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I mod a worryingly growing list of communities. Ask away if you have any questions or issues with any of the communities.

I also run the hobby and nerd interest website scratch-that.org.

  • What's the story behind your username and avatar?

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  • My username is a play on a very esoteric old /tv/ meme.

    My profile picture is one of my drawings from my worldbuilding project. It's a froglike alien commando.

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    Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • I'm playing Caesar 3. I'm absolutely terrible at it because planning out the city is about following the esoteric rules of the game rather than logically laying the city out.

  • If the Pilgrims were still alive today, what would they be known for?

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  • When a website tells you that you broke a rule, but doesn't tell you what the rule is.

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  • The rule is essentially hidden if what I think are innocuous images contain a some image violating TOS. Which image is in violation? Which section of the TOS is it violating? I have no idea, therefore no idea how to follow the rule in the future.

    They are not legally binding

    So they have no duty of care with user’s personal data or privacy.

    I don't recall making a legal complaint. Something can be legal but mildly infuriating.

  • When a website tells you that you broke a rule, but doesn't tell you what the rule is.

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  • I use a variety for different things. My point isn't imgur specifically, but how these hidden rules exist on different sites.

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    When a website tells you that you broke a rule, but doesn't tell you what the rule is.

  • What's your favourite story from history that is actually false or exaggerated?

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  • Myth: "The Polish military committed suicidal cavalry charges against German tanks in WW2."

    The myth was originally spread by Germany as propaganda to emphasize how Germany was technologically superior. The myth has largely stayed alive because it has become romanticized into a heroic act.

    The truth is that Polish cavalry charged German infantry, successfully taking ground against them. German tanks counter-attacked and Polish cavalry sensibly retreated but some were killed. Images of the aftermath were used to start the myth.

  • Do you sing to your pet or have other silly interactions with them?

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  • "Stupid cats need the most attention."

  • What are your favorite souvenirs? What's the story behind them?

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  • I figure that the Swiss Army knife my dad got me for Boy Scouts is really up there. Self explanatory why I suppose.

  • New ‘Star Trek’ Movie In The Works At Paramount From Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley

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  • I could have sworn Discovery was connected with Bad Robot, but it looks like I was wrong.

    It still has a "JJ Abrams sensibility" - frantic space combat, overly emotional characters, a lot of flashy but meaningless tech (the hologram communicators as an easy example) and visuals (the way the bridge was often shot). It was very much trying to be loud and new, while throwing in a lot of surface level references to try and give it some franchise credibility (this USS Discovery is a rejected Phase 2 concept design).

    It all came together in a loud, unlikable soup that felt inauthentic to the franchise. There was some course correction later on, but too little, too late. Strange New Worlds went the right direction, while the Section 31 movie tripled down on all the worst aspects of Discovery.

    In any case, I agree - the D&D movie was a lot of fun, and while I wouldn’t want a ST movie to strike that tone, I’m interested to see what they cook up.

    I don't want the Trek movie to have the DND movie tone either, but more like when that movie was made they understood the correct tone to match the franchise. It felt authentic to what DND players experience. If the Trek movie has the same care in figuring out what long time fans want, it will be good.

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  • That's good. The repercussions of the Bad Robot era have really derailed Trek in a way it's just started healing from.

    While Discovery wasn't in the Kelvinverse, the connection to Bad Robot probably gave it that similar style. The Section 31 movie wasn't connected directly to Bad Robot as company, but it did share a writer.

    Strange New Worlds has been a huge step in the right direction, though it came directly out of Discovery, making it kind of a prototype for modern live action Trek trying to both be "gritty" and classic Trek at the same time. I think it has mostly succeeded, but now that it's proven there's an appetite away from Bad Robot era Trek, I hope the new series goes further.

    While I hope whatever they make doesn't share a tone with the new DND movie, I appreciate that the DND movie was obviously well versed in the setting and knew what fans were about. Applying that same mindset to Trek would be great.

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    what do you think about the humanoid robots going mainstream in 2026

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  • I can't agree more strongly. The ad for the Neo felt like a cult recruitment video. It's targeting people in their feels, not appealing to sensibility. Huge red flag. 99% of footage of a Neo in motion has been with in remote controlled by a person in a VR headset.

