DharkStare

Everyone saying to go to Lemmy after the Reddit thing. I always browsed Reddit through their webpage so the third party app thing didn't really bother me but I thought the whole Fediverse concept sounded interesting and decided to see what it's like.

It was awhile ago but I read that a lot of streaming services don't make a profit and I can understand the logic. With ads, there is a direct link between a show and it's profits. The more people watch a show, the more people see the ads, the more a company can charge for ads on that show. Without ads it becomes difficult. It doesn't matter if 100 people watch or a million, the profits are the same.

I feel it's inevitable that streaming services are going to go back to ads. It's the better business model.

This needs a NSFW tag.

"You gotta read the fine print on the organ donor card. Doesn't just say what they can take out, says what they can put back in too."

Chaotic neutral isn't that bad when you're doing programming since the extra vertical space is really convenient.

I've been lawful neutral ever since the pandemic forced work from home.

I'm really happy to hear about Dishonored 3. It's one of my favorite series and I replay it regularly.

I have similar feelings regarding all the RGB lighting on computer hardware. I have to drape a towel over my mouse just so I can sleep in peace.

Oglaf is amazing. I wish they would bring back the apprentice though.

I didn't mean select random people to be supreme Court justices. I meant select from existing judges to temporarily serve in the supreme Court.

It's the only way I can think of to remove as much politics as possible from the SC.

I e always found the economics of Star Trek to be confusing. In some episodes, they act like they don't even understand what money is but then in others you see them buying things. The Picard family owning a vineyard and Sisko's dad owning a restaurant proves that private ownership of land and property are still things that are present in the Federation. How did He get the restaurant? Was it given to him? Did he buy it? If so, what did he buy it with?

In DS9, we see the crew buying things from Quark but where did they get their money? Does Star Fleet pay salaries? Are officers deployed to places that use money provided with some kind of stipend?

I might need to do some googling to see if I can find some discussion on Federation economics.

This was always a good example of what it's like growing up.

Maybe the supreme Court should be like jury duty. Randomly select from a pool of judges from around the country to fill the position for a certain period of time.