charonn0

joined 2 years ago
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd say there are fewer hostile people, but the ones that are hostile are really hostile.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Alternate future Admiral Janeway doesn't qualify.

Prime timeline Admiral Janeway might qualify if only because we never see her do anything.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 21 points 2 years ago

Looks like I'm cancelling.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 31 points 2 years ago

If Putin invaded hell, I'd sympathize with the Devil.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It just goes to show how empty and dishonest racist rhetoric really is.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fact that he didn't realize he's not addicted until stranded suggests that few Jem'hadar ever personally experience withdrawal. They receive regular doses and then die in combat, so it rarely comes up. Almost everything they know about the effect of white withdrawal is received knowledge.

If it weren't canon that they need white to survive, then my headcanon would be that that they could totally survive without it and they've just been lied to all along. Like that episode of TNG.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 19 points 2 years ago

Not even his supporters are going to remember him as anything but a penis butler for Trump.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago

The spork is the cement of our civilization, with which we escape from hunger, using IFIC as our guide: Infinite foods in infinite combinations.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 11 points 2 years ago

E-mail is a lingua franca. It's used not because it's superior, but because you don't have to worry about whether your recipient is using the right software setup to receive your message. It's the lowest common denominator of internet messaging and can only be replaced in that role by a new lowest common denominator.

  • A company that rejected basic email would necessarily be rejecting some percent of legitimate messages and/or increase their IT costs. While this doesn't mean it's impossible, it would be at least be a painful transition. Users will hate it.
  • Adding PKI just amplifies the software setup problem because now you have to worry about primitive selection, centralized authorities, key lifecycle management, etc. And there's no way for the sender and recipient to negotiate security parameters, so they have to be agreed on in advance, something basic email doesn't need.
  • PKI is too finicky and abstract for the average user to understand or care about. We can't reasonably expect them to make good decisions about a subject that even professionals and large organizations struggle to understand. A big reason for email's longevity and success is that the average user doesn't need to understand it at any technical level.
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's all a little too convenient, if know what I mean.

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