pseudolobster's recent activity
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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
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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
pseudolobster Link ParentAs long as it doesn't have moody lighting, lens flares, season-long story arcs, emo spock, section 31, needless political backstabbing, beloved characters needlessly being tortured and/or killed,...As long as it doesn't have moody lighting, lens flares, season-long story arcs, emo spock, section 31, needless political backstabbing, beloved characters needlessly being tortured and/or killed, any reference to the Kobayashi Maru or other needless fan service "member this thing? this is star trek!", etc, we're doing better than par for the course at this point.
I'm just so sick of the jjverse at this point I'd really just love to see The Orville adapted into a movie.
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Comment on Cell phone advice in ~tech
pseudolobster Link ParentJust chiming in, I have a POCO X6 I paid $200 for. It's got 512gb of storage, SD card, dual SIM, amazing screen, disappointing cameras that claim they're 48MP. All the usual Chinese features. All...Just chiming in, I have a POCO X6 I paid $200 for. It's got 512gb of storage, SD card, dual SIM, amazing screen, disappointing cameras that claim they're 48MP. All the usual Chinese features.
All in all it's a pretty damn good value. However, I will say I hate the software. Even after debloating using ADB it's still got Xiaomi tentacles all through the operating system. I can't change my lock screen wallpaper without installing the Xiaomi gallery app and registering with a Mi account.
If someone had ported LineageOS to it or there were literally any custom roms available, I could recommend it. Otherwise, I'd rather have a used pixel 7 or something.
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Comment on Tildes Demographics Survey, year… uh, it’s 2024? in ~tildes
pseudolobster (edited )Link ParentDon't worry, the last time this happened we just had to wait, but eventually the Kat came back. edit: wrong linkDon't worry, the last time this happened we just had to wait, but eventually the Kat came back.
edit: wrong link
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Comment on Topic marked for review by admin in ~test
pseudolobster LinkI've made the unilateral decision to rename and move this topic to ~test. @Deimos please reach out to me if you feel this is inappropriate. -
Comment on What the hell are we doing with hierarchical tags? in ~tildes
pseudolobster LinkI tend to mostly agree. Tags should only be hierarchical if one is a subset of the other in a way that's meaningful for searching or sorting. That said, "What person wants to look up "safety" and...I tend to mostly agree. Tags should only be hierarchical if one is a subset of the other in a way that's meaningful for searching or sorting.
That said, "What person wants to look up "safety" and peruse rail vs. air vs. public?" is a use case I could imagine, and "Why is republican party not party.republican", well, I could see "political parties.republican" being useful as well.
Anyway, I don't think it's a huge deal, since, 1: I'd wager not a whole lot of people use the tag system in the first place, and 2: If someone tags your post in a way you don't want, you're free to change it back and/or DM the person who changed it about it.
What I think might be a bigger misutilization of the tagging system here is the sheer number of orphan tags. I'd wager a vast, vast majority of the tags on tildes have only one post. A long time ago I recommended showing use counts in suggestions, like "
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Comment on Drinking coffee from a cup made of coffee in ~food
pseudolobster LinkThis reminds me a lot of the channel kiwami japan who makes knives out of unusual materials. My favourite quote from them was replying to a youtube comment: "Is this a serial killer channel?" "no...This reminds me a lot of the channel kiwami japan who makes knives out of unusual materials.
My favourite quote from them was replying to a youtube comment: "Is this a serial killer channel?" "no is material science channel"
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Comment on NFS at 40 – Remembering the Sun Microsystems Network File System in ~comp
pseudolobster Link ParentMy perception has always been the opposite. NFS was always solid whereas samba has always been hit or miss. Even on windows, even on NT4, I felt their NFS implementation was more reliable than...My perception has always been the opposite. NFS was always solid whereas samba has always been hit or miss. Even on windows, even on NT4, I felt their NFS implementation was more reliable than SMB. Something about NetBIOS name resolution, I dunno. Working in call centres doing IT support for businesses, I can assure you: still, to this day, no one knows how to successfully and reliably map a network drive, after all these years.
I've never hesitated to map a NFS share in my fstab in linux, whereas smbfs has always been finicky. I dunno. Could just be me.
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Comment on DosDude builds a custom 2G GSM cellular base station in ~tech
pseudolobster LinkThis is very cool. I imagine using something like this with a jammer on the 3/4/5g frequencies could turn this into a stingray device. Since GSM encryption has been fully broken, this could be...This is very cool. I imagine using something like this with a jammer on the 3/4/5g frequencies could turn this into a stingray device. Since GSM encryption has been fully broken, this could be used to listen in to all kinds of stuff. I think it's funny how this sort of tech was spy shit a decade or two ago but we've got open source schematics now.
