charonn0

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

According to Robert Duncan McNeal, Larcarno gave the impression of being a good guy who made a mistake when in reality deep down he was a bad guy, whereas Paris was the other way around.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

This phenomenon is known as the "curse of knowledge".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 23 points 11 months ago (6 children)

They look like they're posing for their album cover.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago

"One cannot reign innocently... Every king is a rebel and a usurper."

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 185 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

The Verge reported that CEO Sundar Pichai defended the layoffs and claimed that workers sometimes reach out to express gratitude for the cuts. “And I just want to clarify that, through these changes, people feel it on the ground and sometimes people write back and say, ‘Thank you for simplifying.’ Sometimes we have a complicated, duplicative structure,” he said, per the Verge.

Chalmers: People send thank you's for lay offs?

Pichai: Yes.

Chalmers: May I see one?

Pichai: No.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago

Water leak behind the paint.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 48 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In making the announcement on the Tony Kinnett show, livestreamed on YouTube, Rokita stated that investigators would pore over submissions and post any they believed to be credible onto a publicly viewable database.

In other words, they're not going to act on the ones that don't align with their own political ideology.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 141 points 11 months ago (31 children)

This popped up over the weekend on my work PC. It was an emergency and I absolutely needed to get to my desktop ASAP.

Nope. Full screen advertisement for Windows 11 demanding my immediate and undivided attention. Blocking all other functions, commands, and inputs. I must interact with this ad or else I cannot use my computer.

Fuck. That.

I am never installing Windows 11. I am never buying another Microsoft operating system. Specifically because of this sort of heavy-handed dark patterned bullshit. Not to mention the fact that Windows 10 is dog shit.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wings down is battle stance. I want to see warp drive stance.

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