Weekly General Discussion Thread
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ziq wrote
I've been rewatching Star Trek Deep Space 9. It's still the best Trek show. Also, the Amazon show Sneaky Pete. It's not bad.
drh1138 wrote
I started on DS9, but still haven't been able to get through it (not because it's bad, but my own attention problems, and the fact that I'm watching it on my PC in a netflix browser, where vidya gaems and tvTropes are a tab away.
I myself am deep in season 3 of TNG.
ziq wrote
Deep Space 9 has an awful first season (but so does TNG). Here's a really good skip list if you want to expedite things:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/wiki/algernonguide_ds9
leftous wrote
That sneaky pete show sounds pretty interesting based on what I just read. Never heard of it.
Cranston overall is great. How prominently does he star in it?
robottroymacclure wrote
as far as amazon programming, Sneaky Pete is generally pretty entertaining. Patriot is also good.
ziq wrote
He's the villain in season 1 and I found him distracting.
leftous wrote
Too bad, I dont think he fits the role of a straight up villain. He works better in more morally ambiguous roles like he did in Breaking Bad.
elyersio wrote
Wow, we have bots on raddle! #botrights
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Threadbot should probably post this earlier! It's almost Saturday here :)
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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
No worries! Any progress on stickying posts or setting up an RSS posting thing?
I was thinking that ideally an RSS would load posts and be able to remove stuff. For example all It'sGoingDown stuff tacks on "- It's Going Down" to the end of every post title which I manually remove each time. And Enough Is Enough always puts hashtags all over their article titles also that it'd be nice to automatically have removed.
I never did reddit. How does free talk work :)
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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote (edited )
I don't remember! I have looked at reddit before but never made an account.
I think someone checked and saw an RSS for IGD before, I'll have a look also!
Edit: couldn't find it, have emailed them to check.
leftous wrote
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Great! Thanks. I couldn't find it anywhere.
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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote (edited )
Standard procedure is to request it in meta and then the user gets added as moderator by an admin unless/until the community objects.
Mods cad demod themselves but I don't think that they can add mods - not sure.
Assuming you wanted to add u/ThreadBot to f/TestGround I've done that now.
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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
Yeah it's kinda weird now that I think about it. I'll add it to the feature w/wishlist.
An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
And keep in mind starting a forum makes you mod automatically, in case somehow that's slipped your mind.
if you have the bot start f/itsgoingdown and then set it up that all the IGD stuff gets auto-posted there, that seems ideal?
exciting.
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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote
I like that approach since it'll encourage people to subscribe to things they want to see and have the option not to have every IGD or whatever article in their feed.
If you have another way you prefer though then go for it! It's just the only one I've thought of.
Especially if you end up writing some kind of script that allows anybody to do this with an RSS feed, it seems wortwhile that each gets its own forum so people can be picky about what they see.
It's interesting.
Pop wrote
I've been trying to read Foucault's The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences for like a week now
The first chapter is an exhaustive analysis of one painting and it's dreary and impossible to concentrate throughout
I'm thinking I'm just going to skip the chapter and stop putting myself to sleep
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Pop wrote (edited )
I've only read his short piece on parrhesia some time ago
Am hoping this one gets better!
not_AFX_lol wrote
I got through the first quarter of DIscipline and Punish but I barely retained any of it and I would lose my bookmark and end up rereading sections without even realizing it
Cosmicsloth42 wrote
So how has everyones week been!
drh1138 wrote
Work was bullshit (when isn't it?), but going to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor tonight made up for it.
mofongo wrote
I got removed from the project today, damn gringos. I did the hardest processes without complaining too much but because I had errors sometimes I need to go. I'll see how it goes when the processes start expiring while having personnel because noone will take it.
Catsforfun wrote
Things are ok. I hope my cavities don't start hurting worse cuz I can't get them fixed for another 1.5 months
sand wrote
good luck! i think there's some goop at pharmacies that you can get as a temporary filling
GaldraChevaliere wrote
Cousin and I are going on a long hike together, really excited to get away from everything.
surreal wrote
oooh yeaaaaa
robottroymacclure wrote
Hey everybody, i'm the new guy hanging out in the lobby. I'm pretty ambivalent about most opinions and things and people. but i like learning so, i'm here to learn. :)
red_pepper wrote
I'm on new anxiety medication, and it's giving me insomnia. Feeling pretty good though otherwise though.