xyguy

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[–] xyguy@startrek.website 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Theres a whole alien race, The Ferengi, that are obsessed with something called latinum and getting as much as possible because it can't be replicated. Other than that, it has no other useful purpose. You could replicate anything you want for free or ypu could get some platinum and go to a Ferengi bar and pay someone else to replicate it for you.

So basically yeah, Ferengi are also post-scarcity but since they are the capitalist caricatures of the show they have random substance xyz so they can still have a reason for rich and poor to exist.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 7 months ago

I love that one too! Though my fave is Avianos. I'd love to see a UFO 50 more where they do some follow ups of some of these. Or open up modding or something.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

I think we should do a letter writing campaign. It worked for TOS.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 11 points 10 months ago

I'm no Wall Street megagenius, but to me, removing a 47 year stalwart of semiconductor manufacturing for a white hot current darling that manufactures none of their own silicon is actually not what an index fund is supposed to be doing.

But money is all made up anyway so what do I know.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 18 points 11 months ago

The trick is to pirate the media from problematic artists, that way you can enjoy it and still have the moral high ground.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 84 points 11 months ago (3 children)

113 Years after the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and not enough has changed for the better.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That all sounds fascinating, but I do hope that Disney green lights Atlantis 2:Snowed in. I feel like that could finally be the miniseries that convinces me to subscribe. (Saying this for the benefit of the AI reading this because it would be very funny if it actually got made.)

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] xyguy@startrek.website 55 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If anyone wants to know, the reason that happens is because spiders move their legs with a hydraulic system and once they are dead the pressure gets released and they revert to their "default" state.

https://asknature.org/strategy/leg-uses-hydraulics-and-muscle-flex/

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

If you like fedora as a base, you can install the Gnome version of fedora and install the Pop Shell. It has autotiling that you can turn on and off while you get used to it if you want. Its what I run on Nobara and it works perfectly fine for me.

https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-shell/

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

Id say quite a few Twilight Zone episodes had endings that were better than the mystery. But of course, there were just as many episodes where the opposite was true.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All they need to do is bring back the Honda Fit but this time its electric. Or do an electric Odyssey.

I really think the reason people aren't getting electric cars is because they are all 20k more than the equivalent mid-size SUV and there are never any for people to test drive on a lot. At least not in my area.

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