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I'm beautiful and tough like a diamond...or beef jerky in a ball gown.

  • In a public park, you can absolutely ask random people to leave your party area. Not the park, but the space you are using. Double so if you've gone through the official channels to reserve that section.

    And that goes both ways: If someone is having an event and one inserts themselves where they're clearly not invited, then that person very much has issues respecting others' boundaries.

    It all boils down to people respecting each other.

  • I'll take your word for it, though I assume it is the case. Like I said....it's just the internet doing what it does (for better or worse).

    "As an American" (though speaking only for myself) when I see those, I don't even go into them because my opinion wasn't solicited. I also don't throw out my opinions in non-American news/politics communities for the same reason. Also, I wish that was a two-way street.

  • I did not know I was missing Spock Goldblum from my life, but damn if I don't want more.

  • It's just....the internet I guess?

    Go into the various "Ask" communities, and you'll see things like this constantly:

    Women of Lemmy, what's something that...?

    As a man, I .....

    Americans of Lemmy, what is your favorite...?

    As a European, I....

    Definitely mildly infuriating when people just butt in when they're explicitly not the target audience of the question. If I'm somehow doing that with this reply, lol, I apologetically appreciate the irony.

  • Maybe one of those HDMI "stick" PCs you can get? There's x86 Android builds you can run or you can do like I did with my media PCs and boot into Openbox and just launch a fullscreen browser right to Jellyfin and control it from your phone. (My main setup uses Emby but should be able to do the same with JF).

    I've actually got a portable Jellyfin server I take with me. Built on the OrangePi Zero 2W with a USB->NVMe acting as media storage (as well as the Jellyfin DB). It's got several other services running as well as a second Wifi adapter so it can also act as a travel router.

    For playback, I pretty much just use my laptop or phone but have thought about adding one of the "stick" PCs as a client for it.

  • I've always liked the "Go Away" door mat Slappy Squirrel had in Animaniacs. I'm legit surprised I don't actually have one.

  • I always forget that's J.G. Hertzler. It's like....the less elaborate prosthetics he wears, the less I recognize him. See also: Laas in DS9.

    (At least, until he speaks)

  • Laptop-style speakers may be just enough. It would be tight and maybe the badge would have to be enlarged slightly to accommodate it, though.

    I did a deep clean of my laptop not long ago and was surprised at how tiny and flat the speakers actually were. They won't fill a room, but they're enough for light music or a Teams call at arm's length. Granted, it might not be good in a noisy area, but that would be a problem for the mic as well (not to mention public speakerphone use is kind of frowned on lol).

  • What BIOS setting are you changing? Secure Boot?

  • Would love to have one of those. Guess I'll have to settle for 3D printing one and hacking up a Bluetooth headset/speaker to make it work.

  • I saw that, but it's November 19 already. So they've either not restocked or have sold out already.

    I clicked a few of the "Where to buy" links from the bottom, but only the non-Bluetooth ones were available.

  • I have an old rotary phone / bluetooth "headset"! Though it's only technically portable.

    It's a 50's wall-mount model that the phone company would have hardwired (no RJ-11). I've got it hooked to a Bluetooth -> POTS adapter that will decode the pulse coding. It rings when my cell rings, you can answer/place calls from it, and you can dial 0 to engage the voice assistant. Technically speaking, I can absolutely text people from a rotary phone.

    Is it practical? No. Do I use it? Rarely. It's mostly decorative, but if I'm going to have retro tech as decorations, I like to make it work. Next "wish list" is an old payphone.

  • not amazing as a Bluetooth device. Microphone didn't pick up super-well

    That's disappointing. Seemed to work well in that video, though it was quiet; I did wonder how it would fare in the real world, though.

    A Bluetooth version of the TMP communicators might have better success albeit at the cost of having to hold your arm up for the whole conversation.

    I've used smart watches for phone calls like that, and it was pretty annoying after not very long at all.

    I could probably easily make a Bluetooth TOS communicator, but that would be two roughly phone-sized things to carry around, so not really practical.

    OTOH:

  • Reminds me of a still from Portal 2.

  • I can't believe I'm tacitly defending Reddit, but I've seen equally or more disgusting questions in the "Ask" / "No Stupid Questions" communities here. Thankfully they got modded.

  • glorify the rich & exploitation/objectification of women for massive profits.

    I get it. I almost feel like some of that was both lampshading the practice as well as exploiting it. Every time that would come up Maya would have commentary on it.

    They also mention Trump several times.

    Yeah, that made a modern-day rewatch kind of difficult. I intentionally skipped those parts. Having re-watched several old shows somewhat recently, sadly, the orange T-bag comes up quite a bit. Just is what it is (or was what it was?).

    Also ignore my other comment. I accidentally hit submit before I had anything typed out lol.

  • So true. And I'm confident it's not just nostalgia making me think that.

  • solarpunk memes @slrpnk.net

    Item #151 on my "Reasons I hate winter" list.

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Boob Windows: Who wore it better?

  • Risa @startrek.website

    When I receive a PR that's "co-authored" by Claude...

  • memes @lemmy.world

    “It’s a Dog Eat Dog World and I’m Wearing Milkbone Underwear”

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works

    Another one from the vault

  • Raspberry Pi @programming.dev

    Any experience with Orange Pi Zero 2W?

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    Star Trek: Thelma | To Boldly Snark Where No One Has Snarked Before

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world

    The documentation links in PlatformIO are all bit [dot] ly short links

  • weedtime @crazypeople.online

    Leaving the house be like...

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works

    I get all my career advice from the movies

  • Antique Memes Roadshow @lemmy.world

    What happened to the 'eCards' meme format? I kind of miss them.

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works

    It wasn't a tight shirt when I bought it...which, yeah, should have been my first hint

  • me_irl @lemmy.world

    me_irl

  • shitposts @piefed.world

    Back in my day, a meme cost a nickel. And in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em.

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Small town Tinder be like...

  • memes @lemmy.world

    Mmmmmm 😬

  • The Eternal Playlist @crazypeople.online

    Jason Mraz - The Remedy

    song.link /y/r-BQfF49SEY
  • Risa @startrek.website

    My head canon for Prodigy...

  • Risa @startrek.website

    Give one of your "skip" episodes a second chance every now and then. You might be surprised.

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website

    Yes, That Great-Looking 'Star Trek: Voyager' Game Will Let You Spare Tuvix

    gizmodo.com /star-trek-voyager-game-across-the-unknown-tuvix-2000663331