Laurel Raven

As is good ole 'Murican tradition, blowing shit up.

This is why you should just put the date in the file name in ISO 8601 format, no indication how many times you’ve been over this

Well, you did just describe my experience with diet Pepsi pretty well…

Probably more because of how easy it is to drink than raw strength… It’s way easier to put away a bunch of 70 proof sweetened liqueur than the same amount of alcohol worth of 80+ proof hard liquor, very easy to not realize how much you’ve had until way too late

I’m pretty sure that’s regular Coke zero, unless they’ve changed the packaging again

But yeah, something about the artificial sweetener just doesn’t work with alcohol

I mean, I’m pretty sure he could get one quickly… He’s got plenty of money from all the bribes he’s been soliciting…

That’s what I’ve heard… Getting real tired of people building great products only for corpos to find a way to make it terrible for an extra buck

To the new system you’re migrating to

Well, I had been considering one, but I guess not

Sure, but does that also cover accusing someone of inserting their politics into things when they suggest a change? Especially one that has nothing to do with politics at all?

Linseed has an awfully low smoke point though, wouldn’t seasoning built with it burn off when trying to cook at higher temperatures?

I use mint btw

That’s what i did and with very few issues (especially compared to what i had with Windows) I’ve not regretted it at all

How is your boox, BTW? Would you recommend them?

I’m in the market and they look interesting to me but the price is a bit of a shocker

Fully agree, just an observation about the comparison

Yeah, 6 inches is about the furthest something can be for me to see it with any clarity at all without glasses, regardless of size and resolution, but still often read without them on my phone just to relax my eyes (and also, nothing looks clearer to me than something a few inches from my face with my glasses off)

But i did say “6 inches to a foot” which I’m at least assuming is not that atypical a range that people hold their devices at, but I’m not that great at judging distance overall… At the very least, my point is you’re holding the small device much closer than the bigger screen will be so needs higher PPI to still look as crisp

A PPI of 92, but that screen is going to probably be between 2 and 3 feet from your face, vs the 150 PPI sitting 6 inches to a foot away… Doesn’t mean it isn’t good enough by any means, but it’s certainly not a conclusive comparison

I remember really liking Encounter at Farpoint when i was a kid

Rewatching it more recently, I realized Diana’s “PAIN! I FELL PAIN!” was her sensing the audience’s reaction to the horrible episode

Like… It had a single episode worth of good episode in there but they left the other half in that should have hit the editing room floor

ETA: I had to look up what season 5 episode 2 is, and yes, that’s an excellent representation

I’d argue that the second pilot of the original series, “Where No Man Has Gone Before” is also a excellent overall introduction to Star Trek: cerebral rather than action oriented, the focus on the people and their relationships both with each other and their own humanity, asking questions of the audience to make us think, solid message (“absolute power corrupts absolutely”)…

But definitely skip the original pilot, The Cage, in its standalone form. Watching that, we were damned lucky it didn’t get shitcanned fully right then and there

Nice, anti homeless and anti disabled all at once (lack of streetside seating makes getting around challenging for mobility limited people)

One beatle at least still does shows… At least, last I heard Paul was still touring, maybe he’s retired by now though