Season 3 is the worst season of Star Strek, but the best Season of Picard. Picard seasons 1 and 2 were like entirely different shows winking at Star Trek.
I think this is common to most languages: English speakers lecturing native speakers about how they’re grammatically incorrect based on some rule printed in an entry-level language textbook.
I once saw a white dude confidently assert to a Japanese person that 全然 could not be used in the positive and only in the negative. Dude wouldn’t even back down after the Japanese speaker got out their phone and showed him a famous 12th century (or something) poem that used 全然 in the affirmative. That’s like trying to correct someone’s grammar and then getting shut down by Shakespeare.
In North Korea, academics are prevented from publishing their work if their conclusions are politically unpopular. Some people even threaten to kill scholars and journal publishers if they publish papers which embarrass the ruling party.
Zhang Junshe, a Chinese naval expert, told the Global Times on Sunday that while Australia claimed the incident happened in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, it did not give the exact location.
If the incident took place in waters to the west of Japan, China and Japan have not carried out maritime delimitation in relevant waters, so Japan’s self-proclaimed exclusive economic zone could be well within waters administered by China, Zhang said.
Another Chinese military expert who requested anonymity told the Global Times on Sunday that Australia likely intentionally chose not to disclose the exact location because it has a guilty conscience.
“Did the incident take place near China’s Diaoyu Islands or the island of Taiwan? Or was it close to a PLA training exercise? If that is the case, it was obvious that the Australian warship provoked China in the first place,” the expert said.
Analysts pointed out that the Australian press release is one-sided as it failed to mention the Chinese input during the communications between the two countries’ ships.
Since the Australian side admitted that it had established communications with the Chinese side, it is very likely that the Chinese ship issued verbal warnings which the Australian ship had ignored, and the Chinese ship was forced to take the ensuing step which was to send a warning through sonar, the abovementioned anonymous expert said.
I kind of believe Chris Roberts himself is just an overambitious perfectionist. He pulled the same kind of bullshit with Freelancer, which only released because Microsoft put its foot down.
I can also believe that a lot of the top people around him are grifters feeding his ambition and perfectionism to keep the gravy train running.
Either way, they got my Kickstarter money so the only entertainment I’ll ever get from that game is opining about it like I know anything.
Yeah, basically that. I’m back at work in Windows land on a Monday morning, and pondering what sadist at Microsoft included these features. It’s not hyperbole to say that the startup repair, and the troubleshooters in settings, have never fixed an issue I’ve encountered with Windows. Not even once. Is this typical?...
In 2021, China, the United States, the EU27, India, Russia and Japan remained the world’s largest CO2 emitters. Together they account for 49.2% of global population, 62.4% of global Gross Domestic Product, 66.4% of global fossil fuel consumption and 67.8% of global fossil CO2 emissions.
Unless China annexed the US, the EU, India, Russia, and Japan and I just haven’t gotten the memo yet…
Imagine being in such blatant violation of international law and human decency that China, Japan, and both Good and Capitalist Running Dog Korea can agree that you suck.
chronic food shortage stricken, ostracized North Korea “the Good Korea”
Yeah, nobody can be morally good if they’re poor and ostracized. Certainly not some guy who started a religion that underpins much of Western morality to this day.
It’s actually stunning how much good will America and the West is losing in the Global South because of Israel and equally stunning how much they don’t care. By this time next year, there’ll be a flood of think pieces in western MSM asking why the Global South is aligning with China. As if the US spending months braying for the blood of Palestinian children isn’t enough reason not to do business with the US.
I’m still a proud leftist, but geez nothing has made me question that stance more than seeing how fervently the tankies deny genocides and defend aggressive warmongering—as long as the country perpetrating it is one that calls itself “communist”, or is a successor to one that used to call itself communist.
If that were true then we’d all be falling over ourselves to defend Pol Pot instead of calling him a shit and a CIA puppet and not wanting anything to do with him.
Wow, look at this racism denial from the same person who was criticizing Tankies for genocide denial.
“The meme was started by a Chinese person, therefore it can’t be racist” is just a new veneer on “black rappers use the n-word in music, therefore it’s not racist if I use it.”
