SnotFlickerman

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to risa in Some people still believe there are no politics in Star Trek

Also, to put it more simply.

When faced with Q, Picard tried to reason against an unreasonable foe using philosophy. (theory)

When faced with Q, Sisko punched him. (praxis)

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to news in F.B.I. Raids Home of Eric Adams’s Fund-Raising Chief

If anyone is surprised that Mr. Adams, a former cop is somehow corrupt, I’ve got a bridge to sell them.

I mean, it’s not like he hired his own brother as his head of security right after being elected in no-holds-barred show of nepotism. /s

All (even former) Cops Are Bastards.

SnotFlickerman , 7 months ago to games in Report: Bungie CEO blames layoffs on waning interest in Destiny 2

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

-Upton Sinclair

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in Some Don't Appreciate The Arts

Kevin only watched the most sophisticated musicals… like Paint Your Wagon.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to technology in Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA

if it helps accelerate the development of life saving medications

LMAO

Goldman Sachs: “Is curing patients a sustainable business model?”

Not if Wall Street has anything to do with it!

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to nostupidquestions in Are there any active news communities similar to Lemmy/Reddit, but users can only vote and comment, not post articles?

I just don’t think purely population based curation is coming up with the best content selection.

Ergo, you don’t trust that users are able to curate as well as an individual, despite the fact that the individual is just one of many users.

Just because you didn’t use the word “trust” doesn’t mean you’re not describing not trusting that you’ll get the best curated content from a large group of users as opposed to a small group. It’s literally exactly what you’re describing, that you don’t trust you’ll get the best results from a group.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to nostupidquestions in Are there any active news communities similar to Lemmy/Reddit, but users can only vote and comment, not post articles?

but I am not sure about the curation being purely user based.

So you don’t trust random users, but you do trust… random admins or moderators?

Your logic here is not sound. They’re just as likely to be biased or leave out important information.

If you want it like that, I think you should follow @Uncle’s suggestion and just use news sites like Associated Press or Reuters.

Seriously, why would the curation be any better when done by an admin or mod versus average users?

Oh look at that, I’m an average Lemmy user, and I just made a news community and now I’m the moderator of it. See what I’m saying here? If you don’t trust users, well… users are where mods come from, so I don’t know what to tell you.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to risa in What kind of weird really engages and trends with Trek fans?

https://media.tenor.com/FuE-uOWS4y8AAAAC/quarantine-costanza.gif

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to asklemmy in What are the funniest Halloween costumes you have personally seen?

That isn’t just funny, that’s dedication.

21 and 24 would be proud.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to asklemmy in What are the funniest Halloween costumes you have personally seen?

Also doubles as a Jerry Seinfeld costume.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to asklemmy in What are the funniest Halloween costumes you have personally seen?

In college a buddy of mine went as “that bad dream where you forgot to wear pants” and had a nice dress shirt and blazer coupled with tighty whities hidden underneath an oversize pair of boxer shorts. Also dress socks and shoes. Wad a well recieved costume.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to aboringdystopia in Remember when Target blamed theft for closing stores? It's all lies.

I would agree on this point, generally businesses lie to the public for political reasons, to gin up political favor for their desired outcomes.

Most rich CEOs are out of touch and think crime just comes from “undesirables” and the only way to fix it is to massively increase police presence. In other words, they’re authoritarians. This has more to do with creating a narrative about crime and intent to get political support for further instituting a police state and taking the required effort for security off the businesses. It’s really about passing the bill for keeping their stores “secure” onto the taxpayer, so they can rely more on local police and on private security less.

The article in question even covers how there are already attempts to write bills targeting this problem at the Federal level. (A bipartisan bill, I might add.)

They are usually pretty honest with their investors. I would expect their investor presentations are a lot more honest, but because that’s “economics news” it usually gets fewer headlines or people reporting on it. It would be interesting to contrast Target’s investor calls compared to what they’re saying publicly. Same with other businesses like Walgreens leaning on the same story.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to technology in Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug

And when Google added it, it became accidental ransomware, locking them out of their system?

I’m not sure how this is a good argument. “Yeah, well, that thing that Google just released that’s totally fucking broken, really badly. Does the iPhone even have the same thing?”

No, last I checked, the iPhone doesn’t have an option for multiple users that results in an a ransomware-like-outcome.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to technology in The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution

For a hot minute, I had a 9-inch screen Dell laptop that could barely run Windows 7.

These small form factor PCs were pretty cool at the time, I remember loving the little thing.

SnotFlickerman , 8 months ago to memes in It was supposed to be ME

Found someones fetish.