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Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech
pseudolobster Link ParentJust to reiterate/reaffirm @Nemoder's reply, if someone has physical access to a computer, all bets are off. If someone can get ahold of the hardware, they can always hack / bypass passwords, or...Just to reiterate/reaffirm @Nemoder's reply, if someone has physical access to a computer, all bets are off. If someone can get ahold of the hardware, they can always hack / bypass passwords, or get access to the operating system one way or another.
Even hardware encryption - If an adversary has the right amount of hydrofluoric acid and the right microscope, as long as you have access to the device doing the encryption, all bets are off.
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Comment on United Kingdom, Australia and Canada officially recognize a Palestinian state in ~society
pseudolobster Link ParentI'm pretty sure the leaders endorsing the state of Palestine have full-on condemned the actions of Hamas. I don't know your perspective, but I believe the Palestinian public will accept any help...I'm pretty sure the leaders endorsing the state of Palestine have full-on condemned the actions of Hamas.
"Let's be frank. Hamas is a brutal terror organization. Our call for a genuine two-state solution is the exact opposite of their hateful vision," Starmer said Sunday. "So we are clear, this solution is not a reward for Hamas, because it means Hamas can have no future, no role in government, no role in security."
I don't know your perspective, but I believe the Palestinian public will accept any help they can get at this point. Statehood would grant them irrevocable rights on the international stage and I'm sure no one in a war zone is going to turn their nose up at that.
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Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation
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Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games
pseudolobster LinkAnother fun waste of time from https://neal.fun. This time you've got an endless list of CAPTCHAs to complete. I got as far as drawing a perfect circle, which I've learned is impossible on this...Another fun waste of time from https://neal.fun. This time you've got an endless list of CAPTCHAs to complete.
I got as far as drawing a perfect circle, which I've learned is impossible on this laptop's touchpad.
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Rupert's snub cube and other math holes
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I'm Not a Robot
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The color of the future - A history of blue
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"Trucks and Tuks" - A presentation by Christopher Herwig
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Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech
pseudolobster Link ParentNaturally I could be looking too deep into it, but I mean... Digg? I thought most digg refugees that turned to reddit, who ended up as reddit refugees on tildes, lemmy, etc, would see this...Naturally I could be looking too deep into it, but I mean... Digg?
I thought most digg refugees that turned to reddit, who ended up as reddit refugees on tildes, lemmy, etc, would see this rebranding for what it is. It's as if everyone frustrated with facebook ended up banding together to move to instagram.
It's literally the reddit guy running digg in the reddit way. I don't know why anyone would be enthusiastic about this.
I cannot sincerely believe this is an organic movement.
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Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech
pseudolobster Link ParentI really must say I'm very suspicious of people in this thread. Most users replying were registered in June 2023, and I don't recognize any of their usernames. Your account was registered in the...I really must say I'm very suspicious of people in this thread. Most users replying were registered in June 2023, and I don't recognize any of their usernames.
Your account was registered in the early days, which makes me wonder even more why you're shiling so hard for digg. Is there some sort of incentive going on? Are you paid / rewarded in some way for promoting digg?
In your last post you referred to early accounts as "groundbreakers" and instilled a sense of urgency where you only have X amount of invites left, so people should contact you as soon as possible.
This is all just very suspicious to me. Digg is irrelevant, and has been for more than 15 years. I literally know no one who has ever once said to me "I miss digg" or "I wish digg was reinvented by billionaires who wish to relive their glory years by reinvigorating their dead brand" etc.
Literally no one is/has been talking about digg. How is this thread a thing? Why 43 votes? Why 114 replies? This is going on to be one of Tildes' most active threads of all time, and it's mostly June 2023 accounts, some with this as their only post.
I hate to @Deimos here, but this is sus af.
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Comment on Tildes Book Club discussion - August 2025 - Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut in ~books
pseudolobster Link ParentI must applaud your crossover reference to Slaughterhouse Five. I agree, this is a book about the prevailing human spirit. Despite being faced with abject tragedy, they still form their...The characters shrug and resign themselves to their new reality. So it goes.
I must applaud your crossover reference to Slaughterhouse Five.
I agree, this is a book about the prevailing human spirit. Despite being faced with abject tragedy, they still form their granfalloons, they still keep persevering with their stupid humanistic tropes, memes, and traditions, in spite of the rest of humanity destroying itself. Even if ultimately successful in destroying the world, if any humans survive, humanity will as well.
I feel like a slightly more cynical take on this same sort of riff is Restaurant at the end of the Universe, where Douglas Adams posits that humanity left to its own devices on an empty world would keep being publicists, accountants, marketing publicists, and telephone sanitizers.
SNW is quite good. Lower Decks is excellent, even if it's silly and self-referential.
I'd personally rate SNW above Enterprise and TOS, but somewhat below TNG and DS9, and maybe around the same as Voyager.
Definitely worth a watch.