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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Do I dare say it 🥺

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  • Zorin is a solid distro and is designed to appeal to Windows users.

    Buuuut knowing what I know now I worry Zorin's simplicity could turn people off of Linux. Zorin is a good OS for your grandmother but the average person who would consider installing Linux wants to be able to tinker. Heck, I would consider the very act of changing your operating to be tinkering. Nobody accidentally stumbles installing Linux.

    The options with Zorin are either use it as-is or risk breaking it. That's why I would personally recommend a KDE distro, probably something immutable like Fedora Kinoite. That way you can tinker to your heart's content with no fear of breaking it.

  • Official Trailer | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | NYCC 2025

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  • If you single out a female character who's not a Mary Sue as a Mary Sue for no reason other than because you personally don't the character, people will think you're sexist. Especially when you don't apply that definition to the white and male characters who more closely fit the established definition.

  • Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?

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  • I know, I'm adding to what you said. I'm saying unfairness is not an "issue" of capital punishment, it's how it is, always has been, and is impossible to do without unfairness.

  • Official Trailer | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | NYCC 2025

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  • Well said. Prodigy was not for me. But I'm not making it my personality!

  • Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?

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  • Heaven is almost certainly not real, and I didn't mention that. I only mentioned God as as example of something "greater" than man. I did not say God or heaven was real.

  • Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?

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  • I'll go one further, I wouldn't trust any human being to make that decision.

  • Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?

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  • And you get to determine who is "steadfastly evil"?

  • Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?

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  • I think it's wrong to knowingly inflict suffering in others in any capacity.

  • Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?

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  • When you remember that in order to even get the death penalty, you have to be such a horrible person that you’re pretty much no longer human

    This is just absolutely not true. Throughout history countless innocent people have been executed not because of the facts, but because they were unable to defend themselves against the accusations. Meanwhile, many wealthy or powerful people have been guilty but never even charged with a crime. In fact, the nature of a crime has almost zero correlation with the sentence.

  • Do you have a strong opinion on the death penalty?

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  • If you truly believe that all humans are equal then you must also believe that it is impossible for one to stand in judgment of another. I believe that killing is wrong because it is one human standing in judgement of another. Society has a duty to protect its members, but judgement and the concept of "punishment" is something that should be left to God.

  • What will you do after Android starts restricting FOSS apps?

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  • Same. I have to imagine there are some devs out there who will start working on Linux ports of their apps.

  • Official Trailer | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | NYCC 2025

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  • I was struggling to think of a character that was presented as "flawless" and Saru is the closest I could think of. I cannot conceive of a definition of "Mary Sue" that would apply to characters that that go to prison for mutiny. If Micheal meets the definition of a "Mary Sue" then Kirk, Sisko, Riker, Scotty, Wesley and Tom Paris do too but I suspect you would disagree with those being included.

  • Official Trailer | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | NYCC 2025

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  • Well said, except that TMP is pure cinema and you sir are worse than Khan Singh.

  • Official Trailer | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | NYCC 2025

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  • Someone once told me that Discovery had a "storyline" about a character coming out as nonbinary so I asked them if they could tell me what episodes this storyline took place or provide any details from this story because all I could think of was a five second scene with Adira that is never mentioned before or after. Of course they could not provide any evidence but they remained fully convicted that it did happen... somewhere.

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  • Mary Sue

    Is this a reference to Saru? Because I would argue strongly that he does not meet the definition of the term "Mary Sue":

    "exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas, and may possess skills that are rare or nonexistent in the canon setting. [...] lacks any realistic character flaws"

    Saru was gifted and possessed "rare skills" yes, but was not without character flaws. For starters he sided with Burhnam during her mutiny and subsequent imprisonment.

  • Official Trailer | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | NYCC 2025

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  • Yeah when someone complains that Discovery redesigned the Klingons but won't complain about TNG redesigning the Klingons then you can know that they don't actually have strong opinions about the concept of a redesign.

  • Official Trailer | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | NYCC 2025

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  • Finally, something substantial. I was worried this would be "Star Trek: High School Musical" but this trailer makes it clear this isn't just a Trek show for tweens and teens.

  • AI image blocklist for uBlock Origin & Pi-hole

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  • How are you liking Kagi? Is it worth it?

  • Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown - Demo Out Now!

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  • Dang development seems to be moving pretty quickly