and all distros jumped into the honeypot
As a filthy casual this is the most distressing part.
I’ve observed the situation shift in just a few years from
“~~Winter~~ Systemd is coming”
To
“~~Winter~~ Systemd is here, it’s everywhere, and i hate it”
Meanwhile, Final Fantasy Tactics with the translation-so-bad-it’s-might-be-a-masterpiece.
Actually interesting and novel ability names
Japanese: Dance with knives
1997 Localization: Wiznaibus
WotL Localization: Mincing Minuet
Dialog that pulls no punches
Japanese: My bad, but it's between you and your god
1997 Localization: Tough luck...Don't blame me. Blame yourself or God.
WoTL Localization: Forgive me. 'Tis your birth and faith that wrong you, not I.
Other gems lost in the improved localization:
All that being said, the final fantasy gang is generally spectacular with English mastery. It’s like you can tell which books they like to read when they choose obscure words like Eidolon.
It’s obvious in HN because of the wide range of obscure topics (eg installing scaffolding on old British smoke stacks) that occasionally arise to the front page, all the ones on that topic are quickly flagged to oblivion.
You don’t have to be a genius to see the pattern 🤷♀️
One of those nobodies I’ve heard of and at least has a good song 🤷♀️, bigger than kiss by teenage bottle rocket
Hey I’m actually growing a black sapote!
Here’s a blurry pic of the fruit forming
Technically correct is the best kind of correct right?
How about this alternative with Burnham’s many mothers instead of Picard’s many sons
Jason Vigo: dna manipulated by vengeful ferengi
Shinzon: dna manipulated by vengeful romulans
Jack Crusher: dna manipulated by vengeful human/changeling/borg/hybrids or something like that
I’m gonna go with capitalism made her wicked 😎
OSYRAA: Fine. If the Chain is to unite with the Federation, you need to send the message that our culture is fundamentally valid and ethical.
VANCE: And how are we supposed to do that?
OSYRAA: By acknowledging that capitalism is already happening within the Federation.
Oh is it finally time to eat?
Maybe you’ll like https://peterraleigh.substack.com/p/the-tell-of-us-all
We might think here, as perhaps Miller and his cowriters did, of a Viking army, threatening an established kingdom with devastation, transformed into that kingdom’s nominal protectors by the grant of a duchy. Rulership means negotiation, the management of a coalition, the constant reinforcement of a power base. It is never simple, and the work is never done.
the float will feature an homage to Vasquez Rocks, the local landmark where “Star Trek” has filmed
Yes 😎
Well, mostly agree on 😉
The emperors of the late fourth and fifth centuries then proceeded to invite people into the house, promising its shelter, if only they would help them light one more fire – and then when the house was burned down and everyone was left on the cold ground, they tried to shift the blame onto the very guests they had invited.
https://acoup.blog/2022/02/11/collections-rome-decline-and-fall-part-iii-things/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_e
Cognitive dissonance on the more accurate name of “Ignored e”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym_(linguistics)
Record a record? Convict a convict? What an annoying concept.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphological_leveling
At least irregular verbs are drifting away, that’s a pleasant surprise.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisyllabic_laxing
fotograffy > fuhtawgruhfee I’ll die on this hill
B5 gang, you're my only hope.
why's it so hard 😭
I swear I remember they cut directly to Obrien and Data with incredulous "did he just say saucer sep" looks on their faces.
One of my absolute favorites and I'm hoping folks want to talk about it.
Hands down my most reread book. Me, an atheist, never imagined a twisty/puzzly novel about the life and times of future space jesus would speak to me so deeply.
The prose is multidimensional and layered with meanings that only come into focus once you know where it's going.
Some of my favorite examples:
Any other trek fans delighted by Group of Seventeen in book four, realizing it was 10 years ahead of the TNG episode "Darmok"?
Fuck yes, sign me up! ENT fans want to get fed!
The show ended right as Archer entered his prime, just after we saw him broken and beaten by a real year of hell. I want to see that prime era Archer (of which we were robbed) in flashbacks as the current one is once again broken and beaten by another year of hell.
I really hope they get this off the ground 🙏