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Corgana

@ Corgana @startrek.website

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/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021

Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website

  • Which shows are worth watching?

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  • I know DS9 is considered the "dark stories" one, but it's still bursting with optimism compared with the majority of scifi out there.

  • Planning to switch to Linux for my next PC

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  • Good point but I will say even with immutable distros users are given a lot more control than Windows or Mac.

  • John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night's episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed

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  • Yeah BlueSky is a solid side-step. It's still for-profit and not federated but every BlueSky user is one not on X. And a lot of BlueSky's userbase is comprised of particularly influential X users so them leaving is particularly harmful to the ecosystem.

    I also think it's funny how the journalists who repeat BlueSkys "decentralized" nonsense thought Mastodon was too weird and technical, and yet are promoting Pixelfed. Not complaining, but it is funny.

  • How to minimize pain of Windows in work environment?

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  • Chocolatey and Windhawk

  • Planning to switch to Linux for my next PC

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  • In Bazzite, installing software, for example, works differently than under a typical distribution.

    This is true, but it's also on the whole a lot more familiar to a non-Linux user (open app store, search, download).

  • John Oliver launches "Make yourself less valuable to Meta" website, suggests Signal, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and BlueSky as Meta alternatives

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  • Took a long time, but nice to see this topic getting mainstream attention.

  • John Oliver launches "Make yourself less valuable to Meta" website, suggests Signal, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and BlueSky as Meta alternatives

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  • This is literally the answer lmao why are you getting downvoted.

  • Restoring a Trashed Star Trek Control Panel (YouTube)

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  • This was really cool, it's nice that fans are saving smaller less famous props and things from the show that could have easily been thrown out. Thanks for sharing.

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  • "Stuff in my feed I don't want to see in my feed" is kind of the exact problem the Fediverse set out to solve. Nothing gets "injected" to a feed here so if you are seeing it, it's a choice to continue to do so.

  • USAID Falls, Exposing a Giant Network of US-Funded “Independent” Media

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  • "any media outlet, no matter how big an empire it is, that is not owned or funded by the state" is not the common definition of "independent media" (it's not even the definition given in the hyperlinked definition). "Independence" in this context refers to journalistic independence.

  • What's your favorite DE, and what does your workflow look like?

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  • Zorin is another distro that (very successfully imo) does a windows-style taskbar with GNOME and is parent friendly, though like I said before, I think today I would go with something immutable for a non-techie because they're very hard to break.

  • What's your favorite DE, and what does your workflow look like?

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  • KDE is the easiest for coming from Windows, you almost never never need the command line or anything "extra" to customize it (beyond what even Windows will allow).

    GNOME (especially in Ubuntu) by default is more Macintosh-like which might appeal to some people, it's "simpler" but any customizations will require navigating the add-ons (and in my experience inevitably the command line too).

    I think KDE is the one for most people who just want a functioning PC. GNOME could be good for the PC you might make for your parent. Bonus points for an immutable distro which are even harder to break.

  • NASA climate spiral 1880-2024

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  • Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth.

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  • Bing and all Bing-based engines stopped being able to show Reddit results.

    Not accurate, actually!

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  • Laws only matter if you're not rich.

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  • Honestly curious what kind of content you believe requires less effort to post than an image macro?

  • Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer

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  • FOSS land is always going to be populated by freaks and geeks. The well socialized devs get jobs at Google. It's impressive the "system" works as well as it does, IMO. Passion is a big motivator.

  • Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer

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  • There is a reason the type of devs who have the talent, passion and time for projects like this are not spending 60hrs/wk at Google.

  • US Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseek

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