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I’m a developer and don’t hate it on its face.

IMO it’s only a problem in the context of iOS not having side-loading. I’m imagining an app that uses an API to block ads and Apple just being like “no” and then you can’t get that app.

Did it? Can I skip whatever the bad Seasons were and have it still make sense. Picard was always my favorite captain so I was super bummed when I heard the show was super jaded / gritty / bad.

Strange New Worlds had been pretty consistent. I don’t mind the occasional flub, it’s better to go out on a limb occasionally than play it totally safe.

I saw somewhere that the actor improved that line which means he blurted it out with Riker standing right there which feels totally in line with the tone of the episode they were shooting. It’s funny to me on so many levels.

I really hope windows can launch support for ARM and we can start seeing M1/2 competitors in the PC space.

I love my MacBook and would get an ARM chip in a heartbeatwhen it’s time to upgrade my PC.

Are there more expensive Chromebooks with better build quality?

Genuine questions. My impression was that they pretty much only serve the ultra low end market, but I’ve never really looked into it because I need to do heavier tasks on my computers.

Like any creative ever. Gamers will disagree but I find Macs desktop UI much nicer than Windows. I worked in Hollywood editorial for a while and it’s ALL Macs there until you get into really high end VFX stations.

The Wacom drivers are also MUCH better on Mac. It’s hard to explain, but the stylus just doesn’t feel as smooth on Windows. The response curve/time is just better, even with the same settings.

A bunch of small UX things like native column view in finder turn into annoyances on other systems.

Having a UNIX terminal is nice if you’re a developer but aren’t fond of any of the Linux desktop environments. WSL for windows it’s getting better, but getting IDEs to play nicely with it was still touch and go last time I gave it a whirl.

I game on PC and deploy to Linux servers, but Mac is my daily driver for coding and video editing. It just gets out of my way and let’s me be productive. I have to do way too much fiddling on Windows and PC for a desktop experience I still like less.

Also – disregarding the OS, which I do think Apple should be forced to sell as a standalone – the build quality is leaps and bounds above any other laptop I’ve had. I’ve been using a laptop with the M1 Apple Silicone, and it’s legitimately the happiest I’ve ever been with a work computer.

I feel like he fits the like… platonic ideal of Kirk, but he’s not doing a William Shatner impression the same way that Peck is doing a Leonard Nimoy impression.

He’s doing his own interpretation of the same character on the page.

I legit thought it was Cara Gee for the first few scenes she was in.

For anyone keeping score at home this is exactly the sort of thing I’m taking about. Like, this comment hits pretty much all of the general devices I outlined.

I’m honestly kind of thankful to you for providing such a clear and illustrative example. Gratz.

I generally used to believe in that precept, that you should approach every debate with an open mind, and engage with anyone willing to debate you. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized that, while nice in a vacuum, that code is naive. It presumes that the person across from you is engaging in good faith.

As we navigate this new phenomenon of social media, we as a society are beginning to grapple with a few problems:

• It is easier to spread misinformation than it is to combat it.

• The Rhetoric of ‘reasonable’ discussion can be easily co-opted by bad actors to spread misinformation.

• When you engage with a bad actor, you amplify their voice.

So when you get people talking about vaccines not working, or black people being inherently more likely to commit crimes, or blah blah blah, engaging with that in good faith runs the risk of just amplifying that message. I’m not really sure what the answer to it is. Like, I don’t think the Nazi’s would have been stopped by more reasonable discussion, and we are at an inflection point in this country where we are having similar discussions over trans rights.

I don’t think “always keep an open mind and engage in good faith” holds up when one side consistently and systematically exploits weaknesses in that philosophy to spread misinformation and bigotry.

Lastly, I hit the downvote button on comments that contain misinformation, not as a bid to punish the commenter, but as a way to push falsehoods lower in the chain so good information can float to the top. If there is a discussion about trans rights and the top comment is “I’m just against kids getting life altering surgery”, then that gets a downvote, because kids aren’t allowed to get gender reassignment surgery, and the comment gives the false impression that they are, and that’s what’s being debated. It doesn’t really matter if the person is engaging in good faith or not. Bad information is bad information, and it should be pushed to the bottom or removed before it spreads erroneously.

As far as I can tell your comments were downvoted for either:

• playing into the “both sides are the same” narrative that there isn’t much patience for anymore, especially after Roe being struck down and the decision on Student Loan forgiveness this morning.

• coming across as concern trolling for right wing extremists. I’m not accusing you of actually doing that, but a couple of your downvoted comments conforn to retorical devices that white supremesist groups commonly use. Looking at your profile I think it was just genuine ignorance on your part, but that’s the reason.

In general, there are so many bad actors online that hide behind “just wanting to have a discussion” that people have lost patience with it. I’ve been seeing that sort of rhetoric my entire life used as a way to trojan horse advocacy for things like barring gay couples from having the same rights as straight couples, defending racism – not even just racist policies, but straight up “black people are all thugs” racism – taking away women’s rights to choose their own medical care, allowing trans people to exist at all. The list goes on and on. I’ve just totally lost patience with it, and I’m not alone.

When 9/10 people who “just want to have a discussion” use that discussion to spread misinformation, gaslight, gishgallop, and make false equivalences, eventually you become wary of anyone who opens up a dialog that way.

Blame Ben Shapiro, that was his bad faith weapon of choice and it caught on.

Teleporters are interesting because when you think about it long enough, you realize the person on departure end died.

You think about it more… and if the person that comes out the arrival end is an exact replica – down to the atom – and, further, has internal continuity of experience… You realize that if you accept they died then you kind of also have to accept that the “you” of any given instant is constantly dying and giving way to the “you” of the next instant. That person living that experience at that exact moment will never exist again; they’re dead.

So you’re kinda back to transporters being business as usual again, but with a fun new existential crisis on the side.