Just a nerd who migrated from kbin(dot)social.
Well, I guess I’d have to use a fork of… oh, wait a second, I’ve already been alternating between Pale Moon, SeaMonkey, LibreWolf, and Firefox along with Tor and Links.
I just would be using less of Firefox and more of LibreWolf. And when Ladybird is ready, I’ll use that and dillo.
I actually like Wafrn. It feels like old Tumblr or LJ.
It was absolutely important to the community, and outlasted the Alliance forums. I wish we had a good place like that anymore. Has anyone opened an m/Animorphs in the fediverse yet?
I think I was briefly on Richard’s forum, but I couldn’t tell you what my username was. I was also in the official community that Scholastic ran (and because of being a helpful kid, I actually helped in the server room at Valley Cottage after a sale when there were hardware problems).
He was a wargamer to start out with. Of course he was going to end up being a massive dick.
That having God in the final episode of Quantum Leap (the original) being played by an actor who was also in the first episode of the series made it much more interesting.
I hope you mean the original series and not the reboot. I don’t think he ever admits that’s what he is. My personal belief is that Captain Braxton of the Relativity was lying through his teeth to Sam (in order to preserve the Temporal Prime Directive), and directs him to the biggest Leap of his career, Captain Jonathan Archer in the First Contact timeline, because that whole timeline represents “what once went wrong”.
The Ellimist should have stepped in and cushioned Rachel’s fall. She didn’t deserve what she got.
Here’s a take on Lensman - we need more anime versions. Oh, and Jade in DC used to be the best version of a Second Stage Lensman in any media (pity about her brother tho).
So it went the way of the modern world. It’s sad, really.
The Pentagon has “failed” their audit, by trillions of dollars, for over a decade. Most of us have no idea why, how, or where that money went. Out of every part of the show, the idea that the US Military could keep it a total secret from even 99% of the government is the most plausible bit. Consider this - it was an “interesting” research find in Egypt. The US Military convinced (paid) the Met to acquire it (the Met put out a fake and provided a false history, which is what Daniel was working with at the start of the movie). The real thing, lacking the DHD, was brought to what would become SG-1.
Who would ever know? Why would they ever know? Why, in fact, would they ever think to look? Everyone is so thoroughly bullshitted by decades of Egyptology, UFOlogy and Ancient Aliens theories (including von Daniken), that they’d never imagine looking for one machine run by the US military that they don’t talk about.
I’m not exactly set on “brighter”, but at least it will be “different”. Right now, I feel like something has to give. Voting alone won’t get us out of the hole we’ve been buried in. Trusting the same people who lied and brought us to this point won’t get us to a better place. I’m really not against a different path that makes push come to shove anymore, is all.
The thing is, what’s your preference? Disappointment on a regular basis, or transparent hate and naked greed? Destruction can only last so long, but a slow slide into depression can last forever. Voting Red often ends up being the accelerationist choice as much as support for their vile beliefs.
The problem is that many people see the system ending up with “vote blue AND the fascists get their way”. It ends up being totally discouraging.
So, now most American men would be eligible.
For #18, here’s how my sneakernet software sharing goes: Windows: I copy the installer exe, or a zipped version of the software as installed to a flash drive. The person can then run the software from the drive, or copy it to their own PC. No Internet required, no outside connection called for.
Linux: after determining that they have the right distro type for the software, I have to walk them through either getting it from a GUI repository client, apt, pacman, flatpak, snap, or whatever other cockamamie thing it’s on. They have to install it from the central authority - which is not sharing the software. It’s suggesting that someone else connect to the Internet and download a thing.
If it requires the Internet to for a typical user to share software on media, your operating system is hostile to freedom.
No, because at least with masturbation, you have something to show for it at the end.
The first one is because at least on Mint, on the machine I have, multiple monitors just don’t work, and I’ve been told it’s not just me, it’s X11. The second is the need for Wine or Bottles (or whatever Valve has done).
And yet you knew exactly what I meant.
Here’s a few more.
You want to use multiple monitors without messing around.
You don’t want to run an emulator for your games.
You like being able to share software with people.
You need corporate software for work or your own business.
20 You’re looking for a computer that ‘just works’.
I’m still looking forward to a new browser engine, separate from Chrome and Gecko. The politics can be debated later, but we need something to break the Google stranglehold. Let’s just be real about this, KHTML, Dillo, Links, and Goanna aren’t doing it. Opera & Vivaldi aren’t going to resurrect Presto.
So what then, other than Ladybird?