brianary

joined 1 year ago
[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Many algorithms aren't even doing that in good faith, instead substituting in their low-cost contract cover bands as often as they can.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

It's a false choice. Metal straws are ideal, but cellulose straws are still better than both paper and plastic.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

I've been saying since GWB cancelled climate action that the US has no continuity of honor in international agreements.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The moratorium is actually since 2000, but only since 2006 in its current form. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_use_restriction_technology

Thankfully, no country, much less any multinational corporation, would ever dare cross the UN's nonbinding, unenforceable moratorium. Can you imagine how stern the tone of the statement of condemnation would be, once it was worded such that a reasonable plurality of countries would agree to back it?

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

I was mostly being facetious. I haven't tried it in decades, but I'm pretty happy with Cosmos.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

KDE: With too much power comes too much responsibility. 😉

[–] brianary@startrek.website 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Zero that axis, please.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

What does "too" salty mean? Is that even possible?

[–] brianary@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

It probably should've been dolphins, just as a nod to H²G², but also because I'm not sure the scale of that Klingon BOP ever read as big enough for two whales to me.

But, some possible suspects: whales (maybe they are superintelligent, pan-dimensional beings and the business with the krill and the singing is just a front), whale keepers or collectors (maybe they've stocked Earth with an important livestock that they want to protect from the apes, or see TNG S3E22 "The Most Toys"), whale descendants (see VOY S3E23 "Distant Origins"), or a species that has determined that loss of the whales indicates humanity has become irredeemable (or a corrupted timeline).

[–] brianary@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago

The NexDock works, too.

view more: next ›