore. Fuck you" because you rejected a colleague's advances and nobody caring about that, or receiving a "rape kit" with zip ties and ducktape from a secret santa, something like that is not commonplace at all.
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Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women
V17 Link ParentSame with "white people" and "black people", where I think it's a bit more obvious implicitly, but many people still seem unaware that whenever those terms are used, it is almost universally about...Same with "white people" and "black people", where I think it's a bit more obvious implicitly, but many people still seem unaware that whenever those terms are used, it is almost universally about problems specific to the US.
The video is horrifying, especially if it's really true that what she's citing is not an extreme at all and every woman in the audience has the same stories. Like I don't want to pretend we're virtuous, we're not, but that really is not the case here.
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Comment on How A24 spurred a meme craze and got the many to watch ‘You Can See Everything’: documentary opens to $15m milestone in ~movies
V17 LinkI'd like to share my favorite meme of the famous scene because it's really stupid and really well made, which is my favorite combination, and I haven't laughed at that kind of a joke in a long...I'd like to share my favorite meme of the famous scene because it's really stupid and really well made, which is my favorite combination, and I haven't laughed at that kind of a joke in a long time.
I had no idea who Nathan Fielder was until the trailers came out and as far as I know neither did any of my friends. Two more weeks till it gets here, can't wait.
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Comment on Metallica’s James Hetfield has a message for entertainers who bring their ‘bullshit‘ agenda to the stage in ~music
V17 Link ParentIt's true, but the fact that something as simple as "let's leave politics at the door" creates so much emotion in my opinion shows that something is wrong. I don't even like the dude but I don't...Yeah, but had he said nothing there wouldn't be a discussion.
It's true, but the fact that something as simple as "let's leave politics at the door" creates so much emotion in my opinion shows that something is wrong. I don't even like the dude but I don't think he did anything wrong here, plus I think it's good in general to not self-police for fear of what others think.
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Comment on Metallica’s James Hetfield has a message for entertainers who bring their ‘bullshit‘ agenda to the stage in ~music
V17 Link ParentGood point about cultural cliques, I still lived through the end of that myself, but I really don't find it similar to the way political opinions are being demanded and policed today.Good point about cultural cliques, I still lived through the end of that myself, but I really don't find it similar to the way political opinions are being demanded and policed today.
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Comment on BL’s Golf Game - One Week Challenge live now! in ~games
V17 LinkIndeed, which is why there are now three different people on Tildes making their own golf games - you, KilledByAPixel and me. What are the odds? For me there's something missing in not seeing it...there are thousands of golf games out there
Indeed, which is why there are now three different people on Tildes making their own golf games - you, KilledByAPixel and me. What are the odds?
For me there's something missing in not seeing it in 3D in some way, but of course that was done a hundred times already and I gotta say I the graphics look good, nice and clean.
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Comment on Metallica’s James Hetfield has a message for entertainers who bring their ‘bullshit‘ agenda to the stage in ~music
V17 Link ParentThey weren't pushed to do that by people on social media though. Being radical and going against the grain out of your own volition is a very different thing from feeling like people demand from...They weren't pushed to do that by people on social media though. Being radical and going against the grain out of your own volition is a very different thing from feeling like people demand from you to bend the knee and proclaim that you support their opinions. In a way it's almost the opposite.
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Comment on Metallica’s James Hetfield has a message for entertainers who bring their ‘bullshit‘ agenda to the stage in ~music
V17 (edited )Link ParentIt's different online and it's different for a celebrity. People in this very thread are saying that silence is consent [to something unacceptable] and silence is deeply political. And tildes is...It's different online and it's different for a celebrity. People in this very thread are saying that silence is consent [to something unacceptable] and silence is deeply political. And tildes is not exactly a radical or aggressive platform.
And a special fuck Metallica and Lars Ulrich in-particular for closing off very popular public access trail in his back yard.
That I can get behind. It's also an endless tragedy that people still make jokes about Ringo Starr when Lars Ulrich exists. He's an asshole who doesn't practice and never learned to keep time.
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Comment on Metallica’s James Hetfield has a message for entertainers who bring their ‘bullshit‘ agenda to the stage in ~music
V17 Link ParentI don't know any celebrities, but among normal people who just spend time on social media this has not been the case.I don't know any celebrities, but among normal people who just spend time on social media this has not been the case.
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Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI | Launch trailer in ~games
V17 Link ParentHonestly even that is interesting, because I don't doubt the decision has been influenced by what's been happening in the LLM space.Honestly even that is interesting, because I don't doubt the decision has been influenced by what's been happening in the LLM space.
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Comment on Metallica’s James Hetfield has a message for entertainers who bring their ‘bullshit‘ agenda to the stage in ~music
V17 Link ParentThere certainly is, in some circles. Gaza and the Cornell 7 are topics for which I have seen too many people online claim that if you don't post an opinion, it means you have the wrong opinion and...There's no requirement he state his political opinions at all times
There certainly is, in some circles. Gaza and the Cornell 7 are topics for which I have seen too many people online claim that if you don't post an opinion, it means you have the wrong opinion and you're a bad person. And I think the whole Ed Sheeran/Macklemore thing confirmed it.
Instead it looks like he doesn't want to stand behind the music at all.
Or the music stands for something different to him than it does to a portion of his fans. That seems quite likely, though both options are possible at the same time.
90 is a good age and he did some cool things with his time here. I love how his two most famous roles are both in the same genre and yet the characters are pretty much the polar opposites. I like Chekov because I like anything that's a jab at the Soviets, but Bester was spectacular, one of my favorite B5 characters.