Couldbealeotard
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- Comment on swww renamed to awww, due to the author's guilt from obliviously naming it "final solution" 2 weeks ago:
Chaplin started using the moustache before Hitler ruined it. Then at some point Chaplin actually lampooned Hitler, which reportedly made Hitler cry.
- Comment on swww renamed to awww, due to the author's guilt from obliviously naming it "final solution" 2 weeks ago:
It reminds me if when ISIS (middle eastern terrorist group) ruined the name Isis (Egyptian god, but also person’s given name).
The cartoon Archer to the story in a whole new direction in order to disband the show’s fictional organisation that was called ISIS (by coincidence). I thought it was such a shame to let real world bad guys ruin things. Surely by caving to that we are giving them more power than if we held the attitude that other people were using that word first and they can’t ruin it.
Having said that, the same argument doesn’t seem to work all the time. i think the “Hitler” moustache is permanently ruined.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 3 weeks ago:
Maybe in some cases. My robot stores it’s smart map on the cloud, which means of you cut off the internet it loses a lot of features.
- Comment on Starlink dishes found on Russian military drones after being shot down 1 year ago:
Why would private ones need to be registered?
Mobile GPS is artificially disabled above a certain ground speed to prevent them being used as bootleg missile guidance systems.
Just put a speed limit on Starlink dishes, and then if you want to permit one side to use them simply whitelist those MACs. Perhaps the real reason is that a private company doesn’t want to be seen as choosing sides or maybe there are implications for international rules of war.
- Comment on Former Blizzard president wants to be able to leave a "tip" after completing $70 games: "I wish I could give these folks another $10 or $20" 1 year ago:
I’m from a non tipping culture country, and it always baffles me when I see the opinion of gratitude in the form of money. Why not write to them to say thanks? Or give a good review? If I tried to give money to someone as a thank you here it would be seen as quite rude.
- Comment on Which shows do you think ended too soon, or went on too long? 1 year ago:
Season 8 was supposed to be the end. They wrapped up both the replicator and goauld arcs. They were going to make a spin off called Stargate Command, but at some point they changed to title back to SG-1.