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  • As someone who liked Discovery and the Abramsverse, I'm wary because I supported Section 31 until I saw it. The Internet was right this time, Section 31 was hot garbage, by far the worst Trek I've ever seen. I don't agree with most of the Internet about a lot of things about Star Trek, but I'm with y'all on that one.

    I will still give SFA a 2-3 episode chance, but I'm waiting for it to finish airing, and we're watching The Expanse first (in the middle of the first season now). Got a show or two on the docket after that, then we might work it in, but I don't have high hopes. But I've been asking for this series to exist for over 20 years, so I want it to succeed. (Not enough to subscribe to Paramount though.)

  • I feel that. I genuinely want to test drive a Cybertruck. I hear they have great performance and turning. The truck itself is ugly, but the unpainted/primer model you see everywhere is especially bad. I've seen them in black and they don't look as bad, but it's a flat or matte black. As someone who grew up in the 80s, I raged against the curvature of automobiles in the 1990s leading to the 2000s, but the Cybertruck is just too flat. It could use a little bit of curve. It's cool that it exists, being an electric vehicle and computer powered, it's a shame the owner of the company is a tyrant and all that. I don't hate that the Cybertruck exists, but the design team certainly could have let the idea cook a little bit longer.

    I would be ashamed to be seen, one, in something that ugly, or to appear to support fascism by driving one. But, I've been a nerd for nearly 50 years. Of course I appreciate those aspects of it, and Tesla (and SpaceX), but the realities of it make it a zero-contact name. I couldn't do it.

  • $200 too much. The single-camera phone should have been $399. Keep the storage at 128GB if that's part of what's necessary to keep the price down. I'm also fine with the RAM being 4GB if that's feasible for iOS these days. I know it's not for Apple Intelligence, but the point is to make a cheap phone.

    At $600, I don't know who this phone is for. You can get the regular Pro or the base model from last year or the year before for the same price and you get way more value.

  • What exactly are America's interests in Iran? Eradicating Islam? That's a big mistake. 1 in 8 people are Muslim — that's based on I heard once that Islam is the biggest religion with one billion members, but I'm not sure how accurate that is. They're everywhere though, and they wouldn't take a war on Islam laying down. Palestine is one thing, but expand that to Muslims en masse and you're going to have a problem. Establishing the US as a fossil fuel empire by taking over Middle Eastern countries and making them vassal states? Maybe a bit more realistic, but we'll see what OPEC thinks about that.

  • Mac mini starts at $499 and has gone on sale for $479.

    It’s not really for gaming, but for $500, neither is the Windows box. And the laptop is a lie, even with those bezels.

    But let’s be real, you can get a decent PC for way less than $500! It won’t compete with the Mac, but it may yet be better for light gaming.

  • Squeak squeak

  • And if “they” own AI slop output, does that also mean they also “own” the content the AI trained on (art and such)?

    While you’re thinking about that, consider how many working families have been bankrupted by copyright infringement lawsuits. Not many, but while you’re pondering that, ask yourself or look up how much Meta was fined for pirating millions of books (zero).

  • So, they're gonna stop pushing AI slop, right?

    Right? (Cue the Anakin/Padme meme)

  • Is this actually poetry? This looks more like prose... I never "got" poetry, though I typically expect something that looks more like lyrics. I've never heard of poetry written in this way.

    I say this not mocking, but out of genuine curiosity. I did enjoy it, but felt it was more of a short story.

  • I do know that there are ways to use AirPods (with limited functionality) on Android. Same with the watch, though my S10 (oddly, my Apple Watch and Samsung phone have the same name) will be my last smartwatch. I'm just not impressed with the technology. I'll either just stick to department store watches ($50 or less) or I'll find a fitness tracker I don't hate. I dunno. Leaning toward the basic one, though. I just don't need a watch to do more than tell the time. And they take so long to charge. Like you almost have to get two, and charge them every other day while you sleep (that is, if you want to wear one for sleep tracking — if not, just charge it at night, they seem to take a few hours to charge).