The State Department spokesperson then added “THOSE ARE ROOKIE NUMBERS!” and turned to an IDF representative and implored him to “PUMP THOSE NUMBERS UP”.
As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has nearly exhausted his appeals to British courts against a US extradition order, Australia has ramped up its advocacy on his behalf. Six Australian MPs held a press conference outside the US Department of Justice on September 20 to urge the Biden administration to halt...
started discussions with other Asian countries for alternative financing deals.
The only other Asian countries with the tech and the money to do HSR are Japan and maybe Occupied Korea. Neither of those are exactly flush with cash at the moment. I also doubt either of them would be able to do it at the same price as China is offering either.
A bloc with per Capita GDP of $45k telling a country with a per Capita GDP of $9k that it needs to be more generous in helping refugees is pretty fucking rich.
In my region YouTube Premium includes YouTube Music and is a dollar or two more than paying for Spotify Premium. I cancelled my Spotify sub and went over to YouTube. Seems like any okay deal to me.
Has India ever been free of corruption enough to actually be a democracy? I get that Modi is a fascist and all, but has the “world’s largest democracy” ever been anything but a sham for the average Indian?
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite (lemmy.ml)
How it Should Have Ended: Picard Season Three (i.imgur.com)
The Nordic Model (lemmy.ml)
We need to stop attempts to normalize grind/hustle lifestyle (literature.cafe)
Most people are killing their selves with third jobs to share apartments.
Whats your such opinion (discuss.tchncs.de)
Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy?
For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you’re or there/their/they’re. I’m curious about similar mistakes in other languages.
Harvard Law Review Blocks Article About Genocide in Gaza (theintercept.com)
$1 grilled cheese (mander.xyz)
‘Respect the facts’: Beijing rejects Australian claims China sonar injured navy divers (www.theguardian.com)
Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' (www.pcgamer.com)
Is it because of me? (lemmy.ml)
[Tutorial]How to impress her Dad (telegra.ph)
Has Windows startup repair or a troubleshooter ever fixed your issue even once?
Yeah, basically that. I’m back at work in Windows land on a Monday morning, and pondering what sadist at Microsoft included these features. It’s not hyperbole to say that the startup repair, and the troubleshooters in settings, have never fixed an issue I’ve encountered with Windows. Not even once. Is this typical?...
China’s carbon emissions set for structural decline from next year | Energy industry | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
China has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earth (media.mas.to)
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The United Nations just voted 145-7 in favor of a resolution condemning illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine & Syria. (media.mas.to)
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Age Combat 🤡 (lemmy.ml)
African nations recall diplomats from Israel, calling for immediate ceasefire (www.cnn.com)
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Israel managed to kill a comparable number of civilians in just 25 days as have died in the war in Ukraine in 563 days (lemmy.ml)
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Over 30,000 Babies in Gaza Are Drinking Contaminated Water, US State Dept Says (truthout.org)
The State Department says 30,000 vulnerable babies under 6 months and 52,000 pregnant people are drinking dirty water....
Australians Call to End Persecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange (popularresistance.org)
As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has nearly exhausted his appeals to British courts against a US extradition order, Australia has ramped up its advocacy on his behalf. Six Australian MPs held a press conference outside the US Department of Justice on September 20 to urge the Biden administration to halt...
What the hell is going on at Wikipedia? (lemmy.ml)
A calzone could also be called a pizzussy.
He's a Maoist now (hexbear.net)
biden-point I’m a Maoist now, Jack!
Philippines Drops China Railway Deals, Seeks Other Funders (www.bloomberg.com)
Egypt official tells Europe to take in 1m Gazans if ‘you care about human rights so much’ (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Lemmy users when I mention I pay for Youtube Premium (startrek.website)
Somehow paying for Netflix is fine but god forbid I want to watch a 10 hour loop of the DS9 intro without ads.
Biden and Aides Advise Israel to Avoid Widening War With Hezbollah Strike (www.nytimes.com)
Hundreds arrested as US Jews protest against Israel’s Gaza assault (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter in 1852 (lemmygrad.ml)
The world’s largest democracy is collapsing before our eyes (www.vox.com)