Skip Navigation

James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

Posts
116
Comments
2016
Joined
1 yr. ago

  • Vent about bank apps

    Jump

  • Your vent was good and justified

  • Why are so many Linux projects on Microsoft GitHub? Shouldn't they all move to Codeberg?

    Jump

  • No love lost for IBM but I still wouldn't expect to see casually mentioned alongside Palantir.

  • Why are so many Linux projects on Microsoft GitHub? Shouldn't they all move to Codeberg?

    Jump

  • Wow I went to fact check that claim and it's actually no exaggeration. Here is the AP article.

    Google and Amazon provide cloud computing and AI services to the Israeli military under “Project Nimbus,” a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021, when Israel first tested out its in-house AI-powered targeting systems. The IDF has used Cisco and Dell server farms or data centers. Red Hat, an independent IBM subsidiary, also has provided cloud computing technologies to the Israeli military, while Palantir Technologies, a Microsoft partner in U.S. defense contracts, has a “strategic partnership” providing AI systems to help Israel’s war efforts.

    Crazy to see Palantir, Google, Microsoft mentioned alongside ...Red Hat.

  • The best answer to "when did Star Trek get woke?"

    Jump

  • Anytime someone anywhere on the political spectrum uses the word "woke" without also defining what the fuck it's supposed to mean I just cannot take them seriously.

  • The best answer to "when did Star Trek get woke?"

    Jump

  • The best answer to "when did Star Trek get woke?"

    Jump

  • S-tier satire of the conservative "Trekkie" (please Gene, I hope you're being satirical). Real comments like that always make me think of Douglass Adams' "rules" on growing old:

    1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
    2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
    3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    Anytime someone says Star Trek's progressivism was never "hamfisted" I usually just point them to the after school special that is Let that be your Last Battlefield:

  • Vent about bank apps

    Jump

  • I have an adjacent vent and that is I hate how companies put so little effort into the UX of their mobile web pages. Privacy concerns aside, I would still prefer not to have 100 apps on my phone and just use web pages; but my bank's web page suuuuucks and so well, I have the app.

  • Do you think Linux popularity will be slow steady growth or a big a jump in popularity

    Jump

  • I think we'll continue to see incremental gains for a long time, especially as normies abandon desktops/laptops entirely and the entire market shrinks. Windows will probably continue to dominate in enterprise for long past when it's fashionable.

  • Do you think Linux popularity will be slow steady growth or a big a jump in popularity

    Jump

  • It's crazy because Apple had every reason to be FAR ahead in that game.

  • Snap’s AR Glasses Aren’t Even Out Yet, and They’re Already Getting Roasted to Death

    Jump

  • That's totally reasonable I only brought up Google Glass because it was famously ridiculed ("Glassholes") and yet still more fashionable even today than these things.

  • Star Trek Picard's Most Underrated Character Is Returning For New Series: Everything Known So Far

    Jump

  • OK I can get into this.

  • Snap’s AR Glasses Aren’t Even Out Yet, and They’re Already Getting Roasted to Death

    Jump

  • First of all, all of these eye computers are dumb, but at least Meta's Ray Bans look more or less like normal glasses. Even Google Glass was sleeker looking than these, and that was 13 years ago. I don't know what Snap is thinking.

  • Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month

    Jump

  • Same, and I personally know two people who I would describe as college educated white-collar folks, but definitely not into "tech", who recently told me they switched to Firefox.

  • Do you think Linux popularity will be slow steady growth or a big a jump in popularity

    Jump

  • Do you think Linux popularity will be slow steady growth or a big a jump in popularity

    Jump

  • Assuming you mean desktop Linux, probably slowly. While Linux on desktop is growing, Desktops PC use in general is trending downwards and Linux on mobile is far behind the other players.

    My gut says that long before Linux overtakes Windows/Macintosh most people who want a mouse/keyboard/monitor experience will just plug their phone into a simple dock, like we're seeing with Android's "Desktop mode".

  • It's not just me, right? This looks... familiar.

    Jump

  • Oh, it's an airport? I thought-

  • It's not just me, right? This looks... familiar.

    Jump

  • Fox Corporation to Acquire Roku for $22B

    Jump

  • I have a stick I use for traveling and it's great, I can throw it in my suitcase it can even connect to most weird hotel wifi that needs passwords or something.

  • I bought Trek earrings (image in post) on Etsy and the seller included a hand drawn note.

    Jump

  • Risa @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    TNG: The Debrief

  • Android @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    If I wanted to donate a few dollars a month to the future development of a phone OS that will allow users to continue "sideloading". What is your recommendation, and why?

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Some nice attention to continuity by the SNW team!

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website
    Spoilers

    "Through the Lens of Time" was one of the silliest episodes yet

  • Risa @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    thisisfine-updated.jpg

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Superfan Ben Stiller Has A Star Trek Pitch, Says It’s Important For Franchise To Return To Big Screen

    trekmovie.com /2025/08/20/superfan-ben-stiller-has-a-star-trek-pitch-says-its-important-for-franchise-to-return-to-big-screen/
  • Risa @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Well maybe that's why she became a Talaxian

  • Quark's @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Lemmy was mentioned as a source in a recent 404 Media article

    www.404media.co /constitution-sections-on-due-process-and-foreign-gifts-just-vanished-from-congress-website/
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Paramount+ Revenue Up 23% in 2nd Quarter Despite Losing 1.3 Million Subscribers

    www.thewrap.com /paramount-earnings-q2-2025/
  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    StarshipGenerator.com

    starshipgenerator.com
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Hundreds Of Years Of Race, Class Privilege Allow Man Extra Legroom

    theonion.com /hundreds-of-years-of-race-class-privilege-allow-man-ex-1845496935/
  • Risa @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    I fixed this broken lego set, what does this website think?

  • Quark's @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    People With Body Dysmorphia Are Spiraling Out After Asking AI to Rate Their Looks

    www.rollingstone.com /culture/culture-features/body-dysmorphia-ai-chatbots-1235388108/
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

    www.404media.co /spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Meet "Ammonite, A New Sednoid World Just Found In The Solar System

    www.forbes.com /sites/jamiecartereurope/2025/07/15/meet-ammonite---a-new-world-just-found-in-the-solar-system/
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    A compilation of streamers reacting to hearing Ram Jam's "Black Betty" for the first time

  • Risa @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Improved meme format just dropped (now with the superior franchise)

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    "7/2: Starting at 8PM Eastern we are live tooting Star Trek episodes playing on the H&I network using the hashtag #AllStarTrek!"

    universeodon.com /@MirrorAyako/114785350489086338
  • Quark's @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel

    www.404media.co /the-ai-slop-fight-between-iran-and-israel/
  • Fedibridge @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    I don't have a reddit account anymore but someone should definitely post this to /r/RedditAlternatives (or anywhere else)

    videos.elenarossini.com /w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN