exaybachae

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[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn't that guy get shot in the face?

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are a lot of cultures where seating in public is ad hoc, you just sit wherever, you generally don't claim a table or area to yourself. In those situations greetings and socialization are pretty normal.

I remember going out to eat fast food with a girl and her kid a decade ago and some homeless guy asked if he could sit with us. I said sure, and he was a nice maybe 50 year old guy. He had clearly been around kids and enjoyed the normalcy of just hanging out with the three of us for 30min. The kid didn't mind, but the girl I was dating thought it really weird.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Though these new phones and most Samsung devices generally have high quality, durable, and reliable hardware, the devs are making pretty crappy choices about software changes and some hardware choices are just disappointing... This screen, the camera bumps, the old and outdated battery tech.

Samy is falling behind and mucking things up. They're only likely to stay relevant because of their long standing history.

I mean, I wanna like their tech, but mostly I don't right now, even though I used to love it.... I can see business pros continuing to use their devices, but I don't want an iPhone clone personally.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

She's the ships counselor, who at any moment may need to have deeply personal and unofficial private conversations with anyone in need. Those discussions are officially informal. Thus she maintains a casual professional appearance.

It's not jazzersize, it's public lounge wear, she is at ease to help aid her clients ability to transition to an at ease state.

While doing official duty on the bridge it is appropriate for her to dress in uniform, but those duties tended to be momentary, not planned, so a wardrobe change would've been an odd choice.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

She may have actually qualified as obese at times, as there's an actual medical classification.

I don't think that's likely to be the case in that second photo you shared, she does have a heavy build in general, but there have been times since being on ST when she likely did qualify.

IIRC, obese is anything over a specific rage of BMI or BFP, whichever you use. So if a healthy BMI for you is 18-25 and you are 30 then you are obese.

I'm not a pro, so I'm not sure about the hard details, but the point I'm making is that obese isn't a personal opinion of looks too fat. A person doesn't necessarily even need to look it, but they could still qualify.

My SO looks fine at 30, but not much above that. I think they're sitting at 28 currently.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
  • Outlander (2008)
  • The 13th Warrior (1999)
  • Braveheart (1995)
  • Gladiator (2000)
  • Waterworld (1995)
  • Escape from New York (1981)

These and a few other similar 'epic' movies were my go to lullaby movies for decades.

I'd put them on late and fall asleep to them, but I'd also watch them through sometimes too. And I still throw them on sometimes, just for kicks.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yoti too.

They hold and verify ID, then mostly just pass an OK to the website or service you wanna access. Similar to Paypal playing the middle man when shopping and clicking Pay with Paypal.

They do also have the ability to share other details, but according to their FAQ it's always with your permission.

Likewise Paypal will share your name address and email, but that's often necessary while shopping.

Logging in to sites with Google or Facebook has a similar effect, the login prompts often have check boxes that allow you to control the data you share.

The biggest problem of course is that Yoti or other similar services then know what sites you've been visiting, and if they don't respect your privacy and/or keep logs of those sites that information can be hacked or misused by bad actors.

Thus they should only keep age verification use logs extremely temporarily, or anonymize their logs if storing to track general system use patterns, for maintenance and research.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

I have an email address and other accounts from the '90s that still exist.

I use the email for junkmail and Craigslist.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Meh, in the end US voting rights have mm ratings...

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Stitching is a hobby?

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

While back the doc said US Insurers increased the age for testing, so my insurance likely wouldn't cover the cost for a test. So he didn't do one.

Didn't even ask if I wanted or could front the cost myself.

That was at 42 IIRC.

If I die as a result of that choice, I'm taking him and others with me.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago

Where's the second comparison picture that shows what it would look like with more 3 or 4 story or underground parking.

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