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Comment on The latrine disaster in Erfurt in ~humanities.history
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Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk
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Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk
Timwi Link ParentAs a long-time Star Trek fan who's seen everything at least once, I wholeheartedly concur with the analysis. Discovery is a hot mess for 3 seasons; season 4 is watchable but still doesn't feel...As a long-time Star Trek fan who's seen everything at least once, I wholeheartedly concur with the analysis. Discovery is a hot mess for 3 seasons; season 4 is watchable but still doesn't feel like optimistic Star Trek to me. I'm not a fan of Picard despite the fan service; you can't just bring back old characters, you have to tell good stories too.
Prodigy was great. I'm very confused as to why it was cancelled so abruptly.
Strange New Worlds is what old fans like me have been looking for. It's a great show worthy of the name Star Trek. I hope they will pick up this recipe and do another show like it but set in the 24th century instead of being a prequel.
What my parent commenter didn't mention is Star Trek: Shorts. I'm in two minds on this one. On the one hand, it's a refreshing new idea/format. On the other hand, it kinda references all of the new Trek shows, so it's not super engaging unless you've already seen Discovery, Picard and Lower Decks.
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Comment on You’re probably using the wrong dictionary in ~books
Timwi LinkI wasn't sure if I should even comment — as a non-native speaker I'm not in the target audience of Webster's dictionary. Nevertheless, I have a stake in the discourse as modern English-language...- Exemplary
I wasn't sure if I should even comment — as a non-native speaker I'm not in the target audience of Webster's dictionary. Nevertheless, I have a stake in the discourse as modern English-language dictionaries and thesauruses help me in my writing and reading comprehension in a way that Webster's wouldn't. I come to a dictionary to find out the meaning of a word; thus, I am ill-served by a definition that uses words such as “fitful” and “luster” that are even less familiar to me than the one I'm looking up, or a string of words such as “diversion of the field” where each word individually is technically familiar but their combination is effectively word salad to me. And that is to say nothing about the wealth of new words added to the language (or which have changed their meaning) throughout the last century, which I need to deal with just as much as age-old words, but which would be wholly absent from a dictionary published in 1913.
I also can't help but find the article rather stuck-up and condescending. Or I suppose pompous or pretentious. What irony, then, that it teaches me the word “fustian” to describe it — by showing me the simpler, modern definition which the author decries as “tin-eared and uninspired” but which I can understand.
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Comment on Sergey Brin gifts $1.1 billion in Alphabet stock after AI rally in ~society
Timwi LinkI was already skeptical when the title didn't say who he gave the money to. I was not surprised. He basically gave it to himself to fund a pet project. I'm not saying that the pet project is a bad...I was already skeptical when the title didn't say who he gave the money to. I was not surprised. He basically gave it to himself to fund a pet project.
I'm not saying that the pet project is a bad one. “Research into central nervous system diseases and climate-change solutions” sound like noble goals. Nevertheless, there are plenty of research organizations and non-profits for that already, so I find it very telling that billionaires still can't bring themselves to donate any significant amount of their wealth to those. They just have to stay in control of the money.
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Comment on Voyager 1 is about to reach one light-day from Earth in ~space
Timwi Link ParentWhile I fully agree with your sentiment, I don't know why we're celebrating a milestone that is still a whole year away...While I fully agree with your sentiment, I don't know why we're celebrating a milestone that is still a whole year away...
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Comment on Strange YouTube watch-tracking behavior in ~tech
Timwi Link ParentYou may be delighted to hear that there are plenty of browser extensions to improve YouTube experience. The most well-known ones are uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, and DeArrow. There's also YouTube...You may be delighted to hear that there are plenty of browser extensions to improve YouTube experience. The most well-known ones are uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, and DeArrow. There's also YouTube Anti-Translate for those who sometimes get video recommendations where YouTube decides to translate the title into a different language. Those are the ones I know of; I'm sure there are more that cover smaller annoyances.
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Comment on New ‘Star Trek’ movie in works at Paramount from Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) in ~movies
Timwi Link ParentYou put me a bit on the spot there! It's not clear that I can judge season 3 for you if we already disagree on season 2.You put me a bit on the spot there! It's not clear that I can judge season 3 for you if we already disagree on season 2.
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Comment on Advice on Fairphone in ~tech
Timwi Link ParentMany thanks for the information you have provided. It sounds quite hopeful (I don't intend to use the camera much). You talk a lot about alternative operating systems; I'm a little scared of that...Many thanks for the information you have provided. It sounds quite hopeful (I don't intend to use the camera much). You talk a lot about alternative operating systems; I'm a little scared of that personally. I'm liking the open-source idea and I would want to use F-Droid to make use of free software, but I don't know if I can live entirely with F-Droid alone without Google Play.
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Comment on Advice on Fairphone in ~tech
Timwi Link ParentThank you so much for taking the trouble of typing this all out for me. I appreciate your input, although your caveat that it applies to an older product is quite a big one.Thank you so much for taking the trouble of typing this all out for me. I appreciate your input, although your caveat that it applies to an older product is quite a big one.
