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Guys is this actually true? in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 45 minutes ago

I prefer the cows.

What is your experience like for Jury Duty in the US? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

In my area, you are notified by mail that you will be in the jury pool during a specific week (5 days). You're assigned a group number and an individual juror number.

Each day of the week they'll announce which group numbers will actually need to report to the courthouse the following morning. If your group doesn't get called in all week then your obligation is satisfied.

If your group number is called then you have to report to the courthouse in the morning. You'll be sent to a waiting room with all the other people called in that day. They'll start calling individual juror numbers at random for assignment to cases. If the end of the day arrives and your number wasn't called then your obligation is satisfied.

If you're assigned to a case then the judge will ask if serving would be a hardship. If so, you can be excused and replaced with another juror from the waiting room. Being excused from duty does not satisfy your obligation, but it does end your jury duty for the week.

That's as far as I've ever gotten.

As for ignoring the summons, that's basically contempt of court. You can be subject to fines and jail time more or less at the discretion of the judge.

Why can't I find a browser.... That just acts like a browser??? in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 18 points 1 day ago

I've had no complaints about Firefox for Android. It even supports privacy addons like NoScript and UBlock Origin.

How does reader mode work? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A web page is a combination of a structured document and a separate stylesheet. The same structured document can be styled in radically different ways just by changing the stylesheet. This is how a website can offer different skins, light/dark mode, etc.

Consider this basic HTML document:

<html>
   <head><title>Test Page</title></head>
   <body>
      <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
      <ul>
         <li>This is an unordered bullet-point list item</li>
         <li>This is also a list item</li>
      </ul>
   </body>
</html>

And here's a stylesheet to make the bullet points square:

ul {
  list-style-type: square;
}

Change the stylesheet and you change how the document is rendered. "Reader mode" is just a minimalist stylesheet built into the browser.

PSA Huggingface is scraping GitHub in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

A number of my repos are listed.

But the weird part is that it also lists a repo I don't recognize. The repo does actually exist on my github account, but it's marked as "ignored", and the description says it was automatically exported from Google Code. The code seems to be a MacOS shareware file encryption tool called "BitClamp", published circa 2008.

No idea how it got on my account.

Self-hosted fully working ST:TNG voice computer interface in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"A keyboard? How quaint."

Favorite Trek episode that's not in the usual top 57 lists? in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I like TOS Operation: Annihilate! because it presents a situation where a starship captain would be justified in issuing General Order 24. I'm disappointed that they didn't actually mention GO24 in the episode, but my headcanon is that the crew were all reluctant to mention it by name.

I think GO24 is deeply misunderstood. It's only ever been presented as a thing that a bad, crazy captain would order; as grounds for mutiny. So why would Starfleet even have such an order on the books? I think it's actually designed for situations like the one in this episode: to prevent the spread of dangerous life forms.

This interpretation also enhances my enjoyment of another TOS episode, A Taste of Armageddon. In this episode, Kirk actually invokes General Order 24. Scotty understands that Kirk needs leverage to bluff with, and plays along. Bluffing the bad guys by citing a public health ordinance is classic Kirk. See also Corbomite and Fizzbin

What's a good weather website in c/ask@piefed.social
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I usually go to wunderground.com

Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 14 points 6 days ago

Guys. Guys. I've got it. This is poetry.

Show us your death certificate

Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sure. Whether or not its constitutional, etc. is really beside the point. Any official challenge to the governor's declaration would necessarily involve demonstrating that McConnell is alive and well (or not). In either outcome, the question of the governor's authority would be moot.

The ego required for someone to come to this conclusion in the first place, and then double down on it when pressed, is genuinely astounding in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website -1 points 1 week ago

Calling me names rather than addressing any of the points I raised only serves to demonstrate the points I've raised.

The ego required for someone to come to this conclusion in the first place, and then double down on it when pressed, is genuinely astounding in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] charonn0@startrek.website -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We're doing exactly what I've been criticizing the rest of the fediverse for doing. There are no stakes here. Neither of us have been harmed or otherwise inconvenienced by the other. Yet we're ramping up the outrage. We've abandoned all discussion of the original topic and are nitpicking over the tone of adjacent comments. Stoking outrage has become the point.

Be honest, does that sound about right? Does that sound familiar? Isn't that what always happens in these sorts of discussions? It's not healthy, and I perceive the same rotten motivation in much of the community responses to this tesseract case.

I can't and don't approve of, excuse, or defend the actions of the tesseract dev. I do empathize with him though. I can understand the impulse to double down and lash out. That's just human psychology. So I don't fault the dev for feeling that way, even if I do fault their actions. But I deem the fault to be immaturity, not malice.

I do think that, had the community not gone straight to the outrage memes, that perhaps things would have shaken out differently. If tesseract is/was as popular with the community as the level of outrage suggests, then it would seem that losing the developer of that software is a net loss for the community.

Had the dev been more mature... well they probably wouldn't have gotten themselves into this mess in the first place. But had they been more mature in the aftermath, and had the community been more forgiving, then the situation might have resolved amicably to everyone's benefit. Instead, we traded a valued community member for outrage memes.

This I sincerely believe. This I have given due consideration. This I am willing to discuss and be persuaded against, if a person can be found who honestly disagrees with most of what I've just said and can explain why.

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Roadside assistance services? (startrek.website)
 

I don't like fixing my own flat tires. I can do it but not quickly or efficiently; it's not something I can do on the side of the road under duress. I should probably work on that, I know, but in the meantime I take my bike to a local shop and have them do it for me.

But my ebike is pretty heavy, which means a flat tire is basically immobilizing. I've had to call a friend or hire a truck when I get a flat. I'm wondering if there's anything like an auto club for cyclists. Maybe even a service that would fix my flat right there on the spot.

I googled, but don't trust the search results. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions?

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What's around the next bend? (startrek.website)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by charonn0@startrek.website to c/bicycle_touring@lemmy.world
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Star Trek - The Bluegrass Edition (www.youtube.com)
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Some scoundrel vandalized the bike lane sign SMH (startrek.website)
 
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Got lost; didn't mind (startrek.website)
 

Took a wrong turn yesterday and didn't realize it for quite a while. Stopped here to get my bearings.

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Those are some big trees (startrek.website)
 

Encountered these big boys while exploring a local bike trail. The photo doesn't do them justice.

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In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words - The Old New Thing (devblogs.microsoft.com)
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Fuck yeah (startrek.website)
 

Attended the 40th anniversary screening of The Voyage Home in San Francisco tonight.

Nick Meyer was there to answer questions, and was honored by the City of San Francisco with a mayor's certificate for his movies featuring San Francisco.

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Rocket-jumping tank (startrek.website)
 

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I used an old Starbucks gift card (startrek.website)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by charonn0@startrek.website to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
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I cleaned out the junk drawer and found a bunch of Starbucks gift cards that I've received for various reasons over the past 15 years. I used one from 2015 today and the barista was mildly surprised and asked where I got such an old-style card. So I told him about the junk drawer.

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Leveled the charger as he grabbed me (startrek.website)
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She was just using the default background (startrek.website)
 
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