  • True; we use Windows at work, and I honestly wouldn't recommend they switch to Linux (or Macs, for that matter, though that would be entertaining). I also wouldn't want to be IT if they do switch operating systems. I do feel that both are better, but I've also been using Windows since 3.1 (early 90s), Linux off and on since the late 90s, and macOS since Ventura (2020? 2021? Something like that). So I'm good with whatever. I've talked to people (mostly, Boomers) who tell me they're sick of Microslop's shit, and I've told them "just get a Mac," but using a whole other computer is scary. I bring up Linux and how it being hard to use is mostly an online myth and it'll run on their computer alongside Windows while they learn... they're not willing to jump. Imagine if they were forced to at work. It would not be okay for weeks, if not months.

  • Hopefully someone can give you a good answer. I'm not a Linux user, I'm a Mac user, so I can't really say what's what in the world of Linux.

    I do know that generally the GNOME desktop environment favours the look/feel of macOS and the KDE desktop environment favours the look and feel of Windows, but they're both so much more than that, and they are very much their own thing. It's not really fair to compare them. It's more of a starting point. But the idea of a dock at the bottom (or sometimes on the left) and a persistent menu bar on top has been a GNOME thing, and only having the one bar (typically on the bottom) and something resembling a Start menu has been a KDE thing. But you can get GNOME or KDE with just about any distro.

    Something tells me that's not quite what you were looking for, though.

  • Oh, the off-topic "release the Trump-Epstein files" memes (or tongue-in-cheek references to them)?

    I guess it's to remind those at the top that we still haven't forgotten.

    Like the whole post-9/11 thing, "we will never forget." Except a bunch of similar things happened around the world, Hollywood started cashing in on 9/11, and bringing it up while worse shit was going on kinda faded, but the "pride" of remembering 9/11 stuck around for about a decade. These things have a long shelf life.

  • Oh no, I mean you're right about Apple sitting and waiting (like they did with the iPod 25 years ago, like they're doing with foldable phones now), but Apple has always pushed AI. They just push AI like they push gaming, just enough to say they do to make the investors happy. Siri has always sucked for what people want it to do. Apple Intelligence is a straight-up non-starter. Now the investors are pushing them to release some AI, so they're partnering with Google (Gemini). And that was supposed to be in 26.4 but now it's being pushed back yet again. Essentially, Cupertino is digging its heels with AI. They need to be dragged kicking and screaming by the investors.

    Totally fair if you don't like the platform. There have been some straight up trash Macs Apple has never apologised for, it's always "meh, just buy the next one." I struck gold buying in the M2 generation (M2 Pro desktop, M2 base laptop). Everything's trying to support the M1, and I have like a 12% advantage over that, and the power in the M4 and M5 generations is attracting both customers and developers. And all the M-chips are super power efficient, which is great for the laptops. I don't think there are any bad M-series Macs, except the ones with 8GB RAM. And even then...

    But yeah, if you already have working hardware, Linux is the better option. Even if you don't, there are cheap PCs that can be had for less than the base Mac mini ($500). And then you can go back to Windows if you aren't ready to jump into the deep end of saying "fuck Microslop." Same is true of Intel Macs, but the M-series, I don't think they can run Windows. They could run Windows for ARM if drivers are available but I'm not sure what the status of that is, or if there would even be a benefit (namely running legacy Windows code, for x86 and x86-64 — if you can't do that, a Linux distro with Proton would be a better option to dual boot into or to replace macOS with if you wanna go that way, but again, you can get to Linux for less).

  • That's a shame. Not really my kind of game (strategy), but I am interested. I suppose if it goes on sale on Xbox I'll pick it up. I think it's on PC, but not Mac, so playing on the computer is out.

    But anyway, it seems like there should be some trade-off, not just the moral high ground of not sacrificing a "new life form".

  • Honestly this was one of the best possible outcomes.

    It was never gonna be Samsung since their Galaxy brand was too strong.