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Comment on Advice on Fairphone in ~tech
Timwi Link ParentThank you so much for taking the effort to type up this summary. Really appreciate it.Thank you so much for taking the effort to type up this summary. Really appreciate it.
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Comment on New ‘Star Trek’ movie in works at Paramount from Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) in ~movies
Timwi Link ParentI'm with you on Discovery and Picard. My feeling about SNW is like a breath of fresh air after those. I feel that SNW is a worthy new Star Trek show; it's what TOS could have been if it had modern...I'm with you on Discovery and Picard. My feeling about SNW is like a breath of fresh air after those. I feel that SNW is a worthy new Star Trek show; it's what TOS could have been if it had modern visual effects and modern social mores.
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Comment on Advice on Fairphone in ~tech
Timwi Link ParentYou're implying I can't just put the SIM card from my old phone in it? I naively assumed that I could just do that. What's the obstacle there?You're implying I can't just put the SIM card from my old phone in it? I naively assumed that I could just do that. What's the obstacle there?
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Comment on NATO alphabet in ~talk
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Advice on Fairphone
I have been an Android user for a long time, but I never bothered to buy a new phone when I didn't feel I needed one, so my current phone is very old (Android 7.0). There are several annoyances I...
I have been an Android user for a long time, but I never bothered to buy a new phone when I didn't feel I needed one, so my current phone is very old (Android 7.0). There are several annoyances I see in modern smartphones that I'm kinda hoping to avoid, the biggest one being that I want to be able to replace the battery. I'm therefore eyeing the Fairphone for being modular and repairable.
- Has anyone used a Fairphone and can talk a bit about what it's like?
- Does anyone know the best time of year to get the best deal? Should I wait until after Christmas?
- Will I still be able to side-load/use F-Droid? I hear that Google is putting a stop to this but if I get one that allows it now, will it continue to allow it in perpetuity?
Would love to hear some input from fellow nerds who know more about this stuff than I.
Edit to add: I'm in Germany.
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Comment on New ‘Star Trek’ movie in works at Paramount from Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) in ~movies
Timwi Link ParentI liked Enterprise too, but on top of that I'm also loving Star Trek: Strange New Worlds right now. After the total fiasco that was both Discovery and Picard I'm glad I stayed around to discover...I liked Enterprise too, but on top of that I'm also loving Star Trek: Strange New Worlds right now. After the total fiasco that was both Discovery and Picard I'm glad I stayed around to discover this gem among the dredge. (I also happen to think Star Trek Prodigy is decent and I would have loved to see a third season.)
If they are willing to listen to the fan feedback on all these new series, I think they have a decent chance to create something of value.
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Comment on Body time and daylight savings apologetics in ~life
Timwi Link ParentIn addition to what the other commenter said, another unwanted effect of your proposal is that the date rolls over in the middle of the day for many people. Suddenly you can no longer say “let's...In addition to what the other commenter said, another unwanted effect of your proposal is that the date rolls over in the middle of the day for many people. Suddenly you can no longer say “let's meet on Tuesday” because “Tuesday” now encompasses an evening, a night and the following morning.
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Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games
Timwi LinkI'm not too late! I'll nominate two games for two different reasons: Prince of Persia — the one I played is the DOS version, but I'm sure versions for other platforms are equivalent in gameplay....I'm not too late! I'll nominate two games for two different reasons:
Prince of Persia — the one I played is the DOS version, but I'm sure versions for other platforms are equivalent in gameplay. I'm nominating this because of all the games I beat as a child, this is the one that kept me the most hooked relative to the amount of perseverance I needed to actually get the success ending. I was not very patient with any other game!
Alley Cat — because CGA. When you mentioned CGA (blocky graphics) this is the game that came to mind first. For a game this old it holds up surprisingly well even today!
Both of these can be played in DosBox.
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Comment on Could a space traveler accelerate at 1g forever? in ~space
Timwi Link ParentI did not say anything about growing to include new locations, but even if you want to define it that way, that still doesn't let you reach a location outside of it. I don't see how that squares...Also, you argue that by the time we get there, light must have gotten back from there to earth, so the observable universe has grown to include that location in the meantime.
I did not say anything about growing to include new locations, but even if you want to define it that way, that still doesn't let you reach a location outside of it.
However, unintuitively you can outrun light indefinitely while moving slower than c
I don't see how that squares with anything I know about relativity. You have some extraordinary explaining to do if you want to maintain this claim. If you're slower than c, then by definition you do not outrun light.
once you're far enough away from earth, the expansion of the universe is going to make your distance to earth grow faster than light as well.
Yes but that is true of everything, including things that aren't moving, so actually, I don't think that's relevant at all.
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Comment on Could a space traveler accelerate at 1g forever? in ~space
Timwi Link ParentThis contradicts the definition of observable universe. If you can get there without surpassing the speed of light, then light can get from there to us, so it's observable.you can actually get outside of what is the to us observable universe this way
This contradicts the definition of observable universe. If you can get there without surpassing the speed of light, then light can get from there to us, so it's observable.
Inspirational?