  • What have you looked up on Wikipedia recently?

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  • I double checked myself on some Chauchat machinegun facts, and then kind of went into a rabbit hole of inter-war French armament.

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    what do you think about the humanoid robots going mainstream in 2026

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  • In 2026 the Neo robot, the figure 3 and the Tesla bot are going mainstream in countries like America and I’m pretty sure other western countries.

    I am skeptical. The Neo robot is basically a Mechanical Turk with extra steps.

    I can't prove it but the Figure 3 gives me even more vaporware flags.

    As for the Tesla bot, it's the least scammy of the bunch, but this is on the "we promise to put robots in your house in 2026" scale. It wouldn't be the first time Tesla overset expectations.

    None of these companies are straightforwardly showing extended, unedited footage of these robots operating in full AI mode in an uncontrolled realworld environment for a reason.

    Humanoid household robots are the new (edit: I suppose not new, but resurging) fascination, but they are dumb. If someone wants to automate away chores it's going to be by increasing smarthome capabilities and integration, and/or by having improved standalone robots and automation, like roombas, if they aren't going all in on integrated smarthome tech. Success in automation will be with specific use robots and pieces of automation, ideally working together, not a Cylon lumbering around.

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • Ziggy's done messing around.

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  • I grew up eating what most people consider very spicy food. I don't care what level of spicy other people are comfortable with, but I've found that amongst certain types of people I have to be discreet about my preference for spicy food. Some people find it a novelty to gawk at which is just awkward.

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  • If an art work has been popular for years, has won dozens of awards, is used by experts as an example of excellence, isn’t it ‘objectively’ good?

    In this earlier definition looking for objective merit, it leans heavily on professional opinion. If a small number of individuals not thinking a work that is "objectively good" is good doesn't change that, then the opposite must also be true. Therefore, if we have a situation where the critical consensus is that a work is bad, and only a small number of people think it is good, then we have a piece of art that is "objectively bad" by using the critical standards, but which is held onto by a small number of people who disagree.

    At the top of this discussion I didn't define "art" merely as visual pieces (I actually used examples of movie and games). So that art could be anything expressive- music, books, plays, movies, games, and beyond. I can think of art and artists not appreciated in their time, and then over time critical perception turned around.

    This is all a long way of saying critical opinions are at the end of the day still opinions. That's why even critics disagree with each other.

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  • saying that something is objectively good does actually mean “for the majority”, because there is no singular point of absolute goodness to compare it to.

    I agree completely that people use it like this.

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  • If a piece of art was created 100 years ago and every professional critic of the time thought it was trash without any merit, and then 100 years later the critical reception of that same piece had changed and it was considered a piece of high art, is that piece of art objectively good? Objectively bad? Was it objectively bad 100 years ago and then somehow became good?

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  • If an art work has been popular for years, has won dozens of awards, is used by experts as an example of excellence, isn’t it ‘objectively’ good?

    If I don't like that piece of art, am I wrong? Am I objectively incorrect of the opinions inside my own head?

    Lots of people dislike award winning movies, songs, and games. Are those people measurably wrong? No. The plural of subjective opinions is not an objective one.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Is Bigfoot a sovereign citizen?

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    You're being sold as an action figure. What 2 accessories do you come with?

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    DUDES OF HAZMAT - Toxic Waste Chase (music video)

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Can you draw the Simpsons from memory (and post the results to the thread)?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    The Dark Summoning, by Wigglewood

  • FoodPorn @lemmy.world
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    Home made jajangmyeon

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    If I wanted to make and distribute videos without profit motivate, but also with no or minimum expensive, what would be the best platform?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Space King 2

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    Yuzu meringue dessert

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    Eggs Florentine

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    Peruvian chicken, plantains, and beans

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What are you looking forward to on the Thanksgiving menu?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Does anyone use in-sink garbage disposals anymore?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What are you going to be better at by the end of the year?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What is your favorite inconsequential fan theory?

  • FoodPorn @lemmy.world
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    Tacos

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What are your thoughts on skub?

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    Pho lao