zalack

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[–] zalack@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Love that series but it's not really Space Opera

[–] zalack@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a remake that uses new, higher quality assets though, so isn't an option in this case.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky delves into this kind of psychology from the interesting angle of treating Narcissistic Sociopaths as an alien form of consciousness. It proposes that sociopaths hijack human social interactions, turning others into mere appendages that carry out the sociopath's desires.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He doesn't. White supremacists clinging to celebrities they desperately want to believe support their views only to be slapped down in disgust is a tale as old as time.

I seen to remember the documentary about her covering the decision to publicly voice her political beliefs for the first time. There's this one scene where she's in a room full of white men telling her not to do it because it would damage her brand and her mom being the only person in the room to support it.

She went against all her business advisors and did it anyway, which should tell you enough about where she stands.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

I'm a developer and don't hate it on its face.

IMO it's only a problem in the context of iOS not having side-loading. I'm imagining an app that uses an API to block ads and Apple just being like "no" and then you can't get that app.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I feel like people haven't put their finger on why Borat is different.

In general, the 'gotcha' moments in Borat were about getting people to say what they really thought about a topic, then just... showing that. The thing being faked there is who Borat is and what his opinions are, not what the topic is nor the context in which it will be presented.

It wasn't about getting them to say something they didn't realize would be applied to a totally different context.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Glances at climate change rumbling towards us.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago

Is there a fediverse version of /r/OrphanCrushing Machine? Because this fits the theme

[–] zalack@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Counterpoint: If I was one of the people in charge of keeping it secret and Trump got elected... I would just "forget" to ever schedule that briefing.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's worth pointing out that reproducible builds aren't always guaranteed if software developers aren't specifically programming with them in mind.

imagine a program that inserts randomness during compile time for seeds. Reach build would generate a different seed even from the same source code, and would fail being diffed against the actual release.

Or maybe the developer inserts information about the build environment for debugging such as the build time and exact OS version. This would cause verification builds to differ.

Rust (the programing language) has had a long history of working towards reproducible builds for software written in the language, for instance.

It's one of those things that sounds straightforward and then pesky reality comes and fucks up your year.

[–] zalack@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Even sadder, tbh

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