Kirk

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 20 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I haven't seen the episode yet that I think you're alluding to, but yes Vulcans have always been presented as having a kind of Buddhist-style philosophy with the important qualification that they would literally destroy themselves as an advanced race without it. The "religion" is an important social technology to enable them to explore the cosmos.

It's obviously alluding to humans too, if we can't control our innate animal reactions like tribalism and greed then we too will not be able to harness our own (physical) technology without self-destructing.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 10 points 4 weeks ago

"Chat app" like texting/whatsapp?

Or "chat app" like Discord/Slack?

For the former, Signal is going to be the one your friends and family will actually use. For the latter there isn't anything really approaching the same level yet. Matrix/Element is making a good effort but absolutely not there yet, especially on mobile.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website -1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah like I said: "vibes"

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 13 points 4 weeks ago

This is actually really funny

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 4 weeks ago

I agree the Gamble plot was great and the actor nailed it.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 24 points 1 month ago (6 children)

XKCD 2501 applies in this thread.

OP, get CasaOS or Yunohost. Very very simple. Your laptop is fine (you'll probably want to upgrade the ram soon).

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They wanted to avoid another entrance/exit on screen to keep us guessing how this Star Trek Inception works.

I understand the reasoning from a suspense perspective but manufactured suspense does not feel suspenseful. Think about it: why show the entire long debate about leaving or not if none of them actually care? The only thing that makes sense is that once they understood the danger was real there was an off-camera conversation with Pike or Una wherein Pike or Una presumably told them that the danger was acceptable and to proceed. But if we accept that the conversation happened off-camera, then the presence of the debate scene doesn't make sense from a storytelling standpoint.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

Yunohost is great, Portainer is also useful.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

/r/im14andthisisdeep

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

idk OP... this is a lot more effort than I put into things idgaf about.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Falling asleep watching TNG or Voyager I can understand, but every moment of DS9 must be savored. You sir are worse than Gul Dukat.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What are you paying for BackBlaze and Cloudflare?

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