Rhaedas

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[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

True enough, but even the docile bee isn't going to be nice in that case.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

NASA thinks it's a sample of the rock. What if...

Well, enjoy the next three days.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Afterwards we discover that Bennu housed an alien species, far more advanced but peaceful isolationists. Well, until we blew their home up.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Right. That small mud dauber, she's cool (even though she's probably hunting spiders to lay eggs in). The little yellow jacket that buzzes around the picnic, no big deal, I know you're just looking for food.

Those hornets who see you from a distance and go murder rage, you can just go to hell.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Because before Firefox I used Netscape. It's had its ups and downs but it's never been bad to me to the point of considering moving to anything else. So a combo of legacy and that it works.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

His past shows years ago could be good. He'd have interesting guests with differing views on a timely subject. He just never learned the first rule of being a good host. Shut up and let your guests talk. This goes for any talk shows, the best hosts would not only listen to and let their guests talk, they were great at teasing out the details without damn interrupting the flow. If you have an ego and want people to hear what you think about something, then you'll make a terrible talk show host.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

The needs of the many...

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretends is right. How many of these CEOs that take the hit for a company end up landing with another company. Many of them are known for their purpose, their hiring being the first sign of a company shakeup.

One thing I've learned is that higher up always protects their own, it's the workers that are left high and dry, not any of the executives. They always manage to land on their feet in comfort.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

She's on the side of life. It would have been better to have left a world to inherit where the young don't have to go to this extreme. But here we are.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This episode would have felt a little less contrived had it been established a few episodes before that Data was trying out a sleep subroutine. Maybe could have used its reference as a minor device in other ways, and then by this episode there's no need to develop the idea, you just use it as a method of detection for the invasion. And then the convenient timing is removed. Data's small talk or relationship routines are other examples. The emotion chip was done this way, being very important in the movies.

An example where they did to this. Riker and Minuet, as well as his trombone playing. Or Picard and the flute, or his detective hologram programs.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Not even about making a buck, but about surviving. Why write a policies for an area when claims that will likely happen would bankrupt the company? That's what happened to a lot of small insurance companies way back when Andrew hit Florida (it's the first time I recall news about insurance companies running away). I think they are a necessary evil and will take you for everything if you aren't careful, but I can't fault them for seeing the obvious. At their core is the math, and the math is saying hell no.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

The only thing that helps this headline stand out from so many "uh no, shutdown" headlines of the past is the included impeachment part. The shutdown will be used to its fullest drama potential just like before until the very end with some compromise, and the impeachment as well.

Is this impeachment about Hunter Biden, or have they moved on from that nonsense? Oh, it's about Joe Biden. Well, let's see what evidence you have to work with and...oh, you don't have any yet? That's kind of necessary, guys.

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