themoken

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[–] themoken@startrek.website 51 points 7 months ago

In a world where Valve controls 90% of what is running on a device with immutable / containerized images, yeah I think Arch makes a lot more sense. A distro focused on rolling release is a lot less likely to hang you up when you choose to update.

Debian is great, but depending on where you are in the release cycle it can be a pain in the ass to stay up to date and, frankly, the last time I ran it, shit like apt/dpkg configuration and so many /etc files and structures just felt like mis-features or too complex for their own good.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah, she's actually got a pretty great arc on the show. Even becomes a qualified bridge commander because of that episode.

And, honestly, I think a lot of her sex symbol rep in the '90s was because the public wasn't ready to take mental health seriously. Some of her counseling scenes have aged pretty well IMO, and her contribution to the crew was very valuable.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 55 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Democratic party has always been for migrant child decapitation, you just weren't liberal enough to see how it's woke.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 20 points 8 months ago

It's a bit more than that with Kitfox involved, but I don't see why that makes him wrong. Greed kills a ton of creativity in games. Not just layoffs but over aggressive monetization and fear of innovation.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

I'm okay with it. My problem with Disco is how high stakes breathless it is all the time, visiting the timeline with a lower stakes Academy lens could be cool. Being far future means it won't be a TOS/TNG cameo fest (SNW's biggest flaw) and I wouldn't mind being able to do some actual character development on Tilly / other Disco crew if they weren't just constantly in mortal danger.

Of course it'll probably end up being flashy bullshit again, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

For music I'm just sick of the apps streaming super compressed crap. It sounds like 192kbps MP3 sometimes and you can definitely tell the difference. Setup Airsonic and never looked back, although still have YT music for the fam and finding new music. It is a bit of hassle, but it's worth it and a FLAC collection feels way smaller than it did 10-20 years ago (both in terms of disk and home streaming bandwidth).

[–] themoken@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

This isn't a benchmark of those systems, it's showing that the code didn't regress on either hardware set with some anecdotal data. It makes sense they're not like for like.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

That was a bit of a deep cut for me, but TIL.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Spiderman could web the falling person from above like a bungee cord, or even catch them in a safety net style web.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Non-existent is probably hyperbole, but I think it's pretty reasonable to feel that way after your kids have grown and you realize you never made the time to really focus on them. Even if you have a nominal relationship later, it's as an adult, it's only certain times a year, it's focused on the grandkids etc.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

I am about 80% through it as an audiobook (waiting for it to come back from the library) and I agree. Great to listen to him, tons of non Trek info I didn't know that is still quite interesting.

Not the best husband to be sure, but I do like that he's pretty up front about it. Seems like his first marriage was effectively over as soon as he found American success and his wife (understandably) didn't want to abandon her own career in the UK. Hard to listen to Capt. Picard be unfaithful (with Vash no less!) but I felt for him more than most egomaniac rock stars who fuck anything that moves.

EDIT: Also loved how he hates Thatcher for demolishing all of the programs he used to get trained as an actor coming from a poor background. There was a lot of mutual aid in his early life that seems non-existent today.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If you haven't read Patrick Stewart's autobiography that just came out, Making it So, you should. Or, even better, listen to him read it in an audiobook.

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