Hopefully you’re not working for NASA.

Can we just go to that place they’ll never find & act like we come from out of this world, & leave the real one far behind?

That was a sarcastic rhetorical question - no response required because the answer was (or should have been) obvious.

Now we know why some overuse the “/s” marker - there’s always one…

In terms of me appearing in [Star Trek], I’ve got to stay on team. I’m a lightsaber guy."

I know it’s hard to understand when you live in a country as divided as America has become, but WTF?!? They’re not mutually exclusive - you’re not a “traitor” for being into both.

(Don’t even get me started on other camps like BSG, Firefly, etc.)

Are you implying Windows isn’t “Super?”

It didn’t cost me nothing.

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So, then how much did it cost you?

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I’m not really a gamer, so I could be wrong here. However, TBF they’re selling games cheaply, but I assume they’re having to pay who-knows-what to license them (never mind their own staff to bring the games up to par with today’s hardware). Maybe the IP owners have started turning the screws?

Yeah, but the gameplay is really uneven.

Yes, but it’s about the tiniest step they could possibly take. It just officially makes violating “trust me, bro” against the rules, but does absolutely nothing to prevent it, nor allow the user to directly prevent such abuse. Some extensions don’t need Internet access at all, but there’s no (easy) way to stop it from happening. Others only need occasional access for updates, but there’s no user control for whether that’s all they’re doing.

I think the practice really took off with the arrival of AI & people not wanting their stuff harvested for training it. My personal feeling might be considered rather defeatist, but I don’t see the point in doing that because they’re going to feed whatever they can get their hands on to the AI beast, and so I’d rather have at least some miniscule influence over what it regurgitates to others.

Now, if we can just get the robber barons and their wholely-owned politicians out of the way of progress…

How germs achieve the velocity required to leave one body for another.

President Messiah

Just think of it as being for the benefit of those like me who aren’t into horror or Stephen King. That’s the excuse I’m going with even tho I’m right up there with ya.

Desperation move in an attempt to reverse plummeting sales?

I don’t get it - what’s the problem with eating a little added protein?

May they continue to be forced to play hopscotch with their home.

A little?!? It directly points the finger where it belongs this time. Would love to know the behind the scenes machinations at NPR regarding how headlines get chosen & then edited.

Community names that are unable to be monopolized by those who aren’t good mods is yet another reason the Fediverse is better than Reddit. Keep both & let those who prefer one or the other have their choice. Nothing keeps anyone from subscribing to both.

Give 'em some credit - they could’ve stuck to their guns as so many others would.