    I was hoping it wasn’t HTC because just about anything by them not called the One M7 was a complete piece of shit. It’s part of the reason I never trusted Pixel (they were made by HTC until Google bought their hardware division and all that baggage).

    LG and Motorola were both attractive options. Motorola stayed in the US and is now (? Or was once?) owned by Lenovo (China). LG is Korean. I honestly like LG more, but Motorola is cool too. I just remember 15 years ago when they wouldn’t even update phones once. What you bought was what you ended up with when you got something newer. Hopefully things are different now.

    iPhone guy but I also have a Galaxy S10 (2019). I kinda wanna upgrade it next (iPhone is a 16 Pro Max from 2024, It should be fine for a decade or so). I took a long hard look at that OnePlus that ticked every box but had mid cameras (15?). The base Galaxy S feels like the default option. It would be fine. A gently used year old Pixel I can put Graphene on is another. I don’t do mobile gaming (except Subway Surfers, that shit is fun, but it’s also from like 2007 or something so it’s not pushing mobile gaming anywhere except into the trash, it really is hot garbage but fun) so I don’t care about top performance. I really just care about music, maps, and being able to get online. Really gives me a lot of options. The iPhone’s basically just for private health tracking you can’t get on Android. And AirPods.

  • So, they’re going to stop pushing AI slop…?

    No?

    Then they’re not serving you. They’re serving someone else and you’re either the product, or the byproduct. Get a Mac, or switch to Linux, if you’re still running Windows in 2026.

    I mean obviously, “buy a whole new machine” is kind of a tall order, but some of us were willing to vote with our wallets. Linux is free and requires virtually no commitment. It’s pretty trivial to go back to Windows if you really want to do — even from within Linux.

  • Because if you look at any local news anywhere, poor people are being jailed for decades for merely looking at CSAM. And I’m not saying that shouldn’t be illegal. But we have proof the rich and powerful are actually doing the things in those photos and videos. It’s shocking, and it’s still shocking, that they’re getting away with it. And that people are still supporting them.

    That should bother anyone regardless of what country you’re from.

  • I’ve only seen the first three, and only once, so I didn’t think there were couples among the toys. I was gonna say people ship the character they identify with, with the character they like. So I’d say those fans see themselves as Woody and ship him with Jessie for that reason.

  • I love that people are still on about this. I agreed with Janeway because it fits Spock's motto about the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few, but the fact that people are still arguing it 30 years later means there's no good answer. It's a trolley problem or Sophie's choice kind of thing.

    And the new Voyager game lets you go the other way... and I can't wait to hear how that outcome plays out over the course of the game.

  • The Eternal Playlist @crazypeople.online

    タイムカプセル (Time Capsule) by THE SIXTH LIE ft. KIMIKA

    song.link /i/1807922400
  • Games @lemmy.world

    Did anyone really think the Final Fantasy 7 remake was better than the original PS1 version?

  • Firefox @lemmy.ml

    Any way to make a static background stay while you scroll?

  • The Eternal Playlist @crazypeople.online

    milet - The Story of Us (En/Jp)

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    "We are the art" — Brandon Sanderson's take on AI

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    Would you want to live on the Enterprise-D (regarding its shipwide AI)?

  • Cooking @lemmy.world

    What is an omelet? And is that what I make? If not, what DO I make?

  • Ask Android @lemdro.id

    iPhone guy wondering how you guys manage your gallery!

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    Blue Prince is 'the result of 8 years of development, fueled by imagination and creativity' not AI says publisher

    www.pcgamer.com /games/puzzle/blue-prince-is-the-result-of-8-years-of-development-fuelled-my-imagination-and-creativity-not-ai-says-publisher/
  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world

    Windows copying Mac feature, but only in certain apps

  • Pizza @lemmy.world

    Ever had artichoke & avocado? Was I pranked?

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    How do I know for sure if music is AI generated?

  • Apple @lemmy.zip

    Siri can't tell me how many days since X, but Bixby can?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    What is a good reusable bottle that isn't a mould farm?