charonn0

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

PSA: There's a special screening of Star Trek IV in San Francisco on June 13 to honor the 40th anniversary. Nick Meyer (writer/producer on IV) will be there. I'm sure he will be pleased to explain how a wizard did it.

https://www.voguemovies.com/nicholas-meyer

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

What are you suggesting should have been done here?

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I contend that it is not actually missing, it's just not visible from that perspective. When I recreate the shot in Google Earth only the extreme north tip of New Zealand is actually visible:

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

Joe Satriani's Crowd Chant was originally going to be called Party on the Enterprise and would have included Trek sound effect samples, but he couldn't get the licensing to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCRX-EXR3_U

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 50 points 4 days ago (9 children)

"Pissing in the soup" doesn't really work here unless you're adulterating the software with something malicious.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Assuming a ~20% shift towards pro-choice opinions I would expect more pro-choice laws, not an orgy of casual abortions.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1am?

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Polling suggests that around 70% of women and 50% of men support abortion, though. If those stats simply reversed then nothing really changes.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did what? Did what??

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The more recent report says corporate AI adoption has found several issues with AI, with human workers turning to automating dreary and mundane tasks they don't like doing, rather than valuable or meaningful work.

First of all, no shit. Second of all, wasn't that the point?

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

The urgency in The Measure of a Man makes no sense. The judge should simply pause the transfer order while the question of Data's personhood is resolved, if necessary by a higher court months or years later.

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I cleaned out the junk drawer and found a bunch of Starbucks gift cards that I've received for various reasons over the past 15 years. I used one from 2015 today and the barista was mildly surprised and asked where I got such an old-style card. So I told him about the junk drawer.

 
 

A man wakes up with a hangover after a night of drinking. He doesn't even remember how he got home, and is worried that his wife will be mad.

The first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose.

He sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all cleaned and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house.

He takes the aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the bathroom mirror. Then he notices a note hanging on the corner of the mirror written in red with little hearts on it and a kiss mark from his wife in lipstick: "Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to get groceries to make you your favorite dinner tonight. I love you, darling!"

He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is hot breakfast, steaming hot coffee and the morning newspaper.

His 16 year old son is also at the table, eating. He asks, "Son, what happened last night?"

"Well, you came home after 3AM, drunk out of your mind. You fell over the coffee table and broke it, and then you puked in the hallway, and got that black eye when you ran into the door."

Confused, he asked his son, "So, why is everything in such perfect order and so clean? I have a rose, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?"

His son replies, "Oh THAT... Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, 'Leave me alone, lady, I'm a married man!'"

 

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed.

The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?"

The operator says, "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."

There is a silence; then a gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says, "OK, now what?"

 
 
 
 

An elderly Catholic priest dies one night peacefully in his sleep after a long life of serving God, and finds himself standing at the pearly gates.

"You were such a pious and holy man in life," began St. Peter, "that as a reward you can make one request of me before leaving behind your worldly cares and entering heaven."

"Well," says the priest, "I'd like to read the original manuscript of the Bible."

Even more impressed now than before, St. Peter grants the request and takes the priest to God's own private library, before leaving him to his studies.

Shortly afterward, the priest lets out an unholy shriek. St. Peter rushes into the library and asks, "what is it? What's wrong?!"

And through gritted teeth and streams of tears the priest cried out: "Celebrate! It says celebrate, not celibate!"

 
 
 

Odd that they never re-filled the whale tank

 
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