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  1. Comment on What's an underrated, cancelled, or largely forgotten show that you really love? in ~tv

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    Tron: Uprising - it was a fantastic show developed after the release of Tron Legacy, but much like that movie (and the original film in the franchise), it never really developed a solid audience.

    Tron: Uprising - it was a fantastic show developed after the release of Tron Legacy, but much like that movie (and the original film in the franchise), it never really developed a solid audience.

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  2. Comment on Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread in ~comp

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    Is anyone familiar with using the Subsonic music API? I found this music player called MooSync that has an extension API, and I've been thinking about writing an extension to use the Subsonic API...

    Is anyone familiar with using the Subsonic music API? I found this music player called MooSync that has an extension API, and I've been thinking about writing an extension to use the Subsonic API to stream music from my Nextcloud install.

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  3. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    "Mr Morale and The Big Steppers", the new album from Kendrick Lamar. Pretty good so far!

    "Mr Morale and The Big Steppers", the new album from Kendrick Lamar. Pretty good so far!

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  4. Comment on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - S01E01 "Strange New Worlds" in ~tv

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    I think something that was kind of annoying to me and made this story feel really generic was how little was explained about the aliens they were interacting with. I feel like in most of the other...

    I think something that was kind of annoying to me and made this story feel really generic was how little was explained about the aliens they were interacting with. I feel like in most of the other episodes that follow this formula (e.g. "The Hunted", "Who Watches the Watchers" from TNG) there was a lot more attention paid to explaining the alien civilization itself. In this case, the conflict between sides was barely explained, and that made the shocked reaction to Pike's speech from the alien crowd seem pretty hollow.

    IDK. I think I liked it overall and I think it has the potential to get better, but yeah, the first episode was pretty derivative. I haven't watched the second episode because I don't have a subscription, but I am curious to see how the series develops.

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  5. Comment on Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission in ~tech

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    Out of curiosity, what would be the ideal outlet design? I'm most used to the North American one (since I'm American) but I've seen Tom Scott's breakdown of the design of the British plug and I...

    Out of curiosity, what would be the ideal outlet design? I'm most used to the North American one (since I'm American) but I've seen Tom Scott's breakdown of the design of the British plug and I think it puts the NA one to shame lol

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  6. Comment on The unbelievable grimness of /r/HermanCainAward, the subreddit that catalogs anti-vaxxer COVID deaths in ~tech

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    Funny how the people who preach personal responsibility the most are the same people who are taking the least responsibility for their personal health and the health of their communities.

    Funny how the people who preach personal responsibility the most are the same people who are taking the least responsibility for their personal health and the health of their communities.

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  7. Comment on The MAGA-targeted “Freedom Phone” has a breathtaking amount of red flags in ~tech

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    This kind of social media oriented phone that's really just a stupid money grab reminds me of the HTC First (the "Facebook phone"), just with the "freedom" flavoring that these people love so much.

    This kind of social media oriented phone that's really just a stupid money grab reminds me of the HTC First (the "Facebook phone"), just with the "freedom" flavoring that these people love so much.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Mike Gravel, former Alaska Senator and anti-war advocate dies at age 91 in ~news

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    IIRC, he basically challenged Obama on the Democratic primary debate stage by saying something like "who are you going to bomb now Barack?". Essentially this was a continuation of his...

    IIRC, he basically challenged Obama on the Democratic primary debate stage by saying something like "who are you going to bomb now Barack?". Essentially this was a continuation of his anti-interventionist/anti-war views. I'd say that some of his anti-interventionist views have influenced the progressive movement's foreign policy opinions as well.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've been playing Valorant for a little while (yes the anti-cheat sucks, but I'm not running it on my main system) and it's pretty fun. I've never been that into FPS games (apart from SUPERHOT, if...

    I've been playing Valorant for a little while (yes the anti-cheat sucks, but I'm not running it on my main system) and it's pretty fun. I've never been that into FPS games (apart from SUPERHOT, if you count that as one) but Valorant is pretty good.

    3 votes