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EnsignWashout

@ EnsignWashout @startrek.website

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  • There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Xindi

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  • Like the bab5 scene where Londo sings the Hokey Pokey and gets irate because it's a totally mid-tier song that 'everybody" knows.

    "...and then they put their left hand out! They've undone their previous progress! It makes no sense!"

    It's a great rant. Now I need a Babylon 5 rewatch. Thanks!

  • There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Xindi

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  • Yes. Enterprise was canceled just as it found it's stride.

  • The Inventor [Cat and Girl]

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  • Right. Right. But maybe we should choose democratically - with one vote per dollar not allocated to mere survival...

    (Hopefully this sarcasm is obvious.)

  • The Inventor [Cat and Girl]

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  • I don't want that machine

    Let's take care not to lose sight of what billionaire nepo-babies want.

  • Bottom text

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  • and I challenge you to watch it again and defend its virtues.

    "Barf" is a half dog played by John Candy. I rest my case, your honor.

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  • My kid watches it continuously, and they and I find it hilarious.

    And yes, people do roll their eyes at my Monty Python quotes.

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  • Now I need a "Spaceballs: The Money" duffel bag!

  • Best resources to learn GenAI workflows for the job hunt?

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  • What's the best way to get an intro to these tools?

    Find a website with a free chat bot and ask it for guidance on learning these tools. If that doesn't work, try another site. Keep asking for guidance to run up their chat bot bill until it blocks your IP range. Rinse and repeat with a new bot, or a VPN.

    That's the most fun way to learn about this stuff.

    Oh, the best way? I have no idea.

  • The used car market today

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  • I figure the engine swap business has got to be booming right now.

  • The used car market today

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  • Was it pre-spyware? I'll pay extra for pre-spyware vehicles. I work in IT, so I value my privacy.

  • I'm learning to type

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  • Nice!

    If you get bored of Typing.com there's some great typing games for sale on Steam and itch.io.

  • Googles first trillion

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  • Five now. It's good money.

    Or one Google employee who is particularly lousy at building social media bots.

  • Googles first trillion

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  • Yes. It's somehow a fucking race to build the Torment Nexus from the classic science fiction novel "Do not build the Torment Nexus". It's almost unbelievable.

    You just know a bunch of these assholes are going to turn Cube into a reality, and then act surprised when they wake up inside the death trap.

  • Googles first trillion

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  • Very strange when they dropped the slogan, like being honest about being evil got them brownie points.

    I thought it was strange too, until I realized - I think the slogan change was a deliberate message to court a specific type of investor/customer: Epstein's billionaire pedophile friends.

  • genuinely diabolical

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  • I kid you not, I bought a DVD player over this nonsense. Now my kids watch the same few used Disney movie and show DVDs however much they like, and I'm not paying these clowns monthly to be abused by them.

  • Back to childhood

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  • As long as our health is perfect, of course.

  • That's too far, even for Q.

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  • I agree! There's no shame in being a forever- Ensign.

  • New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

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  • "You're absolutely right. I did hallucinate sending an ambulance, more than once, earlier. Let me correct that and dispatch an ambulance to your location."

  • What's a good non-cash compensation/show of appreciation to a neighbor for cat-sitting?

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  • Thought about a couple cases of his favorite beer. Still might do that. Any other ideas?

    Consumables that the person already likes make great gifts, since they will get used up and not sit around.

    I usually avoid abusable substances, just in case the person has a carefully balanced relationship with that substance.

    But you know your friend.

    Sometimes I just ask first. No real reason this needs to be a surprise.

    "I know you said you won't take cash, but I'm going to grab you two cases of X as a thank you, on my way back."

    Then they get a chance to call me off, or redirect me if it would be a problem.

    And I'll always let them call it off with even a mild "no thanks", since they might not want to say to me "I have a real problem with X and I can't safely have thay much on hand.".