sgibson5150

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[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not a religion fan or a country music fan, but just thinking about Martina McBride singing O Holy Night makes me tear up a little.

Edit: erroneously said Trisha Yearwood when I meant Martina McBride

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What the fuck is wrong with people? The whole world has gone insane.

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Like others here I really enjoyed the early Trek computer games. I played several versions on the TRS-80 Model I. They were mostly turn based but one had real time elements. I actually got in trouble in college for using too much computer time in a Fortran class. I was porting one of those TRS-80 games to the VAX for fun, which honestly tells you how seriously I took college. What a twat.

I also fondly remember this officially licensed tabletop game where you could do 1v1 starship battles. It dropped around the time Search for Spock came out IIRC. I remember maneuvering was important. That was a blast. Wish I still had it.

I also really liked the starship battles in STO, but sadly that was about all I liked in that game.

Edit: fixed a word

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I'd only ever had iPhones until about four years ago. Switching to Android wasn't a big deal for me since I was already using Signal to communicate with the three human beings with whom I regularly exchange text messages. I've probably opened the message app twice since the switch.

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

By chance I ran across a relevant video earlier today. Shopping should be fun! https://youtu.be/5kRLCKH6bA8?si=4E8KEGQhfJv8f8jZ

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm still bummed that Bitbucket is going cloud-only. We've been using it on-premises for years and it has been lovely. Atlassian must be concerned that their customers won't follow them into the cloud bc they just sent out a customer survey (about two years two late).

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lock out, tag out. Poor bastard.

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Christine is so adorable. I want to keep her safe. Tbh the whole damn SNW crew is adorable.

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 49 points 1 year ago (6 children)

From the Wikipedia article linked below:

A rotor ship is a type of ship designed to use the Magnus effect for propulsion. The ship is propelled, at least in part, by large powered vertical rotors, sometimes known as rotor sails. German engineer Anton Flettner was the first to build a ship that attempted to tap this force for propulsion, and ships using his type of rotor are sometimes known as Flettner ships.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship

See also the Magnus effect.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect

[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It didn't need sequels or a TV show, and it darn sure doesn't need a reboot. No thanks, Hank.

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