[-] wjrii@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

I thought I had NSFW turned off... 🤣

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most unrealistic part of the movie, and by god I'm including TIME TRAVEL, is that Scotty would be both dismissive of and insanely good at keyboarding text entry and use of a 1980s computer. Either he'd be pissed off because because there was no way to use this antique, or he'd be delighted at the chance to use his historical reenactment skills.

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago

"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

As a white cis hetero American male, trying to have a little empathy is literally the least I can do.

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago

And Australia, at least when they're not trying to suck up to the British.

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[-] wjrii@kbin.social 35 points 2 years ago

Between the thousands of years of semi-selective breeding and the parallel evolution that made our ancestors want the selective breeding to happen, the emotional compatibility between dogs and humans is amazing. They're not humans of course, and we do well to remember that, but the connection is eerie, and when you see a dog display that kind of pack/family oriented behavior, it's heartwarming.

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago

We have a dogsitter when we are on trips. According to her, our heeler would politely take blueberries that were offered and then wander off, returning not long after. It was only later that she found a stash of uneaten blueberries on the couch. My little man was a desperately skinny and frightened stray in a kill shelter before he came to us, and on the theory that whatever makes him feel safe and content is better than the alternative, he's, uhhh, put on weight. If he liked the blueberries, they would not be left on the couch.

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After releasing a video that features a gay love story, the Appalachian musician watched many fans question whether he truly represents the region. But Tyler Childers’ new album, Rustin’ in the Rain, only underscores his rural roots — and his commitment to contributing to the “good fight.”

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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Quentin Lebastard of Bastard Keyboards, designer of the Charybdis and Dilemma, talks about himself and his designs on the occasion of the upcoming release of the Dilemma Max.

No connection. I neither own nor have any particular interest in owning a Bastard keyboard, though I can admire them, but I thought the interview and behind the scenes peeks into a hobby-turned-business were interesting.

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 38 points 2 years ago
  1. The Office (US) could have ended at the proposal in the rain.
  2. The Office should have ended at the wedding in Niagara.
  3. Dear god why didn't The Office end when Michael left?
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CFB
!cfb
Kbin.social link

Not a new community, but activity is ramping up with the season starting in earnest over the Labor Day weekend. At this point, it's probably the most active gridiron football community on Lemmy, but that could change when the NFL regular season kicks off in a couple of days.

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The squishy humanities version of this, in America at least, goes as follows:

In grade school you learn that the Civil War was about slavery.

In high school you learn that the Civil War was about a lot of complicated things.

In college you learn that the Civil War was about slavery.

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago

There's also a reason that the "legitimate nerds" in show business become such cult favorites. The overlap of (1) "people who look like professional actors" and (2) "people who are believable while acting" and (3) "people who legitimately get into the fake logic of technobabble" is vanishingly small. If you are on a Trek show and not in that intersection, pretending to be a 3 is going to be one of the biggest challenges in pulling off 2 to your expected standards.

To cross franchises for a moment, "you can write this shit George, but you can't say it."

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!askamericans
/c/askamericans@kbin.social
http://kbin.social/m/askamericans

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago

Yes, mostly.

X.com was Musk's site after he worked at Scotiabank. They merged with another site that had a product called Paypal that was getting some traction. Musk tried to tie the other services X.com was offering at the hip with Paypal, and if you're old enough you probably remember a "Paypal by X.com" (or similar) branding back when you needed to buy a used 56k modem from eBay.

Musk wanted to rebrand everything to x.com, was a huge baby about it, and got pushed out as an executive and replaced by Peter Thiel. A few years ago, Musk purchased the X.com domain name from Paypal like it was a treasured childhood sled, and he's finally found something (very stupid) to do with it.

[-] wjrii@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago

A prominent social media app was the evidence for, and partial cause of, her malpractice. It's very much a story about the cultural impact of tech.

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I have an old Fire tablet that I've put LineageOS on. It's long in the tooth, but even with its crappy Amazon kernel it runs fairly nicely if I don't stress it. I'd like to have it as a no-distractions writing device with one of my mech keyboards paired to it.

I'm looking for a lightweight markdown note taking app or word processor that does not need a ton of features, but I would like support for simple keyboard shortcuts like ctrl-I, B, U, X, V and I'd prefer WYSIWIG display for any light formatting that markdown would support.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Seems like Markor is the first recommendation to check out. Thanks!

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