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  • Something you only know in a parallel dimension.

  • Couples, what secret language do you use to tell each other details that the company you're in doesn't understand or notice?
  • We have a code for when we're ready to leave a party. One of us will go to the other and do the finger walking up the other's arm. This means "I want to go home."

  • Is an expensive mattress worth the money?
  • Is it worth the money? You're going to spend something like 1/3 of your time on it. Make it a good one.

  • Writing WordPress blog posts with WordStar and Ulysses
  • Ahh, WordStar. That was a great editor. Keep in mind, at the time the control key on keyboards was where the caps lock key is now, and there weren't arrow keys. So the left hand moved the cursor up/down/left/right by characters, words, or screens very easily. Once you used it for a while, it became second nature.

    It was easier to write text in WordStar than in vi. That was a hard transition. But WordPerfect was a truly opaque piece of software until you had the ubiquitous templates for the function keys.

  • A Judicial "Trolley Problem"
  • Messed up Hawkeye too.

  • Do you donate to Wikipedia? Why or why not?
  • I find Wikipedia invaluable. I've been donating $5/month for a number of years now.

  • A Gen Xer's Thoughts on Strange New Worlds
  • Yes, SNW is a worthy spiritual successor to TOS.

  • can you recommend me anime to watch?
  • I'll give you two suggestions at opposite ends of the spectrum:

    • Neon Genesis Evangelion is a wonderful show. It starts out as a giant robot series, but then moves in on examining how the characters are broken mentally (as in, they're already broken, not let's break stable people). Does have a tendency to depress people, but they generally feel it was a good experience.
    • Just about any Studio Ghibli movie. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle. Some of these are more kids movies, but adults love them. Others have more adult themes. Stick to the ones directed by Hayao Miazaki. Warning: Grave of the Fireflys will make you cry and leave you devastated.
  • 'Exotic' pet owners, what are some things about your pets you wish more people knew about?
  • It's unusual to have pet rats. Most vets do cats and dogs, and anything else is an afterthought. While there are many vets within 5 miles of me (suburbia), we have to travel over 30 miles to get to a good rat vet. Vets for farmers know more animals, but I wouldn't expect them to know rats very well.

    One time when one of ours got an X-ray, the doctor was comparing to a photo in a large book of X-rays for various animals. I expect that's an expensive book to buy.

  • 'Exotic' pet owners, what are some things about your pets you wish more people knew about?
  • I'm so sorry to hear of your loss 😭. I'm glad that they had a good home and loving family.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War"
  • This episode exists because of the stupid Starfleet rule of having traumatized veterans of the war have to interact positively with the supposedly bad-to-good turned war crime enemy. That's a classic example of people acting stupid for "plot" (e.g. we couldn't have this episode without the stupid bit).

  • 'Exotic' pet owners, what are some things about your pets you wish more people knew about?
  • Pet rats are awesome! They're domesticated and used to interacting with people. They have distinct personalities and are very loving. Sadly, they only live about 2.5 to 3 years.

  • Alexandrite is a Beautiful Web Frontend for Lemmy
  • Looks like it's strictly one server. Too bad I can't connect to multiple servers and switch between them.

  • What is your favorite video game from the 90s?
  • PC: Descent. Full 6 degrees of freedom movement. Fantastic.

  • Do you prefer contacts or glasses? Why?
  • My first wife would get this thing about every 3 years or so where a contact would migrate around to the back of her eye. This would then be followed by about an hour of her trying to get it back front-and-center. Just the thought of it is enough to horrify me.

  • Do you prefer contacts or glasses? Why?
  • I have over the glasses sunglasses. Yes, they're big and dorky. My son says they look like the glasses in the TV room from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I don't care. I'm retired (so am an annoying old person)

  • valen Valen @beehaw.org

    Atheist. Retired science teacher and union president. Liberal. Boardgames. Rats make awesome pets. He/Him.

    Incompatible with lever-pulling.

    For I was born upon the fathoms, Neither harbor nor port have I known. The great universe is the ocean I travel, And the Earth is my blue boat home.

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