charonn0

joined 2 years ago
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Assuming a ~20% shift towards pro-choice opinions I would expect more pro-choice laws, not an orgy of casual abortions.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Polling suggests that around 70% of women and 50% of men support abortion, though. If those stats simply reversed then nothing really changes.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 25 points 15 hours ago

Did what? Did what??

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 5 days ago

To be fair, there are important differences between open source and closed source software.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I once blew a coworker's mind with Alt-Tab.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

Are the mashed potatoes buttered, or plain?

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I started using a white noise machine and fans on high when I lived down the block from a hospital emergency room. It sounded like a jet engine in my bedroom, but my brain learned to interpret the white noise as profound silence. I moved away from the hospital zone but still use the white noise to sleep.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everyone knows that foods are extended along the axis with a circular cross section.

i.e., burgers stack higher, hot dogs grow longer.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm curious how it's considered a "layoff" if it's based on performance rather than the job itself being eliminated.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Scotty: This is the commander of the U.S.S. Enterprise. All cities and installations on Eminiar VII have been located, identified, and fed into our fire control system. In one hour and forty-five minutes, the entire inhabited surface of your planet will be destroyed. You have that long to surrender your hostages. [dramatic music]


Bonus moment, DS9:

unnamed extra: The Federation fleet has surrounded the planet.

Random one-episode extra got the best line in the whole fricken franchise.

 

I've been listening to X-Minus-One episodes for the last few days and am really starting to appreciate the radio play format. Some of the stories are pretty dated, being from the 40's and 50's, but a lot of them still hold up if you're a little forgiving on the science details.

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